Binaya Shrestha
Graduate Student
Department of Chemistry
University of Iowa
260 IATL
Iowa City, IA 55242
Phone: (319)384-3453
Email: binaya-shrestha(at)uiowa.edu
Academic Training
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Iowa, Chemistry, 2009-Present
B.S. (summa cum laude) Saint Cloud State University, Professional Chemistry, 2008
Research Interests
My research focuses on synthesizing, purifying, and characterizing perm-selective chromatographic gold nanostructures (rods and spheres) for
- fundamental studies in mass transport and detection
- the direct and quantitative SERS detection of drugs mimics and metabolites.
Awards and Honors
- University of Iowa Research Presentation Travel Award, 2011
- Summa Cum Laude, Saint Cloud State University, 2008
- Denise McGuire Award, Saint Cloud State University, 2008
- Outstanding Senior Award, Saint Cloud State University, 2008
- Analytical Chemistry Achievement Award, 2007
- Saint Cloud State University Student Research Award, 2007- 2008
- Saint Cloud State Chemistry Department Award, 2007-2008
- CRC Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award, 2004
- Thomas Smith Prize in Mathematics, 2004
- Illinois College International Merit Scholarship, 2003- 2004
- Illinois College Beecher Scholarship, 2003- 2004
- Dean's List Fall and Spring, 2003- 2008
Presentations
- University of Iowa, Optical Science and Technology Center Annual Symposium, 2012
- American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting, 2011
- University of Iowa, New Graduate Students Welcome, 2011
- University of Iowa, Optical Science and Technology Center Annual Symposium, 2011
- University of Iowa, James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference, 2011
- National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Chemists and Chemical Engineers Midwest Regional Conference, 2010
- Saint Cloud State University, Student Research Colloquium, 2008