20th Annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum Friday, November 22, 2019
A yearly forum for faculty, postdocs, and students engaged in nanoscience and nanotechnology research.
FEATHERINGILL HALL
12:00 – 2:00 POSTER SESSION (lunch provided)
2:10 – 2:15 Welcome Sharon Weiss, Director of VINSE
2:15 – 3:15 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Enhancing Therapeutic Delivery with Nanostructured Materials Tejal Desai, University of California, San Francisco
3:15 – 3:45 30-minute reception (drinks)
3:45 – 4:00 Novel 2D Materials Sokrates Pantelides, PHYS
4:00 – 4:15 Radiation Effects in Advanced Devices Robert Reed, EECS
4:15 – 4:30 Making nanostructures smart with phase-change materials Richard Haglund, PHYS
4:30 – 4:45 Drug delivery strategies for treating post-traumatic osteoarthritis with siRNA Sean Bedingfield, graduate student, BME
4:45 – 5:00 Nanoday winning t-shirt design & poster awards
5:00 RECEPTION AND POSTER AWARDS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Tejal Desai, University of California, San Francisco
Enhancing Therapeutic Delivery with Nanostructured Materials
Bio: Tejal Desai is the Ernest L Prien Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), director of the NIH training grant for the Joint Graduate Program in Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and UCSF, and founding director of the UCSF/UC Berkeley Masters Program in Translational Medicine. She was recently named the Inaugural Director of the UCSF Engineering and Applied Sciences Initiative known as HIVE (Health Innovation Via Engineering). Desai’s research spans multiple disciplines including materials engineering, cell biology, tissue engineering, and pharmacological delivery systems to address issues concerning disease and clinical translation. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles. Her research is at the cutting-edge in precision medicine, enabled by advancements in micro and nanotechnology, engineering, and cell biology directed to clinical challenges in disease treatment. She seeks to design new platforms to overcome existing challenges in therapeutic delivery. Her research efforts have earned recognition including Technology Review’s “Top 100 Young Innovators,” Popular Science’s Brilliant 10, and NSF’s New Century Scholar. She is Chair of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. In 2015, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Desai is a vocal advocate for STEM education and outreach to underrepresented minority students. She received her B.S. from Brown University in biomedical engineering and was awarded a Ph.D. in bioengineering jointly from UCSF and UCB.
Enhancing Therapeutic Delivery with Nanostructured Materials
Bio: Tejal Desai is the Ernest L Prien Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), director of the NIH training grant for the Joint Graduate Program in Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and UCSF, and founding director of the UCSF/UC Berkeley Masters Program in Translational Medicine. She was recently named the Inaugural Director of the UCSF Engineering and Applied Sciences Initiative known as HIVE (Health Innovation Via Engineering). Desai’s research spans multiple disciplines including materials engineering, cell biology, tissue engineering, and pharmacological delivery systems to address issues concerning disease and clinical translation. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles. Her research is at the cutting-edge in precision medicine, enabled by advancements in micro and nanotechnology, engineering, and cell biology directed to clinical challenges in disease treatment. She seeks to design new platforms to overcome existing challenges in therapeutic delivery. Her research efforts have earned recognition including Technology Review’s “Top 100 Young Innovators,” Popular Science’s Brilliant 10, and NSF’s New Century Scholar. She is Chair of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. In 2015, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Desai is a vocal advocate for STEM education and outreach to underrepresented minority students. She received her B.S. from Brown University in biomedical engineering and was awarded a Ph.D. in bioengineering jointly from UCSF and UCB.
NanoDay! Poster Session
- “Easy Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein Delivery in Vivo using Porous Silicon Nanoparticles”
Presented by: Brock Fletcher, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - “Mechanical properties of cancer cells determine their resistance to elevated circulatory shear stress”
Presented by: Jacob Hope, Biomedical Engineering (King) - “Phase Control of CuFeS2 Nanocrystals Using the Tolman Electronic Parameter”
Presented by: Christopher Sharp, Chemistry (Macdonald) - “Fabrication, Optimization, and Analysis of Graphene Oxides Doped Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanocomposite for Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Application”
Presented by: Marvell Ridley & Aya Jones, Tennessee State University (Williams) - “Tumor nano-lysates as a vaccine for triple-negative breast cancer in vivo”
Presented by: Jenna Dombroski, Biomedical Engineering (King) - “Nanoparticle Adjuvants Stimulate Innate Immunity and Unleash the Cancer Immunity Cycle”
Presented by: Kyle Garland, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Wilson) - “Photonic Crystal Design with Mix and Match Unit Cells for Mode Manipulation”
Presented by: Sami Halimi, Electrical Engineering (Weiss) - “Scalable manufacturing of hybrid solid electrolytes with interface control”
Presented by: Marm Dixit, Mechanical Engineering (Hatzell) - “Porcine Wound Healing Testing of ROS-degradable Poly(thioketal) Urethane Scaffold Variants”
Presented by: Prathana Patil, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - “Pathogen-Mimetic Nanovaccine Protects Against Lethal Influenza Virus Infection”
Presented by: Frances Knight, Biomedical Engineering (Wilson) - “Battery Recycling for Grid Storage: The Advantageous Role of Impurities”
Presented by: Janna Eaves, Mechanical Engineering (Pint) - “Targeting post-surgical metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer via targeted liposomal TRAIL delivery”
Presented by: Nidhi Jyotsana, post-doctoral associate (King) - “Na Metal Electrodeposition for Dynamic Metamaterial Devices”
Presented by: Elena Kovalik, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Valentine) - “CRISPR-mediated isogenic cell SELEX approach for generating highly specific affinity reagents against native membrane proteins”
Presented by: Jonah Rosch, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Lippmann) - “Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of cGAS and STING Inhibitors for the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis”
Presented by: Lucinda Pastora, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Wilson) - “Investigation of InP-based Quantum Dots”
Presented by: Sophia Click, Chemistry (Rosenthal) - “TRAILing a Chemoresistant Phenotype: TRAIL Applications as an Adjuvant for Oxaliplatin-Resistant Colorectal Cancer”
Presented by: Joshua Greenlee, Biomedical Engineering (King) - “Label-Free Raman Mapping Identify Metabolic Alterations in Breast Cancer Cells In Response to Cytostatic Agents”
Presented by: Xiaona Wen, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Bardhan) - “Kupffer Cell Release of Platelet Activating Factor Drives Dose Limiting Toxicities of Nucleic Acid Nanocarriers”
Presented by: Shrusti Patel, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - “Toward Smart Batteries: Dendrite Detection Enabled by a Graphene Embedded Separator”
Presented by: Murtaza Zohair, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Pint) - “Screening of Endosomolytic Cationic Graft Copolymers for Cytosolic Delivery of Hydrophilic Drugs”
Presented by: Dinh Chuong Nguyen, undergraduate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Wilson) - “Characterization of Cell Surface Vimentin for Metastatic Cancer Cell Targeting”
Presented by: Maria Lopez Cavestany, Biomedical Engineering (King) - “MK2i Nano-polyplexes inhibit vascular graft failure through blocking smooth muscle cell contractile to synthetic phenotype switch”
Presented by: William Tierney, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - “Observing Oxidation of Few-Layered Black Phosphorus in-situ via Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy”
Presented by: Andrew Naclerio, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Kidambi) - “Photosystem I Integration in Natural, Two-Electrode, Gel-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”
Presented by: Joshua Passantino, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Jennings) - “Modeling Confined Cancer Cell Migration In Vitro Using Microfabricated 3D Collagen Microtracks”
Presented by: Jenna Mosier, Biomedical Engineering (Reinhart-King) - “The role of reorganization energy for electron transfer in quantum dot systems”
Presented by: Madeleine Fort, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Macdonald) - “Large-Area Nanoporous Graphene Membrane for Desalination”
Presented by: Peifu Cheng, post-doctoral associate (Kidambi) - “Developing a Polymeric Nanoparticle for Co-delivery of Synergistic Adjuvants and “Mix and Go” Cancer Neoantigens”
Presented by: Jessalyn Baljon, Biomedical Engineering (Wilson) - “Large, Low-Aspect Ratio Vanadium Dioxide Single Crystals as Actively Reconfigurable Substrates for 2D Materials”
Presented by: Samuel White, Physics (Haglund) - “Lipid-Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles for Cytosolic Delivery of Nucleic Acids”
Presented by: Xinyi He, undergraduate student (Wilson) - “Effect of Indium Alloying on the Charge Carrier Dynamics of Thick-Shell InP/ZnSe Quantum Dots”
Presented by: Nathaniel Freymeyer, Chemistry (Rosenthal) - “Enhancement of Second Harmonic Generation by Nonlinear Plasmonic Coupling”
Presented by: Nathan Spear, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Macdonald) - “Enhancing Immunogenicity and Efficacy of Whole Tumor Cell-based Cancer Vaccines by Co-localizing Whole Tumor Antigens and Immunostimulatory Adjuvants”
Presented by: Carcia Carson, Biomedical Engineering (Wilson) - “Assessment of Antioxidant Copolymers for Improved Superoxide Scavenging in PTOA”
Presented by: Carlisle Dejulius, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - “Towards Ultra-thin, Highly Selective Proton Exchange Membranes Using Atomically Thick Crystals”
Presented by: Nicole Moehring, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Kidambi) - “Tracking Percolation and Transport Pathways in Hybrid Solid Electrolytes for All Solid State Batteries”
Presented by: Wahid Zaman, Mechanical Engineering (Hatzell) - “Spatial Distribution and Density of Tumor-Infiltrating Leukocytes Armed with TRAIL in an Orthotopic Prostate Cancer Model”
Presented by: Korie Grayson, Biomedical Engineering (King) - “Albumin-hitchhiking siRNA Conjugates for Solid Tumor Delivery”
Presented by: Ella Hoogenboezem, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - “Generation of a Compact Quantum Dot Conjugate for Imaging Dopamine Transporter Membrane Dynamics in Acute Brain Slices”
Presented by: Lucas Thal, Chemistry (Rosenthal) - “Micelle-Encapsulated Liposomes for Dual Delivery of Synergistic Anti-Cancer Therapy”
Presented by: Zhenjiang Zhang, post-doctoral associate (King) - “Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions at Surfaces to Control Interfacial Properties”
Presented by: James Dohm, undergraduate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Kidambi)
1st Year IMS rotation posters
- “Atomically Thin Graphene Membranes for Air Filtration”
Presented by: Jeremy Espano (Kidambi) - “Towards all Solid State Batteries: Understanding Effects of Pressure on Li+ Diffusion Using Galvanostatic Intermittent Titration Technique”
Presented by: Katie Browning (Hatzell) - “Synthesis of Redox-Crosslinked Gelatin Hydrogel for 3D Tissue Constructs”
Presented by: Alexis Yates (Lippmann) - “Improving the rheological understanding of printable hybrid electrolyte inks”
Presented by: Cal Craven (Hatzell) - “Developing Carbon Paper Electrodes for Novel Bio-hybrid Photovoltaic Devices”
Presented by: John Williams (Cliffel) - “In-Situ Observation of Electrochemical Reactions for Dynamic Metamaterials”
Presented by: Ryan Kowalski (Valentine) - “Visualizing Lithium Pore Formation in Li1.5Al0.5Ge1.5P3O12 Solid Electrolytes with Micro Computed Tomography”
Presented by: Matthew Galazzo (Hatzell)