Colorado State University

This fall we welcomed Jonah to the group who is starting his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry. He comes to the Ackerson Lab with a B.S. in Chemistry from Colorado State University. During his undergraduate studies Jonah was a part of the Henry lab, where he worked on the project titled “Colorimetric Capillary Flow-driven Immunoassay for […]

Gavin presented his poster titled “Directing selenium allotrope formation through biological templates” at the 2025 Graduate Student Showcase. This showcase is designed to highlight the exciting research amongst graduate students across various disciplines at CSU.

Back in October, Addison, MaKayla, and others recently published their perspective article “Toward Regiochemical Control of Ligands on Thiol-Protected Gold Clusters” in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. This perspective explores how to better control the placement of ligands on thiol-protected gold clusters. Challenges, recent studies, and guiding principles that can assist in regiochemical control […]

Last week, Taylor successfully passed her preliminary exam and has entered her PhD candidacy. Way to go Taylor!

Courtney successfully defended her master’s thesis, titled “Progress Toward a Cloneable Bismuth Nanoparticle”. Upon graduating, Courtney plans to attend the University of Wyoming to pursue a PhD in chemistry. We are very proud of Courtney and everything she has done in the lab!

Olivia successfully defended her master’s thesis, titled “Transformation of Polyvinylpyrrolidone Protected α-SeNPs to Metal Selenide Quantum Dots”. Upon graduating, Olivia plans to pursue a PhD in education. We are very proud of all that Olivia has done!

On November 18th, Gavin successfully passed his preliminary exam and has entered his PhD candidacy. Way to go Gavin!

The week of October 28th, Chris, Taylor, Tony, and Bradley were all together in the Bay Area. They are collaborating with the Chan Zuckerberg Imaging Institute in Redwood City, CA where Chris is on sabbatical this fall. Taylor and Tony have been staying in the Bay Area since July, with Chris and Bradley visiting regularly. […]

On October 24, Olivia presented her literature seminar discussing the current literature surrounding factors that impact the conductivity in linked gold nanoparticle films. We are proud of the hard work that Olivia put into this presentation!

Bradley successfully defended his dissertation today and earned his PhD in Analytical Chemistry! We are so happy to see all of Bradley’s success and are eager to see where the future takes him. Bradley will continue his research in the Ackerson lab, focusing on cryo-electron microscopy of Cloneable Nanoparticles as a Postdoctoral Scientist while working […]