A Few Announcements 

We have recently updated information in all areas of our website. It will be keep up to date with all the new and exciting things happening with our Florida State University Integrated NanoScience Institute. We currently have news of an honor award and grant awards.

Ken Knappenberger receives NSF Career Award

Dr. Kenneth L. Knappenberger, Jr has been selected to receive the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER Program offers the NSF's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. In addition to the award recognition, the NSF will provide funding to support the Knappenberger Group’s research and education initiatives to describe the properties of metal nanostructures.

Congratulations Dr. Mattoussi!

Dr. Mattoussi has been elected American Chemical Society Fellow Class of 2011.  Florida State University has an online article about this: “Researcher Honored for Groundbreaking Research in Nanomaterial, Biotechnology”. He has also been awarded an NSF grant for 3 years to support his research.

Congratulations to PI: Dr. Lenhert and co PIs: Dr. Von Molnar, Dr. Guan and Eric Lochner.

They have been awarded the EIEG (equipment grant)   “EIEG: Critical Enhancement of INSI/CMMP AFM Facility”