Research
Interdisciplinary Research Teams (IRTs)
Currently WVNano’s scientific and engineering research focuses on bionanotechnology for enhanced public safety and environmental safety. Of particular interest is the development of fundamental knowledge needed for field‐deployable sensors that can monitor, in real‐time, DNA fingerprinting and the presence of specific heavy metals, pathogens, and other environmental threats. This research is organized within the framework of Interdisciplinary Research Teams (IRTs). IRTs include faculty from different departments working towards a common research goal. The interdisciplinary nature of the research is enhanced by the Shared Facilities, which provide a research space where students, postdocs, faculty, and external users from different backgrounds work together.
Seed Projects
Seed 1: Environmental Sensing Using a Broadly Selective Aptamer (more)
Principal Investigator (PI)
Lisa Holland, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, WVU
Co-Investigators (Co-PI)
Letha Sooter, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, WVU
Yolanda Fintschenko, Labsmith
Seed 2: Electric Cell Impedance Sensing (ECIS) to Quantify Cytotoxicity of nanomaterials to Human Epithelial Cells (more)
Principal Investigator (PI)
Cerasela Zoica Dinu, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, WVU
Co-Investigator (Co-PI)
Yon Rojanasakul, Professor, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, WVU
Seed 3: Detection of Mycotoxins using Graphene-Peptide Micro-Sensors Arrays
Principal Investigator (PI)
Robin S. Hissam, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, WVU
Co-Investigators (Co-PI)
Edward M. Sabolsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, WVU
Charter D. Stinespring, Department of Chemical Engineering, WVU
WVU High Performance Computing Facility
The WVU HPC Group is a community-led, peer-driven effort to ensure West Virginia University maintains a lead in the many fields of research that require HPC resources.
These fields include:
- Molecular Physics
- Computational Neuroscience
- Advanced Materials Research
- WVNano initiative
- any field that requires powerful, low-latency computing.
