{"id":3175,"date":"2012-08-07T22:17:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T22:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=3175"},"modified":"2024-10-02T20:55:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T20:55:10","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/chemistry\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Faculty Research Interests:<\/h2>\n<p>Please click on each faculty name to learn more about their research interests and current projects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Amanda Case: Physical, Spectroscopy<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Vivian Feng: Analytical, Bioanalytical, Nanomaterial, and Green Chemistry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.augsburg.edu\/~hansondr\/\">Dr. David Hanson<\/a>: Atmospheric Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Joan Kunz: Biophysics (in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.augsburg.edu\/~stottrup\/labindex3.html\">Stottrup lab<\/a> in Physics)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Michael Wentzel: Organometallic Chemistry, Polymers, Green Chemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recent publications\u00a0from Faculty-directed undergraduate research:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>R. Hanson, I. Bier*, B. Panta*, C. N. Jen, P. H. McMurry, \u201cComputational Fluid Dynamics Studies of a Flow Reactor: Formation of Sulfuric Acid Clusters with NH\u00ac3 and Dimethyl Amine\u201d, J. Phys. Chem., 2017, doi:10.1021\/acs.jpcs.7b00252.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tian A. Qiu, Thu Ha Thi Nguyen*, Natalie V. Hudson-Smith, Peter L. Clement, Dona-Carla Forester, Hilena Frew*, Mimi N. Hang, Catherine J. Murphy, Robert J. Hamers, Z. Vivian Feng, and Christy L. Haynes, \u201cGrowth-Based Bacterial Viability Assay for Interference-Free and High-Throughput Toxicity Screening of Nanomaterials\u201d, Analytical Chemistry, 2017, 89 (3), pp 2057\u20132064.<\/li>\n<li>Susan N. Pham, Joshua E. Kuether*, Miranda Gallagher, Rodrigo Tapia Hernandez*, Denise N. Williams, Bo Zhi, Arielle C. Mensch, Robert J. Hamers, Zeev Rosenzweig, Howard Fairbrother, Miriam O.P. Krause, Z. Vivian Feng, Christy L. Haynes, \u201cCarbon Dots: A modular activity to teach fluorescence and nanotechnology at multiple levels\u201d, Journal of Chemical Education, 2017, 94 (8), pp 1143\u20131149.<\/li>\n<li>Fahnhorst, G.W.; Swingen, Z.J.*; Schneiderman, D.K.; Blaquiere, C.S.*; Wentzel, M.T.; Wissinger, J.E. \u201cSynthesis and Study of Sustainable Polymers in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory: An Inquiry-Based Experiment Exploring the Effects of Size and Composition on the Properties of Renewable Block Polymers\u201d <em>Green Chemistry Experiments in Undergraduate Laboratories. <\/em>January 1, 2016, 123-147.<\/li>\n<li>Jen, C. N., R. Bachman,* J. Zhao, P. H. McMurry, D. R. Hanson, \u201cDiamine-sulfuric acid reactions are a potent source of new particle formation\u201d,\u00a0<em>Geophys. Res. Lett.<\/em>, 2016, DOI: 10.1002\/2015GL066958<\/li>\n<li>Feng, Z.V.; Chen, W-S.; KeratiThamkul, K.*; Stoick, M.*; Yang, M-L.; Chen-Yang, Y.W. \u201cDegradable\u00a0electrospun mesoporous silica nanofiber as potential substrate for neuronal tissue engineering\u201d,\u00a0<em>Int. J.\u00a0Nanomedicine<\/em>, 2016, DOI:\u00a010.2147\/IJN.S93651 .<\/li>\n<li>Feng, Z.V.; Gunsolus, I.L.; Qiu, T.A.; Hurley, K.R.; Nyberg, L.H.*; Frew, H.*; Johnson, K.P.; Vartanian,\u00a0A.M.; Jacob, L.M.; Lohse, S.E.; Torelli, M.D.; Hamers, R.J.; Murphy, C.J.; Haynes, C.L. \u201cImpacts of Gold\u00a0Nanoparticle Charge and Ligand Type on Surface Binding and Toxicity to Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive\u00a0Bacteria\u201d,\u00a0<em>Chem. Sci.<\/em>, 2015, 6, 5186-5196.<\/li>\n<li>Feng, Z.V.; Edelmen, K.R.; Swanson, B.P.* \u201cStudent-fabricated microfluidic devices as flow reactors for\u00a0organic and nanomaterial synthesis\u201d,\u00a0<em>J. Chem. Ed.<\/em>, 2015, 92, 723\u2212727.<\/li>\n<li>Stottrup, B. L., Hernandez, L.H.*, Kunz, J. C., Nguyen, A.H.*, Sonquist, B.J.*, \u201cComparison of cholesterol and 25-hydroxycholesterol in phase-separated\u00a0Langmuir monolayers at the air-water interface\u201d,\u00a0<em>J. Phys. Chem. B.<\/em>, 2014, 118 (38), pp 11231-11237.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Interested in Summer Research:<\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in exploring summer research on campus, there is a variety of opportunities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk to your professors!<\/li>\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/URGO\/\">URGO website<\/a> for summer research funding application (usually due in Feb)<\/li>\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/Mcnair\/\">McNair office website<\/a> to see if you qualify as a McNair Scholar (especially if you are freshmen or sophomore)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Research Interests: Please click on each faculty name to learn more about their research interests and current projects. 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