Sarah Ross

The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is holding a competition seeking images to be displayed in the VINSE Facilities.  If you have materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized, or imaged using VINSE equipment, submit entries to VINSE no later than August 15. Image enhancement… Read More

VINSE is excited to kick-off a new video series that will introduce VINSE professors and show the broad range of the VINSE research areas spanning drug delivery, cellular communication, metamaterials, sensors, batteries, and photodetectors. To kick off this series, learn more about VINSE Director, Sharon… Read More

The VINSE summer nanoseminar series provides an opportunity for graduate students or post-docs to share their current research with the larger VINSE community to foster discussion and collaboration.  Each seminar will consist of 2 talks of 15-20 minutes each with 10-15 minutes of questions.  The goal of these… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Jenna Dombroski, Biomedical Engineering *under the direction of Mike King “Nano-vaccines and dendritic cell processing for anti-cancer therapies” 05.18.23  |  12:00PM CST  |  5326 Stevenson Center  |   Zoom 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, representing a need for effective preventative measures… Read More

Meet the 2023 summer interns  … Read More

Learn more about the 13 VINSE REU Interns and 5 Tech Crew members. Learn more about the 2023 summer mentoring team   … Read More

Christopher Stachurski is a 2021 PhD graduate from the Department of Chemistry under the direction of Drs. David Cliffel and Kane Jennings. He is current an Assistant Research Professor at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD working with Drs. Paul Trulove and David Durkin on using… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Rabeb Layouni, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering *under the direction of Sharon Weiss & Paul Laibinis “Investigation of Design and Surface Treatment of Porous Silicon for Robust, Selective, and Sensitive Optical Biosensing” 05.02.23  |  1:00PM CST  |  306 Featheringill Hall Porous silicon (PSi) has attracted interest as a… Read More

VINSE is excited to announce that Dr. Michael J. Sailor from the University of California, San Diego will give the keynote lecture “Nanostructured Silicon as a Therapeutic Tool” at the 23rd annual Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Forum on December 8, 2023. Michael J. Sailor is Distinguished Professor at the University of… Read More

Joshua Passantino is a 2022 PhD graduate from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering under the direction of Drs. Kane Jennings and David Cliffel. He is currently the Lead Electrochemist at Nth Cycle, an electrochemically focused green metals processing technology company based in Boston, Ma. His… Read More