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September 2023: Just accepted manuscript to iScience.
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July 2023: Just accepted manuscript to The ISME Journal.
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July 2023: We welcome new postdoc Dr Nasrin Naderi Beni who completed her PhD at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Nasrin will be working on the surface chemistry of plastics degradation. Welcome Nasrin!.
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July 2023: We welcome new undergraduate researcher Lynna Deng. Lynna will be working on bacterial carbon metabolism of plastics products. Welcome Lynna!.
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July 2023: We welcome new undergraduate researcher Marcos Sanchez. Marcos will be working on mineral catalysis. Welcome Marcos!.
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July 2023: We welcome new Ph.D. graduate student Haklae Lee. Haklae will be working on the surface chemistry of plastics degradation. Welcome Haklae!.
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July 2023: We welcome new high-school student intern Rohan Sharma. Rohan will be working on molecular modeling of biopolymer structures. Welcome Rohan!.
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February 2023: New article published in Nature Chemical Biology.
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December 2022: We welcome high-school student intern, Tyler Alexander, to the team. Welcome Tyler!.
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November 2022: We welcome new postdoc Dr Pandeeswari Jeeva to the team. Dr Jeeva will work on new carbon assimilation pathways in environmental bacteria of biotechnological relevance. Welcome Pandeeswari!.
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November 2022: Professor Aristilde presented at her graduate alma mater, UC-Berkeley, in the CEE department.
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October 2022: Professor Aristilde visited Dr Jasquelin Pena at UC-Davis and presented at the CEE seminar. .
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October 2022: New article published in Environmental Science and Technology.
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July 2022: New article published in Water Research.
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June 2022: Undergraduate researcher Allison Spring presents her undergraduate honors thesis “Diffusion and Interactions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at Water-Nanoplastics Interfaces: A Molecular Modeling Investigation”. Congratulations Allison! .
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June 2022: We welcome new postdoc Dr Nanqing Zhou who just completed her PhD in Clara Chan’s Lab at the University of Delaware. Nanqing will be learning isotope-assisted metabolomics to study novel metabolic pathways for biotechnology in soil bacteria.
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June 2022: New article published in Journal of Applied Microbiology.
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May 2022: Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Allison Spring for being admitted to the prestigious ERASMUS+ program to pursue her M.S. studies in the European Union.
March 2022: Prof. Aristilde visits Pablo Nikel Research Group at Nordisk Research Foundation in Copenhagen, Denmark and presents “Multi-Omics Investigation of Carbon Flux Networks in Environmental Bacteria of Biotechnological Relevance“.
March 2022: Congratulations to Postdoc Dr Bahareh Hassanpour who is about to start as Assitant Professor in the Department of Plant and Earth Science at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
January 2022: Prof. Aristilde gives talk on “Multi-Omics Investigation of Carbon Flux Networks in Bacteria with Biotechnological Relevance” to the Lars Angenent Research Group at the University of Tuebingen (Germany).
January 2022: Prof. Aristilde starts her 6-month academic (sabbatical) leave at the University of Tuebingen in Tuebingen, Germany as a Bessel research fellow sponsored by the Alexander Humboldt Foundation.
December 2021: Just accepted manuscript in Environmental Microbiology Reports.
November 2021: Just accepted manuscript in mBio.
October 2021: Just accepted manuscript in Soil Science Society of America Journal (Invitation to special issue on soil mineral-organic interactions).
October 2021: Just accepted manuscript in Environmental Science and Technology.
October 2021: We welcome Ojaswi Aryal as our newest Ph.D. graduate student. Welcome Ojaswi!.
October 2021: We welcome Ojaswi Aryal as our newest Ph.D. graduate student. Welcome Ojaswi!.
October 2021: We welcome Dr Rebecca Wilkes (Cornell University) and Dr Hayley Gadol (MIT) as our two newest postdoctoral researchers. Welcome Rebecca! Welcome Hayley.
September 2021: New funding by the Department of Energy to a team led by Prof. Aristilde to work on “Quantitative Analysis of Metabolic Segregation of Lignin Deconstruction and Catabolism in Outer Membrane Vesicles of Soil Pseudomonas species.” See coverage article by Northwestern CEE “Prof. Ludmilla Aristilde and her Team Awarded $1.5 Million”.
August 2021: Prof. Aristilde was invited speaker in the ACS Meeting session “Molecular Scale Processes of Phosphorus Cycling in Natural and Engineered Systems” and presented0 on “Elucidation of Hierarchical Phytase-Catalyzed Phosphorus Recycling from Organic Processes using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Coupled with Molecular Docking Simulations.
August 2021: Wenting Li successfully defended her M.S. thesis “Metabolomics Insights on the Effects of Phosphonate Herbicides (Glyphosate, Glufosinate, Fosamine) on the Biosynthesis of Beneficial Compounds by Plant-Beneficial Bacteria: Implications for Biocontrol Applications.” Congratulations Wenting1.
August 2021: Michael Glazer successfully defended his M.S. thesis “Interactions of Phosphonate Herbicides with Quartz, Montmorillonite, and Quartz-Enriched Agricultural Soil: Molecular Modeling Simulations and Adsorption-Desorption Experiments”. Congratulations Michael!.
August 2021: Ph.D. student Caroll Mendonca wins Top Poster Award at the Metabolic Engineering 14 Conference for her poster “Metabolic Remodeling in an Iron-Deficient Soil Bacterium”.
July 2021: Rebecca Wilkes successfully defended her PhD dissertation “Multi-omics Investigation of Metabolic Flux Networks in Core and Peripheral Pathways” Congratulations Dr. Wilkes!.
June 2021: Sabrina Kelch successfully defended her PhD dissertation “Carbohydrates, Moisture, and Mineral Interfacial Interactions”. Congratulations Dr. Kelch!.
June 2021: Dr. Aristilde delivered one of 20 featured talks at “Synchtrotrons and Geochemistry: A Workshop for Novices and Experts”.
June 2021: Prof. Aristilde was awarded new funding from the National Science Foundation for her research proposal “Molecular Probing Surface Reactivity Dynamics of Native versus Photo-Oxidized Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Environmental Aqueous Media”.
June 2021: Our research is featured in the article “Sensing change: How cells respond to environmental variability” in the Society for Experimental Biology Magazine.
May 2021: Manuscript just accepted for publication in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry.
April 2021: Prof. Aristilde presented “Critical Role of Iron in Carbon Recycling by Biological and Mineral Catalysts: Metabolomics-Enabled Molecular Insights” at Caltech, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences.
April 2021: Prof. Aristilde presented “Metabolomics-enabled molecular insights into carbon cycling in nutritionally-flexible bacteria to innovate engineering of carbon recycling” at the Alper Lab, University of Texas-Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering.
March 2021: We welcome Cynthia Cheng as our newest undergraduate research. Cynthhia will work on molecular simulations of bacterial metal-scavenging compounds. Welcome Cynthia!
January 2021: Dr. Aristilde was a featured speaker at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource-Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (SSRL-EMSL) Joint Workshop, presenting on “Probing catalytic reactivity of iron oxides in phosphorus recycling from ribonucleotides”
January 2021: We welcome Allison Spring as our newest undergraduate research. Allison will work on molecular simulations of the surface chemistry of plastic materials. Welcome Allison!
December 2020:: Just accepted manuscript in Environmental Science and Technology Letters
December 2020:: New PNAS article featured by Northwestern University News Bacteria in iron-deficient environments process carbon sources selectively
December 2020: New article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
November 2020: Just accepted manuscript in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
September 2020: Just accepted manuscript in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
September 2020: Dr. Aristilde (Principal Investigator) receives new Department of Energy funding for proposal “Catalytic Kinetics and Mechanisms in Phosphorus Recycling from Ribonucleotide Structures by Iron Oxide Minerals“, from Basic Energy Sciences Program, Geosciences Division.
September 2020: The Aristilde Group welcomes Jiaxing Wang and Tyler Pozan as our two newest PhD students. Welcome Jiaxing! Welcome Tyler!
August 2020: Volume 64 in Current Opinion in Biotechnoloy edited by Prof. Yinjie J. Tang (Washington University) and Prof. Ludmilla Aristilde (Northwestern University) is complete and published online. Editorial overview: Analytical biotechnology in the era of high-performance omics, synthetic biology, and machine learning
August 2020: Northwestern Institute of Sustainability and Energy features a conversation with Prof. Aristilde on What’s in Your Water? The Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution
June 2020: Dr. Aristilde (Principal Investigator) receives new National Science Foundation funding for proposal Elucidating and Computing Metabolic Networks for Co-Valorization of Cellulose and Lignin Derivatives, co-funded by Cellular and Biochemical Engineering Program and Systems and Synthetic Biology Program.
June 2020: PI Aristilde receives new NSF funding for proposal “Elucidating and Computing Metabolic Networks for Co-Valorization of Cellulose and Lignin Derivatives”, co-funded by Cellular and Biochemical Engineering Program and Systems and Synthetic Biology Program.