Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Missouri State’s chemistry department hosted the 2020 Mid-South Organic Chemists Association (MICA) meeting. Dr. Nikolay Gerasimchuk, professor of chemistry, outlines the meeting’s events and their impact on student learning. What is MICA? MICA fosters mutually beneficial collaboration and presentations of newest results between those … [Read more...] about Connecting passion with research and results
Dr. Matthew Siebert, associate professor of chemistry, recently returned from Berkeley, California. He participated in a prestigious program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). About the project Siebert is a part of the 2019 Sustainable Horizons Institute’s (SHI) Sustainable Research Pathways (SRP) program. The goal of SRP is to connect scientists from … [Read more...] about Chemistry professor travels to California
Dr. Keiichi Yoshimatsu, assistant professor of chemistry, attended the workshop on Physical Science Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (Physical Science CURE institute) this year in Tucson, Arizona. The Physical Science CURE institute was facilitated by researchers who are leading the CURE Network 2 (CUREnet2) project. The project is supported by National Science … [Read more...] about Adding research into undergraduate lab courses
Cassidy Soard, a chemistry major, spent the last 10 weeks of summer at the University of Mississippi. From May 30-Aug. 9, Soard worked on and presented her research at Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). About the REU Soard worked with Dr. Davita Watkins, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, to develop NIR nanopolymers via … [Read more...] about Chemistry student spends summer in a lab
We travel to different states, climates and countries to share and learn about our field. Missouri Inorganic Day is a one-day conference that hosts faculty, students and postdocs from Missouri and neighboring states like Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is held in Missouri each year at different universities. This year it was at Washington University in St. Louis, … [Read more...] about Stay close, learn a lot