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Dr. Peter de B Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry,  co-authored a Jan. 21 article in Electroanalysis. The paper is on “A Sensitive and Selective Electrochemical Sensor Based on Graphene Quantum Dot/Gold Nanoparticle Nanocomposite Modified Electrode for the Determination of Quercetin in Biological Samples.” The other authors are Jianjun Li, […]

Ohio University’s B.S. in Forensic Chemistry program was established by Dr. James Y. Tong, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and was approved by the Ohio Board of Trustees in 1976. Approximately 400 students have graduated with Ohio University’s B.S. in Forensic Chemistry since the program’s first graduate in 1979.

Five teams from around the world—including one from Ohio University—rolled out their prototypes in France as the world awaits the first-ever international molecular nanocar race. Over the next year, the OHIO Bobcat Nano-Wagon Team—along with competitors from France, Germany, Japan and USA/Austria—will get ready to race their nanocars along a […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Milind Deshpande was one of two recipients of a Connecticut Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his company’s work in developing a new drug targeting the Hepatitis C virus. Deshpande earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the OHIO College of Arts & Sciences in 1987. On […]

Ohio University alum Philip E. Pellett, Ph.D. ’80 received a lifetime achievement award from the HHV-6 Foundation in November. Pellett is a Professor and Interim Chair of Immunology and Microbiology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He earned an OHIO Honors Tutorial College B.S. in Chemistry in 1980. […]

Mary Bouschard ’16 walked into the Dayton offices of the Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab knowing she’d be the only toxicology intern. But she was following in the footsteps of another Bobcat, Jenna Silverman ’14. “They only took one intern in the toxicology section, and then they took two interns […]

Ohio University’s forensic chemistry students are now No. 1 in the nation—with the top toxicology score on the recent Forensic Science Assessment Test administered by the American Board of Criminalistics. It’s a dramatic jump that helped take OHIO’s forensic science undergrad program from one of the lowest scores to a […]