2013 September: Featured Image for Nature Communications
Xiaoshu and Hyeong-Ryeol’s work on atomic layer lithography has been selected for the Featured Image of Nature Communications. Congratulations!
2013 July: Cover Image for Advanced Functional Materials
Jincy and co-authors’ paper has been selected for the cover of Advanced Functional Materials.
Congratulations!
2013 June: Frontispiece for Advanced Materials
Hyungsoon and Kyle’s paper, in collaboration with Prof. Christy Haynes, has been selected for the frontispiece of Advanced Materials. Congratulations!
2013 June: NIH Biotechnology Training Grant
Lauren has been awarded the NIH Biotechnology Training Grant. Congratulations!
2013 May: Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Tim has been awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Congratulations!
2013 March: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Lauren has been awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.
Congratulations!
2012 November: Cover Image for Annalen der Physik
Our work on template stripping has been selected for the back cover of Annalen der Physik.
Congratulations!
2012 October: Cover Image for ACS Nano
Tim and Nate’s paper on pyramidal probe, in collaboration with Zach Lapin, Ryan Beams, and Sergio Rodrigo in Prof. Lukas Novotny’s group, has been selected for ACS Nano cover. Congrats!
2012 October: On board the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier
Sang-Hyun joined other DARPA young faculty awardees to embark on board the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and got catapulted back to a Naval base.
2012 September: New members
We welcome new group members: Dr. Seon Namgung, Lauren Otto, and Stephen Olson.
2012 September: Lab Chip cover image
Sean’s paper is chosen as the backside cover for Lab Chip. Congratulations!
2012 August: Farewell to Dr. Si Hoon (Sean) Lee
Sean is moving back to Samsung Electronics in Korea. We wish him all the best with his new job!
2012 March: Science Museum of Minnesota
Our group members (Nate, Xiaoshu, Jincy, and Sang-Hyun) participated in the NanoDays event at the Science Museum of Minnesota and gave optics demo.
2011 September: Farewell to Dr. Hyungsoon Im
Hyungsoon Im is moving on to his new position as a postdoc at Harvard Medical School. We wish him all the best with his new job!
2011 August: Farewell to Prof. Nathan Lindquist
Nathan Lindquist is moving on to his new position as an Assistant Professor of Physics at Bethel University. He will have a joint appointment as an Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the U. of Minnesota. We wish him all the best with his new job!
2011 August: DARPA Young Faculty Award
Sang-Hyun has been chosen by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as a recipient of the 2011 DARPA Young Faculty Award.
2011 July 22: Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Hyungsoon Im successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Im!
2011 April: MRS Graduate Student Award
Hyungsoon won the Silver Award at the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS). Congratulations! Link
2011 March: Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award
Sang-Hyun received a 2011 Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research.
2011 March: NSF CAREER Award
Sang-Hyun received an NSF CAREER Award.
2010 November: Cover article in Chemical Science
Our recent work on membrane protein SPR biosensing is published as a cover article in Chemical Science. Congratulations! Link
2010 August: Ph.D. #1
Nathan Lindquist successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Lindquist!
2010 August: Research Highlights in Nature Photonics
Hyungsoon and Nathan’s sub-10-nm nanogap work, in collaboration with Kyle Bantz and Prof. Christy Haynes, is highlighted in Nature Photonics (Aug. 2010 issue). Link
2010 July: NIH Training Grant
Tim was selected to receive an NIH Biotechnology Training grant. Congratulations!
2010 June: Farewell to Antoine
Antoine has accepted a position as a Senior Research Physicist at 3M Corporate Research Process Laboratory in St. Paul. We wish him the best of luck with his new career path.
2010 May: NIH R01 Grant from NIGMS
Our laboratory, with co-investigators at Mayo Clinic, has received an NIH R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). Congratulations to everyone!
2010 April: IREE Early Career Award
Sang-Hyun received an IREE Early Career Award for plasmonic photovoltaics research.
2009 July: Science
Prashant and Nate’s paper on ultrasmooth metals was published in Science. Congratulations!
2009 June: American Chemical Society (ACS) New Investigator Award
Sang-Hyun received 2009 Doctoral New Investigator Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF).
2009 March: Minnesota Partnership Award
Prof. Oh’s team and Dr. Moses Rodriguez’s team at Mayo Clinic were awarded $1.1M in a research grant from Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics. New and exciting nanotechnology developed by our team will be applied to advance our understanding of and ability to treat neurological disease.
2009 January
Nate’s work on sub-micron resolution plasmonic sensing was published as an inside front cover article in Lab on a Chip (Link). Congratulations!
2008 January: 3M Faculty Award
Sang-Hyun received 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award. (Link)
2007 December
Hyungsoon received ‘The College of Biological Science Award’ and a $500 cash award at the 6th Annual LifeScience Alley Conference and Expo in St. Paul. Also, Nate and Antoine shared ‘The Health Science Award’ and a $500 award. (Link)
2008 November
Hyungsoon and Nate received NSF travel grants to present their work at the Frontiers in Nanophotonics and Plasmonics conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Nate received the 3rd prize at the Honeywell Nobel Initiative Graduate Student Poster Session. Dr. Roderick MacKinnon, a 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, presented the award to Nate. Congratulations!
2007 June
Nate was chosen to receive NIH Biotechnology Training Grant from National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).
2007 May
Hyungsoon receives 3M Science and Technology Fellowship (2007-2010).
2007 February
Hyungsoon receives Gold Prize from the 13th Samsung Electronics HumanTech Thesis Prize Competition, out of more than 800 applicants. Congratulations! (Link)
