2023 12TH SNO CONFERENCE PROGRAM OVERVIEW


Saturday, November 11, 2023
8:30-10:15 AM
Announcements Conference Organizers
Poster Session Awards

Illya Medina Velo (Poster Session Chair)
Plenary IV Erin Carlson (U of MN): Chronic Exposure to Complex Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Elicits Rapid Resistance in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Plenary V Jorge Gardea-Torresdey (UTEP): From Phytomining to Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology: The Journey of a UTEP Miner
10:15-10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session - 3A: Tribute to Jorge Gardea-Torresdey I
Arturo Keller (UCSB), Jason White (CAES) Intro to the tribute session
Jason White (CAES), Lijuan Zhao (Nanjing), Arturo Keller (UCSB), Jorge Gardea Torresdey (UTEP) Nanobiotechnolgy-based strategies for enhanced crop stress resilience
Greg Lowry, Yilin Zhang (CMU), Kurt Ristroph (Purdue), Hagay Kohay, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Robert Tilton (CMU) Engineered nanocarriers for foliar uptake of agrochem
Paul Westerhoff (ASU) Natural, incidental and engineered nanomaterials in surface waters: Occurrence and catalytic reactivity influences on micropollutant degradation plus phosphorus turnover rates
Illya Medina Velo (Houston Christian), Elena Venegas Rodriguez, Michael Shaw, Elizabeth Sorells (WNMU)  Traditional NPK fertilization in combination with ZnO nanoparticle addition
Session - 3B: NanoPolymers I
Mohiuddin Quadir (NDSU) Introduction
Achintya Bezbaruah (NDSU) Opportunities and challenges of biopolymer use in nanoagriculture and nano-based environmental applications
Mohiuddin Quadir (NDSU) Soft nanoparticles: Sustainable nanoparticles for biotechnology and materials applications
Washington da Silva, Raja Muthuramalingam, Juliana Milagress, Talison da Costa (CAES) Using nanocarriers for targeted RNAi therapy in controlling plant pathogens
Mariya Khodakovskaya, Kari Vinzant (UALR), Delaney Clouse, Sadat Amit (Auburn), Ilia Ivanov, Virginia Davis Cellulose nanocrystals as eco-friendly, sustainable nanocarriesrs for the delivery of agrochemicals to plant cells
Session - 3C: NanoMedicine
Jared Brown, Arthur Stem, Keegan Rogers, Carlos Roncal-Jimenez, Richard Johnson (CO-Anschutz) Amorphous silica nanoparticle exposure in the development of chronic kidney disease of unknown Etiologye
Bo Ning (Tulane) Ultra-sensitive body fluid biomarker detection using CRISPR
Rouzbeh Tehrani,
Astha Upadhyay (Temple)
Biosynthesis of paramagnetic value-added graphitic precursors for MRI applications
Sebastian Leon, Jorge Pereira, Swadeshmukul Santra (UCF) Novel creatine-loaded nanoparticles for targeted cell delivery
Bingbing Sun, Yiyang Guo, Yubin Ma (Dulian)  Engineered design of mucus penetration nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Tian Xia (UCLA) Tolerogenic mRNA lipid nanoparticle platform treating peanut allergy
12:30 - 1:15 PM Lunch (Included in Registration)
1:15 - 3:15 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session - 4A: Tribute to Jorge Gardea-Torresdey II
Nubia Zuverza, Sara Thomas,
Sara Nason, Riley Lewis, Cheng-Hsin Huang, Chelli Stanley, Richard Silliboy, Maggie Blumenthal, Vasilis Vasiliou, Christy Haynes, Jason White (CAES)
Engineered nanomaterials with PFAS affinity to enhance phytoremediation
Dino Villagran,  Jonathan Calvillo Solis, Sheng Yin, Alexandria Castillo, Neidy Ocuane, Christian Sandoval Pauker, Brooke Dorsey, David Bai (UTEP) Electrochemical approaches to degrade PFAS
Cyren Rico, Preston Clubb, Naum Kirwa,
Joshua Garland, Polycarp Ofoegbu (Missouri)
Changes in plants following generational exposures to cerium oxide nanoparticles alone or with perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
Keni Cota-Ruiz (Utica),
Jorge Gardea (UTEP)
Integrating biochemical and analytical approaches to understand the role of nanomaterials effects on plant fitness under challenging environments
Yuqing Ye (Rice) From seed-priming to in-situ imaging, my journey in nanotechnology led by my mentor Dr. Jorge Gardea-Torresdey
Jose Hernandez-Viescas, Stephanie Maving-Sanchez, Mahesh Narayan (UTEP) Effects of nano-sized low-density polyethylene on the motility of Caenorhabditis elegans
Session - 4B: Nano for Sensors and the Environment
Yuankai Huang, Moyosore Afolabi, Yongsheng Chen, Lan Gan, Su Liu (Georgia Tech) MXene nanosheet-coated ion-selective electrode sensors for advancing lithium recovery process
Sage Sanders, Anupam Das, Huiyuan Guo, Peter McKenney (Binghamton University), Ke Du, Li Liu,  Tyler Ng (UC-Riverside) A bioinspired nanosensor for detection of waterborne bacterial and viral contaminants
Yash Shah, Leanne Gilbertson (Duke) Balancing functional performance and environmental impact of graphitic carbon nitride: A case study on boron doping syntheses 
Jonathan Calvillo Solís, Sheng Yin (UTEP), Paul Westerhoff (ASU), Dino Villagrán (UTEP) “Forever chemicals” detection: A selective nano-enabled electrochemical sensing approach for Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Gaddi Eshun, Omowunmi Sadik (NJIT) Electrochemical sensor for detection of PFAS using water-soluble polymer PPDD
Session - 4C: NanoClimate Action
David Berube (NCSU-RTNN) Nano and Climate Change 
Ji Su (Lawrence Berkeley) Cost-effective and clean hydrogen production with molten catalysis 
K. Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz, Seongbin Jo (UC-Riverside) Thermally-stable Zr-modified Ni/CaO catal-sorbent for an integrated CO2 capture and methanation process 
Chong Liu (UCLA) Understanding the materials-biology interface for CO2/N2 fixation 
Meng Wang, Yifei Ma (Pittsburgh)  A biocatalytic nanoreactor approach for carbon sequestration 
Kangwoo Cho (Pohang) Enhancing dimensionally stable anode for reactive chlorine-mediated water treatment 
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session - 5A: Tribute to Jorge Gardea-Torresdey III
Yiming Su (Utah), Xuefei Zhou (Tongji), Huan Meng (NCNT-Beijing), Tian Xia; Haizhou Liu; Philippe Rolshausen; Caroline Roper; Joan McLean; Yalei Zhang; Arturo Keller; David Jassby 
Cost–benefit analysis of nanofertilizers and nanopesticides emphasizes the need to improve the efficiency of nanoformulations for widescale adoption
Kenneth Flores (ASU), Logan Rand (USEPA), Carolina Valdes (UTEP), Paul Westerhoff (ASU), Jorge Gardea-Torresdey (UTEP) Targeting metal impurities for the detection and quantication of carbon black particles in water via spICP-MS
Gerardo Gamez, Harsshit Agrawaal, Rajendra Joshi (Texas Tech) Fast nanoparticle characterization via glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy elemental mapping
Milka Montes-Boyer (UT-Permian Basin), Zakary Alvarado, Nathaniel Paget (Midland College) Empowering the next generation: The impact of undergraduate research in nanotechnology and environmental stewardship
Maricarmen Lerma, Jesus Cantu,  Kazi Saima Banu (UTEP) Environmental assessment in fine jewelry in El Paso del Norte region via XRF spectroscopy
Arturo Keller (UCSB), Jason White (CAES) Summary of the tribute session
Session - 5B: NanoPlolymers II
Mahesh Narayan (UTEP) Engineered nanomaterials and interfacial interactions with biological systems
Gregory Lowry, Yilin Zhang, Robert Tilton, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (CMU) Polymer nanogels with a high density of functional sites for efficient and selective remediation and resource recovery
Howard Fairbrother, Johns Hopkins A novel approach to quantify size distribution and particle number concentration of polydisperse nanoplastics by Single Particle ICP-MS
Wenjie Xia (Iowa State) Multiscale modeling of cellulose-based nanomaterials towards understanding the mechanical performance
Mariya Khodakovskay, UALR Conclusions
Session - 5C: NanoEducation
Deb Newberry (Newberry Technology) The multi-disciplinary challenge of nanotechnology
David Britt, Anne Anderson, Astrid Jacobson (Utah State) Adoption of nanoparticles projects by Biology REU participants
Illya Medina Velo (Houston Christian) Student gains from a pilot research program in nano-enabled agriculture at a rural Hispanic-Serving Institution
Stacey Louie, Jiming Bao, Andrew Kapral (Houston) Curriculum development for education in nanotechnology-related standards
Milka Montes-Boyer (UT-Permian Basin), Zakary Alvarado, Nathaniel Paget (Midland College) Empowering the next generation: The impact of undergraduate research in nanotechnology and environmental stewardship
6:30 - 9:00 pm: SNO Gala Dinner (Included in Registration), Awards, NanoPitch, Town Hall