Research

Ohio University graduate student Joy Kostansek was awarded the Excellence in Research Award by the Sociology & Anthropology Department. Kostansek is completing an M.A. in Sociology. She was nominated by Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Dr. Anna Terman, Assistant Professor of Sociology. “What more can I say?” […]

Dr. Amy Lynch is using infrared technology to count pedestrians, cyclists, and the occasional electric scooter or skateboarder on the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway, a prominent feature of Ohio University as it winds along the Hocking River. Lynch, Assistant Professor of Geography, aims to better understand bike path usage patterns and […]

 Dr. Zachary Meisel, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, is featured in an American Astronomical Society inaugural video chat its a new AAS Journal Author Series. In the 24½-minute inaugural video, Meisel discusses his recent article “Spallation-Altered Accreted Compositions for X-Ray Bursts: Impact on Ignition Conditions […]

Science Daily featured work by Dr. Saw-Wai Hla and others in an article headlined “Pushing the limits of 2D supramolecules.” Since the 2004 discovery of graphene, the world’s thinnest (one-atom-thick) and strongest (200 times stronger than steel) material, researchers have been working to further develop similar nanomaterials for industrial, pharmaceutical […]

From Ohio University News Three Ohio University Honors Tutorial College students were selected as 2020 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars, two of them majoring in Biological Sciences and working on research projects mentored by Biological Sciences faculty. Madeline Sudnick is a junior working on her senior thesis, which consists of research in […]

Dr. Xizhen “Jenny” Schenk authored an article in the journal River Research and Applications on “Impacts of climatic variability on northward flowing rivers in North America, using a paired basin approach.” Schenk is Assistant Professor of Instruction in Geological Sciences at Ohio University. Northward flowing rivers in continental mid- or […]

Three Ohio University chemists have found that molecules synthesized in their group might inhibit a key enzyme in SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus replication. Their work could potentially lead to the development of new antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Eric Masson, post-doctoral associate Dr. Hector Barbero, and graduate student Nathan Thompson recently showed […]