Janet Macdonald

  • Vanderbilt University

    Yueming Yan recipient of the 2024 VINSE Best Collaborative Paper Award

    VINSE is excited to announce that Yueming Yan is the recipient of the 2024 VINSE Best Collaborative Paper award. Yueming’s paper has contributions from two VINSE groups from different departments – the Haglund group in Physics and the Macdonald group in Chemistry.  Yueming designed a multi-layer nano composite film… Read More

    Oct. 10, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Spotlight Publication: “Phase Control in the Synthesis of Iron Sulfides” published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

    About the author: Jeremy Espano, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Interdisciplinary Materials Science under the supervision of Prof. Janet Macdonald in the Department of Chemistry. In their recent work published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the Macdonald lab used a library of thioureas to study the effect of… Read More

    Apr. 29, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    VINSE Best Collaborative Paper Awardees Attend A Celebratory Dinner

    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

    Mar. 14, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dissertation Defense: Jeremy Espano, Interdisciplinary Materials Science

    DISSERTATION DEFENSE Jeremy Espano, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Janet Macdonald “Understanding the Crystalline Landscape of Metal Chalcogenide Materials” 03.01.24  |  2:30PM CST  |  214 Light Hall | The identity and arrangement of atoms determine the properties of all crystalline solids, and when the identity of the atoms is the… Read More

    Feb. 20, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dissertation Defense: Alexandra Koziel, Chemistry

    DISSERTATION DEFENSE Alexandra C. Koziel, Chemistry *under the direction of Janet Macdonald “Think Smaller: Understanding Selenium Pathways in Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystal Synthesis” 03.07.24  |  2:00PM CST  |  512 Light Hall As nanochemistry grows as a field and the applications of nanomaterials emerge, the importance of understanding what happens in the reaction… Read More

    Feb. 13, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Researcher Highlight: Andrey Shults

    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

    Jan. 24, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Andrey Shults recipient of VINSE Best Collaborative Paper Award

    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

    Nov. 15, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Episode 5 | Meet our Faculty | Janet Macdonald

    Learn more about Dr. Janet Macdonald and her group. The Macdonald group uses synthetic chemistry techniques to hunt for uncharted paths to make nanocrystals in crystal phases never before seen in nature. Watch on YouTube | Hear more from Janet Macdonald Macdonald Lab  … Read More

    Aug. 15, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Researcher Highlight: Alex Stoneman

    Alex Stoneman, senior Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Chemistry undergraduate student in the Lang lab T-cells are key parts of the mammalian immune response, and T-cell receptors (TCRs) help them recognize their foreign targets. Previous lab work has shown that TCRs act as mechanosenors; piconewton-scale forces facilitate their… Read More

    Jan. 5, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dissertation Defense, Madeleine Fort, Interdisciplinary Materials Science

    DISSERTATION DEFENSE Madeleine Fort, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Dr. Janet Macdonald “Improving Charge Separation and Transfer in Semiconducting Nanocrystalline Materials” 12.07.22 | 11:30am CST | 5502 Stevenson Center This thesis examines charge transfer from semiconductor nanocrystals. A discussion of charge transfer mechanisms and their importance to… Read More

    Dec. 5, 2022