Join CSENND

Find your pathway into the CSENND community.

CSENND brings together students, researchers, faculty, and community partners interested in advancing nanoscience and its impact on society. Whether you are looking for a research or training opportunity, interested in collaborating with the center, or want to connect your community with our science, there are several ways in which you can get involved See below for more information.

Graduate Students
If you’re interested in joining CSENND as a graduate student, we encourage you to learn more about our research faculty by exploring their websites, to see which group would be the best fit for you. Please feel free to reach out to those faculty directly, to start a conversation about open positions in their lab.

The next step would be applying to the MS or PhD program at that particular CSENND institution and expressing interest in working with those faculty on CSENND-related research, either in your application or cover letter.

Undergraduate Researchers at CSENND Institutions
If you’re an undergraduate student and you’re looking to get involved in CSENND-related research, there are two avenues. If you are currently enrolled at a CSENND-affiliated institution, we encourage you to learn more about our research faculty by exploring their websites to see which group would be the best fit for you. Please feel free to reach out to those faculty directly to start a conversation about open positions in their lab.

The second avenue is through our Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, which is outlined below.

Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

CSENND offers an immersive summer research experience through our Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. This is a 9-10 week program that runs from late May – late July each year, and it provides students with the opportunity conduct nanochemistry research at five of our participation institutions: Indiana University, Purdue University, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas – Austin. REU students work with CSENND researchers while participating in mentoring, professional development, and center-wide activities.

To be eligible for this program, you must meet the NSF REU requirements: you must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent resident, currentlyenrolled as an undergraduate student, and you must not be graduating prior to the start of the program. Interested in applying for a future CSENND REU position? Contact us at CSENND@iu.edu, to join our REU mailing list and receive information about upcoming application opportunities.

Postdoctoral Researchers
If you are interested in joining CSENND as a postdoctoral researcher, we encourage you to learn more about our research faculty by exploring their websites to see which group would be the best fit for you. Please feel free to reach out to those faculty directly to start a conversation about open positions in their lab.

Faculty
CSENND welcomes connections with any faculty whose research, education, and/or outreach efforts intersect with the our center.

Faculty at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) can get involved through the Primarily Undergraduate Nanomaterials Cooperative (PUNC), which connects PUI faculty and students with CSENND researchers, resources, and activities.

Faculty interested in other forms of engagement or collaboration are encouraged to contact CSENND’s Executive Director, Sara Skrabalak, to discuss possibilities.

Community Partners
CSENND is committed to reaching communities with our nanoscience. We welcome partnerships with schools, museums and science centers, community organizations, educators, and any other groups that have an interest in engaging their audiences with our science.

Partnerships might include educational or outreach programming, opportunities for students and researchers to engage with community audiences, development of new science activities or resources, or other creative collaborations. Learn more about our past and current Science-Art Collaborations.

If your organization is interested in partnering with CSENND, please contact us at csennd@iu.edu, and tell us a little about your organization and how you might envision a future collaboration.