Celebrating Women’s History Month at CNSI
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we would like to honor the women members of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. These researchers, all from a variety of backgrounds, have made significant contributions to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology—conducting groundbreaking research in areas such as nanomedicine, nanoelectronics, and nanomaterials. Their work has resulted in new technologies and materials that have the potential to revolutionize a wide range of industries, from healthcare to electronics to energy.
In addition to their research, these women are also leaders and mentors within the scientific community. They have served as role models for the next generation of female scientists and have worked tirelessly to promote diversity and inclusion within their field.
We would like to recognize and thank our women members of CNSI for their exceptional work and dedication to advancing the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Their contributions have paved the way for future generations of female scientists and have helped to create a more diverse and inclusive scientific community.
Featured News – Women’s History Month
August 11, 2023 | Trying to read people’s minds with biosensors | “The Science Show”
Professor Anne Andrews discusses her brain biosensor research with science journalist Robyn Williams on “The Science Show”. The Australian Broadcasting Corp’s Science Show is considered by many people to be the world’s best science broadcast program. Andrews’...
August 2, 2023 | From sea monkeys to shelf-stable insulin
It’s not every day that a gag gift at a holiday party sparks a new line of research, but that turned out to be the case for Heather Maynard, a polymer scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). As she watched little shrimp-like sea monkeys emerge...
July 18, 2023 | UCLA Nanomaterials Engineer Wins Global Award for Innovation in Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Yu Huang, the Traugott and Dorothea Frederking Professor of Engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded the 2023 Eni Energy Transition Award designed to honor the best innovation for decarbonizing the energy system. Established in 2008 by...
July 14, 2023 | Keriann Backus Receives 2023 Ono Breakthrough Science Initiative Award
Professor Keriann Backus has been named a recipient of the 2023 Breakthrough Science Initiative Award from the Ono Pharma Foundation to support her research on chemoproteogenomic approaches to guide immunomodulatory therapeutics. ...
July 7, 2023 | Bare-foot Ni(OH)2-clothed platinum-tetrapods enable more efficient green hydrogen production
A collaborative research team led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group, Professor Anastassia N. Alexandrova’s group in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Professor Yu Huang’s group in the UCLA Department of Materials Science and Engineering has...
June 5, 2023 | Professor Anne Andrews and graduate student Noelle Mitchell co-author an impactful new paper published in Science
The seven-year research collaboration with researchers at Columbia University marks an important step in a long-awaited aptamer revolution. One cold day in October 2016, Anne Andrews, UCLA professor of chemistry & biochemistry and psychiatry, found herself in Jyväskylä, Finland…
June 1, 2023 | Professor Keriann Backus Receives 2023 UCLA Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award
Professor Keriann Backus receives a 2023 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award, which honors the considerable dedication of faculty mentors who have served as effective research mentors to undergraduate students. As part of the UCLA Undergraduate Research...
April 6, 2023 | Prineha Narang Awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship
Professor Prineha Narang, UCLA’s Howard Reiss Chair in Physical Sciences, has been awarded the 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. The physical world — from gas giants in the solar system, to living organisms, and even particles — exists in a state of nonequilibrium. Narang’s...
March 28, 2023 | 5 Questions with CNSI’s Haley Marks
Haley Marks is a project scientist for the Advanced Light Microscopy Lab (ALMS) at the CNSI at UCLA. She is a biomedical engineer with a specialty in nano-biosensor research, translational medicine, and optics education. Since joining CNSI in 2022, Haley has served as...
March 23, 2023 | Q&A: Bioengineer Mireille Kamariza can’t wait to see what’s next
When Mireille Kamariza joined the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering as an assistant professor of bioengineering in January, she brought with her an early record of innovation. Just a decade after earning her undergraduate degree at UC San Diego, Kamariza has already...
March 20, 2023 | UCLA-led study uses base editing to correct mutation that causes rare immune deficiency
A new UCLA-led study suggests that advanced genome editing technology could be used as a one-time treatment for the rare and deadly genetic disease CD3 delta severe combined immunodeficiency…
March 6, 2023 | Ellen Sletten Receives ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC) 2023 Rising Star Award
Professor Ellen Sletten has been selected for a 2023 Rising Star Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Women Chemists Committee (WCC) for her work on new approaches to imaging and drug delivery. Sletten will receive the award at a reception following the WCC...