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Dr. Anthony S. Stender, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, received two instrumentation grants over the summer in support of his research efforts. The first grant was a “2019 Starter Grant” from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh and the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh. This annual […]

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington was selected from a competitive pool of applicants as one of four finalists for the 2019 FACSS Innovation Award. Harrington is Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University. “The FACSS Innovation Award differs from other awards in that significant emphasis is placed on the novelty, […]

Ohio University Chemistry & Biochemistry professors Dr. Jennifer Hines and Dr. Stephen Bergmeier recently received a $430,000 award from the National Institutes of Health for medicinal chemistry studies targeting a molecular switch to treat bacterial infections. “Globally, bacterial infections pose a significant threat to human health, especially when the bacteria […]

From Compass The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded Ohio University scientists Dr. Shiyong Wu and Dr. Lingying Tong a five-year $1.7 million grant to advance research on a potential prevention and treatment for non-melanoma skin cancers. “Non-melanoma skin cancers are by far the most common type of […]

Dr. Jixin Chen, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, co-authored a paper on “Photobleaching of YOYO-1 in super-resolution single DNA fluorescence imaging.” Chen is also a member of the Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute at Ohio University. Authors: Pyle, JR; Chen, JX Source: BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY, Volume 9, Issue 74, p.809-811; […]

Chemistry graduate student Sima Saeedi presented her research during the Ohio Photochemical Society 2019 meeting (OoPS 2019) and was awarded an “Outstanding Poster Award” out of 56 student contestants. Saeedi is working in the research group of Dr. Travis A. White, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University. […]

A team of Ohio University researchers recently published a paper in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces that describes the mechanism by which lead halide perovskite nanoparticles blink under light illumination. This research may aid in the development of more efficient and more stable solar cell and LED devices. The paper, titled […]