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University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Chemistry Biology Agricultural and Veterinary Science Health Science Physical Chemistry Nanotechnology Environmental Chemistry Spectroscopy Surface Chemistry Electrochemistry Nanochemistry Materials Chemistry Ecology

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5.04/23/2026

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About Christy

Christy L. Haynes is the Department Head and Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, a position she has held since July 1, 2023, becoming the first woman to lead the department in its 119-year history. She joined the University of Minnesota faculty in fall 2005 after earning her BS in chemistry with minors in mathematics and Spanish from Macalester College in 1998. Haynes completed her PhD in chemistry at Northwestern University in 2003 under Richard P. Van Duyne, with a thesis on fundamentals and applications of nanoparticle optics and surface-enhanced Raman scattering. She then conducted postdoctoral research as an NIH NRSA fellow in R. Mark Wightman's laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2005, applying microelectrode amperometry to probe single cell exocytosis. Currently, she also serves as Associate Director of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, a board member of the NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, and Associate Editor for Analytical Chemistry, in addition to her recent renewal on the editorial advisory board for the Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C.