Hawker Lab 2024Front row (L-R): Adrian, Avneet, Dr. Hawker
2nd row (L-R): Anoshka, Naylene, Arcana, Rubi 3rd row (L-R): Mina, Haylee, Gurneet Back row (L-R): Deevyam, Imaan, Nicholas, Sannad Lab overviewWe seek to answer scientific questions that live at the intersection of physical chemistry, materials science, and biochemistry through using a research approach that combines aspects of all disciplines.
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Group newsApril 2024 Sannad attends the 2nd Annual Central Valley Medical Conference and presents a poster on his research. The Hawker Lab team hits the ground running at Fresno State Research Week and the 45th Annual Central California Research Symposium. Dr. Hawker sits on a panel on research involvement and answers several burning questions students have. Sannad and Arcana give an oral presentation on their research project. Gurneet also gives an oral presentation on her research project. Haylee, Naylene, Mina, Adrian, and Anoshka present their posters at the poster session on their research projects. Congratulations to everyone on a successful conference and especially to Gurneet for being the ACS Outstanding Undergraduate Oral Presentation Winner. Check out the photos!March 2024 The Hawker lab attends the ACS Spring 2024 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana! Dr. Hawker gives a talk at the colloid and surface chemistry Division. Arcana, Sannad, and Haylee gave talks about their research in the division of polymer chemistry. Gurneet and Mina presented their latest posters at the division of polymer chemistry poster session. Click here to see the photos! January 2024 The Hawker lab welcomes Mikko to the team! The Hawker lab welcomes Imaan to the team! The Hawker lab welcomes Avneet to the team! Dr. Hawker, Sannad, and Haylee attended the 36th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium in Santa Clara! Sannad and Haylee presented their posters at the symposium poster session. Click here to see the photos! December 2023 Our lab celebrated Alexzandria and Sannad's graduation with a boba social - Check out the photos! Congratulations to Alexzandria on earning a BS in Biochemistry and Sannad on earning a BS in Biology! November 2023 The Hawker lab attends the AVS69 conference in Portland Oregon! Dr. Hawker gives an invited talk at the Biointerphases Division. Sannad, Haylee, Gurneet, Arcana, and Mina presented their latest posters at the undergraduate poster session. Click here to see the photos! Mina and Gurneet are awarded the AVS 69 2023 Third Annual Undergraduate Poster Session Gold Award Honorable Mention for Excellence! October 2023 Sannad, Haylee, and Gurneet attend the 2023 SACNAS National Diversity In STEM Conference in Portland Oregon! Haylee and Gurneet presented their posters at the undergraduate poster session. Check out the photos! The Hawker lab hosted another tour! This time, students from Clovis Community College came and got a chance to see all the amazing things we are doing. Thanks to Alexzandria, Rubi, and Anoshka, for leading the tour and welcoming the students with intriguing demonstrations and insightful knowledge. Students from the College of the Sequoias visit Fresno State and get a chance to tour the Hawker lab! Thanks to Alexzandria, Sannad, Rubi, Anoshka, and Naylene for welcoming the students and giving them an insightful tour. Special thanks to the Fresno State CASA office for organizing this awesome event. Just released! Our latest research paper has been officially accepted into the Biointerphases Journal! Congratulations to Mia Rose and Dr. Hawker for their incredible work and contribution to the field! Check it Out Now! Dr. Hawker and Anoshka spearheaded a workshop called Kitchen-Chemistry in the STEM for girls conference held at Fresno State and organized by the Fresno County Office of Education. Check it Out! Naylene joins the lab! Welcome to the team! Deevyam joins the lab! Welcome to the lab! September 2023 Nicholas joins the lab! Welcome aboard! Sheera joins the lab! Welcome to the team! Sannad and Haylee participated and presented their posters at the COS S.T.E.M. Open House. Check it out! August 2023 Happy 4 year anniversary to the Hawker lab! 🎉 Anoshka joins the Hawker lab! Welcome to the team! Rubi joins the Hawker lab! Welcome aboard! Dr. Hawker, Sannad, Haylee, Gurneet, Arcana, and Alexzandria attended and presented work at the Fall 2023 ACS conference in San Francisco. Haylee, Gurneet, and Sannad presented their posters at the Summer 2023 LSAMP poster session. Carlos gives a talk about the work he did this summer at the Summer 2023 ACS Project SEED Symposium at Fresno State. July 2023 Hot off the presses! Our recent research paper has been officially accepted into the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A. Check it out now! Congratulations to Ashley, Chase, Alexzandria, and Dr. Hawker for their outstanding work and contribution to the field! 🎉 Dr. Hawker presents a poster on customizing silk surface properties using H2O and N2 Plasma at the Inaugural Silk Gordon Research Conference at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. June 2023 Carlos joins the lab for the summer as part of the ACS Project SEED Program! May 2023 Ashley, Mia Rose, and Sannad took part in the CSM commencement ceremony at the Save Mart Center. Congratulations to Ashley and Mia Rose on their graduation! Parham joins the Hawker lab! Welcome to the team! Mina is awarded the Professor Kenneth Chan Memorial Scholarship for demonstrating strong promise of success in the field of research. Congratulations to Mina! April 2023 Adrian joins the Hawker lab! Welcome to the team! Mia Rose earned an honorable mention from the San Joaquin ACS division for her poster at CCRS! Congratulations to Mia Rose!!! The Hawker lab takes on Central California Research Symposium 2023! Ashley, Alexzandria, Jacob, and Mia Rose all presented posters on their research projects. If you didn't get a chance to drop by CCRS, come by Science I Room 268 to view their posters! March 2023 Dr. Hawker, Ashley, and Mia Rose were busy bees as they traveled to Indianapolis for ACS Spring 2023. Dr. Hawker gave two talks, Ashley presented at two poster sessions (one of which was in recognition for her receiving the Eli Lilly Travel Award), and Mia-Rose also gave her first talk! Congratulations again for an incredible #ACSSpring2023 conference. Click here to see the photos! Dr. Hawker, Ashley, and Mia Rose traveled to Reedley College for some scientific outreach. Read more about it here! Congratulations to Ashley for receiving the Eli Lilly Travel Award for the Spring ACS 2023 Conference! Zion joins the team! Welcome to the lab! January 2023 Mina joins the lab! Welcome to the team! Welcome to the lab, Sannad! December 2022 Dr. Hawker, Ashley, and Mia Rose continue their conference circuit at the Pacific Rim Symposium on Surfaces, Coatings and Interfaces (PacSurf) in beautiful Waikoloa Hawaii. Dr. Hawker gave a talk, while Mia-Rose and Ashley presented posters about their projects. Check out our photos! November 2022 Welcome to the team, Haylee! Dr. Hawker, Mia Rose, and Ashley attend the 2022 American Vacuum Society meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hawker gave a talk about modifying silk using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Check out our photos! Congrats to both Ashley and Mia Rose on successful AVS poster presentations about their projects. Mia-Rose won an award at the undergraduate poster session! October 2022 Welcome to the lab, Gurneet! September 2022 Welcome to the team, Jacob! Dr. Hawker gave an invited seminar at Santa Clara University. Mia Rose receives an Undergraduate Research Grant through Fresno State Division of Research and Graduate Studies. Congratulations, Mia-Rose! August 2022 Happy 3 year anniversary to the Hawker lab! 🎉 Dr. Hawker gives a "flash talk" in the Chemistry and Biochemistry department seminar series highlighting some exciting new findings from our work. July 2022 We went on a mid-summer group outing to Ampersand ice cream. Welcome to the (virtual) team, Justin! June 2022 Welcome to the lab, Alexzandria! We held a start of summer "state of the lab meeting" to set our lab goals for this summer. May 2022 We celebrated the end of the semester with a bowling outing - check out our Check out our photos! Chase graduates (BS in biochemistry) - congratulations! April 2022 Arcana joins the lab! Welcome to the team! Ashley and Chase go on a presentation spree, presenting their work at the 2022 Central California Research Symposium and the Fresno State College of Science and Mathematics Virtual Research Showcase. Congrats as they won the ACS award for their CCRS presentation. Check out this awesome research website they made. March 2022 The whole team goes to Spring ACS 2022 meeting! Dr. Hawker presented a talk in the polymer science and materials engineering division, and Chase presented a poster in the Undergraduate poster symposium. Check out our photos! February 2022 Dr. Hawker presented a "flash talk" on our group's work at the Chemistry and Biochemistry seminar series. January 2022 Ashley joins the lab as part of the RISE program - welcome! We held a "state of the lab meeting" to set our goals for this semester. October 2021 Welcome to the team, Mia Rose and Humberto! Chase presented a virtual poster at the inaugural American Vacuum Society undergraduate poster session. His poster earned a gold honorable mention. Awesome work! Dr. Hawker gives a seminar on the team's work at the UC Merced Chemistry and Biochemistry colloquium - the first in-person seminar since starting the lab in 2019! The talk is titled Where the 4th state of matter meets biomedical devices: using plasma processing to customize natural polymer surfaces August 2021 Welcome to the team, Grace! Our lab receives a 3 year SC2 grant from the NIH!! We will work on controlling naturally-derived polymer enzymatic degradation using plasma treatment and are so excited! Happy 2 year anniversary to the Hawker lab! 🎉 July 2021 Amaya spoke about preliminary results and plans for the future at the Summer LSAMP Research Presentations - great work! May 2021 Amaya joins the lab as part of the LSAMP program welcome! April 2021 The review paper that Alyssa spearheaded is officially accepted to ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering! #ourfirstpaper Alyssa presents her poster at the 42nd annual CCRS - she won the American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award! Congrats, Alyssa! Dr. Hawker facilitates a virtual interactive workshop for K-6th grade students about slime and biomaterials! March 2021 Dr. Hawker presents an overview of the group's research at the STEM-NET Virtual Research Café. January 2021 Mark joins our group as a visiting undergraduate researcher from UCLA. Welcome! October 2020 Dr. Hawker discusses hot-off-the-presses data in two virtual seminars, one at CSU Stanislaus and one at CSU San Marcos. September 2020 Welcome to the group, Chase! August 2020 After a 4 month lab hiatus due to COVID-19, we re-open our lab doors (following all regulations to perform research safely). Happy to be back! Happy 1 year anniversary to the Hawker lab! 🎉 May 2020 Ethan presents his poster at the 2020 College of Science and Math Virtual Research Showcase! Great work, Ethan! Dr. Hawker receives a CSUPERB New Investigator Grant! We look forward to getting started on this work as soon as we get back to the lab! April 2020 Alyssa was set to present her poster at the Spring ACS meeting (CHED Polymer Undergraduate Poster Session), but the event got cancelled due to the COVID-`19 pandemic :( Stay tuned for her next presentation announcement! February 2020 We have plasma!!! This was truly a team effort between Ethan and our fearless Chem department electrician/instrument tech Doug! Thanks to all for their hard work. Check our our newest Photos. Welcome to our research team, Emma and Nancy! January 2020 Alyssa collects our first set of quantitative data: water contact angle data on native silk films The team participates in a day-long installation and training on our new contact angle goniometer check it out! Dr. Hawker presented an overview of our research at the Chemistry Department Seminar. December 2019 Our contact angle goniometer arrives just in time for the holidays. We celebrated a semester of hard work by having a team lunch. November 2019 Alyssa and Dr. Hawker led a workshop they designed on the biomaterials structure/function relationship at Expanding your horizons. October 2019 We boiled our first batch of silk! The team has been hard at work getting our lab in the Science I building up and running - Check out our Photos. Welcome to our newest undergraduate researcher, Ethan! September 2019 The Hawker lab welcomed our very first undergraduate researcher, Alyssa! Welcome to the team, Alyssa! Dr. Hawker presented an overview of the lab at the Chemistry Department Seminar August 2019 Our lab in the Science 1 building is officially under construction! July 2019 Dr. Hawker officially joins the Fresno State chemistry department! |