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聽in these top impact journal publications.
K谩lm谩n Varga, 1st place
鈥淐atalytically potent and selective clusterzymes for modulation of neuroinflammation through single-atom substitutions.鈥� Nature Communications, 12, 114 (2021).
Sokrates T. Pantelides,聽2nd place
鈥淎tomically sharp interface enabled ultrahigh-speed non-volatile memory devices.鈥� Nature Nanotechnology, 16, 8, 882-887 (2021).
Peter T. Cummings, 3rd place
鈥淓ngineering the Interlayer Spacing by Pre-Intercalation for High Performance Supercapacitor MXene Electrodes in Room Temperature Ionic Liquid.鈥� Advanced Functional Materials, 202131: 2170246 (2021).
Shihong Lin,聽4th place
鈥淒ifferentiating Solutes with Precise Nanofiltration for Next Generation Environmental Separations: A Review.鈥� Environmental Science & Technology, 2;55, 3, 1359-1376 (2021).
鈥淣anopore-Based Power Generation from Salinity Gradient: Why It Is Not Viable.鈥� ACS Nano, 15, 3, 4093-4107 (2021).
鈥淪uperhydrophobic-omniphobic membrane with anti-deformable pores for membrane distillation with excellent wetting resistance.鈥� Journal of Membrane Science, 620, 118768 (2021).
鈥淩obust zirconia ceramic membrane with exceptional performance for purifying nano-emulsion oily wastewater.鈥� Water Research, 208, 117859 (2021).
Justus C. Ndukaife, 5th place
鈥淣anoparticle Trapping in a Quasi-BIC System.鈥� ACS Photonics, 8, 7 (2021).
John T. Wilson,聽5th place
鈥淭argeted delivery of siRNAs against hepatocellular carcinoma-related genes by a galactosylated polyaspartamide copolymer.鈥� Journal of Controlled Release, 330, 1132-1151 (2021).