Research

Dr. Ronan Carroll, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, is part of a team awarded one of the 2015 John J. Kopchick Awards for research at Ohio University. The $10,000 award from the John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology and Translational Biomedical Sciences Faculty Support Fund is for faculty for […]

By Collin Arocho A private donor’s passion to support research that may improve the daily lives of those who suffer from Down syndrome led to a major gift for one of Ohio University’s premiere scholars and researchers in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department. Marvin and Ann Dilley White Chair and […]

What do Athens, Ohio, and Brashov, Romania, have in common? They are both part of mountain ranges: The Appalachian Mountains in the United States, and the Carpathian Mountains in Eastern Europe. In early October, Dr. Anna Rachel Terman traveled to the Appalachian Carpathian International Conference in Brashov, Romania, to compare […]

Dr. Glenn Dutcher, Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University, published “Strive to be first or avoid being last: An experiment on relative performance incentives” in the Nov. 15 issue of Games and Economics Behavior. People regularly compete with others. For instance, within a firm, only the best employee will get […]

Dr. David M. Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, co-authored “Rapid purging of genetic load in a metapopulation and consequences for range expansion in an invasive plant” in Biological Invasions. Co-authors from Portland State University are Gina L. Marchini, Nena Cole Sherlock, Alisa P. Ramakrishnan, Mitchell B. Cruzan. […]

Dr. Dina Lopez, Professor and Chair of Geological Sciences at Ohio University, presents a poster “On the Integration of Geological, Geochemical, and Geophysical Data” at the Geological Society of America annual meeting Nov. 1-4 in Baltimore. Her co-authors are David Grimaldi, a graduate student in the M.S. in Geological Sciences program, and Gonzalo Astray.  […]

Dr. Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch, Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University, presents a poster on “Microconchids in Terrestrial to Marine Transitions” at the Geological Society of America annual meeting Nov. 1-4 in Baltimore. Her co-author is Christopher Cassie of Encana Oil and Gas Inc. Abstract: “Spirorbis” worm tubes, described from the geologic record spanning the […]