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Bergmeier, McMills Honored for Patent Filings at Innovation Dinner

Executive Vice President and Provost Chaden Djalali (middle) awards Douglas Goetz (left) and Stephen Bergmeier (right) with U.S. patent plaques. Photo credit: Hannah Ruhoff.

From Research Communications Chemistry & Biochemistry professors Dr. Stephen Bergmeier and Dr. Mark McMills were recognized by Ohio University during the Inventors Dinner Feb. 21. They were among those recognized for engaging with the university’s Technology Transfer Office over the past year to commercialize their research findings by protecting their […]

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March 8, 2019 at 12:13 pmResearch

Harrington Authors Column, ‘Here Be Monsters’

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, authored a column in the Analytical Scientist headlined “Here Be Monsters: Predators lurk in the world of science communication, waiting to trap the unwary – here’s how to evade their clutches.” The advancements of the “Information Age” […]

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March 5, 2019 at 6:06 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Chen Offers an Unusual Mechanism of Florescence Quenching

Jixin Chen

By Ling Xin NQPI Writing Intern A recent study at the Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute (NQPI) offers new insights into the mechanism of florescence quenching, a process in which the light emitted by excited molecules goes out quickly. By proposing that the phenomenon actually rises from intermolecular transfer rather […]

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March 4, 2019 at 12:38 pmResearch

EAS Outstanding Achievements in Chemometrics Award Goes to Harrington

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington

The Eastern Analytical Symposium announced in January that Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, is honored with the 2019 Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Outstanding Achievements in Chemometrics. “Dr. Harrington’s award from the Eastern Analytical Symposium is well-earned recognition for his contributions to […]

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February 27, 2019 at 4:22 pmNews Research

Harrington Editorial Introduces Importance of AI, Intelligent Chemical Instruments

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, wrote an editorial for the special issue on New Frontiers in Chemometrics that he guest edited for the Journal of Analysis and Testing. His article “Chemometrics in the Age of Intelligent Chemical Instruments” notes that “we are presently living through […]

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February 25, 2019 at 9:36 amResearch

White Gives Invited Talk at Inter-American Photochemical Society

Jessica White

Dr. Jessica White, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, gave an invited talk titled “Photoactivated Ru(II), Mn(I) Bimetallic Complexes for CO Release and Singlet Oxygen Production” at the 28th Inter-American Photochemical Society winter meeting Jan. 2-5 in Sarasota, Fla. “The IAPS has been established to promote and disseminate knowledge, and […]

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February 23, 2019 at 2:04 pmResearch

Students Help Out in Museum’s Inclusive Science Day

Forensics Chemistry major Jenna Berger, behind the table,helps students with origami, while Kelly McCallan, majoring in Game Design and Animation, sitting in front of the table, provides instruction.

The Athens Community Center was abuzz when Inclusive Science Day attracted more than 80 families to take part in dozens of hands-on science activities. Many of these were adaptable for differently abled participants and for children who learn in different ways. There was even a low-sensory room for children and […]

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February 23, 2019 at 1:49 pmNews