Andrey Shults

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Andrey A. Shults, Chemistry *under the direction of Janet Macdonald “Exploring mechanisms behind phase formations of metal chalcogenide nanoparticles” 03.06.25  |  1:00PM |  5211 Stevenson Center  |  Zoom Our understanding of nanoparticle phase control is currently limited by our knowledge of the mechanisms responsible. How… Read More

Recently, Andrey Shults, Guanyu Lu, Josh Caldwell and Janet Macdonald celebrated their winning 2023 VINSE Best Collaborative Paper award. The paper has contributions from two VINSE groups from different departments – the Macdonald group in Chemistry and the Caldwell group in Mechanical Engineering. The authors report on colloidal chemistry synthesis… Read More

Andrey Shults, 4th year Chemistry PhD Candidate in the Macdonald Lab. Summary of Research: My research focuses on the synthesis of various metal chalcogenide nanoparticles and the mechanistic understanding of their formation. Just as with graphite and diamond, the polymorphs of carbon, the two different elements of a metal… Read More

VINSE is excited to announce Andrey Shults is the recipient of the VINSE Best Collaborative Paper award. Andrey’s paper has contributions from two VINSE groups from different departments – the Macdonald group in Chemistry and the Caldwell group in Mechanical Engineering. The authors report on colloidal chemistry synthesis and characterization… Read More