Research

NQPI | Malinski Recognized with Cardiology Award

Dr. Tadeusz  Malinski with Dr. Asher Kimchi and Dr. Jeffrey Borer

By Samantha Peko NQPI editorial intern Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute member Dr. Tadeusz Malinski was recently honored by the International Academy of Cardiology at the 21st World Congress on Heart Disease in Boston. He received an award titled “The Albrecht Fleckenstein Memorial Award […]

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January 27, 2017 at 1:00 amNews Research

NQPI | Kordesch Gets Grant to Reexamine Properties of Surface Coatings

Dr. Martin Kordesch

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Ohio University Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute member Dr. Martin Kordesch recently received a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to study the fundamental properties of surfaces of thermionic cathodes. Thermionic cathodes are electron sources in high […]

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January 27, 2017 at 12:07 amResearch

NQPI | Tees Characterizing Mechanics of Cancer Cell Invasion

Dr. David Tees

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Ohio University Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute member David Tees is investigating the mechanical properties of cancer stem cells to elucidate how they propagate throughout the body. It is well known that tumor cells can enter the blood and […]

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January 26, 2017 at 11:30 pmResearch

NQPI | Hla Receives Patent for Novel Superconductor

Dr. Saw-Wai Hla at a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Ohio University Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute member Saw-Wai Hla recently received a U.S. patent for the development of an ultra-thin superconductor. Hla holds the patent with former visiting OHIO Professor Abdelrahim Hassanien and former graduate student Kendal […]

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January 26, 2017 at 11:12 pmNews Research

Trauschweizer Wins Humanities Fund and Baker Award Grants

Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer

Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer, Associate Professor of History, received two research grants this year: Humanities Research Fund and the Baker Award. Trauschweizer is spending the 2016-17 academic year on an Ohio University Faculty Fellowship Leave. He is currently conducting research for his current manuscript on Maxwell Taylor, civil-military relations, and U.S. Cold War […]

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January 24, 2017 at 10:54 amResearch

Uhalde Presents Paper at Berlin Conference

Participants from the "Making Sense of the Oath" Conference held in Berlin, December 2016.

In December, Dr. Kevin Uhalde, Associate Professor of History, finished his grading and traveled to Berlin, Germany to participate in a conference titled “Making Sense of the Oath in Late Antiquity and the Earlier Middle Ages: Religious Act, Social Bond, Holy Sacrament.” Uhalde was invited to participate in this conference. […]

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January 23, 2017 at 2:26 pmResearch

Sarr Publishes Book: ‘Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin’

Dr. Assan Sarr

Dr. Assan Sarr, Assistant Professor of History, recently published Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia Rivier Basin: The Politics of Land Control, 1790-1940. The book comes in the wake of several journal articles Sarr has published over the past several years, and makes a significant contribution to the literatures […]

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January 19, 2017 at 8:37 amResearch