Amie Norton Research Assistant Professor Waters Annex 109 Phone: (785) 532-4730 amien@ksu.edu

Education

• Postdoctoral Studies, Manhattan, KS USDA-ARS, 2022-2024
• Postdoctoral Studies, Bioinspired Material, Bowling Green State University, 2019-2022
• Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, 2017
• B.S., Chemistry, Minors in Sociology and Religious Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009

Research

My research focuses on pesticide development and applying nanotechnology to entomology to create novel solutions to arthropod related problems.

Teaching

Nanotechnology Entomology (ENTOM 799) Fall

Selected Publications (Complete list on Google Scholar)

Norton, A. E.; Sharma, M.; Cashen, C.; Dourges, M.-A.; Toupance, T.; Krause, J. A.; Motkuri, R. K.; Connick, W. B.; Chatterjee, S. pH-Mediated Colorimetric and Luminescent Sensing of Aqueous Nitrate Anions by a Platinum(II) Luminophore@Mesoporous Silica Composite. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13 (14), 16197–16209. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c20821.

Norton, A. E.; Ewing, R.; Tilley, M.; Whitworth, J.; Cohnstaedt, L. W. Fatal Food: Silver-Coated Grain Particles Display Larvicidal Activity in Culex Quinquefasciatus. ACS Omega 2023, 8 (37), 33437–33443. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c03210.

Norton, A. E.; Kim, M. J.; Peiris, K. H.; Cox, S.; Tilley, M.; Smolensky, D.; Bean, S. R. Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Gold‐coated Cereal Particles from Sorghum Bran Flour and Wheat Bran Flour. Cereal Chemistry 2024.

Osborne, C. J.; Norton, A. E.; Whitworth, R. J.; Silver, K. S.; Cohnstaedt, L. W. Tiny Silver Bullets: Silver Nanoparticles Are Insecticidal to Culicoides Sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Biting Midge Larvae. Journal of Medical Entomology 2024, tjae107.

Norton, A. E.; Zanoni, K. P. S.; Dourges, M.-A.; Ravaro, L. P.; Abdolmaleki, M. K.; Camargo, A. S. S. de; Toupance, T.; Connick, W. B.; Chatterjee, S. Porosity Induced Rigidochromism in Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Luminophores Immobilized at Silica Composites. J. Mater. Chem. C 2021, 9 (19), 6193–6207. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TC00599E.

Norton, A. E.; Abdolmaleki, M. K.; Andriot, L.; Cashen, C.; Krause, J. A.; Connick, W. B.; Chatterjee, S. Optical Sensing of Aqueous Nitrate Anion by a Platinum (Ii) Triimine Salt Based Solid State Material. Chemical Communications 2022, 58 (87), 12160–12163.

Norton, A. E.; Doepke, A.; Nourian, F.; Connick, W. B.; Brown, K. K. Assessing Flammable Storage Cabinets as Sources of VOC Exposure in Laboratories Using Real-Time Direct Reading Wireless Detectors. Journal of chemical health & safety 2018, 25 (5), 2–9.