Chemistry News Archive
Congratulations to Brendin Flinn for successfully defended his thesis and for his recent publication! Brendin, the first author on the publication, developed the idea in CHM 678, Applied Microscopy in Research, with Dr. Norton and David Neff. His co-authors include Marshall undergraduates, Hayden O’Dell and Kara Joseph, and from our UNC Chapel Hill collaboration, Dr.
Professor Laura McCunn has published an article in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A with six undergraduate coauthors from the Department of Chemistry and collaborators from the University of Richmond. The paper is a combined experimental and computational study of the thermal decomposition of 2-cyclopentenone. This molecule occurs during the high-temperature processing of plant matter
Congratulations to our professors who were awarded NASA Mini-Opportunity Grants! Dr Tom Cuchta “Differential Analyzer in Lexington” Dr Judy Fan “Hybrid Materials-Based Resistive Memory Diodes for Artificial Neural Networks” Dr Yongick Kim “Reconstitution of the Circadian Clock In Vitro: A Strategy to Discover the Mechanism for Circadian Clock Synchronization” Dr Aley El-Shazly “Investigation of REEY
Dr. Quinones (Department of Chemistry) and Mr. Jay Rader (Center for Student Success) recently received $48,000 in NSF funding for the 2024-2025 academic year through the First2 Network. The First2 Network is an expanding group of over 1000 people and 30 organizations working to increase the number of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and
Chemistry faculty and student members of the Alpha Chi Sigma Professional Fraternity organized hands-on science activities for the Fall Festival at Heritage Farm. Children made shadow art prints using cyanotype paper and ultraviolet light from the sun. They also tried diffraction glasses to view a rainbow of colors emitted from a neon lamp and a
Congratulations, Dr. Laura McCunn-Jordan! She has received an ACS PRF supplemental grant. The award amount of $25,000 is for support of Dr. McCunn’s proposed research: Supplement: Pyrolysis Reactions of Polyvinylchloride Derivatives.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $340,000 to Marshall University to acquire a state-of-the-art Rigaku SmartLab SE X-ray Diffraction system, to be housed in the College of Science at Marshall University. This grant was awarded through the NSF’s Major Research Instrumentation Program, which supports faculty members in obtaining expensive, cutting-edge research tools that
On July 26th, ten STEM student researchers presented summaries of their efforts performed over 10 weeks of the summer in a variety of laboratories on the Marshall campus. The objective of the SURE program is to enhance the intellectual infrastructure of the state by supporting undergraduates who are interested in performing research in any STEM
Professor Laura McCunn received a three-year, $75,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund to study “Pyrolysis Reactions of Polyvinylchloride Derivatives.” The objective of this project is to elucidate how chemical structure affects the pyrolysis reactions of chlorinated hydrocarbons that are produced during the pyrolysis of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a plastic derived from
The Department of Chemistry conducts an annual Chemistry Research Summer Program (CRSP) that serves to strengthen the culture of research among our student scientists. It serves as an opportunity to meet new people, enhance scientific presenting skills, and have fun! The Program includes educational as well as recreational activities. This year, student scientists participated in