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Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry University of Iowa 204 IATL Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: (319) 384 - 3695 Fax: (319) 335 - 1270 amanda-haes(at)uiowa.edu |
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Academic Training
B.A. Wartburg College, Chemistry & Physics, 1999
M.S. Northwestern University, Chemistry, 2001
Ph.D. Northwestern University, Physical Chemistry, Advisor: Richard P. Van Duyne, 2004
Post Doctoral Assistant, National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Bio/Analytical Chemistry, Advisor: Greg E. Collins, 2004 - 2006
Awards and Honors
FACSS Young Investigator, 2008
Victor K. Lamer Award (ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry), 2007
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2007 - 2010
NRC/ASEE Postdoctoral Research Publication Award, Naval Research Laboratory, 2007
Dreyfus New Faculty Scholar, 2006
Invited Speaker at the Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics, 2006
Nanoelectronics Summer School Instructor in Surface Chemistry, McGill University, 2005
National Research Council Research Associateship Award, 2004 - 2006
Excellence in Graduate Research (Outstanding Thesis) Award for 2004, Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry, 2004
Kirkbright Bursary Award from the Association of British Spectroscopists, 2004
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (Northwestern University) Outstanding Research Award, 2004
American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry and Dupont Research Fellow, 2003 - 2004
Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award, 2003
American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry and Eastman Chemical Summer Research Fellow, 2002
Materials Research Society Graduate Student Silver Award, 2002
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center Graduate Fellow, Northwestern University, 2001 - 2003
University Fellow, Northwestern University, 2001 - 2003
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, 1999
Outstanding Senior Chemistry Major, Wartburg College, 1999
Alf & Alice Swensen Chemistry Scholar (Outstanding junior chemistry major), Wartburg College, 1998
Professor Swensen Chemistry Scholar (Outstanding chemistry student), Wartburg College, 1998
Wayne Ahrenholtz Chemistry Scholar (Outstanding freshmen chemistry major), Wartburg College, 1996
Cedar Valley Science Scholar, Wartburg College, 1995 - 1999
Regent's Scholar (Academic award), Wartburg College, 1995 - 1999
Invited Presentations
2009
Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) Conference (x3)
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
University of Northern Iowa
ACS Conference
NNI@UI Summer REU Program
Optical Sciences and Technology Center Symposium
ICTS Board, University of Iowa
St. Louis University
University of Iowa, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2008
Extreme Biosensors Conference
Northwestern University
LEOS Conference
University of Central Florida
Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) Conference
Northern Illinois University, Center for Biochemical and Biophysical Studies
2008 Transatlantic Frontiers of Chemistry Symposium
University of Iowa, Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Iowa, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
Pittcon Conference
APS
2007
EHSRC/Superfund/Toxicology, University of Iowa
Wartburg College
University of South Dakota
Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC)
Free Radical and Radiation Biology Seminar, University of Iowa
Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) Conference
University of Northern Iowa
NNI@UI Symposium, University of Iowa
ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Victor K. Lamer Award Lecture
Lycoming College
2006
SPIE Conference, Optics East
University of Iowa, Working Weekend
Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) Conference
Gordon Research Conference in Plasmonics
2005
American Chemical Society Conference
2004
Graz-Mainz Joint Seminar on Plasmonics, Max Planck Institut für Polymerforschung
American Chemical Society Conference
Dupont Central Research and Development
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
2003
SPIE Conference in Physical Chemistry at Interfaces
SPIE Conference in Plasmonics
2002
Eastman Chemical, Analytical Seminar Series