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Student Researcher Spotlight: Thai Nguyen

The College of Arts and Sciences is proud to call Thai Nguyen one of our top students. He is currently a junior pursuing a degree in biology with a concentration in pre-medical studies. His “Three-Minute Thesis” presentation on “The Potential of Developed Nanoparticles to Target Glioblastoma Canc…

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Chemistry & Biochemistry

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Kent State at East Liverpool Researcher Receives NIH Chemistry Research Grant

Farid Fouad, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Kent State East Liverpool, was awarded a three-year, $74,954 research grant as part of a subaward on a larger grant that his collaborators at Cleveland State University received. 

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Division of Research & Economic Development

Hegmann Group Leads International Collaboration and Publishes Work on Chirality Transfer in Science Advances

Congratulations to Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., and his research group for leading an international collaboration and publishing their work in Science Advances! Their article, titled “Effects of shape and solute-solvent compatibility on the efficacy of chirality transfer: Nanoshapes in nematics” was featured on the Science Advances website.

Tags: Torsten Hegmann , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research and Science , Nanomaterials , Chirality

College of Arts & Sciences

Kent State Professor Hanbin Mao, Ph.D., and graduate student Shankar Pandey

Will This New Superpower Molecule Revolutionize Science?

In a new study, Kent State Professor Hanbin Mao and other researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology – and it also explains one of nature’s intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a left hand?

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Kent Campus

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances

Materials Science Graduate Program Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a 鶹 professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.

Tags: Research & Science , Mietek Jaroniec , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Advance Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Clarivate , Materials Science Graduate Program

Materials Science Graduate Program: Graduate Education on Soft Matter Science

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances

Chemistry Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a 鶹 professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.

Tags: Research & Science , Mietek Jaroniec , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Advance Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Clarivate

College of Arts & Sciences

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Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant

Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Brain Health Research Institute , Materials Science Graduate Program

Materials Science Graduate Program: Graduate Education on Soft Matter Science

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Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant

Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Brain Health Research Institute

Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

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Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant

Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Brain Health Research Institute , Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development