Breakthrough: Cancer Detection with Nanoparticle Sensors
Professor Vincent Rotello's research is in the news with an article on a cancer identification method using nanoparticle sensors that can distinguish between metastatic and non-metastatic cells. It was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2009 106:10912). The article was also highlighted in June 26, 2009 issue of Forbes magazine.
Professor Mihri Ozkan Receives National Honor
Professor Mihri Ozkan of the University of California Riverside, a research collaborator in the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, received the Young Investigator Medal of the Society of Engineering Science on June 26, 2009 in ceremonies at Virginia Tech University. This honor is bestowed upon a young researcher in his/her ascendancy whose work has already had an impact in Engineering Science.
The citation on her award reads that she has been awarded the medal "in recognition of her multidisciplinary research contributions in nanotechnology and its applications in biology and engineering, which have impacted the development of nanoelectronic devices, photovoltaics, biosensors, bioimaging, cancer diagnostics and therapeutics."
Professor James Watkins Receives 2009-2010 Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship Award
Professor Jim Watkins, Co-Director of the CHM, has been awarded the Conti Fellowship for his outstanding record of research and scholarship. He was recognized at the UMass Annual Awards Dinner on May 12, 2009.
Professor Vincent Rotello Named Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry
Professor Vincent Rotello of the UMass Chemistry department has recently been named Associate Editor for the highly regarded international Journal of Materials Chemistry starting January 1, 2009. Professor Rotello adds this appointment to his many other honors and awards which include Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the University of Massachusetts Chancellor's Medal, Goessmann Professor of Chemistry, the NSF Career and Cottrell Scholar awards and a Sloan Fellowship.