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In his biotech project, David looked at how cells respond to different polymer ultrathin film coatings on surfaces. His work, published in Biomacrolecules, Langmuir and Electrochem. Soc. is already highly regarded (for example, a paper in Biomacromolecules is a top-cited work in 2005). The work was also featured in Chemical and Engineering News nano focus science and technology article. David went on to work for Proctor & Gamble in Cincinnati, where he lives with his wife, Karolin (who he met at FSU). David now returns to FSU on a regular basis as a recruiter for P&G. |
Jason Pagano, a Ph.D. student in the Steinbock lab, received a Dissertation Research Grant from FSU's Office of Graduate Studies. His research aims to explain hollow precipitation tubes in certain aqueous reaction systems. These materials are hierarchical nano-to-centimeter structures and have interesting catalytic and optical features. Jason's findings are published in journals such as J. Phys. Chem. A and C and have been featured on the cover page of Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. |
Amy McKenna, a final-year Ph.D. student Ph.D. candidate in the Analytical Division of FSU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a member of the NHMFL Ion Cyclotron Resonance group, has been selected to receive the American Chemical Society Petroleum Chemistry Student Award, based on the "technical quality of her oral presentation" at the 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Salt Lake City in March, 2009. The award consists of a cash prize of $500 and a certificate signed by the Chairs of the ACS Petroleum Division and the Student Awards Committee. |
Dr. Christine Hughey, 2002 FSU Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Chapman University, has won the 1st place in the Undergraduate Analytical Research Program from the Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh. For this national competition, her proposal, "Effect of Mobile Phase Modifiers on Chromatographic Separation and Negative Ion Electrospray Ionization (ESI) Response", is recognized at the SACP May Awards Meeting on 11 May, 2009 at Duquesne University. This $10,000 grant is designed to "promote high-quality, innovative research, training, and development of undergraduate students in the field of analytical chemistry." |
Dr. Marcus Boone, a 2009 Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, left FSU upon graduation to become a Research Chemist for Akzo Nobel at their Brewster, NY research facility. His multi-pronged job at Akzo Nobel includes support of internal and external customers with respect to materials, products, and analysis; method development for materials characterization, including ethoxylated amines and the degradation of amines in asphalt; and in-depth use of his expertise in the characterization of natural polymers such as starch. |
George M. Bou-Assaf, a Ph.D. candidate in Alan Marshall's group, has been awarded an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, for "research broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease and stroke, or to related clinical, basic science, bioengineering or biotechnology, and public health problems." The fellowship provides a stipend of $21,770/year for two years, and will support George's research on the solution-phase structure of troponin, a key element for muscle contraction. |
Corey Thompson, a Ph.D. student in Inorganic Chemistry, attended the National Schools on Neutron and X-ray Scattering in summer 2009. Corey was one of 50 students selected nationwide to participate in these summer schools held at Los Alamos, Argonne, and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. In addition, he obtained support from the Solid State Chemistry subdivision of the American Chemical Society to attend the 238th ACS National Meeting in Washington, DC, where Corey presented his research on the correlation between the crystal structure and magnetism of rare-earth cobalt phosphides. Currently, he is preparing two manuscripts based on the results of his Ph.D research carried out in the Shatruk group. |
Anne-Marie Dowgiallo, a second-year graduate student in the Knappenberger lab, published femtosecond time-resolved measurements on isolated and aggregated hollow gold nanospheres in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The study reports an unexpected and previously unobserved blue-shift of the surface plasmon resonance spectral position due to enhanced interparticle coupling. The findings are of significant importance for device design based on nanoscale particles. Casey Lowman, a first-year graduate student in the Knappenberger lab, is a co-author in this work and provided valuable simulations of nanoparticle optical properties. For more details on Annie's and Casey's work, please refer to J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13892 |
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