VINSE Recognizes Faculty Accomplishments in the 18th Annual Fall Faculty Celebration

On October 1, 2024, the VINSE Fall Faculty Celebration took place to honor and celebrate the remarkable achievements of our community. This annual event not only highlighted individual accomplishments but also fostered a sense of camaraderie among colleagues.

WELCOME TO VINSE
Daniel Gonzales | Janell Lees

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
This year VINSE recognized De-en Jiang for his leadership in promoting VINSE research through the VU-ORNL collaborative workshops and themed collection of journal papers in Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, and Nanoscale Advances.

HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATIONS
We recognize the following faculty for their accomplishments reported in these top impact journal publications.

Kálmán Varga, 1st place
“Catalytically potent and selective clusterzymes for modulation of neuroinflammation through single-atom substitutions.” Nature Communications, 12, 114 (2021).

Sokrates T. Pantelides, 2nd place
“Atomically sharp interface enabled ultrahigh-speed non-volatile memory devices.” Nature Nanotechnology, 16, 8, 882-887 (2021).

Peter T. Cummings, 3rd place
“Engineering the Interlayer Spacing by Pre-Intercalation for High Performance Supercapacitor MXene Electrodes in Room Temperature Ionic Liquid.” Advanced Functional Materials, 202131: 2170246 (2021).

Shihong Lin, 4th place
“Differentiating Solutes with Precise Nanofiltration for Next Generation Environmental Separations: A Review.” Environmental Science & Technology, 2;55, 3, 1359-1376 (2021).

“Nanopore-Based Power Generation from Salinity Gradient: Why It Is Not Viable.” ACS Nano, 15, 3, 4093-4107 (2021).

“Superhydrophobic-omniphobic membrane with anti-deformable pores for membrane distillation with excellent wetting resistance.” Journal of Membrane Science, 620, 118768 (2021).

“Robust zirconia ceramic membrane with exceptional performance for purifying nano-emulsion oily wastewater.” Water Research, 208, 117859 (2021).

Justus C. Ndukaife, 5th place
“Nanoparticle Trapping in a Quasi-BIC System.” ACS Photonics, 8, 7 (2021).

John T. Wilson, 5th place
“Targeted delivery of siRNAs against hepatocellular carcinoma-related genes by a galactosylated polyaspartamide copolymer.” Journal of Controlled Release, 330, 1132-1151 (2021).