Willets Lab News Archive
June 17, 2018. Nat gives a talk at the Noble Metal Nanoparticles Gordon Research Seminar. Congratulations to Nat for being selected as a speaker!
June 5-6, 2018. The Willets lab visits Paul Holt's 9th grade science classes at Freire Charter School for "Adventures in Silver." Click our outreach tab to see photos and learn more.
May 11, 2018. Congratulations to our Class of 2018 graduating seniors, Allison Cutri and Aaron McLeod!!! Both are off to Ph.D. programs in Chemistry: Allison is heading to Notre Dame and Aaron is going to UCSD. Thank you for all of your excellent work in the lab!!
April 19, 2018. Alli receives the "Chemistry Undergraduate Service Award" and Aaron receives the "Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society Award." Congratulations to our amazing undergrads!
April 12, 2018. Vignesh receives a Temple University doctoral dissertation completion grant. Congratulations Vignesh!
April 12, 2018. Allison and Aaron both give invited talks at the Temple Undergraduate Research Forum. Congratulations for being selected as speakers and for giving excellent talks!
April 10, 2018. The Willets lab participates in the Philadelphia ACS YCC poster session. Nat takes third place and Vignesh receives an honorable mention. Congratulations!
April 4, 2018. The Willets lab bids farewell to postdoc Jet Cheng. Best of luck Jet and thanks for all of your years with the lab!
March 28, 2017. The Willets lab welcomes our new undergraduate, Bonnie Haggerty.
March 12, 2017. Yun's paper on measuring photothermal heating on plasmonic electrodes using SECM is accepted in Faraday Discussions.
March 6, 2018. The Willets lab is on Twitter! Follow us at @WilletsLab.
March 1-5, 2018. The Willets lab visits Paul Holt's 9th grade science classes at Freire Charter School in Philadelphia to help with their science videos.
February 14, 2018. Yun and Vignesh's paper on looking at the roles of hot carriers and thermal effects on plasmon-mediated electrochemical reactions is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
January 27, 2018. Vignesh and Joe's paper is selected as an ACS Editor's Choice manuscript and is now available as an OpenAccess article. Check out the paper here!
January 5, 2017. Vignesh and Joe's paper on using super-resolution imaging to visualize the impact of surface oxide formation on single silver nanoparticle electrodissolution is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
December 4, 2017. Phil Reinhardt joins the group as a first year graduate student. Welcome Phil!
October 6, 2017. Undergraduates Allison Cutri, Jeff Williams, and Spencer Yeager all participate in the Undergraduate Research Program poster session, and Jeff takes home Honorable Mention (and $150!). Congratulations to our undergrads for their excellent work.
October 2, 2017. Our collaborative paper with Henry White's group on 3-D super-resolution imaging of nanoparticle translocation events through a pipette is accepted in ACS Nano.
September 29, 2017. Nat is organizing a relief effort for victims of Hurricane Maria. Please donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/helping-suenos-dorados-del-ayer
September 7, 2017. Gia Phan joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Gia!
August 25, 2017. Our lab volleyball team, the Plasmonsters, wins the Chemistry Department summer league. Click here for photos.
July 17, 2017. Our collaborative NSF DMREF proposal with David Masiello (U. Washington) and Stephan Link (Rice U.) is funded.
June 16, 2017. The special issue of Chemical Reviews on super-resolution and single molecule imaging co-edited by Kallie and Julie Biteen is now out!
May 24, 2017. Vignesh is selected to attend the "Next Generation of Electrochemistry" conference. Congratulations Vignesh!
May 18-19, 2017. The Willets lab visits Paul Holt's 9th grade science classes at Freire Charter School in Philadelphia. The students made silver nanoprisms of varying size and color!
May 11, 2017. Our Faraday Discussion on defocused imaging of gap mode SERS substrates is accepted.
April 24, 2017. The Willets lab welcomes two new undergraduate researchers to the group: Jeff Williams and Spencer Yeager. Welcome!
March 10, 2017. Aaron is selected as a Temple University Diamond Research Scholar. Congratulations, Aaron!
December 22, 2016. Willets lab wedding bells! Lab alums Dr. Karole Blythe and Dr. Eric Titus get engaged (despite violating the "no dating" policy in the lab . . . ). Congratulations to Karole and Eric!
December 8, 2016. Our review on super-resolution imaging and plasmonics is accepted in Chemical Reviews.
December 7, 2016. Joe Monaghan joins the group as a graduate student. Welcome Joe!
December 6, 2016. Our collaborative paper with the Zhang group on scanning electrochemical microscopy with optical feedback is accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
October 12, 2016. Our collaborative paper with the Van Duyne and Jensen groups is published in J. Phys. Chem. C.
September 16, 2016. Aaron and Allison participate in the Undergraduate Research Program poster session, and Aaron takes home top honors! Congratulations to our undergraduates!
September 16, 2016. The Willets lab bids farewell to Drew Wilson, who is heading off to a postdoc with Prashant Jain at the University of Illinois. Good luck Drew. (Beast Mode!)
September 2, 2016. Aaron is chosen as a finalist for the Notre Dame Competition in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, which recognizes outstanding undergraduate research in nano. Congratulations Aaron and good luck in South Bend!
September 1, 2016. Yun Yu joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome Yun!
August 29, 2016. Our collaborative review on SERS/TERS spectroelectrochemistry with the Van Duyne group is accepted at Accounts of Chemical Research.
July 8, 2016. Xiaoyu (Jet) Cheng joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome Jet!
June 20, 2016. Drew's paper on the distance-dependent SERS spectroelectrochemistry of tethered Nile Blue is accepted in Analyst.
June 1, 2016. Alexandria Martinez joins the group as a summer REU student. Welcome Alexandria!
May 31, 2016. Drew's paper on the electrochemical properties of Nile Blue tethered to an electrode surface is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
May 6, 2016. The Willets lab says farewell to our graduating senior, Zi, and wishes him the best of luck in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of Pittsburgh. Thanks for all of the great work, Zi!
April 19, 2016. Taryn and Nat receive first summer research initiative awards from Temple. Congratulations!
April 14, 2016. Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome Sabya!
April 1, 2016. The Willets lab says farewell to Dr. Karole Blythe as she moves to her new position as a microscopy specialist at NIST. Thanks for all of the great years, Karole!
March 30, 2016. Drew and Kallie's review on Molecular Plasmonics is published in the Annual Reviews of Analytical Chemistry.
March 28, 2016. Drew attends the national MRS Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona and presents a poster on his latest results on nanoscale electrochemistry.
March 21, 2016. Allison Cutri joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Allison!
March 21, 2016. Three of our collaborative manuscripts with the group of Shenqiang Ren are accepted in a single week.
January 21, 2016. Karole's work is featured on the cover of J. Phys. Chem. C.
November 30, 2015. Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Wilson who successfully defends his dissertation!
November 25, 2015. Nat Molina joins the group as a first year graduate student. Welcome Nat!
November 17, 2015. Karole's paper on exploring the role of fluorophore photophysics on reconstructed super-resolution images is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
November 6, 2015. Karole's featured article in J. Phys. Chem. C is accepted. Keep an eye out for our cover art in January 2016!
October 30, 2015. The Willets lab says goodbye to Dr. Kyle Marchuk as he moves to the University of California San Francisco as a microscopy specialist. Thanks for two great years as a postdoc!
October 2, 2015. Aaron McLeod joins the group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Aaron!
September 14, 2015. Postdoc positions available! Experience in either electrochemistry and/or optical microscopy preferred. Please email Kallie Willets with a letter of interest, a current CV, and the names of three references.
September 14, 2015. The Willets lab bids farewell to Dr. Eric Titus as he begins his new postdoc with the Insight Data Science Fellows Program. Thanks for your many years in the group!
September 3, 2015. Zijian Huo joins the group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Zijian!
September 1, 2015. Padmanabh Joshi joins the group as a postdoc. Welcome Padmanabh!
August 13, 2015. Drew's paper on electrogenerated chemiluminescence on gold nanorods is accepted in Nano Letters.
July 30, 2015. Karole’s paper on how different fit models impact super-resolution image accuracy on fluorescently-labeled gold nanorods is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
July 28, 2015. Dr. Karole Blythe successfully defends her dissertation. Congratulations to Karole!
July 20, 2015. Maggie’s paper on correlated SERS spectroelectrochemistry and electron microscopy is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
May 21, 2015. Karole’s paper on objective-induced aberrations in microscope point spread functions is accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
May 4, 2015. Kyle’s paper on using fluorescence to map pinhole defects in passivated ultramicroelectrodes is accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
April 27, 2015. Kallie is selected to be part of the 2016-2017 Defense Science Study Group (DSSG).
June 5-6, 2018. The Willets lab visits Paul Holt's 9th grade science classes at Freire Charter School for "Adventures in Silver." Click our outreach tab to see photos and learn more.
May 11, 2018. Congratulations to our Class of 2018 graduating seniors, Allison Cutri and Aaron McLeod!!! Both are off to Ph.D. programs in Chemistry: Allison is heading to Notre Dame and Aaron is going to UCSD. Thank you for all of your excellent work in the lab!!
April 19, 2018. Alli receives the "Chemistry Undergraduate Service Award" and Aaron receives the "Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society Award." Congratulations to our amazing undergrads!
April 12, 2018. Vignesh receives a Temple University doctoral dissertation completion grant. Congratulations Vignesh!
April 12, 2018. Allison and Aaron both give invited talks at the Temple Undergraduate Research Forum. Congratulations for being selected as speakers and for giving excellent talks!
April 10, 2018. The Willets lab participates in the Philadelphia ACS YCC poster session. Nat takes third place and Vignesh receives an honorable mention. Congratulations!
April 4, 2018. The Willets lab bids farewell to postdoc Jet Cheng. Best of luck Jet and thanks for all of your years with the lab!
March 28, 2017. The Willets lab welcomes our new undergraduate, Bonnie Haggerty.
March 12, 2017. Yun's paper on measuring photothermal heating on plasmonic electrodes using SECM is accepted in Faraday Discussions.
March 6, 2018. The Willets lab is on Twitter! Follow us at @WilletsLab.
March 1-5, 2018. The Willets lab visits Paul Holt's 9th grade science classes at Freire Charter School in Philadelphia to help with their science videos.
February 14, 2018. Yun and Vignesh's paper on looking at the roles of hot carriers and thermal effects on plasmon-mediated electrochemical reactions is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
January 27, 2018. Vignesh and Joe's paper is selected as an ACS Editor's Choice manuscript and is now available as an OpenAccess article. Check out the paper here!
January 5, 2017. Vignesh and Joe's paper on using super-resolution imaging to visualize the impact of surface oxide formation on single silver nanoparticle electrodissolution is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
December 4, 2017. Phil Reinhardt joins the group as a first year graduate student. Welcome Phil!
October 6, 2017. Undergraduates Allison Cutri, Jeff Williams, and Spencer Yeager all participate in the Undergraduate Research Program poster session, and Jeff takes home Honorable Mention (and $150!). Congratulations to our undergrads for their excellent work.
October 2, 2017. Our collaborative paper with Henry White's group on 3-D super-resolution imaging of nanoparticle translocation events through a pipette is accepted in ACS Nano.
September 29, 2017. Nat is organizing a relief effort for victims of Hurricane Maria. Please donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/helping-suenos-dorados-del-ayer
September 7, 2017. Gia Phan joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Gia!
August 25, 2017. Our lab volleyball team, the Plasmonsters, wins the Chemistry Department summer league. Click here for photos.
July 17, 2017. Our collaborative NSF DMREF proposal with David Masiello (U. Washington) and Stephan Link (Rice U.) is funded.
June 16, 2017. The special issue of Chemical Reviews on super-resolution and single molecule imaging co-edited by Kallie and Julie Biteen is now out!
May 24, 2017. Vignesh is selected to attend the "Next Generation of Electrochemistry" conference. Congratulations Vignesh!
May 18-19, 2017. The Willets lab visits Paul Holt's 9th grade science classes at Freire Charter School in Philadelphia. The students made silver nanoprisms of varying size and color!
May 11, 2017. Our Faraday Discussion on defocused imaging of gap mode SERS substrates is accepted.
April 24, 2017. The Willets lab welcomes two new undergraduate researchers to the group: Jeff Williams and Spencer Yeager. Welcome!
March 10, 2017. Aaron is selected as a Temple University Diamond Research Scholar. Congratulations, Aaron!
December 22, 2016. Willets lab wedding bells! Lab alums Dr. Karole Blythe and Dr. Eric Titus get engaged (despite violating the "no dating" policy in the lab . . . ). Congratulations to Karole and Eric!
December 8, 2016. Our review on super-resolution imaging and plasmonics is accepted in Chemical Reviews.
December 7, 2016. Joe Monaghan joins the group as a graduate student. Welcome Joe!
December 6, 2016. Our collaborative paper with the Zhang group on scanning electrochemical microscopy with optical feedback is accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
October 12, 2016. Our collaborative paper with the Van Duyne and Jensen groups is published in J. Phys. Chem. C.
September 16, 2016. Aaron and Allison participate in the Undergraduate Research Program poster session, and Aaron takes home top honors! Congratulations to our undergraduates!
September 16, 2016. The Willets lab bids farewell to Drew Wilson, who is heading off to a postdoc with Prashant Jain at the University of Illinois. Good luck Drew. (Beast Mode!)
September 2, 2016. Aaron is chosen as a finalist for the Notre Dame Competition in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, which recognizes outstanding undergraduate research in nano. Congratulations Aaron and good luck in South Bend!
September 1, 2016. Yun Yu joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome Yun!
August 29, 2016. Our collaborative review on SERS/TERS spectroelectrochemistry with the Van Duyne group is accepted at Accounts of Chemical Research.
July 8, 2016. Xiaoyu (Jet) Cheng joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome Jet!
June 20, 2016. Drew's paper on the distance-dependent SERS spectroelectrochemistry of tethered Nile Blue is accepted in Analyst.
June 1, 2016. Alexandria Martinez joins the group as a summer REU student. Welcome Alexandria!
May 31, 2016. Drew's paper on the electrochemical properties of Nile Blue tethered to an electrode surface is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
May 6, 2016. The Willets lab says farewell to our graduating senior, Zi, and wishes him the best of luck in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of Pittsburgh. Thanks for all of the great work, Zi!
April 19, 2016. Taryn and Nat receive first summer research initiative awards from Temple. Congratulations!
April 14, 2016. Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome Sabya!
April 1, 2016. The Willets lab says farewell to Dr. Karole Blythe as she moves to her new position as a microscopy specialist at NIST. Thanks for all of the great years, Karole!
March 30, 2016. Drew and Kallie's review on Molecular Plasmonics is published in the Annual Reviews of Analytical Chemistry.
March 28, 2016. Drew attends the national MRS Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona and presents a poster on his latest results on nanoscale electrochemistry.
March 21, 2016. Allison Cutri joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Allison!
March 21, 2016. Three of our collaborative manuscripts with the group of Shenqiang Ren are accepted in a single week.
January 21, 2016. Karole's work is featured on the cover of J. Phys. Chem. C.
November 30, 2015. Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Wilson who successfully defends his dissertation!
November 25, 2015. Nat Molina joins the group as a first year graduate student. Welcome Nat!
November 17, 2015. Karole's paper on exploring the role of fluorophore photophysics on reconstructed super-resolution images is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
November 6, 2015. Karole's featured article in J. Phys. Chem. C is accepted. Keep an eye out for our cover art in January 2016!
October 30, 2015. The Willets lab says goodbye to Dr. Kyle Marchuk as he moves to the University of California San Francisco as a microscopy specialist. Thanks for two great years as a postdoc!
October 2, 2015. Aaron McLeod joins the group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Aaron!
September 14, 2015. Postdoc positions available! Experience in either electrochemistry and/or optical microscopy preferred. Please email Kallie Willets with a letter of interest, a current CV, and the names of three references.
September 14, 2015. The Willets lab bids farewell to Dr. Eric Titus as he begins his new postdoc with the Insight Data Science Fellows Program. Thanks for your many years in the group!
September 3, 2015. Zijian Huo joins the group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Zijian!
September 1, 2015. Padmanabh Joshi joins the group as a postdoc. Welcome Padmanabh!
August 13, 2015. Drew's paper on electrogenerated chemiluminescence on gold nanorods is accepted in Nano Letters.
July 30, 2015. Karole’s paper on how different fit models impact super-resolution image accuracy on fluorescently-labeled gold nanorods is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
July 28, 2015. Dr. Karole Blythe successfully defends her dissertation. Congratulations to Karole!
July 20, 2015. Maggie’s paper on correlated SERS spectroelectrochemistry and electron microscopy is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
May 21, 2015. Karole’s paper on objective-induced aberrations in microscope point spread functions is accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
May 4, 2015. Kyle’s paper on using fluorescence to map pinhole defects in passivated ultramicroelectrodes is accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
April 27, 2015. Kallie is selected to be part of the 2016-2017 Defense Science Study Group (DSSG).
