CITRANS Symposium May 2024
CITRANS first ever symposium gave the opportunity for members of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (students and faculty) to visualize and understand the amazing contributions that interdisciplinary research can do.
The symposium consisted of the following:
Meeting between CITRANS members to discuss current and future projects and research areas.
A poster session of graduate students contributions to CITRANS and its interdisciplinary research projects.
Below is a list of poster participants and their titles:
| Research Group | Student | Poster Title |
| Kirill Afonin | Yelixza Avila Leyla Danai-Noldner | “Induction of Cytokines by Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles (NANPs) Depends on the Type of Delivery Carrier” “Modulating Immunostimulatory Activity of NANPs through the Positioning of Therapeutic Moieties” |
| Christopher Bejger | Fuead Hasan | “Hexasubstituted [3]radialene anions as organic catholytes for redox flow batteries” |
| Brittany Johnson | Krishna Majithia Erin Mills | “Immunomodulatory nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) stimulate protective bone cell responses following S. aureus challenge” |
| Mariya Munir | Anjumana Jannati Nur | “Combining AgNP and PDI for enhanced antimicrobial activity against resistant bacteria” |
| Rosario Porras-Aguilar | Ana Espinosa Momox | “Bridging Disciplines with Liquid Crystal Optics: Cutting-edge 3D Imaging Technologies” |
| Tom Schmedake | Adesola Adeyemi | “Development of solution processable silicon pincer complexes for electronic device applications” |
| Juan Vivero-Escoto | Punnya Anil Kumar Jeeja | “Porphyrin-based nanoparticles for the improvement of photodynamic therapy” |
| Michael Walter | Tyler Adams Lynette Ati-Tay | “Color Changing Thiazolothiazole Films for Smart Window and Oxygen Sensing Applications” “Solar Charging Redox Flow Batteries Utilizing Thiazolothiazole Photoanolytes” |
| Yong Zhang | Wanseok Oh | “Anisotropic Electronic Transport of II-VI Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials” |
