Meet Our Team
Meet the Multidisciplinary Team at Vanegas' Lab: Innovators in Green Chemistry and Nanotechnology
Julie P. Vanegas
Principal Investigator
Julie P. Vanegas, Ph.D. in Chemistry.
More about her career?
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).
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
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.
Ph.D Student Materials Science and Engineering
Collaboration with Alamos National Lab
Iram Lopez
Master's Student in Chemistry
Center for Engineering Mechanobiology’s Master’s Research Fellowship-Columbia University
Brittany Griggs
Master's
Can be you!! open positions!!
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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.
PREM Scholarship
REU-NS University of Minnesota 2025
Alejandro Rodriguez
