Janell Lees

This year, we’re introducing the VINSE Passport for the VINSE Friends and Family Day, this interactive booklet that guides visitors through exciting, educational activities focused on the tiny world of nanoscience. Explore groundbreaking materials like quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, and microfluidic devices with fun, hands-on experiments. Create a DNA necklace,… Read More

05.20.25  |  8:30am-4:30pm  |  001 Engineering Science Building Lunch break from 12:20-1:40 Join us for a hand-on workshop on thin film deposition using the Angstrom Multimode and Angstrom Resistive deposition systems in the VINSE cleanroom.  The session will be led by Mike Miller, Ph.D., Director of Business Development at… Read More

On Monday, March 10, VINSE welcomed 11 students from Robertson County’s homeschool group, Life is a Field Trip, organized by Susan Halsam, for our Cleanroom Solar Cell Lab. Inside the VINSE cleanroom, home of the cleanest air in Middle Tennessee, students explored solar energy through hands-on activities. During the lab,… Read More

Yuankai Huo, assistant professor of computer science, and Jason Valentine, professor of mechanical engineering, along with their team, are recipients of the distinguished Charles E. Ives Award for collaborative imaging research. The award is given in recognition of an outstanding contribution in the area of basic or applied… Read More

Learn more about Dr. Ndukaife and his research group.The Ndukaife group develops optical nanotweezers and nanophotonic structures for trapping, manipulation , imaging and spectroscopy of nanoscale extracellular vesicles and particles to unravel their heterogeneity and functional roles in health and diseases. The team also investigates novel nanophotonic structures and metasurfaces… Read More

Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH, director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, has been awarded the 2025 National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology for his pioneering research at the intersection of nutrition and infectious diseases. His work focuses on the host-pathogen battle for essential metals… Read More

Dr. Sokrates Pantelides has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Zhongguancun Award for International Cooperation. This Science and Technology Award, presented annually by the City of Beijing, recognizes outstanding foreign individuals who have made significant contributions to international scientific and technological collaboration with Beijing-based organizations and experts. Congratulations to… Read More

Start the year with exciting updates from VINSE! Director Sharon Weiss shares highlights including a new NSF grant for an electron beam lithography tool and a renovation of the cleanroom for ancient DNA research. Key Highlights: Ancient DNA Lab: Launching in late 2025, this new lab will advance research on… Read More

Nathaniel Karom Graduate Student, Physics and Astronomy Weiss Research Group My first experience at Vanderbilt was as an undergraduate student through the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Under faculty mentorship, I was tasked with employing Density Function Theory (DFT) to investigate how atomic displacement affects the electrical… Read More

Dr. Bashiyar Almarwani Department of Biology Tennessee State University My research journey has been deeply rooted in addressing some of the most pressing challenges in infectious diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. The alarming rise of drug-resistant bacteria has underscored the urgent need for novel antimicrobial agents, while the… Read More