Research

Ohio University faculty and alumni published an article about the discovery of six new species of invertebrates found during a paleontological exploration of rift deposits in southwestern Tanzania. After analyzing invertebrate fossils that were alive 24 to 26 million years ago in the Rukwa Rift Basin, OHIO paleontologists published the […]

Dr. Corinne Nielsen, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, spoke at the national conference of the North American Vascular Biology Organization in Newport, RI, in October. Her talk was on “Effects on perivascular cells during Notch mediated brain arteriovenous malformation.” Abstract: Brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a neurovascular disease characterized by […]

Researchers from Ohio University and Chiang Mai University in Thailand are continuing a collaboration that began last year when a Chiang Mai Ph.D. student came to Athens to conduct research with Dr. Katherine Cimatu, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Most recently they collaborated on a journal article on “Successive […]

A $1.38 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund the development of a new video game designed to help kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) learn academic skills and better succeed in school. The three-year project is led by psychology researchers Dr. Brandon Schultz, Assistant Professor […]

Graduate student Colin Kruse won best presentation for a graduate student in the Molecular Biology division at the Sigma Xi annual meeting. The Sigma Xi meeting on Big Data and the Future of Research, was held in San Francisco. Kruse’s presentation was on “Understanding Tumor Gene Expression Landscapes: New Treatment […]

Dr. Dawn Ruth recently joined the faculty of Geological Sciences at Ohio University as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Ruth’s work focuses on deciphering magmatic processes before volcanic eruptions. Ruth applies the same enthusiasm to her research and her classroom. She is teaching GEOL 1010: How the Earth Works and GEOL 3120: […]

A new book on Boko Haram co-authored by Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, is a social history of one of Africa’s deadliest terrorist groups and its impact on Nigerian political and social life. “Drawing on years of research, Boko Haram is a timely addition […]