• Curriculum Vitae
  

 

Eric C. Carnes
Lecturer III
Farris Engineering Center - Room 221

505 277.4030
eccarne@unm.edu

 

Education:

• Ph.D. University of New Mexico, Chemical Engineering, 2008
• M.A. University of New Mexico, Chemical Engineering, 2003
  
• B.S. University of New Mexico, Chemical Engineering • Magna Cum Laude, 2002
  

Research

• Self-assembled Materials
• Bio-Nano Interfaces
• Nanotechnology Solutions for Cancer & Infectious Diseases

 

Professional Experience

• 2008 - Present: Lecturer II, Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
• 2007 - Present: Adjunct Honors Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
• 2008 - Ethics Pilot Fellow, School of Engineering • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
• 2003 - 2007: Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
• 2004 - 2007: Assistant Faculty, National American University, Albuquerque, NM.
• 2002 - 2008: Research Assistant, Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
• 2000 - 2002: Technical Specialist, Engineering-Environmental Management, Albuquerque, NM.
• 1997 - 2000: Technical Intern, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.

Teaching

• ChNE 251 Chemical Process Calculations I
• ChNE 312 Unit Ops
• ChNE 318L Chemcial Engineering Lab I
  
• ChNE 319L Chemcial Engineering Lab II
  
• ChNE 418L Chemcial Engineering Lab III
• ChNE 319L Chemcial Engineering Lab IV
• UHON 310 Nanotechnology in Society
• UHON 312 Science of the Simpsons
• ME/CE/ECE 409 Engineering Ethics
  

Selected Publications:

• Carnes, E. C.; Ashley, C. E.; Harper, J. C.; Lopez, D. M.; Douthit, C.; Karlin, S.; Pelowitz, J.; Capecelatro, A.; Petrosian, A.; Brozik, S. M.; Brinker, C. J. “Lithography with Life: A New Approach for Integrating Living Cells with Nanotechnology” Science 2009 (manuscript in preparation).
• Carnes, E. C.; Harper, J. C.; Ashley, C. E.; Lopez, D. M.; Brozik, S. M.; Brinker, C. J. “Cell-Directed Localization and Orientation of a Functional Foreign Transmembrane Protein with a Silica Nanostructure” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, (accepted for publication).
  
• Carnes, E. C.; Lopez, D. M.; Gresham, H.; Cheung, A. L.; Timmins, G. S.; Brinker, C. J. “Confinement-Induced Quorum Sensing of Individual Staphylococcus aureus Bacteria” Nature Chemical Biology 2009 (accepted for publication).
• Dunphy, D. R.; Alam, T. M.; Tate, M. P.; Hillhouse, H. W.; Smarsly, B.; Collord, A. D.; Carnes, E. C.; Baca, H. K.; Kohn, R.; Wang, J.; Brinker, C. J. “Characterization of Lipid-Templated Silica and Hybrid Thin Film Mesophases by Grazing Incidence Small-Angle X-ray Scattering” Langmuir 2009, June 4 (DOI:10.1021/la900748r).
• Baca, H. K.; Carnes, E.; Singh, S.; Ashley, C.; Lopez, D.; Brinker, C. J. "Cell-directed assembly of bio/nano interfaces - A new scheme for cell immobilization" Accounts of Chemical Research 2007, 40 (9), 836-845.
• Baca, H. K.; Ashley, C.; Carnes, E.; Lopez, D.; Flemming, J.; Dunphy, D.; Singh, S.; Chen, Z.; Liu, N. G.; Fan, H. Y.; Lopez, G. P.; Brozik, S. M.; Werner-Washburne, M.; Brinker, C. J. "Cell-directed assembly of lipid-silica nanostructures providing extended cell viability" Science 2006, 313 (5785), 337-341.

Patents:

• “Extended Viability Live Vaccines for TB” - Disclosure form submitted.
• “Live Cell Patterning and Immobilization Techniques” - Disclosure form awaiting signatures.