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Julie Renner, BS, PhD

Dean's Fellow
Case School of Engineering
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Case School of Engineering
P. Anne Hiltner, PhD and Debra L. Wilfong, PhD Designated Professor in Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Research Information

Research Interests

The central aim of the Renner Research Group is to develop biomolecular platforms to control solid-liquid interfaces. In doing so, we are enabling a new generation of technologies with applications in resource recovery, biomaterials and energy.

Awards and Honors

Undergraduate Teaching Award
2022
Case School of Engineering
CAREER Award
2021
NSF
Research Award
2021
Case School of Engineering
Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship
2017
ECS
Graduate Teaching Award
2017
Case School of Engineering

Publications

  1. R Ahn, S Asaei,* HT Grome,* G Verma, C Dang, H Baskaran, JN Renner, Impact of Coverage and Guest Residue on Polyproline II Helix Peptide Antifouling, MRS Communications, 2024

  2. L Johnson, BL Schneider, H Mithaiwala, MD Green, JN Renner* and CE Duval*, Electrospun Membranes Modified with Lanmodulin-Derived Peptides for Selective Lanthanide Separations, ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2024

  3. S Asaei, G Verma, NS Sinclair, JN Renner, Electrochemical Biosensing of Cerium with a Tyrosine-Functionalized EF-hand Loop Peptide, AIChE Journal, 2024 (Invited: Futures Issue)

  4. G Verma, S Asaei, JD Hostert, R Ahn and JN Renner, A Synergistic Approach to Outreach and Teaching: Combining Service Learning at the College Level with a Summer Hands-on Outreach Program in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering for Female High School Students, Chemical Engineering Education, 2024

  5. G Verma,* JD Hostert,* AA Summerville, AS Robang, AK Paravastu, RG Carcamo, AK Paravastu, RB Getman, CE Duval and JN Renner, Investigation of Rare Earth Element Binding to a Surface-Bound Affinity Peptide Derived from EF-Hand Loop I of Lanmodulin, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024

  6. MW Issa, D Calderon, O Kamlet, S Asaei, JN Renner, and CL Wirth, Engineered Polypeptides as a Tool for Controlling Catalytic Active Janus Particles,  ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2023
  7. JD Hostert,#  QA Spitzer,# P Giammattei, and JN Renner, Scalable Production of Peptides for Enhanced Struvite Formation via Expression on the Surface of Genetically Engineered Microbes, ACS Materials Au, 2023 (Invited: Innovations in Bioengineering Virtual Special Issue)

  8. JD Hostert, M Sepsy, CE Duval,* and JN Renner,* Clickable membrane adsorbers enable Ce recovery with peptide ligands, Soft Matter, 2023

  9. N Pramounmat, S Asaei,# JD Hostert,# K Young, HA von Recum, and JN Renner, Grafting of short elastin-like peptides using an electric field, Scientific Reports, 2022, 12:18682

  10. I Wu, JD Hostert,# G Verma,# M-C Kuo, JN Renner,* and AM Herring,* Electrochemical struvite precipitation enhanced by an amelogenin peptide for nutrient recovery, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022

  11. N Pramounmat, K Yan, J Wolf, and JN Renner, Platinum-Binding Peptides: Understanding of Selective Binding and Overview of Applications, Multifunctional Materials, 2022, 5, 012002 

  12. J Hostert,* C Loney,* N Pramounmat,# K Yan,# Z Su, and JN Renner, Self-assembly and rearrangement of a polyproline II helix peptide on gold, Langmuir, 2021

  13. Z Su, CO Kim, JN Renner, Quantification of the Effects of Hydrophobicity and Mass Loading on the Effective Coverage of Surface-Immobilized Elastin-like Peptides, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 168, 107933

  14. N Pramounmat and JN Renner, Improving Graduate Student Preparedness for Entering the Workforce: A Hands-On Experience in Project Management for a Graduate-Level Protein Engineering Class, Chemical Engineering Education. 2020,  54, 4

  15. J Hostert, O Kamlet, Z Su, N Kane, JN Renner, Exploring the effect of a peptide additive on struvite formation and morphology: a high-throughput method, RSC Advances, 2020, 10, 39328 - 39337

  16. J Toth, N Abuyazid, D Lacks, JN Renner, MR Sankaran, A plasma-water droplet reactor for process-intensified, continuous nitrogen fixation at atmospheric pressure, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 2020, 8, 39, 14845–14854

  17. X Gong, K Rohm, Z Su, B Zhao, JN Renner, I Manas-Zloczower, D Feke, Porous Hydrogels Templated from Soy-Protein Stabilized High Internal Phase Emulsions, Journal of Materials Science, 2020, 55, 17284–17301

  18. Z Su, J Hostert, JN Renner, Phosphate Recovery by a Surface-immobilized Cerium Affinity Peptide, ACS ES&T Water, 2020.

  19. J Toth, R Hawtof, D Matthiesen, JN Renner, SR Sankaran, On the non-faradaic hydrogen gas evolution from electrolytic reactions at the interface of a cathodic atmospheric-pressure microplasma and liquid water surface, Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 2020, 167, 11, 116504

  20. M Yu, JN Renner* and CE Duval*, A lysine-modified polyethersulfone (PES) membrane for the recovery of lanthanides, Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020, 8. (Invited Special Collection - Women in Science: Chemistry)

  21. C Loney, S Maheshwari,* N Pramounmat,* MJ Janik, and JN Renner, Effects of Peptide-Functionalized Surfaces on the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 2020. (Invited Emerging Investigators Special Issue)

  22. N Pramounmat, C Loney,* CO Kim,* LH Wiles,* KE Ayers, A Kusoglu, and JN Renner, Controlling the Distribution of Perfluorinated Sulfonic Acid Ionomer with Elastin-like Polypeptide, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 46, 43649–43658

  23. Z Su,# S Kole,# LC Harden,  VM Palakkal,  CO Kim, CO Nair, CG Arges,* and JN Renner,* Peptide-modified electrode surfaces for promoting anion exchange ionomer microphase separation and ionic conductivity, ACS Materials Letters 2019, 1, 4, 467–475

  24. M Xu, Z Su, and JN Renner, Characterization of cerium (III) ion binding to surface-immobilized EF-hand loop I of calmodulin, Peptide Science 2019, 111, 6, e24133

  25. CN Loney, SIP Bakovic, C Xu, A Graybill, LF Greenlee,* and JN Renner,* Interactions of Polyproline II Helix Peptides with Iron(III) Oxide, ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 22, 6784-6789

  26. R Hawtof, S Ghosh, E Guarr, C Xu, RM Sankaran,* and JN Renner,* Catalyst-free, highly selective synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen and water by a plasma electrolytic system, Science Advances, 2019, 5, 1, eaat5778

  27. LF Greenlee, JN Renner, SL Foster, The Use of Controls for Consistent and Accurate Measurements of Electrocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis from Dinitrogen, ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 9, 7820−7827

  28. SL Foster, SIP Bakovic, R Duda, S Maheshwari, RD Milton, SD Minteer,* MJ Janik,* JN Renner,* LF Greenlee,* Catalysts for Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia, Nature Catalysis, 2018, 1, 7, 490-500

  29. Z Su, N Pramounmat,* S Watson,* and JN Renner, Engineered Interaction Between Short Elastin-Like Peptides and Perfluorinated Sulfonic-acid Ionomer, Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 3528 – 353
  30. JN Renner and SD Minteer, The use of engineered protein materials in electrochemical devices, Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2016, 241, 980-985

Education

BS
Chemical Engineering
University of North Dakota
2007
PhD
Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
2012
Postdoctoral Research
Proton OnSite
2014