Sarah Ross

VINSE would like to congratulate all of the 2021 Vanderbilt graduates, especially those associated with VINSE.  These students carried out research within our facilities, were members of our VINSE Tech Crew/office staff or participated in NanoDay! and colloquia events.  Although we can’t celebrate in person, we wish you all the… 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 talks is… Read More

Meet the Summer NSF REU Fellows and VINSE Tech Crew Members  … Read More

This week in the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kent Hallman tells Alice Leach about using VO2, a phase change material, to build photonic devices. Kent’s paper “Sub-Picosecond Response Time of a Hybrid VO2 :Silicon Waveguide at 1550 nm” was published in Advanced Optical Materials.  Kent graduated with a Ph.D. Read More

This week in the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Brian O’Grady tells Alice Leach about a new biomaterial that supports the growth of neurons into neural networks. Brian’s paper “Development of an N‑Cadherin Biofunctionalized Hydrogel to Support the Formation of Synaptically Connected Neural Networks” was published in ACS Biomaterials Science… Read More

Valpo Women in  STEM interview Dr. Sandra J. Rosenthal, Professor of Chemistry, Biomolecular & Nanoscale Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Rosenthal is the ACS Herty Medalist and SEC Distinguished Faculty award winner as well as former VINSE Director. Watch Instagram Interview Now Join in at 6:53… Read More

This week in the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Francis Afzal tells Alice Leach about photonic devices that have the potential to vastly increase the rate at which we can communicate data. Francis’ paper “O-Band Subwavelength Grating Filters in a Monolithic Photonics Technology” was published in IEEE Photonic Technology Letters. Read More

We’re proud to announce that Dr. Alice Leach recently received a VentureWell Faculty Grant in recognition of their commitment to inclusive support of students who are creating innovations for positive social and environmental impact! This funding will support a new course providing entrepreneurial students with conceptual and experiential learning opportunities… Read More

This week in the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Marm Dixit tells Alice Leach about solid-state batteries, a promising technology for the next generation of energy storage. Marm’s paper “Synchrotron Imaging of Pore Formation in Li Metal Solid-State Batteries Aided by Machine Learning” was published in ACS Applied Energy Materials. Read More

In Episode 35 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Christian Ornelas tells Alice Leach about building next generation optoelectronic devices with 2D materials. Christian’s paper “Ultrafast Photocurrent Response and High Detectivity in Two-Dimensional MoSe2‑based Heterojunctions” was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.  Christian is a 3rd year Ph.D. Read More