Haynes Research Group

Tian (Autumn) is a fifth year graduate student. While in the Haynes lab, she will be studying environmental nanotoxicity.

Victoria is a fifth year student who is co-advised by Professor Theresa Reineke. While in the Haynes lab, she is studying the use of glycopolymers to stabilized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

Joe is a fourth year student who first worked in the Haynes lab during summer 2013. Joe holds a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship and is also a trainee on the Biotechnology Training Grant. While in the Haynes lab, he will be studying environmental nanotoxicity as part of the "Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology".

Sunipa is a fourth year student who completed her M.S. from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) before coming to UMN. While in the Haynes lab, she will be studying environmental nanotoxicity as part of the "Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology".

Hyunho s a third year graduate student who earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois (2014) with major in Chemistry. While in the Haynes lab, he will work on multifunctional mesoporous silica nanoparticle synthesis.

Bo is a third year student who earned his M.S. from Jilin University before coming to UMN. While in the Haynes Group, he will study nanoparticle toxicity as part of both the MRSEC and the "Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology".

Natalie is a second year graduate student. She graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2015 from The College of William and Mary. While in Haynes Lab, she will be studying nanotoxicity as part of the "Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology."

Amani graduated from Hamline University, in 2014, with a B.S. in Biochemistry. He will be co-advised by Dr. Haynes and Dr. Pomerantz on a project involving fluorine-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

Kang is a second year student who earned her B.A. and M.S. from California State University, Fresno. While in the Haynes Group, she will be studying the role of blood platelets in malarial infection in a mouse model.

Peter is a first year student who graduated with a B.A. from Williams College. He is curious about the unintended impacts of engineered nanomaterials on biologic systems. While in the Haynes group, beginning with an early start in summer 2016, Peter is exploring the toxicity of olivene materials within the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.

Jiayi is a first year graduate student who received her B.S. in chemistry in 2016 from Wuhan University. While in the Haynes Group, she will be doing both single cell microelectrocehmistry and multiplexed in vivo electrochemistry measurements.

Becky is a first year graduate student who received a B.S. in chemistry from American University. Her interests lie in both polymeric materials, as well as the detection of chemical, agricultural, and environmental toxins. While in the Haynes Lab, she plans on working with SERS and polymers to detect for various toxins.

Hattie earned her undergraduate degrees at the Iowa State University (2007) with majors in Physics and Chemistry. She then completed her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley (2012), where she worked on NMR and MRI applications of xenon hyperpolarization and atomic magnetometry in Alex Pines' group. While in the Haynes lab, she is working on the quantification of iron-oxide nanoparticles in vivo with magnetic resonance imaging. (photo credit: David Trease)

Zhe earned her PhD in Chemistry with Dr. Ilya Zharov at the University of Utah, where she worked on synthesis and characterization of novel boron and silica nanoparticles. While in the Haynes group, she will be working on SERS analysis of protein analytes in blood.

Zhe's curriculum vitae is available.

Kyle is a rising senior who joined the Haynes lab in Fall 2014. He is working with sabbatical researcher, Prof. Vivian Feng, to explore the bacterial toxicity of Au nanoparticles.

Eileen is a rising junior majoring in Chemistry who joined the Haynes lab in January 2016. She is working with Sunipa to characterize bacterial response to Si nanocrystals.

Sam is a rising junior majoring in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering who joined the Haynes lab in January 2016. While in the Haynes lab, he will work with mentor Victoria Szlag to create SERS substrates for use as novel sensors.

Katie is a rising senior majoring in Chemistry with minors in Biochemistry and Sustainability Studies who joined the Haynes lab in August 2016. While in the Haynes lab, she is working with Joe Buchman to explore bacterial toxicity of nanoparticles.

Liz is a junior majoring in Biology who joined the Haynes lab in May 2017. She will be working with Natalie to explore the toxicity of new battery materials as part of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.

Sam is a rising junior majoring in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Tuskegee University who is spending summer 2017 in the Haynes lab. Through the MRSEC REU program, Sam is working in the Haynes lab with mentor Bo Zhi to assess the toxicity of doped silicon nanocrystals.

Kyle is a rising senior chemistry major at the College of Wooster who is spending summer 2017 in the Haynes lab. Through the Lando program, Kyle is working in the Haynes lab with mentor Amani Lee on his PFC-loaded nanoparticle work.

Anaeli is a undergraduate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. While in the Haynes lab, she is working with Tian Autumn Qiu and Peter Clement to explore the interaction between lipid vesicles and gold nanoparticles.

Bryce successfully defended his Ph.D thesis on August 6, 2010. Bryce was the first student to work on the Haynes group's nanotoxicity project. In addition, he mentored many undergraduate and junior graduate student researchers and performed significant department and community service. After defending his thesis, Bryce did postdoctoral reearch at NIST working on in vivo nanotoxicity studies with Bryant Nelson. Bryce is currently a tenure-track faculty member at the University of Central Arkansas Medical School.

Shencheng successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on April 26, 2011. Shencheng was the first student to exploit electrochemical techniques to study chemical messenger storage in and secretion from individual blood platelets. Shencheng was a recipient of the University of Minnesota's Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and is currently performing postdoctoral research with George Whitesides at Harvard.

Kyle successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on November 4, 2011. While in the Haynes lab, she used surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to characterize complex mixtures of pollutant and lipid systems. After defending her thesis, Kyle performed postdoctoral research with Milan Mrksich at Northwestern University. In Fall 2014, Kyle began a tenure-track faculty position at the Virginia Military Institute.

Sara successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on November 1, 2011. While in the Haynes lab, she explored bioanaytical aspects of nanoparticle cytotoxicity in chromaffin cells and blood. Sara is the Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology, and POC testing in the laboratory medicine & pathology department at Hennepin County Medical Center.

Yu-Shen successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on April 12, 2012. While in the Haynes lab, he was a recipient of the Taiwan Merit Scholarship and a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. His research focused on synthesizing novel chemotherapeutic nanoparticles and assessing their cytotoxicity. Yu-Shen spent some time as a Scientist at Oncothyreon in Seattle, WA. and is now a Senior Research Chemist at Ferrotec.

Melissa successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on November 27, 2012. While in the Haynes lab, she was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Fellowship, an ACS DAC Fellowship, and a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Her research focused on the correlation between reactive oxygen species and chemical messenger secretion after cell exposure to nanoscale materials. Melissa also initiated the Haynes group's work considering bacterial nanoparticle toxicity. After doing postdoctoral research with Prof. Kris McNeill at the ETH in Zurich, Melissa is now a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Melissa Maurer-Jones' curriculum vitae is available.

Secil successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on December 14, 2012. While in the Haynes lab, co-advised by Phil Buhlmann, Secil's work focused on characterizing the fundamental behavior of individual human platelets, with specific interest on membrane phenomena. Secil did postdoctoral research with Dr. Robert Flaumenhaft at Harvard Medical School and is currently a Research Scientist at Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Ben successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on July 16, 2013. While in the Haynes lab, Ben was a Chemical Biology Trainee (2010-2012) and a recipient of a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. His work focused on study of chemical messenger delivery in mast cells in various inflammatory states. Dr. Manning is currently attending medical school at the University of Minnesota.

Audrey successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on October 22, 2013. While in the Haynes lab, Audrey was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Fellowship and a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Her work focused on developing MS analysis methods for the mast cell and platlet secreteome/lipidome. In November 2013, Audrey began work as a Process Engineer at Intel in Portland, OR.

Donghyuk successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on October 23, 2013. His work focused on building a microfluidic model of the immune system and exploring how immune cells communicate with one another. Following his thesis defense, Donghyuk began postdoctoral research with Dino DiCarlo at UCLA.

While in the Haynes lab, Sam worked to synthesize mesoporous silica nanoparticles for both biomedical and sensing purposes.

Tony successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on April 6, 2015. His work focused on developing SERS sensors for detection of bloodborne protein species. Tony is currently serving as an adjunct professor at University of Texas at Austin.

Katie successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on August 25, 2015. Her work focused on building multifunctional therapeutic nanoparticles. While pursuing her doctoral work, Katie was a NSF Graduate Research Fellow and won a UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. She is now working at a Principal Chemist in the On-Premise Laundry group within Institutional R&D at Ecolab in Eagan, MN.

Solaire successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on January 28, 2016. Her thesis work focused on exploring the fundamentals of human platelet chemical messenger storage and secretion, with an emphasis on imaging techniques. In addition, Solaire pursed a significant amount of chemical education research considering both outreach and formal school audiences. She is now working as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Michigan on a project titled “Collaborative Research: Accelerating the Pace of Research and Implementation of Writing-to-Learn Pedagogies across STEM Disciplines.”

Sarah successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on April 21, 2016. Her thesis work focused on both single cell and mass spectrometric analysis of platelet and mast cell secretion. During her time as a graduate student, she was supported as a trainee on the Biotechnology Training Grant and did an internship at Boston Scientific where she is now working. Email Sarah

Ian successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on May 3, 2016. His thesis work focused on the interaction between engineered nanomaterials and Gram-negative bacteria. During his time as a graduate student, he was a trainee on the Biotechnology Training Grant and was also a recipient of the Torske Klubben Fellowship and Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.

Xiaojie successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on August 3, 2016. His thesis work focused on developing microfluidic platforms to study immune cell interactions in complex, dynamic environments. During his time as a graduate student, he did an internship at ZeptoLife, and is now an R&D Manager in a Sino-Japanese joint venture in Shanghai.

Adam is now a research scientist at Eli Lilly. He joined the Haynes research group as an expert in Raman spectroscopy ready to explore the synthesis and transport of neurotransmitters inside cultured neuronal cells.

Adam earned his B.S. at the University of Dayton (1999) and his Ph.D. in the Van Duyne group at Northwestern University (2004). He performed one year of postdoctoral research in the Hersam group at Northwestern University (2005) before joining the Haynes lab.

Nate joined the Haynes Lab after a postdoctoral stint at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Nate did his undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota and completed his Ph.D. at Penn State University (2006) under the guidance of Prof. Andrew Ewing, where he used giant liposomes to mimic cellular processes.

While in the Haynes lab, Nate worked to perform spectroscopic and electrochemical identification of neurotransmitters in invertebrae and single blood platelets. Nate is currently performing postdoctoral work with Prof. Sang-Hyun Oh at the University of Minnesota.

Ashish earned his PhD with Dr. Sarah Larsen at the University of Iowa, where he studied adsorption properties of silica and zeolite particles. As a postdoctoral researcher in the Haynes lab, he synthesized novel multifunctional core-shell mesoporous nanomaterials for biomedical and sensing applications.

Kayeong earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry with Dr. Hoeil Chung at Hanyang University (2014), Korea, where she worked on detection of disease biomarkers based on SERS combined with FFF system. While in the Haynes group, her research interest focused on live cell imaging using TIRF microscopy. Kayeong departed the Haynes lab in March 2016 to be a Senior Research Engineer at Samsung Electronics in Korea.

Ozlem worked in the Haynes lab to add her expertise in immunology. She collaborated with Shencheng, Audrey, Donghyuk, and Ben to advance our immune system-on-a-chip work. Ozlem is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Manchester College.

Vivian is an Associate Professor at Augsburg College who spent her 2014-2015 academic year on sabbatical in the Haynes lab. She is working as part of the "Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology" on environmental nanotoxicity using a bacterial model.

Cassie is a chemistry teacher and technology integration specialist in White Bear Lake Area Schools. Cassie earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of North Dakota and obtained her Masters degree in science education from the University of Minnesota. During summer 2013, Cassie worked with Audrey Meyer to optimize the pedagogical focus of the Haynes group's outreach activities.

Jolene is an assistant professor at St. Catherine University who joined the Haynes lab in June 2013 with two of her undergraduate researchers, Sara and Rachel. Jolene got her doctorate in the Mueller lab in the Physics department at the University of Minnesota before taking a position at St. Kate's in Fall 2012. Sara is a senior and Rachel a junior at St. Kate's, both are Chemistry majors. They worked with mentor Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn to perform TIRF imaging on platelets in a microfluidic device.

Sharon is a high school teacher at Southwest High School, teaching Chemistry, Biology, and Physical Science. She worked, during summer 2012, on outreach activities (with mentors Melissa Maurer-Jones and Audrey Meyer) as a participant of the NNIN RET program.

Dona was a Chemistry major who worked the Haynes lab from September 2015 until May 2017. Dona worked with Autumn to characterize the molecular character of nanoparticle/bacteria interactions and is the co-author on a paper published in Analytical Chemistry.

Anna spent summer 2016, when she was a rising senior at Gustavus Adolphus College, in the Haynes lab. At Gustavus, she majored in chemistry and minored in statistics. Through the Lando program, she worked in the Haynes lab with mentor Kang Xiong-Hang on her blood platelet work.

Susan spent summer 2016, when she was ready to begin her 5th year as an undergraduate at Oklahoma State University. AT Oklahoma State, she's a triple major in chemistry (B.S.), biochemistry & molecular biology (B.S.A.G.), and mathematics, and She plans to go to graduate school after graduate. Her research interests are in synthesizing/characterizing materials for different types of applications. During summer 2016, Susan worked with Bo on synthesizing carbon dots from a variety of carbon precursors.

Nathan was a Chemistry major at the University of Minnesota who worked in the Haynes lab from May 2013 - August 2016. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentors Ashish Datt and Katie Hurley to fabricate mesoporous silica-based sensors. Nathan is current in graduate school for chemistry at MIT.

Michael was an undergraduate Chemistry major who worked in the Haynes lab from December 2014-August 2016. While in the Haynes lab, we worked with Dr. Zhe Gao to create core-shell nanoparticles. He is currently a process engineer in the diffusion department at Polar Semiconductor.

Adam was a Chemical Engineering major who worked the Haynes lab from January 2014 - July 2016. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentors Sam Egger and Dr. Hattie Ring to synthesize mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery. Adam is now a research associate at Applied Membrane Technology, Inc. and plans to apply to graduate school for Fall 2017.

Kadir graduated with a Chemistry major from the University of Minnesota in December 2016. While working in the Haynes lab from April 2013-February 2016, he worked with mentors Ian Gunsolus and Ben Meyer to monitor bacteria respiration during nanoparticle exposure. Kadir's work was supported in part by the McNair Scholars Program.

Matt worked in the Haynes lab from May 2013 until leaving for grad school in August 2015. While in the Haynes lab, worked with mentors Antonio Campos and Victoria Szlag to fabricate substrates for surface-enhance Raman scattering and use them for protein sensing applications.

Nate was a rising junior at Macalester College pursuing a B.A. in chemistry when he worked in the Haynes lab for summer 2015. Nate worked with Autumn on her environmental nanotoxicity project.

Emily was a rising junior at Ripon College where she was majoring in chemistry and minoring in biology when she worked in the Haynes lab for summer 2015. As part of the Lando REU program, she worked with Xiaojie Wu to use microfluidic devices to research how different cell types communicate using biological signaling molecules.

Jake was a rising senior at Tulane University majoring in chemistry and minoring in public health when he worked in the Haynes lab for summer 2015. As part of the MRSEC REU program, he worked with Sunipa on her nanotoxicity project.

Sarah a chemistry teacher at White Bear Lake High School. She spent summer 2015 participating in the MRSEC "Research Experience for Teachers" program and was working with Solaire on a project involving science in dystopian literature.

Ka Lia was a rising junior in high school at Washington Technology Magnet School when she worked in the Haynes lab for summer 2015. As part of the ACS Project SEED program, she worked with Joe on a nanotoxicity project.

Molly worked in the lab from September 2013 until graduation in May 2015 as she pursued a major in Chemistry with a minor in Biology. Molly is planning to attend dental school after the completion of her undergraduate degree. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with Xiaojie to study the interaction in neutrophils and chemokines in microfluidic devices.

Bruno worked in the lab while he was a freshman and sophomore majoring in Chemistry with a minor in Biochemistry. He worked in the Haynes lab from January 2014-January 2015, with mentors Sarah Gruba and Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn. He plans to attend medical school after the completion of his undergraduate degree.

Danielle is a senior chemistry major at Mississippi State University who worked in the Haynes lab during the summer of 2014. Through the LANDO program, she worked with mentor Sarah Gruba to study opioid receptors on blood platelets using a variety of bioanalytical techniques.

Ky is a sophomore chemical engineering major at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He worked with Autumn and other CSN collaborators on the topic of environmental nanotoxicity as part of the 2014 CSN REU program.

Hilena is a Sophomore at Augsburg College, who is advised by Dr. Vivian Feng. She is double majoring in chemistry and mathematics. While in the Haynes lab during summer 2014, she was investigating environmental nanotoxicity on a bacteria model.

Lyle is a sophomore chemistry and biology double major attending Augsburg College working under Dr. Vivian Feng. While in the Haynes lab during summer 2014, he analyzed how gold nanoparticles affect a gram-positive bacterial model as part of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.

Ashlyn is an undergraduate student at UNC, Chapel Hill who joined the Haynes lab for summer 2013. While in the Haynes lab, Ashlyn worked with mentor Xiaojie Wu to study neutrophil chemotaxis using microfluidic platforms.

Dan is an undergraduate Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering double major at the University of Minnesota who worked in the Haynes lab from December 2012- December 2013. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with Katie Hurley to develop separation techniques for iron oxide nanoparticles to be incorporated into mesoporous silica shells.

Yiwen was an undergraduate chemistry major at the University of Minnesota who worked in the Haynes lab from April 2012 until June 2013. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentors Audrey Meyer and Ben Manning to monitor cell-secreted species using HPLC with electrochemical detection.

Heidi was an undergraduate Chemistry major at the University of Minnesota who worked in the Haynes lab from January 2011 until August 2012. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentors Kyle Bantz and Secil Koseoglu to exploit plasmonics for various sensing applications. Heidi's work was supported in part by a competitive Heisig-Gleysteen Award and UROP funding. Her research was included in her undergraduate honors thesis, a key component to her summa cum laude Latin honors.

Alec is an undergraduate chemistry/biochemistry double major at the University of Minnesota. who worked in the Haynes lab from September 2011 until October 2012. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentor Katie Hurley to synthesize multifunctional mesoporous nanoparticles. Alec's work was supported in part by a competitive UROP award that he earned for 2011-2012. Alec spent summer 2012 in Japan as a researcher in the NanoJapan: IREU program.

Cole is a chemistry major at Gustavus Adolphus who spent summer 2011 and 2012 working in the Haynes lab. While in the Haynes lab, he is worked with mentor Melissa Maurer-Jones to perform nanotoxicity experiments in bacteria.

John was an undergraduate Chemistry/Physics/Philosophy triple major at the University of Minnesota who worked in the Haynes lab from September 2009 - May 2012. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentors Sara Love and Audrey Guerard to examine blood-nanoparticle interactions and the mast cell secretome. John's work was supported in part by a competitive UROP award that he earned for 2009-2010. John is currently enrolled in the UCLA MD/PhD program.

Nancy is a senior undergraduate Chemistry/Chemical Engineering double major at the University of Minnesota who worked in the Haynes lab from June 2009 - May 2011. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentors Sara Love and Bryce Marquis to investigate nanoparticle shape effects on cellular toxicity. Nancy's work was supported in part by a competitive UROP award that she earned for 2009-2010.

Gregory is a junior Chemical Engineering major at the University of Minnesota. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentor Melissa Maurer-Jones to develop a model for nanoecotox studies of metal oxide nanoparticles.

Emily graduated with her Chemistry major from the University of Minnesota in May 2011. She began working in the Haynes lab in Summer 2008, and while in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Shencheng Ge to investigate the secretion of chemical messengers from individual blood platelets. Emily wrote and defended an honor's thesis based on her research. She is currently attending the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Nardine graduated with her chemistry major from the University of Minnesota in May 2011. She began working in the Haynes lab in January 2010, and while in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Yu-Shen Lin to fabricate mesoporous nanoparticles and assess their toxicity and drug loading capacity. Nardine is now attending chemistry graduate school at the University of Illinois and working with Professor Cathy Murphy as a NSF Graduate Research Fellow.

Tiya graduated with her biochemistry major from the University of Minnesota in May 2011. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Ben Manning to perform HPLC analysis of mast cell-secreted species. Tiya wrote and defended an honor's thesis based on her research. She is currently attending medical school at Ewha Womans University in Korea.

Ben was a chemistry/biochemistry double major at the University of Minnesota. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentor Secil Koseoglu to perform carbon-fiber microelectrode modification to minimize fouling.

Marsha graduated with her chemistry major from the University of Minnesota in May 2011. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Audrey Meyer to perform biomolecule extraction and purification from mast cell releasate. Marsha is attending chemistry graduate school at the University of Rhode Island.

Joe is a chemistry major at the University of Minnesota. He worked in the Haynes lab during spring semester 2011, working with mentor Donghyuk Kim to build microfluidic devices for single cell manipulations.

Cole is a junior chemistry major at the University of Minnesota who spent summer 2011 working in the Haynes lab. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentor Melissa Maurer-Jones to perform nanotoxicity experiments in bacteria.

Sarah is a recent graduate of Creighton University who spent summer 2011 working in the Haynes lab as a Lando researcher. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Ben Manning to use HPLC to characterize mast cell secretion.

Leah is a junior biomedical engineering major at Washington University who spent summer 2011 working in the Haynes lab as a NNIN researcher. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Donghyuk Kim to use microfluidic platforms to analyze neutrophil chemotaxis.

Ozge was a chemistry major at Middle East Technical University who spent summer 2010 working in the Haynes lab as a Lando researcher. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Kyle Bantz to perform SERS on lipid species. Ozge is currently in the Chemical Engineering graduate program at UC Davis.

Yingxia was a chemical engineering major at MIT who spent summer 2010 working in the Haynes lab as a NNIN researcher. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Donghyuk Kim to create microfluidic devices for detection of cell secretion.

Kathy graduated as a biomedical engineering major from the University of Minnesota in May 2010. While in the Haynes lab as a UROP researcher, she worked with mentor Bryce Marquis to prepare nanoparticle-exposed cell samples for TEM and performed microscopy analysis. She is a co-author on 3 publications in the Haynes lab and began graduate school in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota in Fall 2010.

Jenna graduated as a chemistry major from the University of Minnesota in May 2010. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Melissa Maurer-Jones to investigate the generation of reactive oxygen species in nanoparticle-exposed cells. She is making use of her keen analytical skills working in a Minnesota crime lab.

Chelsea graduated as a Chemistry major at the University of Minnesota in December 2009. She worked in the Haynes lab throughout the 2009 calendar year. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Kyle Bantz to fabricate SERS-active polymer scaffold nanostructures. Chelsea is currently an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow at the Minnesota Alliance with Youth.

Sarah was an undergraduate at the University of Florida who spent Summer 2009 in the Haynes lab as a NNIN REU researcher. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Melissa Maurer-Jones to investigate the role of reactive oxygen species in nanoparticle toxicity. Sarah is now a CDC fellow in Central Florida.

Ivan was an undergraduate Chemistry major at Truman State who who spent Summer 2009 working in the Haynes lab as a Lando researcher. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentors Kyle Bantz and Nate Wittenberg to investigate the effects of partition layer ordering on SERS sensor performance. Ivan is currenlty a graduate student at the University of Illinois working in Stephen G. Sligar's group.

Courtney was an undergraduate Chemistry major at the University of Minnesota (graduated December 2008) who worked in the Haynes lab for one year. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Kyle Bantz to fabricate novel SERS substrates and characterize them using atomic force microscopy. Her research resulted in one manuscript and an honors thesis. Courtney is currently a technical services specialist at Kerry Ingredients in Dayton, OH

Kyle was an undergraduate Chemistry major at the University of Minnesota who worked in the Haynes lab during the 2008 calendar year. While in the Haynes lab, Kyle worked with mentor Shencheng Ge to explore immune cell communication using microelectrochemistry techniques. Kyle is currently working at 3M in Maplewood in the Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division in Product Engineering.

Michelle graduated from the University of Minnesota undergraduate program in Spring 2008. While in the Haynes lab, she worked with mentor Sara Love to investigate the effects of nanoparticles on cellular behavior.

Rick was an undergraduate at Providence College who spent Summer 2008 in the Haynes lab as a Lando NSF REU student. Rick worked with Nate Wittenberg to monitor real-time calcium concentration in leech neurons and won the Lando poster session at the end of the summer.

Lindsay was an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota who graduated in December 2007. While in the Haynes lab for two years, she focused on nanoparticle synthesis and TEM characterization.

Han Na was a senior undergraduate Chemistry major at the University of Minnesota. While in the Haynes lab, she developed retinal tissue protocols and performed electrochemical measurements in that tissue with Shencheng.

Virginia graduated from Berea College and spent Summer 2006 in the Haynes lab as a Lando NSF REU student. Virginia worked with Shencheng to culture retinal neurons.

Eva graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College and spent Summer 2006 in the Haynes lab as an NNIN REU student. Eva worked with Bryce to prepare TEM samples for cytotoxicity studies.

Brian worked in the Haynes lab when he was a senior at St. Paul Central High School and taking chemistry courses at the University of Minnesota. While in the Haynes lab, he worked with mentor Ben Manning on murine mast cell extraction and analysis.

Anushua worked in the Haynes Lab during the summers of 2010 and 2011 while she was a high school student. She worked with mentors Sara Love and Melissa Maurer-Jones to explore metal nanoparticle cytotoxicity in both mammalian and bacterial cells.