Monthly Archive: September 2016

The lab welcomes visiting researchers Prof. Haeshin Lee and Kyueui Lee

Prof. Haeshin Lee is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at KAIST and also a lab alumnus! His graduate student Kyueui Lee has just arrived and Haeshin Will arrive in mid-November for a sabbatical. Welcome Haeshin and Kyueui!

The lab welcomes Fullbright Scholar Professor Suhair Sunoqrot

Dr. Suhair Sunoqrot is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan. She received her BS in Pharmacy from the University of Jordan in 2007, and  PhD in Biopharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2013, under the supervision of Dr. Seungpyo Hong. Welcome Suhair!

The lab welcomes new postdoctoral fellow Helen Zha

Helen was previously a postdoctoral fellow in Bert Meier’s group in Holland and  a PhD student under Sam Stupp at Northwestern. Welcome to the lab Helen!

The lab welcomes new undergraduate researchers Stephanie Liu and Luis Caldera Guzman

Welcome Stephanie and Luis!

Professor Messersmith quoted in NPR’s All Tech Considered Story

Dr. Messersmith quoted in NPR’s All Tech Considered story on biodegradable battery research conducted in the Bettinger lab at Carnegie Mellon.

Sarah Bhattacharjee wins Best Poster in Biosciences at the SURF Rose Hills Experience Poster Competition!

Aug 2016 – Undergraduate researcher Sarah Bhattacharjee wins Best Poster in Biosciences at the SURF Rose Hills Experience Poster Competition! Her poster focused on her summer research in the lab, and is titled “Benchtop Characterization of Fetal Membrane Sealants.” Congratulations Sarah and co-author and mentor Sally Winkler!

Andrew Kelleghan wins Best Poster in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering at the SURF Rose Hills Poster Competition!

Aug 2016 – Undergraduate researcher Andrew Kelleghan wins Best Poster in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering at the SURF Rose Hills Experience Poster Competition! His poster focused on his summer research in the lab and is titled “Toward Biocompatible Gold Nanorods via Peptidomimetic Ligand Exchange.” Congratulations Andrew and co-author and mentor Caroline Sugnaux!!