On October 13, 2025, 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
Andrea Locke | Bryant Spreine
PROMOTIONS
John Wilson, promoted to Professor
Justus Ndukaife, promoted to Associate Professor & Named Chancellor Faculty Fellow
De-en Jiang, named H. Eugene McBrayer Chair in Chemical Engineering
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Owen Meilander was recognized for his exemplary contributions that strengthen research and STEM outreach within the VINSE community.
HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATIONS
We recognize the following faculty for their accomplishments reported聽in these top impact journal publications.
Josh Caldwell, 1st place
鈥淗yperbolic shear polaritons in low-symmetry crystals鈥� Nature, 602, 7898 (2022).
Ethan Lippmann, 2nd place
鈥淩eactive astrocytes transduce inflammation in a blood-brain barrier model through a TNF-STAT3 signaling axis and secretion of alpha 1-antichymotrypsin鈥� Nature Communications, 13, 1, (2022).
Craig Duvall & Scott Guelcher, 3rd place
鈥淩eactive oxygen species-degradable polythioketal urethane foam dressings to promote porcine skin wound repair鈥� Science Translational Medicine, 14, 641 (2022).
Josh Caldwell & Sokrates Pantelides, 4th place
鈥淓mergent interface vibrational structure of oxide superlattices鈥� Nature, 601, 7894 (2022).
Jason Valentine, 5th place
鈥淢eta-optic accelerators for object classifiers鈥� Science Advances, 8, 30 (2022).