Banerjee group's third paper is accepted in RSC Sustainability. Congrats, Jake and Alex!
Invited talks are in colours. Students directly supervised by Ronnie are in italics.
<28> ”You get to do research! You get to do research! Everybody gets to do research!” - three vignettes of equitable course undergraduate re-
search experiences (CUREs).
x2026, (EDI/CE) It Gets Better: Pride in the CSC and the CSChE, May 2026
Dr. A. Ronnie Banerjee
<27> Twinkle, twinkle, little star: synthesis, characterization and functional testing of iron oxide dotted magnetofluorescent silica nanoparticles
using Caenorhabditis elegans as a cost-effective model biological organism.
x2026, Toronto, May 2026
Hutch Schumacher, Dr. Jessica Hill, Dr. Erin Nishimura-Osborne, Dr. A. Ronnie Banerjee.
<26> Good things come in nanosized packages: Nanomaterials in healthcare and pedagogy.
Invited Talk, Departmental Talk, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, March 2026
Dr. A. Ronnie Banerjee
<25> In Healthcare, Every Nanometer Counts.
Invited Talk, RAM Talks, October 2025, Colorado State University
Dr. A. Ronnie Banerjee and Alex Lott
<24> Bionanocomposites - novel materials with unexpected biological activities.
Great Lakes Regional Meeting, ACS, June 2025, Appleton, WI
Dr. A. Ronnie Banerjee, Alex Barnosky, Brady Mitchell
<23> C. elegans as a model organism for testing magnetofluorescent bionanoprobes.
Front Range Worm Meeting, Laramie, WY, June 2025.
Brady Mitchell, Alex Barnosky, Dr. Jessica Hill, Dr. Erin Nishimura-Osborne, Dr. A. Ronnie Banerjee.
<22> Development of a preparative bioinorganic chemistry laboratory ‘mini-project’ - phosphatase inhibition by antineoplasmic non-innocent vanadium complexes.
45th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Fort Collins, CO.
Dr. A. Ronnie Banerjee, Sho Nakayama, Christopher Chang, and Dr. Debbie C. Crans.
<21> Transformation of the well-known general chemistry ferrofluid experiment to an advanced mini-project on iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs),
suitable for the upper-year inorganic chemistry teaching laboratory.
ACS Fall Meeting, 2024, Denver, CO.
Dr. A. Ronnie Banerjee, Christopher Chang, and Dr. Amy L. Prieto.
<20> Strategies for bioactive preservation and augmented cellular uptake of substituted tryptamine formulations.
ACS Fall Meeting, 2024, Denver, CO.
A. Ronnie Banerjee, John H. Hayward, William Hosie, Kasra Razmkhah, and John F. Trant.
<19> Antimicrobial surface coatings based on copper-infused polymeric ionic liquids.
Inorganic Discussion Weekend, 2024, Windsor, ON.
Abhinandan Banerjee and John F. Trant.
<18> Harnessing surface science strategies to create novel bioactive formulations.
CSC 2023, Vancouver, June 2023.
Abhinandan Banerjee and John F. Trant.
<17> Rational design and production of lipid-based cannabinoid formulations.
Invited Talk, 5th Cannabinoid-Derived Pharmaceuticals Summit, Boston, MA, September 2022.
Abhinandan Banerjee and John F. Trant.
<16> Antimicrobial surface coatings based on copper-infused polymeric ionic liquids.
Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition 2022, Calgary, June 2022.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Bukola R. Aremu, Sima Dehghandokht, Rayan Salama, Hao Zhou, Sharon M. Lackie, Pierre Kennepohl, and John F. Trant.
<15> Design and production of a spray-dried oil-in-water nanoemulsion powder with augmented stability for pharmaceutical delivery.
2021 Virtual Cannabis Research Conference, Institute of Cannabis Research, Colorado State University, Pueblo.
IUPAC CCCE 2021 - 48th World Chemistry Congress and 104th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Justin Binder, Rayan Salama, Paul Tucci, John F. Trant.
<14> COWs and magic beans: design, synthesis, and stress-testing of novel cannabinoid oil-in-water (COW) nanoemulsions with augmented stability.
Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference 2020 Virtual, Ottawa, October 2020.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Justin Binder, Rayan Salama, J. F. Trant.
<13> Shape-controlled MnO nanoparticles as T1 MRI contrast agents.
Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference 2020 Virtual, Ottawa, October 2020.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Wei Zeng, Barbara Blasiak, Boguslaw Tomanek, and Simon Trudel.
12. Down MEMRI Lane - contrast agents for Mn-enhanced MRI.
101st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, June 2018.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Wei Zeng, Gabriel Bertolesi, Barbara Blasiak, Eva Pasquier, C.-C. Ling, Boguslaw Tomanek, and Simon Trudel.
<11> Adventures in novel nanobioprobe design.
Invited Talk: T. Chen Fong Fellowship in Medical Imaging Awardee,
Radiology Research Day 2017, Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary, March 2017.
Abhinandan Banerjee and Simon Trudel.
<10> PEGylated mixed metal ferrite NPs as high-field MRI contrast agents.
100th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, June 2017.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Barbara Blasiak, Eva Pasquier, Boguslaw Tomanek, and Simon Trudel.
<9> Exploring surface-capped transition metal ferrite nanostructures for application in MRI.
Alberta NanoResearch Symposium, Calgary, May 2017.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Barbara Blasiak, Eva Pasquier, Boguslaw Tomanek, and Simon Trudel.
<8> Maltol-functionalized iron oxide Nanoparticles as T2 MRI contrast agents.
Alberta NanoResearch Symposium, Edmonton, May 2016.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Barbara Blasiak, Boguslaw Tomanek, Kristina D. Rinker, and Simon Trudel.
<7> Catalytic ligninolysis by μ-oxo-bridged tri- and tetra-nuclear metal complexes via oxidative routes.
Lignoworks AGM, The NSERC Biomaterials and Chemicals Strategic Research Network, Gatineau, September 2015.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Emily Kennedy, and Philip G. Jessop.
<6> X-ray absorption spectroscopic studies on the interaction between metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) and tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquids (ILs).
Surface Canada 2015 and ECS Canada Section Meeting, Saskatoon, May 2015.
Abhinandan Banerjee and Robert W. J. Scott.
<5> Optimization of metal nanoparticle-phosphonium ionic liquid composite catalytic systems for phenol hydrodeoxygenation.
97th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Vancouver, June 2014.
Abhinandan Banerjee and Robert W. J. Scott.
<4> Reactivation of sintered nanoparticles in tetraalkylphosphonium halide ionic liquids: the case for coinage metals.
23rd Canadian Symposium on Catalysis, Edmonton, March 2014.
Awardee, Best Fundamental Catalysis Talk.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Robin Theron, and Robert W. J. Scott.
<3> Redispersion of Transition Metal Nanoparticles in Tetraalkylphosphonium Halide Ionic Liquids.
96th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, June 2013.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Robin Theron, and Robert W. J. Scott.
<2> Nanoparticle catalyzed redox processes in tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquids.
95th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, May 2012.
Abhinandan Banerjee and Robert W. J. Scott.
<1> Noble metal nanoparticle/ionic liquid tandem systems for in-situ catalysis.
94th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, May 2011.
Abhinandan Banerjee and Robert W. J. Scott.