Post Tagged with: "Faculty Research"

Lein Presents on Sustainable Land Cover, Named to 3 Editorial Boards

Dr. James Lein

Dr. James Lein, Professor of Geography, presented a paper at the 41st Annual Applied Geography Conference in October and was appointed to three editorial boards this year. His paper was on “Exploring Machine Learning Strategies to Predict Sustainable Land Cover Arrangements in an Urban Setting.” Abstract: There have been several […]

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November 9, 2018 at 8:35 amResearch

Just & Alumni Publish on Mathematical Modeling of Epithelial Tissue

Dr. Winfried Just

Dr. Winifred Just, Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University, and two alumni published an article on “Development of epithelial tissues: How are cleavage planes chosen?” in PLOS One. The co-authors are Ying Xin, who earned an M.S. in Mathematics in 2014 and a Ph.D. in 2018,  and Chathuri M. Karunarathna Mudiyanselage, […]

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November 8, 2018 at 4:25 pmResearch

Stender Presents at SciX 2018 on Silica-Coated Gold Nanoparticles & on Career Panel

Dr. Anthony Stender

Dr. Anthony S. Stender, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, recently attended SciX 2018 in Atlanta. SciX is an annual conference organized by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies. The conference provides a forum for discussion of traditional research topics in analytical chemistry as well […]

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November 6, 2018 at 12:23 pmResearch

Psychology Study: Fear Leads People to Think Donating Blood will Make Others Faint

Dr. Christopher France

By Mikaela Ashburn From Compass A new study by Ohio University faculty members showed that people who are afraid to have their blood drawn believe more people faint or have other symptoms than what statistics show actually occurs. The study, titled “Fear of blood draw is associated with inflated expectations […]

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November 5, 2018 at 4:48 pmResearch

Jung-Ryu Paper Finds Opposite Effect of Recent Expansionary Monetary Policy

Dr. Chulho Jung

Dr. Chulho Jung, Professor of Economics, has been invited to present a paper at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Canada. The paper, co-authored by Jung and Dr. Jay E. Ryu, Professor of of Political Science at OHIO, addresses a strange puzzle about the effects of Federal Reserve policy. Economic […]

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November 1, 2018 at 4:08 pmResearch

Alumni, Faculty Publish on Six New Invertebrate Species in Tanzania

Y. Ranjeev Epa examines the Cenozoic gastropods of the Nsungwe Formation

Ohio University faculty and alumni published an article about the discovery of six new species of invertebrates found during a paleontological exploration of rift deposits in southwestern Tanzania. After analyzing invertebrate fossils that were alive 24 to 26 million years ago in the Rukwa Rift Basin, OHIO paleontologists published the […]

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October 31, 2018 at 9:20 amResearch

Nielsen Gives Talk on How Cells are Impacted by Brain Arteriovenous Malformation

Dr. Corinne Nielsen

Dr. Corinne Nielsen, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, spoke at the national conference of the North American Vascular Biology Organization in Newport, RI, in October. Her talk was on “Effects on perivascular cells during Notch mediated brain arteriovenous malformation.” Abstract: Brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a neurovascular disease characterized by […]

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October 31, 2018 at 7:41 amResearch