Christy Haynes

Haynes was born in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1977.[1] She completed her undergraduate work at Macalester College, in 1998 with a major in Chemistry and minors in Mathematics and Spanish. She completed her postbaccalaureate work at Northwestern University completing a master's degree in 1999 and a Ph.D. in 2003 under the direction of Richard P. Van Duyne. She also earned a Post Doctorate at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2005.[2] Her dissertation, "Fundamentals and Applications of Nanoparticle Optics and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering," demonstrated how Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy could be used as a small molecule biosensor.[3][4] She was awarded the Northwestern University prize for Excellence in Graduate Research in 2002.[5] She has described Hilary Godwin, then Professor at Northwestern University, as one of her influences.[6]

After her PhD, Haynes worked with Mark Wightman as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[7] Here she worked on microelectrode amperometry to study single-cell exocytosis.[7] Haynes joined the University of Minnesota in 2005 as an assistant professor.[8] She was promoted to full professor in 2014 and became the Elmore H. Northey Professor of Chemistry in 2015. Haynes has been the Associate Head of Department of Chemistry since 2015.[9] She became a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in 2019.[1] Since 2012, Haynes has been the Associate Director of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles in scientific papers.[10]

In 2017 she delivered a TED talk, "Nanomaterials are everywhere; how do we make them safe?".[11][12] Haynes was also named in The Analytical Scientist Power List in 2016, 2017, and 2019.[13] She is a lead presenter for the University of Minnesota Energy and U program, which brings over ten thousand third grade students to her campus each year.[14] Haynes is an advocate for increased diversity in the chemical sciences.[15] She takes part in outreach activities to encourage young people to consider careers in chemistry.[16]

• 2002 Presidential Fellowship from Northwestern University[26]
• 2003 Award for Excellence in Graduate Research from Northwestern University[26]
• 2004 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health[26]
• 2005 Victor K. LaMer Award from the American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Science[26]
• 2005 Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry from the American Chemical Society[26]
• 2006 3M Nontenured Faculty Award[26]
• 2006 Kinship Foundation Searle Scholar[27]
• 2006 National Science Foundation CAREER Award[26]
• 2007 Delegate for Japan-U.S. Young Researchers Exchange on Nanotechnology[26]
• 2007-2009 University of Minnesota McKnight Land-Grant Assistant Professor [26]
• 2008 National Institutes of Health New Innovator[28]
• 2009 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar[26]
• 2009 Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry Young Investigator[29]
• 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow[30]
• 2010 Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achievements by a Young Analytical Scientist from the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry[26]
• 2011 Royal Society of Chemistry Joseph Black Award[31]
• 2012 Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award[26]
• 2013 Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture[32]
• 2014 University of Minnesota Taylor Award for Distinguished Research[33]
• 2015 University of Minnesota Sara Evans Faculty Woman Scholar/Leader Award[34]
• 2015 Advising and Mentoring Award from the University of Minnesota Graduate and Professional Student Assembly[26]
• 2016 The Analytical Scientist’s 2016 Power List of top 50 talented women scientists[35]
• 2017 Institute on the Environment Fellow[36]
• 2018 Royal Society of Chemistry Theophilus Redwood Award[9]
• 2018 Coblentz Society Craver Award[37]
• 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship[25]
• 2019 Distinguished McKnight University Professor[26]