Advancing STEM research requires building connections between contributors. The 2021 Missouri Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (MOLSAMP) Undergraduate Research Symposium, which took place April 9-11, allowed participating STEM scholars to present their research and extend their networks. Eight students from the Missouri State University MoLSAMP … [Read more...] about Supporting research among underrepresented STEM scholars
Every human body must keep up with a lot of biological responses. Biosensors help signal those that matter most. Chemistry graduate student Megan Prado studies how to make biosensors even more useful to the demands of human life. She recently received the Dr. Matthew and Patricia Harthcock Chemistry Research Fellowship Award to enable her to continue her graduate … [Read more...] about (Bio)sensing the body’s demands
The College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CNAS) is excited to announce that Dr. Adam Wanekaya, professor of chemistry, has accepted the position of chemistry department head. “Dr. Wanekaya has led a very productive research group since his arrival at Missouri State University in 2006. He has the skills needed to be successful — ethical leadership and cultural competence,” … [Read more...] about Congratulations to Dr. Adam Wanekaya
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