{"id":553,"date":"2025-03-31T17:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/?page_id=553"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:09:33","slug":"news-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Groups News<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<ul>\n<li class=\"text-align-left\"><strong data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"91\">4\/28\/26<\/strong> \u2013 &#8220;Lab-on-a-drone&#8221; work featured in Iowa State News. Check out the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.iastate.edu\/news\/lab-drone-tests-remote-farm-waterways-nitrate-levels\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-755 text-align-center aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2026\/04\/Drone-Near-Tile-Drain-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2026\/04\/Drone-Near-Tile-Drain-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2026\/04\/Drone-Near-Tile-Drain-1024x926.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2026\/04\/Drone-Near-Tile-Drain-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2026\/04\/Drone-Near-Tile-Drain.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<ul>\n<li><strong data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"91\">Fall 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Congratulations to Nate and Gustavo for passing their preliminary exams, and to Ethan for passing his qualifying exam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3453-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3453-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3453-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3453-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, 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data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"91\">5\/21\/25<\/strong> \u2013 Dr. Claussen gives a talk at the World Congress on Biosensors in Lisbon, Portugal\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Talk Title:<\/span> <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">A New Paradigm in Microfluidic Systems: Laser-Induced Graphene Microfluidic Integrated Sensors (LIGMIS) for On-Site Biomedical and Environmental Monitoring<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-721 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-113336-e1747932092435-300x247.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-113336-e1747932092435-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-113336-e1747932092435-1024x843.png 1024w, 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data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"357\">8\/1\/24<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Congratulations to Nathan Jared for receiving the USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"596\">July 2024<\/strong> \u2013 Congratulations to Gustavo for passing his qualifying exam<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"760\" data-end=\"773\">6\/13\/24<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Congratulations to Nate whose paper was accepted by <em data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"848\">Nanoscale Horizons<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"674\">6\/11\/24<\/strong> \u2013 Congrats to Dr. Zachary Johnson for successfully defending his PhD dissertation<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"864\">5\/28\/24<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The group welcomes its newest member: Ethan, who will be working on ISE sensor development for nutrient monitoring in hydroponics<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"999\" data-end=\"1013\">April 2024<\/strong> \u2013 Gustavo and Nate attended the SoilTech Board Meeting in Seattle, WA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--link-set\">\n\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/projects.vrac.iastate.edu\/claussen\/old-news\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOLD NEWS\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groups 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