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Meet Our Team

Meet the Multidisciplinary Team at Vanegas' Lab: Innovators in Green Chemistry and Nanotechnology

Julie P. Vanegas

Principal Investigator

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Julie P. Vanegas, Ph.D. in Chemistry. 

 

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Dr. Vanegas is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Rio Grande Valley.She is an Organic Chemist and Inorganic Chemistry, training her expertise in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Dr. Vanegas earned her Ph.D. from the prestigious Institute for Molecular Science (IcMol) in Valencia, Spain, in 2016, graduating with an international qualification and excellent Summa Cum Laude. 

 

Her expertise is focused on designing and synthesizing various organic components using multiple steps, and she works on creating gold nanoparticle aggregates capped with a DNA base derivative for molecular sensing purposes. Dr. Vanegas is an expert in different techniques of characterization such as Uv-Visible spectroscopy, fluorescence, SEM, XRD, TEM, IR (solid, liquid, and with KBr), NMR (solid and liquid state), and MS to characterize the ligands and systems (Nanoparticle-ligand). 

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Dr. Vanegas loves Nanoscience, colors and fluorescence, Welcome to her webpage! Enjoy and Learn!!

Julie P. Vanegas, Ph.D.Assistant Professor in Chemistry

Emerging researcher in Nanoscience

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Julie.vanegas@utrgv.edu

Office: ESCNE 4.631

Office Phone number: (956) 6652056

Laboratory: ESCNE 3.511 and 1.507NEdinburg, Texas

Team

 Vanegas' Lab, where innovation meets sustainability — our multidisciplinary team pioneers cutting-edge nanomaterials and green chemistry solutions that shape a cleaner, more sustainable future

At Vanegas' Lab, our team is a dynamic and diverse group of researchers, scientists, and students who bring together expertise from a wide range of fields, including chemistry, materials science, physics, engineering, and environmental sustainability. What makes our team truly special is our shared commitment to addressing global challenges through innovative, eco-friendly solutions. We thrive on collaboration, both within the lab and with international partners, and our multidisciplinary approach ensures that we tackle problems from multiple angles, leveraging our collective expertise to drive groundbreaking research.

Undergraduate

UTRGV & UMN PREM

The vision of the University of Texas, Rio Grande (UTRGV)/University of Minnesota (UMN) Partnership for Research & Materials Education (PREM) is to develop human capital and infrastructure by bridging fundamental and engineering research on nanomaterials with innovation in the development of devices and systems for practical applications, while enhancing and strengthening representation of minority students in materials science careers.

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