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WELCOME to the barnes laboratory

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The Barnes research group at Washington University in St. Louis employs a multi-disciplinary approach towards research challenges in the areas of stimuli-responsive polymers and materials, nanoparticle-based combination drug delivery, biomaterials, and topologically complex polymers and materials.  The “keystone” of our research program is synthetic organic chemistry, which is central to the preparation of all functional materials in our group.  Supramolecular and polymer chemistries are directly associated with this keystone, and together, all three areas represent the foundation of the research group.  We aim to build on this foundation by constructing novel 'smart' materials with well-defined functions – for both fundamental and applied purposes – that will ultimately lead us down research pathways in the areas of nanomaterials, biomedical engineering, and inorganic and environmental chemistries. ​
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News & Events


welcome tarryn! 

January 15th, 2021
Tarryn officially joins the Barnes group as a first-year graduate student! She comes to us from Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, where she worked under the tutelage of Dr. Fred Matthews. Welcome Tarryn!!
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Lucas cruz Gets full ride to nyu and Washu Medical schools

January 11th, 2021
Barnes group undergraduate researcher Lucas Cruz is selected to receive full-tuition scholarships from both WashU Med and NYU Med!  Congrats Lucas!!
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Faheem's paper gets the front outside cover of Chemical science! 

October 21st, 2020
Faheem's paper on multimodal zinc porphyrin-based hydrogels that can respond to blue and red light (via photoredox) and/or heat (via NIPAM activation), gets the front cover of Chemical Science. Congrats, Faheem, on this nice achievement for your final first-author paper in the Barnes group!!
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Faheem and Xuesong's paper is published in Chemical science

September 3rd, 2020
Congrats to former postdocs, Faheem Amir (1st author) and Xuesong Li (2nd author), whose recent paper on orthogonal modes of actuating hydrogels using porphyrin-based visible light photoredox catalysis and thermoresponsive polymers was just accepted in the journal Chemical Science! Congrats to all co-authors for their hard work and dedication on this project!! 
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jonathan IS NAMED A 2020 Young Investigator by ACS Polymeric materials: Science & Engineering 

July 18th, 2020
Jonathan was selected to be a part of the 2020 class of PMSE Young Investigators by the American Chemical Society! Very honored to receive this recognition, albeit not in person at the national meeting in San Francisco due to the global pandemic. Nonetheless, this honor is a tribute to all the hard work and dedication of past and present Barnes group members! See Ampersand highlight here.
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NATE AND MARK'S PAPER ACCEPTED IN THE JOURNAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

July 1st, 2020
Years of hard work by Nate Colley (1st author) and Mark Nosiglia (2nd author) paid off when their paper on an efficient, one-pot synthesis of [4]catenates was accepted in the journal Inorganic Chemistry! Congrats to all co-authors for their contributions on this challenging project. More exciting discoveries coming soon from this crew!
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Abby Delawder IS NAMED A 2020 Scholar by the philanthropic educational org. 

April, 2020
Barnes group graduate student and current NSF Fellow, Abby Delawder, is named a 2020 P.E.O. Scholar by the Sisterhood of the Philanthropic Educational Organization! Congrats Abby on another amazing and well-deserved recognition!!
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Mark Palmquist is named a 2020 NDSEG Fellow by Department of Defense

April 17th, 2020
Barnes group graduate student, Mark Palmquist, is named a 2020 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow by the DoD! Congrats Mark on this very well-deserved recognition!!
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Abby and Jonathan's Highlight published in nature chemistry

March 27th, 2020
Abby and Jonathan's  News & Views article  highlighting the fine work of David Lunn, Hagan Bayley, and co-workers at the University of Oxford is published online in Nature Chemistry! 
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2020 Emerging Investigator

November 29th, 2019
Jonathan is recognized by the journal Polymer Chemistry as a 2020 Emerging Investigator!! Very honored to be part of such an amazing class of 2020 investigators in the field of polymer chemistry!
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Jonathan is Named
​a Kavli Fellow

September 15th, 2019
Jonathan is named a Kavli Fellow and got the opportunity to travel to Jerusalem to take part in the Israel-Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium hosted by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Kavli Foundation, and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.  Such an amazing experience to visit the Middle East and hear about some of the cool science being done in both the U.S. and Israel!! ​
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Bowling Outing!

August 15th, 2019
Barnes group members had some fun bowling together before the semester officially starts in 10 days!!  Top bowling honors go to graduate student Mark Palmquist (rolled a 137) and postdoctoral associate 
Dr. Faheem Solangi (rolled a 131)!
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Congrats Abby!

August 8th, 2019
Rising 4th year graduate student  Abby Delawder has been selected to receive a PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award to attend the ACS National Meeting in San Diego.

​Congrats Abby on this well-deserved recognition!!
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Welcome Jovelt

June 17th, 2019
The Barnes group is excited to welcome Jovelt Dorsainvil this summer as a Post-Bac researcher who will be starting in the PhD program at WashU this fall!!  Here's to a fun and productive summer!

​Welcome Jovelt!!
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Welcome Abdul

June 10th, 2019
The Barnes group is excited to welcome Abdul-Haq Alli to the lab this summer as part of the Young Scientist Program - Summer Focus.  Abdul joins us from Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience (CSMB), which is a high school located in St. Louis.  He is currently a Senior at CSMB, and he aspires to go to college to pursue a degree in science on a pre-med track.

​Welcome Abdul!
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