Dr. Yaolin Liu, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Engineering, will present her research titled “Impacts of nanomaterials on bacterial growth, biofilm formation, and microbial community function” at the 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition at the Colorado Convention Center (Denver, CO) on March 22, 2015. Dr. Liu is a member of Dr. Kimberly Jones’ research group at Howard University. Her featured work leads a collaborative effort between the Jone’s group and our research group to investigate the interactions between nanoparticles and microbes to gain a mechanistic understanding of the toxicity effects of nanomaterials on the natural ecosystem.