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The World Intellectual Property Organization published three patents involving Ohio University Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty. ‘Online Monitoring of Fuel Cell Reactions by Desorption Electrospray Mass Spectrometry’ WIPO published a patent of Ohio University for “Online Monitoring of Fuel Cell Reactions by Desorption Electrospray Mass Spectrometry.” Publication No. WO/2014/074699 was published on […]

“I felt empowered by the first break into the ground. It really felt like I was uncovering the past through my efforts,” says Megan Norris ’14, who spent a month on a dig in Israel in summer 2013. “Every part of the work during the dig felt magical. It was […]

Almost all cancer cells are “addicted” to glucose, says scientist Xiao Chen, Adjunct Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. They depend on glucose and other nutrients to fuel growth. But a new compound developed by biologist Chen and organic chemist Dr. Stephen Bergmeier, Professor and Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry, is […]

From finding new compounds for drug development to detecting narcotics or explosives at crime scenes, scientists have relied on mass spectrometry to identify molecules. Dr. Hao Chen is developing a portfolio of technologies that can expand the capabilities of this classic technique. “Our research focuses on the new mass-spec innovation […]

Dr. Tadeusz Malinski, Marvin White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was quoted in a column on “FDA suppresses concerns about Indian generics” by Roger Bate at the American Enterprise Institute. “Are American patients taking unsafe medicines from Asia? Even posing that question is leading to unusually public […]

The American Society of Plant Biologists Midwestern Section annual meeting in Columbus on March 22-23. Doctoral student Wen Dong and undergraduate student researchers Avery Tucker, Megan Moore, Sean Fenstemaker, and  Tayler DeBrosse won awards for their presentations. Avery E. Tucker, an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Wyatt Lab, won Best […]

By Selina Nadeau From Compass When Ohio University Alumni Association Board of Directors member Dustin Starkey ’88 graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in forensic chemistry, he never thought he would be able to endow a scholarship. “During my time on the board, I’ve learned a lot about […]