Dr. Matthew Siebert, associate professor of chemistry, has been appointed an associate to the American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Ethics for 2020. With more than 150,000 members in ACS and 22 seats on this committee, the competition was fierce. About the appointment Siebert is already active in ACS. He is the chair of the Ozarks local section and the program chair … [Read more...] about Chemistry professor appointed to national committee
Allison Freese and Celia Garcia-Hernandez, both Missouri State University chemistry alumni, recently worked on some intercontinental collaborative research that could change the pharmaceutical world. About their research They created nanoparticles and added biological material, known as nanoconjugates. After that, they analyzed the effects, including size, surface charge and … [Read more...] about Alumni work on drug delivery systems
Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 with Drs. John B. Goodenough and Akira Yoshino. Their prize was for the development of lithium-ion batteries. Dr. Adam Wanekaya, professor of chemistry at Missouri State, knew Whittingham when Wanekaya was a PhD student at the University of New York, Binghamton. Whittingham was the chair of Wanekaya’s PhD … [Read more...] about Nobel Prize winner taught MSU professor
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