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  1. S Biswas, BL Schneider, RA García Cárcamo, AA Hasan, G Verma, CE Duval, JN Renner, and RB Getman, Rare earth element selectivity in EF-hand loop 1 of lanmodulin via molecular simulations of aqueous complexation thermodynamics, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026, 183174.
  2. S Asaei, CE Couch, E Ising, L Parker, N Sinclair and JN Renner, Characterization of Tethered Short Elastin-Like Polypeptide Conformational Transition with Cyclic Voltammetry, Communications Chemistry, 9, 259, 2026.
  3. G Verma, B Schneider, B Kau, S Biswas, RB Getman, CE Duval and JN Renner, Rare Earth Element Selectivity Controlled via Hydrophobic Guest Residue in Peptides Derived from the EF-Hand Loop 1 of Lanmodulin, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026, 530, 173279.
  4. JH Choi, M Tahmid, L Barrera, C Alvarez-Pugliese, DH Chipoco,  D Weber, W Cardona-Velez, B Mete, D Donneys-Victoria, Z Zhang, V Lim, O Akanbi, JD Hostert, A Montgomery, D Ganesan, E Barcelos, J Xu, JK Scott, GG Botte, K Millerick, C Yuan, JN Renner, RH French, and MC Hatzell, Nutrient Recovery Systems: Current Progress and Future Opportunities, ACS ES&T Engineering, 2025
  5. 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 (Invited: Early Career Distinguished Presenter Research Letter)
  6. 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
  7. 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)
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. H Sudhakar, JN Renner and R Warburton, Interfacial Electric Fields Drive Structural Rearrangement of Adsorbed Cysteine and Electrolyte Ions on Au Electrodes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024, 182, 5, 18063–18073
  11. 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
  12. 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)
  13. JD Hostert, M Sepsy, CE Duval,* and JN Renner,* Clickable membrane adsorbers enable Ce recovery with peptide ligands, Soft Matter, 2023
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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 
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. Z Su, J Hostert, JN Renner, Phosphate Recovery by a Surface-immobilized Cerium Affinity Peptide, ACS ES&T Water, 2020.
  24. 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
  25. 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)
  26. 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)
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. JN Renner and SD Minteer, The use of engineered protein materials in electrochemical devices, Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2016, 241, 980-985