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December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

Professor Theresa Reineke Next Editor-in-Chief for Bioconjugate Chemistry

The American Chemical Society (ACS) announced on Dec. 8, 2022, that Professor Theresa Reineke has […]

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December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

Welcome To Our New First-year Graduate Students!

(Left to Right) Elizabeth (Liz) Lopez, Chemistry; Rose Liyanagunawardana, Chemistry; and Geethaanjali (Geetha) Mohan, Chemical […]

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December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

Nathan Rackstraw Receives Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Honorable Mention Two Years in a Row

Not just in 2021-2022 but also in 2020-2021, Nathan has received an Honorable Mention for […]

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December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

Nicholas Kreofsky Recipient of the Robert L. Ferm Outstanding TA Award

Congratulations to Nick for winning the 2021-2022 Robert L. Ferm Outstanding Teaching Assistant (TA) Award! […]

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December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

Graduate Students Present Their Research at the Fall 2022 ACS Meeting

Fourth-year graduate students Mayuri Porwal, Erin Maines, and Mckenna Hanson attended the Fall 2022 ACS […]

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December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

Mayuri Porwal Awarded a 2022 CSP-funded Researcher in Residency at Cornell University

Mayuri conducts research for the University of Minnesota National Science Foundation-funded Center for Sustainable Polymers […]

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August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

Punarbasu Roy Participates in Confocal Microscopy Workshop 

A primary goal of Punarbasu’s research is to synthesize and characterize a family of polymers […]

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August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Professor Theresa Reineke Named Prager Chair in Macromolecular Science in Chemistry

A huge congratulations to our own Prof. Theresa Reineke for being named a Prager Chair […]

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August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

CEMS Selects Christian Grimme as Outstanding Teaching Assistant

For his excellent performance as a teaching assistant for MATS 4400, Senior Design Project, the […]

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August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Rishad Dalal Successfully Defends Thesis

On June 30, 2022, Rishad successfully defended his thesis, “Effective pDNA and CRISPR RNP Delivery […]

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August 24, 2022August 24, 2022

Alumni Monica Ohnsorg Participates in the 2022 Future Faculty Workshop

Congratulations to Monica for being selected to participate in the 2022 Future Faculty Workshop “Diverse […]

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August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Emily Prebihalo Participates in ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy

Congratulations to Emily for being selected to attend the 2022 American Chemical Society (ACS) Summer […]

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August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Emily Prebihalo Attends Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference

On June 6–8, 2022, Emily attended the American Chemical Society (ACS) Green Chemistry Institute’s Green […]

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August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Students Present at 3rd-year Graduate Student Research Symposium

Emily Prebihalo, Punarbasu Roy, and Christopher LaSalle presented their research at the 3rd-year Graduate Student […]

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July 12, 2022August 5, 2022

Alumni Derek Saxon’s First-author Manuscript Included in JACS Virtual Issue on Sustainable Polymers

Alumni Derek Saxon’s 2019 JACS paper, “Architectural Control of Isosorbide-Based Polyethers via Ring-Opening Polymerization,” was […]

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June 6, 2022August 5, 2022

Professor Theresa Reineke is New Associate Editor for Chemical Science

Congratulations to Prof. Theresa Reineke and her new appointment as an Associate Editor for the […]

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June 6, 2022August 5, 2022

NSF and Ford Foundation Award Fellowships to Nicholas Kreofsky

In addition to being awarded a 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, Nick […]

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June 6, 2022June 6, 2022

Mckenna Hanson Recipient of Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Congratulations to Mckenna for being awarded a 2022-2023 University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF)! […]

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June 6, 2022June 6, 2022

Second-year Students Pass Written and Oral Exams

Congratulations to the following Reineke graduate students for passing their Ph.D. Preliminary Written and Oral […]

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April 14, 2022August 5, 2022

Alumni Ramya Kumar’s First-author Article Showcased in JACS Au Virtual Issue on Emerging Chemistry and Machine Learning

JACS Au published alumni Ramya Kumar’s first-author paper, “Combinatorial Polycation Synthesis and Causal Machine Learning […]

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April 12, 2022August 5, 2022

Paper Led by Mayuri Porwal Selected as a Chemical Science Pick of the Week

Mayuri Porwal’s first-author paper, “Stereoregular functionalized polysaccharides via cationic ring-opening polymerization of biomass-derived levoglucosan,” has […]

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March 12, 2022March 12, 2022

Craig Van Bruggen Successfully Defends Thesis

Craig successfully defended his thesis, “Quinine Copolymer Reporters for Enhanced Gene Editing and Raman Imaging,” […]

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February 11, 2022February 11, 2022

Rishad Dalal Selected to the 2022 “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research” Symposium

Rishad has been selected to present his research at the 2022 “Excellence in Graduate Polymer […]

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February 2, 2022February 2, 2022

Welcome to Our New First-year Students!

(Left to Right) Alicia Huggett, Chemistry; Eli Broman, Chemistry; Sidharth Panda, Chemistry; and Tyler Weinstein, […]

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November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

Monica Ohnsorg Successfully Defends Thesis

Monica successfully defended her thesis, “End-Group Modified Bottlebrush Polymers to Deliver Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients,” on […]

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November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

Mayuri Porwal Honored with CEMS Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

For her excellent performance as a teaching assistant in the spring of 2021, the Department […]

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November 4, 2021August 5, 2022

Prof. Theresa Reineke Recipient of the ACS 2022 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has awarded Prof. Reineke a 2022 Arthur C. Cope Scholar […]

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September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

Christopher LaSalle Recipient of Teaching Assistant Award

Congratulations to Christopher for receiving a 2020-2021 Robert L. Ferm Outstanding Teaching Assistant (TA) Award! […]

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September 24, 2021September 24, 2021

McKenna Hanson Awarded Competitive Department of Chemistry Excellence Fellowship

Congratulations to Mckenna for being selected as a recipient of a 2021-2022 Department of Chemistry […]

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April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

Monica awarded the Eastman Chemical Student Award

Congratulations to Monica for being selected as the winner of the 2020-2021 Eastman Chemical Student […]

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April 5, 2021April 5, 2021

Kaylee Barr Awarded An NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

Congratulations to Kaylee for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Kaylee is a first-year […]

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January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Mayuri Awarded PPG Graduate Student Fellowship

Congratulations to Mayuri for being selected as a recipient of the PPG Graduate Student Fellowship […]

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December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

C&EN highlighted work from the Reineke group in an article!

Congratulations to Prof. Reineke and to Dr. Zhe Tan! C&EN has highlighted our group’s work […]

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December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

Researchers in the Reineke and Frontiera groups discover new way to deliver DNA-based therapies for diseases

University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers in the labs of Professor Renee Frontiera and Professor […]

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December 16, 2020January 5, 2021

Welcome to our new first year students!

Welcome to our new first year students Kaylee, Michael, Nathan, and Nick!

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December 8, 2020December 8, 2020

Ethan Honored for Fourth-Year Virtual Seminar

Ethan was selected to receive a prize for his fourth-year seminar talk, entitled “Adapting the […]

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August 28, 2020August 28, 2020

Vijay Awarded UROP

Congratulations to Vijay for his successful Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) application! This award will […]

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August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

Professor Reineke To Give An ACS Webinar

Professor Reineke along with Professor Coray Colina from the University of Florida will be giving […]

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August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

Ramya Presents at Annual IPRIME Meeting

Ramya presented her research at the 2020 IPRIME Annual Meeting that took place virtually on […]

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May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

Christian, Erin, and Mayuri Pass 2nd Year Oral Exams

Congratulations to CEMS students Christian, Erin, and Mayuri for passing their second year oral exams!

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March 26, 2020March 26, 2020

Monica Selected to be a 2020 CAS Future Leader

Congratulations to Monica for her selection to the 2020 CAS Future Leaders Program! This program […]

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February 3, 2020February 3, 2020

Annie Receives GWIS Agnes Hansen Travel Award

Congratulations to Annie for receiving a Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Agnes Hanson Travel Award! From […]

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January 23, 2020January 23, 2020

Emily Receives Teaching Assistant Award

Congratulations to Emily Prebihalo for receiving an Aaron and Anna Beek Graduate Student Teaching Award from the University […]

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January 23, 2020January 23, 2020

Mckenna Passes 2nd Year Oral and Written Exams

Congratulations to Mckenna Hanson for passing her second year oral and written exams!

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December 12, 2019December 12, 2019

Hussnain Awarded PPG Graduate Student Fellowship

Congratulations to Hussnain for being selected as a recipient of a PPG Graduate Student Fellowship […]

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December 12, 2019December 20, 2019

Swapnil Successfully Defends Thesis

Swapnil Tale successfully defended his thesis, entitled “Amphiphilic and Random Copolymers as Specialized Excipients for Oral Drug […]

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November 19, 2019November 19, 2019

Annie Selected to Participate in Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium

Congratulations to Annie for being selected to give an oral presentation at the 2020 Excellence […]

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November 18, 2019November 18, 2019

Christopher, Emily, and Punarbasu Join the Group

Christopher LaSalle, Emily Prebihalo, and Punarbasu Roy officially joined the Reineke Group as doctoral students. […]

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September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

Shan Receives UROP Award

Congratulations to Shan, an undergraduate researcher in the Reineke Group, for receiving a UROP award! […]

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August 15, 2019August 15, 2019

Zhe Successfully Defends Thesis

Zhe Tan successfully defended her thesis, entitled “Cationic Polymers and Micelles as Delivery Agents for Gene […]

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August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Ramya Invited to Attend ACS Macro Letters & Macromolecules Editorial Board Meeting

Congratulations to Ramya for being invited to attend the Joint Editorial Advisory Board meeting of ACS […]

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August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Reineke Group Featured by the College of Science and Engineering

The Reineke Group was recently featured in a news story, titled “Building Blocks for Success”, […]

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June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Cristiam Accepted to the 2019 Future Faculty Workshop

Congratulations to Cristiam for being accepted to the 2019 Future Faculty Workshop! This workshop will take […]

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June 7, 2019June 7, 2019

Professor Reineke Featured in the University of Minnesota Foundation’s Spring 2019 Legacy Magazine

Professor Reineke was recently featured in the Spring 2019 issue of the University of Minnesota […]

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June 7, 2019June 7, 2019

Monica Receives a Paul and Gerda Gassman Award at the Graduate Student Research Symposium

Congratulations to Monica for receiving a Paul and Gerda Gassman Award at the 2019 Graduate Student […]

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May 3, 2019May 3, 2019

Recent Accounts of Chemical Research Article Achieves Most Downloads for the Month of April

A recent article from the Reineke Group published in Accounts of Chemical Research, entitled “Nonviral Gene […]

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April 10, 2019April 11, 2019

Mckenna Hanson Awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Mckenna for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Mckenna is a first-year graduate student […]

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April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

Professor Reineke Co-Organizes Special Issue of Bioconjugate Chemistry

Professor Reineke recently served as a guest co-editor and co-organizer for a special issue of Bioconjugate Chemistry […]

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March 19, 2019March 19, 2019

Ramya Receives Postdoctoral Association Spring 2019 Career Development Award

Congratulations to Ramya for receiving a University of Minnesota Postdoctoral Association Spring 2019 Career Development […]

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February 26, 2019February 26, 2019

3D Printing Paper Featured on Cover of Polymer Chemistry

A recently published article from the Reineke Group will be featured on the cover of Polymer […]

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February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

Ramya Selected to Participate in the 2019 PMSE Future Faculty Symposium

Congratulations to Ramya for being selected to participate in the 2019 PMSE Future Faculty Symposium! […]

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January 25, 2019January 25, 2019

Congratulations to Anatolii for Successfully Defending His Thesis!

Anatolii Purchel successfully defended his thesis entitled “Development of Polymer Excipients for Applications in Oral Drug Delivery” […]

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October 25, 2018October 25, 2018

Congratulations to Leon for Successfully Defending His Thesis!

Leon Lillie successfully defended his thesis entitled “Degradable Materials from Sugar-derived Feedstocks” yesterday. Leon was co-advised by Professor […]

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October 12, 2018October 12, 2018

Professor Reineke Honored with the DuPont Nutrition & Health Science Excellence Medal

Congratulations to Professor Reineke for receiving the DuPont Nutrition & Health Science Excellence Medal from the […]

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October 10, 2018October 10, 2018

Annie Luke Interviewed for the “Brains On!” Podcast

Annie Luke was recently interviewed by American Public Media for an educational kids podcast called […]

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September 25, 2018September 28, 2018

Congratulations to Pranav for Successfully Defending His Thesis!

Pranav Agrawal successfully defended his thesis entitled “Advancements in microfluidics for biotechnology applications” yesterday. Pranav was co-advised by […]

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August 2, 2018August 6, 2018

Congratulations to Yaming for Successfully Defending Her Thesis!

Yaming Jiang successfully defended her thesis entitled “Complexation of DNA with Polycationic Micelles” today. Yaming […]

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August 1, 2018August 1, 2018

Congratulations to Zhe for receiving an ACS travel award!

Congratulations to Zhe Tan for receiving a travel award from the Minnesota Section of the American […]

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June 13, 2018June 26, 2018

2018 National Graduate Research Polymer Conference

The 2018 National Graduate Research Polymer Conference (NGRPC) took place on June 10–12 at the […]

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June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

Third-Year Graduate Students Participate in the Annual Chemistry Graduate Student Research Symposium

The third-year graduate students from the Reineke Group (Craig Van Bruggen, Annie Luke, Hussnain Sajjad, […]

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April 19, 2018September 4, 2018

UMN-Dow Collaboration Article Featured by the College of Science and Engineering

A recent review article published in Bioconjugate Chemistry by members of the UMN-Dow collaboration was featured […]

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February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

Professor Reineke Named a 2018 POLY Fellow

Professor Reineke has been named a 2018 POLY Fellow by the ACS Division of Polymer […]

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February 16, 2018February 21, 2018

Congratulations to Victoria for Successfully Defending Her Thesis!

Victoria Szlag successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis today. Victoria was co-advised by Professor Reineke and […]

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December 18, 2017January 5, 2018

Congratulations to Mammad for Successfully Defending His Thesis!

Mammad Nasiri successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis today. Congratulations, Dr. Nasiri!

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October 2, 2017October 2, 2017

Dow Collaboration Featured in The Medicine Maker

The Dow University Partnership for Innovation (UPI) was recently featured in The Medicine Maker. In […]

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September 21, 2017September 21, 2017

Congratulations to Rebecca for Receiving a Scholarship from the ACS WCC!

Congratulations to Rebecca Goncalves for receiving the 2017 Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship from the ACS […]

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August 30, 2017August 30, 2017

Congratulations to Will for successfully defending his thesis!

Will Boyle successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis yesterday. Congratulations, Dr. Boyle!

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August 29, 2017August 30, 2017

Congratulations to Seyoung for successfully defending her thesis!

Seyoung Jung successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis yesterday. Congratulations, Dr. Jung!

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August 25, 2017August 25, 2017

Congratulations to Yogesh for successfully defending his thesis!

Yogesh Dhande successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis yesterday. Congratulations, Dr. Dhande!  

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July 19, 2017July 19, 2017

Professor Reineke Featured as a Highly Prolific Author in ACS Journals

The American Chemical Society (ACS) recently published their one-millionth article. To honor this occasion, the ACS […]

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July 5, 2017July 5, 2017

Research Article Selected as Paper of the Month in Polymer Chemistry

Congratulations to Leon for having his recently published article selected as Paper of the Month […]

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June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

Professor Reineke Highlighted in South Washington County Bulletin

Professor Reineke was recently featured in an article in the South Washington County Bulletin (link). This […]

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June 9, 2017June 14, 2017

Anatolii and Zhe Give Research Talks at the 16th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium

Anatolii and Zhe recently gave research talks at the 16th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium […]

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June 9, 2017June 14, 2017

Reineke Group Members Present Research at the 2017 IPRIME Meeting

Reineke Group members participated in the 2017 IPRIME Meeting, which took place on May 30–June 1, […]

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May 16, 2017May 16, 2017

Welcome Mitra to the Group!

Dr. Mitra Ganewatta recently joined the Reineke Group as a postdoctoral associate. Mitra received his B.Sc. (honors) […]

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April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

Monica is Featured in a C&EN Article for her Participation in the March for Science

Monica participated in the “March for Science” in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 22 and […]

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April 12, 2017April 12, 2017

Congratulations to Cameron for being Selected as a 2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow!

Congratulations to Cameron for being selected as a 2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the […]

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April 11, 2017June 14, 2017

Congratulations on a Successful ACS Conference!

Congratulations to Professor Reineke, Anatolii, Leon, Mammad, and Yaming on a successful ACS conference! Professor […]

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March 22, 2017March 22, 2017

Congratulations to Anatolii for Receiving a Travel Award for the Spring ACS Meeting!

Congratulations to Anatolii for receiving a travel award from the MN section of the American […]

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March 21, 2017March 22, 2017

Congratulations to Monica for being Awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

Congratulations to Monica for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Monica’s research focuses on the […]

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March 13, 2017March 13, 2017

Congratulations to Haley for Successfully Defending her Thesis!

Haley Phillips successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis this morning. Congratulations, Dr. Phillips!  

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March 10, 2017March 10, 2017

Professor Reineke Selected to Receive a 2017 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship

Congratulations to Professor Reineke for being selected to receive a 2017 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship! This […]

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January 30, 2017March 7, 2017

Oral drug delivery Minnesota-Dow collaboration highlighted in Tablets & Capsules Magazine

Recent work led by several Reineke Group members on synthesizing new polymers to discover new […]

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January 30, 2017January 30, 2017

Pranav Agrawal Awarded Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship

Congratulations to Pranav on being awarded an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship for the 2017-2018 academic year! The […]

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January 30, 2017January 30, 2017

Congratulations to Craig and Derek on Passing Their Oral Preliminary Exams!

Congratulations to Craig and Derek on passing their Oral Preliminary Exams! Derek’s research is focused on the […]

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December 15, 2016December 16, 2016

Craig Van Bruggen Awarded Frieda Martha Kunze Fellowship

Congratulations to Craig for being awarded a Frieda Martha Kunze Fellowship for the 2017-2018 academic […]

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November 21, 2016November 21, 2016

Welcome Monica, Ngoc, and Harry to the group!

Monica Ohnsorg, Ngoc Le, and Harry Kim officially joined the Reineke Group as doctoral students. […]

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November 18, 2016December 16, 2016

Professor Reineke and Will Present at the 15th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium

Professor Reineke and Will presented research at the 15th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium for Heart, Lung, […]

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November 16, 2016November 16, 2016

Yaming Selected to Participate in ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium

Congratulations to Yaming for being selected to give an oral presentation at the ACS “Excellence […]

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November 15, 2016November 15, 2016

Research from the Reineke Group is Featured in The Minnesota Daily

  The Reineke Group’s recently published article in ACS Central Science, entitled “High-Throughput Excipient Discovery Enables […]

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