Category: News

Our group’s paper, titled ” Effect of surface-molecule interactions on molecular loading capacity of nanoporous gold thin films,” is published online in Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congrats to Özge!

• Chris Chapman is awarded a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship and National Science Foundation GROW Award for a year-long research position at ETH Zurich. Congrats, Chris!
• Professor Şeker has been selected as a 2016 Young Innovator of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (Biomedical Engineering Society).

• A collaborative paper with the Department of Molecular Biosciences, titled “Mechanisms of reduced astrocyte surface coverage in cortical neuron-glia co-cultures on nanoporous gold surfaces,” is published in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. Congrats to Chris and the collaborators!
• A collaborative paper with the Department of Food Science, titled “Sequence-specific electrical purification of nucleic acids with nanoporous gold electrodes,” is published in Journal of American Chemical Society. Congrats to Pallavi and the collaborators!
• Josh Garrison successfully completed his MS in Electrical Engineering and ventured onto his new position at Micron. Congrats and best of luck, Josh!
• Zidong Li passes his PhD qualifying examination in Biomedical Engineering. Congrats, Zidong!

• Jovana Veselinovic passes her preliminary exam in Chemical Engineering. Congrats, Jovana!
• Pallavi Daggumati successfully completed her PhD in Electrical Engineering and ventured onto her new position at Illumina. Congrats and best of luck, Dr. Daggumati!

A collaborative paper with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, titled “Utilizing dynamic laser speckle to probe nanoscale morphology evolution in nanoporous gold thin films,” is published in Optics Express. Congrats to Chris and the collaborators!

Our paper, titled “Electrochemically-triggered pore expansion in nanoporous gold thin films,” is featured as Front Cover in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

• Our group’s paper titled “Electrochemically-triggered pore expansion in nanoporous gold thin films” is published online in Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congrats to all!
• Alex Hampe joins the group as a graduate student researcher. He is a MS student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He earned his BS degree in Chemical Engineering at Florida State University. He will be studying influence of substrate topography on cell adhesion. Welcome, Alex!

• Pallavi Daggumati is awarded a Dissertation Quarter Fellowship from the Electrical & Computer Engineering Graduate Program. Congrats, Pallavi!
• A collaborative paper with Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital, titled “Development of a microsphere-based system to facilitate real-time insulin monitoring,” is published in Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. Congrats to all!
• Our paper titled “Engineering on-chip nanoporous gold material libraries via precision photothermal treatment” is featured as Front Cover in Nanoscale.

• Our paper titled “Halide-Gated Molecular Release from Nanoporous Gold Thin Films” is featured as Front Cover in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
• Jovana Veselinovic joins the group as a graduate student researcher. She is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering. She earned her BS degree in Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She will be developing multifunctional sensors for miniaturized bioanalytical platforms. Welcome, Jovana!

• Our group’s paper, titled “Halide-gated molecular release from nanoporous gold thin films,” is published online in Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congrats to Özge!
• A collaborative paper with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, titled “Engineering on-chip nanoporous gold material libraries via precision photothermal treatment,” is published in Nanoscale. Congrats to Chris and the collaborators!