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May 2012:

  • Indiana CTSI sponsors Phase 1 for the "Commercial Scale Synthesis of High Surface Area Macroporous Silica for Bioanalytical Chromotography" through their Research Invention and Scientific Commercialization (RISC) Program
  • Professor Skrabalak and graduate student Nancy Ortiz are selected as a mentor-mentee pair for the ACS Global Research Experiences, Exchanges and Training (GREET) Program. This award will allow them to travel to New Zealand to conduct research in Professor Tilley's Laboratory
  • Congrats to graduate student Nancy Ortiz who was selected to receive a Women in Chemistry Travel Award to attend the National ACS Conference this fall

March 2012:

  • Professor Skrabalak is selected as a Cottrell Scholar by Research Corporation for Science Advancement!
  • Amanda Mann and Ellen Steinmiller's manuscript is accepted in Dalton Transaction's New Talent's America's issue
  • Graduate Student Nancy Ortiz travels to Korea as part of the IU-AGEP-SKKU Professional Development Workshop
  • Professor Skrabalak receives a travel grant from the International Materials Institute for Solar Energy and Environment (IMI-SEE) to attend the IUMRS International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials in Singapore
  • Chris DeSantis' invited manuscript is accepted to Langmuir's special issue on Colloidal Plasmonics!
  • Graduate student Rebecca Weiner presents a poster in IU's Women in Science Annual Conference

February 2012:

  • Congrats to Matt Bower who is the recipient of both an academic scholarship from the Department of Chemistry and a Summer Research Scholarship!
  • An NIH-R01 entitled "Sensitive Methods for Glycoconjugate Analysis" is funded for which Professor Skrabalak is a co-investigator. Thank you PI Milos Novotny and graduate students Amanda Peterson Mann and Ben Mann for the great collaboration!
  • Chris DeSantis, Aaron Sue, and Matthew Bower's manuscript is accepted in ACS Nano

November 2011:

  • Lin Xu and Ellen Steinmiller's manuscript is accepted in Journal of Physical Chemistry C

October 2011:

  • Congratulations to Chris DeSantis on completion of his 5th semester qualifying exam

August/September 2011:

  • Skrablab member Aaron Sue presents a poster at the Annual Nanotechnology Symposium held at Sullivan University in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Graduate student Nancy Ortiz presents a poster at the IU NOBCChe conference and receives 2nd place in the poster competition. Congrats!
  • Professor Skrabalak is awarded an NSF MRI grant to purchase an X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer for the Nanoscale Characterization Facility at Indiana University
  • Professor Skrabalak and graduate student Amanda Peterson Mann present at the National ACS Conference in Denver
  • Visiting undergraduate researcher Chen Ji completes his summer of research in the Skrablab

July 2011:

  • Professor Skrabalak presents a poster at the Clusters, Nanoparticles, and Nanocrystals GRC
  • Congrats to Amanda Peterson Mann who has been awarded the Chester Davis Inorganic Fellowship for the 2011-2012 academic year!

June 2011:

  • Congrats to Amanda Peterson Mann on receiving a Travel Award from the Divsion of Inorganic Chemistry to attend the fall ACS conference
  • Welcome graduate student Becca Weiner
  • Welcome visiting undergraduate Chen Ji from Tsinghua University (China)
  • Professor Skrabalak gives two talks at the ACS Colloids Conference in Montreal
  • Congrats to Nancy Ortiz who was selected for a best poster prize at CERMACS - Colloids and Surfaces Division!
  • Nancy Ortiz's manuscript is accepted in Crystal Growth & Design!
  • Skrablab members Amanda Mann, Nancy Ortiz, Chris DeSantis, and Dr. Lin Xu present posters at CERMACS
  • Professor Skrabalak gives an invited seminar at CERMACS

May 2011:

  • Congrats to graduate student Amanda Peterson Mann on receiving a Women in Chemistry Travel Grant from Indiana University!
  • Welcome graduate student Corinne Weinel!
  • Welcome graduate student Bill Bowers!
  • Undergraduate researcher Adam Richter visits his former high school to talk about his research as part of our Skrablab Energy Ambassadors Program.
  • Professor Skrabalak talks to High School science teachers about skrablab research in the IU sponsored Molecules Matters Workshop.
  • Welcome graduate student Craig Girten!
  • Former skrablab post doc Ellen Steinmiller's chemical education book chapter "Introducing Global Climate Change and Renewable Energy with Media Sources and a Simple Demonstration" is accepted for publication in the ACS Book "Sustainability in the Chemistry Curriculum".

April 2011:

  • Graduate student Chris DeSantis presents his research at the National MRS Conference in San Francisco CA
  • Graduate student Nancy Ortiz presents her research at the National NoBCChe Conference in Houston TX
  • Chris DeSantis' manuscript is accepted in Nano Letters.
  • Congrats to undergraduate researcher Adam Richter on receiving a Grim Scholarship from the Department of Chemistry!

March 2011:

  • Graduate student Nancy Ortiz presents her research at the National ACS Conference in Anaheim
  • The Skrablab moves into bigger and better lab space!
  • Graduate student Nancy Ortiz presents her research at the Regional SACNAS Conference
  • Welcome undergraduate researcher Aaron Sue!

February 2011:

  • Congrats to graduate stduent Nancy Ortiz for receiving both an Advancing Science and Coach Workshop Award to travel to the Annual NoBCChe Conference

December 2010:

  • Amanda Mann's manuscript is accepted in Chemistry of Materials.
  • Professor Skrabalak presents recent results at MRS Boston and Pacifichem!
  • Congrats to graduate stduent Nancy Ortiz for receiving a ACS-WCC travel grant sponsored by Eli Lilly to present her results at the Spring 2011 Conference
  • An NSF-CRIF proposal for a new powder diffractometer is funded for which Professor Skrabalak is a co-PI. Thank you Maren Pink for your hard work - our research is happier now!
  • Congratulations to graduate student Kun Ha Park on completion of his Masters Degree in Chemistry.

November 2010:

  • Congrats to graduate student Nancy Ortiz on completion of her PhD qualifying exam!

October 2010:

  • Skrablab members Moitree Laskar, Nancy Ortiz, and Amanda Peterson attend PINDU, presenting two posters and a talk.
  • Professor Skrabalak visits Washington University in St. Louis, speaking in an award symposium for her undergraduate adviser Professor Bill Buhro

September 2010:

  • Lin Xu joins the Skrablab as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome!

August 2010:

  • Visiting Undergraduate Researcher Long Sun completes study abroad program in the Skrablab!

July 2010:

  • Graduate student Moitree Laskar joins the Skrablab
  • Welcome visiting student Long Sun from Tsinghua University!
  • Congrats to Graduate Student Amanda Peterson who has been selected for the Siedle Inorganic Fellowship for the 2010-2011 academic year! The award is in recognition for excellence in research, coursework, teaching, and departmental service. Way to go!

June 2010:

  • Adam Richter joins the Skrablab as an undergraduate researcher
  • The Editor and Editorial Board of the Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems designates the publication "Galvanic replacement reaction: a simple and powerful route to hollow and porous metal nanostructures" as the Best Paper published in the 2007. This manuscript was written by Professors Lu, Chen, Skrabalak, and Xia.
  • Graduate students Amanda Peterson and Nancy Ortiz present posters at CERMACS
  • Professor Skrabalak presents a poster at the Noble Metal Nanoparticle Gordon Conference

May 2010:

  • Professor Skrabalak visits Wright State University to give a departmental seminar
  • Chemistry students from Southwestern Jr./Sr. High School visit the Skrablab
  • Susi Wicker completes her 1 year exchange in the Skrablab

April 2010:

  • Skrablab member Ellen Steinmiller accepts a tenure-track faculty position at the University of Dallas! Congrats!

March 2010:

  • Professor Skrabalak presents 2 talks at the Spring ACS meeting and chairs a session
  • Graduate students Nancy Ortiz and Amanda Peterson present posters at the WISP Research Conference
  • Professor Skrabalak visits Texas Tech University to give a departmental seminar
  • Graduate students Chris DeSantis and Nancy Ortiz present a poster at the Heterogeneous Catalysis Workshop
  • Professor Skrabalak speaks at the IU Heterogeneous Catalysis Workshop sponsored by the Nanoscience Center and organized by Professors Tait and Skrabalak

February 2010:

  • Amanda Peterson's paper to Langmuir is accepted.
  • Professor Skrabalak receives the NSF CAREER Award

December 2009:

November 2009:

  • Skrablab member Ellen Steinmiller presents a poster at the Fall MRS meeting in Boston
  • Skrablab members Ellen Steinmiller and Amanda Peterson present posters at PINDU
  • Congrats to graduate student Amanda Peterson for passing her PhD qualifying exam!

October 2009:

  • Graduate students Susi Wicker and Chris DeSantis join the Skrablab
  • Professor Skrabalak presents at FACSS in Louisville

August 2009:

  • Graduate student Amanda Peterson presents her poster on the synthesis of porous silica at the Fall ACS Meeting

April 2009:

March 2009:

  • The manuscript "Ultrasound-assisted synthesis of carbon materials" is published online in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Post-doctoral researcher Ellen Steinmiller joins the Skrablab

February 2009:

January 2009:

  • Women in Science Program Laboratory Tour is a success!
  • Undergraduate Rohit Patel joins the Skrablab

December 2008:

  • Professor Skrabalak receives a ACS-PRF Grant

October 2008:

  • Graduate students Kun Ha Park and Nancy Ortiz join the Skrablab

August 2008:

  • Graduate student Amanda Peterson joins the Skrablab
  • Undergraduate Patrick McChesney joins the Skrablab

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