Welcome to the Claussen Group!
Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders for Working in the Cutting Edge of the World’s Innovation Economy in Industry, National Laboratories, and Academia
The Claussen group is focused on understanding/developing science and technology that interfaces with biology on the nano/microscale. The laboratory develops carbon nanomaterials (e.g., graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon dots) and hybrid nanostructured materials for disease diagnostics/treatment, energy, molecular logic, and small-scale propulsion applications. The use of biological agents (enzymes, antibodies, DNA, cells) and surface chemistry techniques are widely explored within our research. We also seek to understand and model the reaction-diffusion kinetics associated with the nano-bio interface. These research efforts are highly interdisciplinary and require expertise from nearly all engineering and science backgrounds.
Please contact Prof. Claussen via email if you are interested in joining the group. We are currently looking for highly motivated postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate students to join the group.
Drop on by some time!
- 5/21/25 – Dr. Claussen gives a talk at the World Congress on Biosensors in Lisbon, Portugal
- 4/8/25 – Congratulations to Zach whose paper was accepted by Small
- 9/30/24 – Congratulations to Zach for accepting a position with the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C.
- 9/14/24 – Nate attended the IBE conference in Atlanta, GA
- 8/26/25 – Congratulations to Nathan Jared for receiving the USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 8/1/24 – Congratulations to Professor Pola for receiving an assistant professorship in the Department of Food Science at ISU
- July 2024 – Congratulations to Gustavo for passing his qualifying exam
- 6/13/24 – Congrats to Dr. Zachary Johnson for successfully defending his PhD dissertation
- 6/11/24 – Congratulations to Nate whose paper was accepted by Nanoscale Horizons
- 5/28/24 – The group welcomes its newest member: Ethan, who will be working on ISE sensor development for nutrient monitoring in hydroponics
- April 2024 – Gustavo and Nate attended the SoilTech Board Meeting in Seattle, WA