Post Tagged with: "Faculty Research"

Association for Women Geoscientists Honors Stigall for Distinguished Contributions

Dr. Alycia Stigall

Dr. Alycia L. Stigall, Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University, was awarded the Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Professional Excellence Award in the academia and research category at the Geological Society of America Meeting in Denver on Oct. 23. This award is reserved for women who, throughout their careers, […]

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October 26, 2017 at 4:19 pmNews Research

Dantas Co-Founds Global Urban History Project

Dr. Mariana Dantas

In June 2017, a group of historians launched an initiative called the Global Urban History Project. The initiative seeks to “merge, expand, and formalize connections between scholars who share an interest in the field of global urban history.” Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, is a […]

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October 25, 2017 at 9:28 amResearch

13 Political Science Faculty Recognized as Newsmakers

13 Political Science Faculty Recognized as Newsmakers

Thirteen faculty members from the Political Science Department were recognized at the third annual OHIO Faculty Newsmakers Gala. Seven members of the department received Keystroke Catalyst Awards for contributions to media reports connected to the Associated Press’ “Top 10 Stories of 2016.” Ohio University community members came together on October […]

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October 23, 2017 at 2:56 pmNews

Klein Probes Using Outdoor Elliptical Bicycle to Avoid Running Injuries

Ian Klein

Ohio University alum Ian Klein, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, is improving knowledge about avoiding injuries and maximizing performance in athletes and physical activity individuals. Klein research on the world’s first outdoor elliptical bicycle (elliptigo.com) is “designed to elicit running-similar physiological adaptations while reducing the impact forces that commonly […]

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October 23, 2017 at 11:25 amResearch

Stender Organizes Symposia on Careers, Microscopy at SciX 2017

Dr. Anthony Stender

Dr. Anthony S. Stender, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, had the recent opportunity to organize and preside over two symposia at SciX 2017. SciX is an annual conference organized by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS). The two symposia organized by Stender were […]

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October 19, 2017 at 3:10 pmResearch

Hla’s Lab Reveals Unexpected Use of Graphene Nanoribbons for Magnetic Interactions

Dr. Saw-Wai Hla at a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Dr. Saw-Wai Hla and Dr. Sergio Ulloa, Professors of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, have published a journal article in Nature Communications about semiconducting graphene nanoribbons that could be better suited than graphene for applications ranging from electronic and optoelectronic devices. The nanoribbons used for this research are strips of graphene […]

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October 17, 2017 at 3:10 pmResearch

Lein, Alum Publish on Fingerprinting Anthropogenic Waste Heat Using Satellite Data

Dr. James Lein

Dr. James Lein, Professor of Geography, published an article with Ohio University alum Xin Hong on “Fingerprinting Anthropogenic ‘Waste’ Heat Across an Urban Landscape Using Earth Observational Satellite Data” in Advances in Environment and Pollution Research. Xin earned an M.A. in Geography from the College of Arts & Sciences in […]

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October 17, 2017 at 12:25 pmResearch