Overview

We work at the interfaces of analytical, physical, materials, and biological chemistry, exploiting electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques to achieve dynamic molecular information. The systems we study range from neurons to soil to nanostructures.

News

06.30.2008
Christy is appointed as a senior member of the graduate faculty in the field of Chemical Physics.
06.18.2008
Bryce presents a poster and Christy gives a talk on the topic of nanoparticle toxicity at 3M.
06.11.2008
Emily Woo, an undergraduate Chemistry major, joins the Haynes lab to work with Shencheng to study platelet exocytosis.
06.04.2008
Shencheng and Nate's amperometry work on platelets was accepted for publication as an Accelerated Publication in Biochemistry.
06.03.2008
Richard Kurker, a Lando summer researcher, joins the Haynes group to work with Nate on calcium imaging in neurons.
05.20.2008
Both Shencheng Ge and Bryce Marquis give excellent talks at the University of Minnesota Department of chemistry Graduate Student Symposium.
04.24.2008
Courtney Jones is selected as the winner of the 2008 George T. Walker Scholarship and junior prize for outstanding achievement in undergraduate research and overall scholastic excellence from the Department of Chemistry.
04.23.2008
Kathy Braun's UROP award is renewed to continue her work studying the interaction of nanoparticles and cells using transmission electron microscopy.
04.18.2008 and 04.25.2008
Kathy Braun presents a poster on her work at the University of Minnesota undergraduate poster session and the American Chemical Society Winchell Symposium.
04.02.2008
Melissa Maurer-Jones is awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
03.28.2008
Sara Love is awarded the Mary Haga Travel Grant from the Xi chapter of the Graduate Women in Science to support her presentation at PittCon.
03.13.2008
Kyle's polymer-templated nanostructure paper was accepted for publication in Langmuir.
03.01.2008 - 03.07.2008
Nate, Shencheng, Bryce, Kyle, and Sara present their work at PittCon in New Orleans, LA.
02.12.2008
Our first nanotoxicity paper was accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry.
02.02.2008 - 02.06.2008
Shencheng attends Biophysics 2008 in Long Beach, CA and presents his results on amperometric detection of platelet secretion.
01.23.2008
Sara Love passes her Ph.D. Candidacy Examination.
01.23.2008
The Haynes Group's 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Grant is renewed for 2008.
01.22.2008
Undergraduate Chemistry majors Courtney Jones, Michelle Malaska, and Kyle Kulseth begin research in the Haynes lab as directed studies students. See project summaries, mentors,and contact information here.
01.16.2008
Kyle Bantz passes her Ph.D. Candidacy Examination.
12.09.2007
Undergraduate researcher Lindsay Werkmeister graduates from the University of Minnesota. Lindsay has been working in the lab for over two years, and she will be greatly missed. She plans to spend most of Spring semester in Peru doing a medical internship and then spend a year in the Teach for America program before attending medical school. We wish her the best of luck and look forward to hearing about the great things she does in the future.
11.16.2007
Kyle Bantz wins a Pfizer Graduate Travel Award from the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry to present her work at PittCon 2008.
11.15.2007
Shencheng, Bryce, Nate, and Christy collaboratively present a tutorial on microelectrochemistry for the Bioanalytical Lunch meeting.
11.12.2007
Christy gave an invited talk on our nanoparticle toxicity work at the monthly Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) meeting.
11.04.2007
We took a group trip to Aamodt's Apple Farm in Stillwater, MN to welcome Melissa and Yu-Shen and celebrate Fall. Now, we have an updated group picture (unfortunately missing Nate and Kathy), and there are a couple other pictures posted in the photo gallery.
11.02.2007
We are officially moved into our newly renovated space in the Kolthoff basement. It is beautiful (though not quite organized yet). Room numbers have been updated on the "contact" link.
10.11.2007
First year graduate students Melissa Maurer-Jones and Yu-Shen Lin join the Haynes group - they are both great additions to our team. Melissa comes with a background in environmental policy and Yu-Shen has significant experience in the field of nanoparticle toxicology. Welcome!
09.14.2007
Virginia Senkomago, summer 2006 REU researcher, begins a masters in public health program focused on Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale University. Congratulation and good luck to Virginia!
09.10.2007
The Haynes group meeting schedule has been set for Fall 2007 and can be found on our "Research" page. Meetings are at 2 pm on Fridays in Smith 221. Interested first year graduate students should attend and participate.
09.06.2007
Christy gives an invited talk on the electrochemistry research in the Haynes lab at the 5th Potter's Lodge Meeting on Electrochemistry.
08.29.2007 - 09.01.2007
Christy attends the 3rd International Symposium on Nanotechnology, Occupational, and Environmental Health in Taipei and give a talk on the groups nanoparticle toxicology work.
08.22.2007
Christy gives an invited talk on Bryce and Kathy's nanoparticle toxicology work at the Fall ACS meeting.
07.17.2007
The Haynes Group visited the West 7th Community Center again to run another "Chemistry Day" for the kids in the "Summer in the City" Program. We had a great time and so did the kids! Pictures from the activities are posted in the Photo Gallery.
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