October 26, 2019 - Huda Usman won 1st place during the Undergraduate Poster Competition at the 2019 AfroBioTech Conference (AIChE). She presented a poster entitled: Nanocultures: Controlled Microbial Communities in Sessile Drops.

 

October 11, 2019 - Eloise and Nna-Emeka published their first scientific article entitled: Electrochemical Strategy for Eradicating Fluconazole-Tolerant Candida albicans Using Implantable Titanium in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.9b09977

April 4, 2019-We are very proud to see our lab members on the AIChE Foundation's Newsletter this morning. Bottom left picture: (Eloise Parry-Nweye, Nna-Emeka Onukwugho, Huda Usman)

October 29, 2018- Serena won the first place during the Undergraduate Poster Competition at the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting, under the category of Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology. She presented a poster entitled "Toxicity of Carbon Nanotube Adsorbed Silk Membranes Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa". Congratulation, Evah! 

October 29, 2018-  Emeka won the second place during the Undergraduate Poster Competition at the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting, under the category of Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology. He presented a poster entitled "Electrical Enhancement of Efficacy of Antifungal Drug in Killing Candida albicans". Congratulation, Emeka! 

October 29, 2018- Huda won the third place during the Undergraduate Poster Competition at the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting, under the category of Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology. She presented a poster entitled "Mechanical and Transport Properties of Hydrosiloxane-Based Nanocultures". Congratulation, Huda! 

July 31, 2018- ChemE Undergraduates Take Their Research to Italy. Erin Hunter and Nick Waters are highlighted on the Pitt Cheme Website for their participation at the 2018 Gordon Research Seminar on Biointerface Science. Erin and Nick received travel supports from GRS and the Honors College, respectively. Congrats!

 

July 27, 2018- Dr. Niepa wins the Pre-PhD Best Mentor Award.

 

June 17, 2018- Dr. Niepa co-chaired the 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Biointerface Sciences in Lucca, Italy. He also led a panel discussion entitled Preparing for a Career in Science: From Applications to Writing Paper. The panel included professors Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard University, USA), William Wagner (University of Pittsburgh, USA, and Lorenzo Albertazzi (Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain).

 

April 23, 2018- Sricharani Balmuri presented her work at the NSF Workshop on the Mechanical Properties of Biofilms @the University of Notre Dame

 

April 19, 2018- Congratulations to Jenna, Reilly, Erin, Eloise, Emeka, and Nick for their final presentations during the microBiointerface Research Day!

April 13, 2018- Nicholas G. Waters and Erin K. Hunter have been selected to present their work at the 2018 GRS on Biointerface Science in Lucca (Barga), Italy.

January 16, 2018- Sricharani Balmuri is joining The microBiointerface Lab

January 1, 2018- Shanna-Leigh Davidson is joining The microBiointerface Lab 

March 14, 2017- The microbiointerface Lab is joining the Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh 

July 5, 2016- giving a seminar at the Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique, Grenoble-FRANCE

April 12, 2016-Work on Crude oil Bioremediation highlighted in IMPACTS FROM THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL ON GULF OF MEXICO FISHERIES – GOMSG-G-16-0020

March 1st, 2016-Professional Development Workshops for Teachers (University of Pennsylvania).

October 12, 2015- on Syracuse University-Engineering and Computer Science news.

October 2015-  on the eNewsletters as new member the AIChE Minority Affairs Committee

June 17-18, 2015- on Stevens eNews- Stevens Conference on Bacteria-Materials Interactions. 

Appreciation Award for Dedication, Continuous Inspiration, and outstanding Contribution to Science and Engineering Students, Greater Philadelphia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, PA. (April 2015)

Early Career travel Grant Award (NSBE, NSF) to attend the ARLS faculty Development (March 2015)

 

Syracuse University-All Doctoral University Prize in Chemical Engineering (May 2014)

 

Syracuse University-CGPA Scholar of the Year Award (May 2014)

 

Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship for the 2014 Gordon Research Conference & Seminar on Microbial Stress Reponses- at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (February 2014)

 

University of Pennsylvania-Postdoctoral Fellowship for Academic Diversity, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (December 2013)

 

Nomination by Syracuse University and MARS, Inc. for the 2013 Nobel Laureate meeting in Lindau, first and second round of selection (March 2013).

 

Graduate Research Assistantship, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. (January 2013)

 

Syracuse University STEM Pre-doctoral Fellowship for 2 years, Syracuse University. (May 2011)

 

GEW TOP 50 Most Promising Startups Globally with HELIOS, now PurpleSun, Inc. (May 2011)

 

1st Place and Grand winner of the 2011 NYS Business Plan Competition with HELIOS, now PurpleSun, Inc. (April 2011)