Hilena Frew ’17 is a chemistry and mathematics major at Augsburg. This summer she received funding through the Lindstrom Scholars program to work with Dr. Vivian Feng on the toxicity of gold nanoparticles on bacteria. She has written a blog post for Sustainable Nano about the use of gold nanoparticles in liposuction and why this technology is safer than traditional methods. Read her post here.