Dr. Aren Gerdon
Associate Professor, Emmanuel College
Associate professor of analytical chemistry at Emmanuel College in Boston, MA. Conducting analytical and biomaterials research with undergraduate students for over 12 years: http://gerdonlab.blogs.emmanue....
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DateApril 13, 2021Social justice involves the equitable participation of all people in ways that are affirming and respectful. Issues of social injustice often focus on the challenges facing poor and marginalized populations worldwide and share a common thread with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…Presenter
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DateMarch 21, 2022The detection and identification of ignitable liquids is crucial for the determination of the cause of a fire in forensic arson investigations…Presenters
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College- DateMarch 21, 2022Collagen is a structural protein that acts as a scaffold for the calcium phosphate mineralization reaction that forms bone. In order to better understand this mineralization reaction, collagen hydrogels have been synthesized and mineralized biomimetically…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 21, 2022Gold nanoparticles (NPs) are stable and synthetic materials that can be functionalized with a range of bioactive molecules…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 22, 2022A range of nanomaterials have been previously studied as biomimetic temples for mineralization when presenting bioinspired functional groups such as peptides and nucleotides. DNA aptamers have recently been selected to influence calcium mineral formation using a novel precipitation SELEX method…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 24, 2022A survey of over 300 instructors of undergraduate analytical chemistry was conducted in 2021 with the aim of learning what topics are currently prioritized in analytical and instrumental chemistry lectures and labs…
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Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúTrinity College - Instructors in chemistry are motivated to deliver content and improve student understanding of the physical and chemical world. Doing this while ignoring student’s personal connections, experiences, and emotions – positive or negative - may undermine the educational goal…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - : [CHED] Division of Chemical Education
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Adam Woolley, PhDUniversity Professor, Brigham Young UniversityNaval Air Warfare Center Weapons DivisionProfessor, Pacific Northwest National LabUniversity of UtahProfessor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúGraduate Student, Florida Institute of TechnologyBarry UniversityUniversity of North Georgia - Gainesville CampusAssistant Professor, University of North GeorgiaAssociate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeRebecca Eikey, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Chemistry, Chestnut Hill CollegeWhitworth UniversityEastern Oregon UniversityAssociate Professor of Chemistry, Bemidji State UniversityChair and Associate Professor, St. Mary's University - : [CHED] Division of Chemical Education
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Xavier UniversityLafayette CollegeAssociate Professor, Saint Louis UniversityElizabeth S. Thrall, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Fordham UniversityAssistant Professor, United States Naval AcademyThe Pennsylvania State University - University Park CampusIndiana UniversityUniversity of UtahAssistant Professor, Eastern Illinois UniversityProfessor, Penn State BerksAssociate Professor of Biochemistry, High Point UniversityAssistant Professor, Furman UniversityAssociate Professor, Pennsylvania State UniversitySt. Mary's College of MarylandSarah Soltau, PhDAssociate Professor, Bridgewater State UniversityAssociate Professor of Chemistry, Jacksonville UniversityAssociate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeMillersville UnivesityAssociate Professor, Messiah CollegeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteAssistant Professor, Millersville University of PennsylvaniaSaint Joseph's UniversityProfessor and Chair, Shippensburg UniversityAssociate Professor of Chemistry, University of Mary WashingtonUndergraduate Researcher, Maryville University - Instructors in chemistry are motivated to deliver content and improve student understanding of the physical and chemical world. Doing this while ignoring student’s personal connections, experiences, and emotions – positive or negative - may undermine the educational goal…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - : [CHED] Division of Chemical Education
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University of South FloridaSouthern Utah UniversityEsther Woo, M.S.Graduate Student, Michigan State UniversityAssociate Professor, Emmanuel College - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Clarkson UniversityOak Ridge National LaboratoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSRNL & UGAUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoDr., University of Sao PauloDoctoral student, University of Missouri-St Louis (UMSL)Associate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeUniversity of IdahoLewis UniversityAssistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Gonzaga UniversityProfessor, Illinois Institute of Technology - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, Furman UniversityElon UniversityRoanoke CollegeLafayette CollegeDenison UniversityAssistant Professor of Chemistry, Kenyon CollegeAssistant Professor, The College of New JerseyProfessor, Haverford CollegeAssociate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeBradley UniversityKenyon CollegeAssistant Professor, Spelman CollegeUniversity of Minnesota - : [CHED] Division of Chemical Education
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Adam Woolley, PhDUniversity Professor, Brigham Young UniversityNaval Air Warfare Center Weapons DivisionProfessor, Pacific Northwest National LabUniversity of UtahProfessor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúGraduate Student, Florida Institute of TechnologyBarry UniversityUniversity of North Georgia - Gainesville CampusAssistant Professor, University of North GeorgiaAssociate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeRebecca Eikey, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Chemistry, Chestnut Hill CollegeWhitworth UniversityEastern Oregon UniversityAssociate Professor of Chemistry, Bemidji State UniversityChair and Associate Professor, St. Mary's University - : [CHED] Division of Chemical Education
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Xavier UniversityLafayette CollegeAssociate Professor, Saint Louis UniversityElizabeth S. Thrall, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Fordham UniversityAssistant Professor, United States Naval AcademyThe Pennsylvania State University - University Park CampusIndiana UniversityUniversity of UtahAssistant Professor, Eastern Illinois UniversityProfessor, Penn State BerksAssociate Professor of Biochemistry, High Point UniversityAssistant Professor, Furman UniversityAssociate Professor, Pennsylvania State UniversitySt. Mary's College of MarylandSarah Soltau, PhDAssociate Professor, Bridgewater State UniversityAssociate Professor of Chemistry, Jacksonville UniversityAssociate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeMillersville UnivesityAssociate Professor, Messiah CollegeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteAssistant Professor, Millersville University of PennsylvaniaSaint Joseph's UniversityProfessor and Chair, Shippensburg UniversityAssociate Professor of Chemistry, University of Mary WashingtonUndergraduate Researcher, Maryville University - Instructors in chemistry are motivated to deliver content and improve student understanding of the physical and chemical world. Doing this while ignoring student’s personal connections, experiences, and emotions – positive or negative - may undermine the educational goal…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - : [CHED] Division of Chemical Education
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University of South FloridaSouthern Utah UniversityEsther Woo, M.S.Graduate Student, Michigan State UniversityAssociate Professor, Emmanuel College - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Clarkson UniversityOak Ridge National LaboratoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSRNL & UGAUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoDr., University of Sao PauloDoctoral student, University of Missouri-St Louis (UMSL)Associate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeUniversity of IdahoLewis UniversityAssistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Gonzaga UniversityProfessor, Illinois Institute of Technology - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, Furman UniversityElon UniversityRoanoke CollegeLafayette CollegeDenison UniversityAssistant Professor of Chemistry, Kenyon CollegeAssistant Professor, The College of New JerseyProfessor, Haverford CollegeAssociate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeBradley UniversityKenyon CollegeAssistant Professor, Spelman CollegeUniversity of Minnesota - : [CHED] Division of Chemical Education
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Adam Woolley, PhDUniversity Professor, Brigham Young UniversityNaval Air Warfare Center Weapons DivisionProfessor, Pacific Northwest National LabUniversity of UtahProfessor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúGraduate Student, Florida Institute of TechnologyBarry UniversityUniversity of North Georgia - Gainesville CampusAssistant Professor, University of North GeorgiaAssociate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeRebecca Eikey, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Chemistry, Chestnut Hill CollegeWhitworth UniversityEastern Oregon UniversityAssociate Professor of Chemistry, Bemidji State UniversityChair and Associate Professor, St. Mary's University - : [CHED] Division of Chemical Education
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Xavier UniversityLafayette CollegeAssociate Professor, Saint Louis UniversityElizabeth S. Thrall, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Fordham UniversityAssistant Professor, United States Naval AcademyThe Pennsylvania State University - University Park CampusIndiana UniversityUniversity of UtahAssistant Professor, Eastern Illinois UniversityProfessor, Penn State BerksAssociate Professor of Biochemistry, High Point UniversityAssistant Professor, Furman UniversityAssociate Professor, Pennsylvania State UniversitySt. Mary's College of MarylandSarah Soltau, PhDAssociate Professor, Bridgewater State UniversityAssociate Professor of Chemistry, Jacksonville UniversityAssociate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeMillersville UnivesityAssociate Professor, Messiah CollegeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteAssistant Professor, Millersville University of PennsylvaniaSaint Joseph's UniversityProfessor and Chair, Shippensburg UniversityAssociate Professor of Chemistry, University of Mary WashingtonUndergraduate Researcher, Maryville University - Instructors in chemistry are motivated to deliver content and improve student understanding of the physical and chemical world. Doing this while ignoring student’s personal connections, experiences, and emotions – positive or negative - may undermine the educational goal…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - : [CHED] Division of Chemical Education
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University of South FloridaSouthern Utah UniversityEsther Woo, M.S.Graduate Student, Michigan State UniversityAssociate Professor, Emmanuel College - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Clarkson UniversityOak Ridge National LaboratoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSRNL & UGAUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoDr., University of Sao PauloDoctoral student, University of Missouri-St Louis (UMSL)Associate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeUniversity of IdahoLewis UniversityAssistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Gonzaga UniversityProfessor, Illinois Institute of Technology - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, Furman UniversityElon UniversityRoanoke CollegeLafayette CollegeDenison UniversityAssistant Professor of Chemistry, Kenyon CollegeAssistant Professor, The College of New JerseyProfessor, Haverford CollegeAssociate Professor, Emmanuel CollegeBradley UniversityKenyon CollegeAssistant Professor, Spelman CollegeUniversity of Minnesota - DateMarch 27, 2023Collagen is a known biological structural scaffold that is important in the calcium phosphate mineralization of bone. Real-time, kinetic analysis of collagen mineralization has not previously been reported with good time resolution…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 27, 2023Collagen fibrils play an important role in the formation of bone as the structural component for the mineralization of calcium phosphate…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 28, 2023Instructors in chemistry are motivated to deliver content and improve student understanding of the physical and chemical world. Doing this while ignoring student’s personal connections, experiences, and emotions – positive or negative - may undermine the educational goal…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 26, 2023Bone formation involves the mineralization of calcium phosphate within the fibers of collagen and requires a variety of non-collagenous proteins in controlling the process. Biomimetic molecules, such as selected ssDNA aptamers, could be used to promote the same intrafibrillar mineralization…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 26, 2023Gold nanoparticles with a variety of ligands were found to act as biomimetic templates for the mineralization of calcium phosphate. Gold nanoparticles are useful scaffold for the development of multi-functional materials due to their ease of synthesize and functionalization…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 18, 2024DNA aptamers are widely used as affinity reagents, enzyme-like catalysts, and more recently in materials synthesis…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 17, 2024In the process of bone formation, collagen fibrils are a major structural component for the growth of calcium phosphate mineral. In the event bone cannot regenerate, biomimetic scaffolds could potentially replace artificial repair materials and usurp the role of collagen in bone formation…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 17, 2024Human bones are primarily composed of a composite of hydroxyapatite (Ca5(PO4)3OH) and collagen fibrils…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 17, 2024Calcium phosphate mineralization is an important process relating to bone and enamel formation in vivo. A wide range of biomimetic template molecules have been studied to direct the process of mineralization, including poly-aspartic acid, DNA aptamers, and gold nanoparticles…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 18, 2024Secondary osteogenesis is a process in bone formation where the collagen fibrils are assembled into a highly organized lamellar structure and result in intrafibrillar mineralization…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 18, 2024Monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles have been synthesized using various ligands for use in materials, analytical, and catalysis applications…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 24, 2025DNA origami nanostructures that mimic native collagen fibrils have been assembled to enhance hydroxyapatite mineralization and improve bone regeneration…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 23, 2025Monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles have been synthesized using various ligands for use in materials, analytical, and catalysis applications…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 23, 2025Hydroxyapatite (Ca5(PO4)3OH) mineralization is integral to native bone formation and is a process controlled by extracellular proteins in vivo. Functionalized gold nanoparticles have been studied as protein mimics and have been shown to influence the mineralization process…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 24, 2025Gold monolayer protected nanoparticles (NP) have been widely studied and applied in sensors, catalysis, and imaging. The possibilities of gold NPs as protein mimics is likewise expanding due to the versatile scaffold afforded on which to present a wide range of functional molecules…
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Associate Professor, Emmanuel College - DateMarch 23, 2025Bones are primary composed of type 1 collagen and hydroxyapatite (Ca5(PO4)3OH, HAP). Intrafibrillar mineralization, a highly organized type of mineralization that results in a strong lamellar structure, is influenced by collagen and non-collagenous proteins (NCP)…
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