Dr. Anthony Stender
For Dr. Anthony Stender, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, the summer has been off to a busy start.
On May 23, he traveled to Cleveland to speak at the 62nd annual meeting of the Talks to of Northeastern Ohio. His talk, which focused on a paper he published earlier this year in the journal Analytical Chemistry, was titled “Nanoparticle Studies with Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy.”
“I really enjoyed attending the meeting and hearing about research that revolves around microscopy and spectroscopy,” Stender said. “Oftentimes, there are limitations on what a single piece of instrumentation can do to solve a materials-based problem, and at microscopy conferences, I often hear stories about how people either retrofitted an existing piece of equipment or used an entirely new approach to answer a question. I find many of the talks insightful as well as inspiring.”
Next up, Stender will give a seminar on Raman Spectroscopy to the Ohio State Highway Patrol Crime Lab.
“Raman spectroscopy has recently become the hot technological commodity in forensic science, just like it’s been a hot commodity in nanoscience for a number of years,” he said. “It’s highly valuable, because of its ability to quickly identify trace-level chemicals, particularly drug residues and explosives, and those are the research areas that forensic-based funding agencies are willing to invest their money in these days. Many forensic labs are purchasing Raman-based instruments right now, because of their desire to make identifications more rapidly and safely. But at the same time, Raman is not a technique that many people are fully familiar with, hence the request to speak at the Highway Patrol.”
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