Congratulations to Ms. Rachel Kolesnikov-Lindsey for successful completion of her Master’s thesis entitled “Virus Constructed Iron Phosphate Lithium-ion Batteries in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)”.

Congratulations to Dr. Youjin Lee for successful completion of her Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Fabrication of 1-Dimensional Nanowires from Genetically Modified M13 Phage through Surfactant-mediated Hybridization and Applications in Medical Diagnosis, Energy Device, and Catalysts”.

Congratulations to Dr. Yoon Sung Nam for successful completion of his Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Nanostructures Templated on Biological Scaffolds for Light Harvesting, Energy Transfer, Charge Transfer, and Redox Reactions”.

Congratulations to Dr. Brian Neltner for successful completion of his Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Hybrid Bio-templated catalysts”.

Prof.  Angela Belcher has carried out an innovative and fundamental research project on the principles of development of the natural systems that can reconvert and use energy. Her research, designed to develop new materials, eventually focused on improving performances, on sustainability and on the environmental compatibility of processes.

Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Magyar for successful completion of his Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Biologically Inspired Materials for Electro-Responsive Coatings and the Photo-Oxidation of Water”.

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Hsieh for successful completion of her Ph.D.

Angela Belcher and Paula Hammond had the honor and privilege of receiving President Barack Obama at their laboratories. A partial video of this visit can be seen at the CNN website.

Congratulations to Dr. Yun Jung Lee for successful completion of her Ph.D. with thesis entitled “Nanostructured Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries using Biological Scaffolds”.

Congratulations to Ms. Joan Mao for successful completion of her Master’s thesis titled “Genetically Engineered Virus Fibers and Coatings for Antibacterial Applications”.