Lab News
Greg recognized as Rising Star in Soft Matter!
Dec 11. 2024
Greg Parisi, a postdoc in the group, has been recognized as a Rising Star in Soft and Biological Matter by the UChicago and UCSD MRSECs for his outstanding accomplishments in both research and advancing DEI. He will present on his PhD research at the virtual symposium on Dec 11-12.
Tiny Plastics, Big Impacts @ UPenn Climate Week
Oct 15. 2024
Lab member Joey Wu, together with WaterRoots, EarthEcho, and UPenn department of Earth and Environmental Science, is organizing a microplastics event at UPenn's upcoming climate week. Dr. McBride and Derek Ho, along with professor Jon Hawkings, discussed the science of microplastics and our work with people stopping by the event.
The Science of Staying Dry for UPenn Nanoday
Oct 9. 2024
Greg Parisi, along with Felwa Alarwan and Dr. McBride, brought a demonstration on wettability and superhydrophobic materials to a local elementary school for UPenn Nanoday! Greg's demonstration included superhydrophobic paper towels and a discussion on how waterproof materials are important in everyday life.
Rehan presents at ACS Fall 2024
Aug 18. 2024
Rehan's presentation focused on some initial results on how drops of water containing microplastics behave on advanced engineered interfaces, with the finding that nanoscale plastic particles have very different interfacial behavior than microscale plastics.
The McBride Lab launches at UPenn
Jan 1. 2024
Dr. McBride officially begins her position as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and opens the doors of her lab in the Singh Center for Nanotechnology to students.