The Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at UI

The Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at The University of Iowa (NNI@UI) was established by The University of Iowa Office of the Vice President for Research in 2006. NNI@UI focuses on issues related to applications and implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology in environmental processes and human health, as well as the fundamental properties of nanomaterials.

The institute includes a core group of faculty and staff from the colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Medicine and Public Health involved in nanoscience and nanotechnology. NNI@UI provides a venue where researchers from all disciplines of science and engineering can gather to share ideas and discuss their views and prospects of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanomedicine and nanotechnology.

NNI@UI has partnered with a number of interdisciplinary institutes and centers on campus on a number of cutting edge research areas, including those related to translational medicine and the societal implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

News

Sarah Larsen honored by Technology Association of Iowa

Sarah Larsen, Co-Director of the Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Institute at UI, and Director of the NNI@UI REU program, was honored by the Technology Association of Iowa on Thursday, 11/17, with the 2011 Women of Innovation Award for Academic Innovation and Leadership in Post-Secondary Education. Dr. Larsen was recognized for her research program on nanomaterials and their use in environmental protection, catalysis, drug delivery and biomedical imaging.
More information on the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) recognition program.

Gillan receives funding for state-of-the-art Bruker D8 Advance X-ray diffractometer

Ed Gillan, Professor of Chemistry, has received a $198,500 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust and $40,000 in matching funds from the UI Office of the Vice President for Research for the purchase of this instrument. It will provide critical information on the atomic structure of a wide range of cutting-edge solid-state materials being investigated in research laboratories across campus.