IMG Welcomes Their Newest Faculty Member - Dr. Jennifer Andrew

IMG welcomes its newest faculty member—Dr. Jennifer Andrew from the UF Department of Materials Science and Engineering! Dr. Andrew and her group have collaborated with IMG on various projects since she joined the UF faculty in 2011, and her research interests include developing functional nano materials for biomedical and electronic applications. As such, she’s a natural fit!

Glad to have you on board!

IMG Announces Winners of the IMG Excellence in Research Award for 2019

Congratulations to Kartik Sondhi (advised by Dr. Nishida and Dr. Fan), Renuka Bowrothu (advised by Dr. Yoon), and Kangfu Chen (advised by Dr. Fan) on winning the 2019 IMG Excellence in Research Award! After a long deliberation, the IMG faculty and students selected these members for this award to show appreciation for their research efforts and contributions to their respective fields. May we all aspire to such a level of achievement!

IMG Members from Dr. Z. Hugh Fan’s Group Present Research at MicroTAS 2019

IMG faculty member, Dr. Z. Hugh Fan, saw his group make a big showing at the MicroTAS 2019 Conference in Basel, Switzerland! His students Pablo Dopico, Carlos Manzanas, and Karim Yousry are presenting their work there this week. Nice job!

Check out the conference here: https://www.microtas2019.org/

IMG Faculty Release the IMG Annual Report for 2018

The IMG faculty are pleased to release the IMG annual report for the calendar year of 2018! This document is a record of the group activities, achievements and finances for the previous year. You are encouraged to refer to this document if needed.

The 2018 IMG Annual Report can be downloaded here: https://www.img.ufl.edu/about/IMG-annual-report

Dr. Fan's group Open House

Event date: 
Fri, 10/18/2019 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Dr. Fan’s group will have an open house this Friday 10/18 (tomorrow) at 11:00 AM in the Microfluidics lab (Benton 237E). For those who have join IMG recently, the open house is an invitation to everyone in IMG to learn about the research, the projects, and the equipment of an IMG group. Some demos will be set up in the lab, and we will be showing some of our projects:
 

- Pablo, Minh-Chau & Zac: Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs): explanation on how to run a device for CTCs capture, and visualization of the cells under the microscope.

IMG Member Mayur Ghatge Publishes Research in Nature Electronics

Soon to graduate PhD member of IMG and Dr. Tabrizian’s research group, Mayur Ghatge, recently published a great paper in Nature Electronics titled, “An Ultrathin Integrated Nanoelectromechanical Transducer Based on Hafnium Zirconium Oxide.” Awesome work Mayur!

Check out his paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-019-0305-3