In the bottom drawer of your desk at home lie all the “must-haves” of yesteryear — a bundle of knotted earphones, a broken computer mouse, some overplayed CDs, a flip phone, an iPod. A study in The Global E-waste Monitor 2017 reported that in 2016 humans generated 44.7 million metric tons of electronic waste (e-waste). And in […]
Graduate News
Accelerate UConn Winners
Prof. James Rusling, Postdoctoral Fellow Islam Mosa, and Graduate Student Esraa Elsanadidy are the recipients of a Fall 2018 Accelerate UConn Grant for their project “Biocap-Harvest.” This project involves harvesting energy using nanogenerators and storing it to create standalone power systems for implantable, wearable, and portable electronics. All winning teams receive special training and a […]
Chemistry Joint Safety Team
On Friday, July 20, 2018, graduate students Cristin Bosko (Peczuh Group), Jasmin Portelinha (Angeles-Boza Group), and Jessica A. Martin (Pinkhassik Group) attended a “Networking with JST (Joint Safety Team)” event, hosted by Yale University. During the event, Dr. Christopher Incarvito, Director of Research Operations and Technology, led a tour of the facilities and equipment at […]
Art in Nanochemistry
Kumar Group Uses Electron Microscopes to Create Awe-Inspiring Images Nature is a masterful artist, responsible for the sweeping vistas around us. Nature’s hand is also evident on the microscopic level when microscopic objects are magnified a billion times over. Using high power electron or optical microscopes, Professor Challa V. Kumar and his Ph.D. students capture […]
Islam Mosa Wins 2nd Place at Innovation Quest
Graduate student Islam Mosa won second place in the 2018 UConn Innovation Quest competition run by the UConn Business School, and was awarded a $10,000 fellowship towards commercializing his BioSupercapacitor developed and characterized in conjunction with a team lead by Prof. Jim Rusling and including Drs. Vijay Kumar and Ashis Basu and Prof. Richard Kaner […]
Epitope Resolved Detection of Peanut Specific IgE Antibodies by SPR Imaging
Min Shen, Amit A. Joshi, Raghu Vannam, Chandra K. Dixit, Robert G. Hamilton, Challa V. Kumar, James F. Rusling, Mark W. Peczuh* Accurate characterization of antibodies (IgEs) in individuals exposed to allergens such as peanuts can provide insight into the clinical manifestation of an allergic reaction and also reveal how its fundamental immunobiology works. Measurement […]
Innovative Device Could Offer New Hope for Heart Patients
A UConn graduate student is developing a new micro-scale power source that is significantly smaller and more efficient than the batteries currently used in most cardiac pacemakers today. Working under the tutelage of chemistry professors James Rusling and Challa Kumar, Ph.D. student Islam Mosa is developing an implantable electronic device that draws its power from […]
A Pacemaker Powered by the Human Body
UConn Chemistry graduate student Islam Mosa (Rusling Group) had the opportunity to share his research with TEDx Vienna. You can watch him talk about a pacemaker powered by the human body here!
Graduate Student Awarded Fellowship
Svetlana Gelpi (Gascon Group) was awarded the GEM Fellowship sponsored by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This fellowship awards students the following: $16,000 stipend in the first academic year of the GEM Fellowship; GEM Member University provides a living stipend up to the 5th year of PhD program; a minimum of one paid summer internship with […]
2016-2017 Graduate Student Awards
The following awards were presented at the Chemistry Department’s Annual Safety Training on August 24, 2017. Waring (Scholastic) Award: Highest GPA for the 2016-2017 class. Tianqi (Kiki) Chen (Rusling) Masterton (Teaching) Awards: To be recommended by the TA committee or by instructors who may nominate their TAs for excellence in teaching. Islam Mosa […]