August 4, 2021
University of Cincinnati’s Moriah Weese, a PhD candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences department of Chemistry, has won a highly-competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship.
October 22, 2021
For University of Cincinnati students like Joanna Fetzer, a degree program offered through UC’s College of Arts and Sciences was a perfect fit. Fetzer has been interested in the study of skin care for a long time, and the program offers students like Fetzer the chance to cut time off the traditional six years it takes to earn a master’s degree, while studying s subject she’s passionate about.
December 15, 2021
University of Cincinnati researchers have developed a sensor that detects toxins called microcystins from algal blooms that taint surface water such as rivers, lakes and streams. Early detection of these toxins can aid water treatment plants to adjust the treatment strategy to keep the dangerous substances from contaminating drinking water. The research is led by Dionysios Dionysiou, professor of environmental engineering, with his student, Vasileia Vogiazi, who recently earned her doctoral degree from UC in environmental engineering.
January 25, 2022
Intel Corp. announced on Friday it will open two new semiconductor fabrication plants outside Columbus as part of an estimated $20 billion investment in Ohio. The three-year construction project represents the biggest private investment in the history of the state, offering the promise of new high-tech jobs for thousands of residents, including many graduates of the University of Cincinnati.
February 21, 2022
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati examined genetic material of three species of mosquitoes responsible for killing millions of people around the world each year. In a collaboration between UC’s chemistry and biology departments, researchers revealed the surprising genetic modifications female mosquitoes undergo, in part to create the next generation. Using tools called liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, researchers found as many as 33 genetic modifications in the transfer RNA of female mosquitoes. Like DNA, transfer RNA serves as the building blocks of life, communicating the genetic code from DNA to build new proteins that regulate the body’s tissues and organs.
February 25, 2022
University of Cincinnati researchers led by Jiajie Diao and Yujie Sun have developed a new pH probe and imaging technique to provide researchers more information when studying diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's.
March 10, 2022
University of Cincinnati chemistry researcher Ashley Ross has received a 2022 Sloan Fellowship to continue and expand her study of how the brain communicates to the immune system through neurotransmitters, particularly during inflammatory disease. Among the most competitive awards in the U.S. and Canada, Sloan Fellowships are awarded annually to recognize creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments. Ross is only the fifth UC faculty member to receive the recognition in nearly 70 years. Former recipients of the fellowship have included mathematician John Nash—one of the fathers of modern game theory and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics—and for five of the past six years, winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics have included former Sloan fellows. “Today’s Sloan Research Fellows represent the scientific leaders of tomorrow,” says Adam F. Falk, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in a release announcing the winners. “As formidable young scholars, they are already shaping the research agenda in their respective fields—and their trailblazing won’t end here.” Ross’s lab focuses on developing technologies to measure specific biomolecules, particularly neurotransmitters, which are chemical messengers that are used from the nervous system to communicate to nearby cells not only in the brain, but all throughout the body.
March 17, 2022
The American Chemical Society named the University of Cincinnati’s chemistry museum a national historic chemical landmark.
March 22, 2022
UC assistant professor Ashley Ross demonstrated that coating electrodes in coffee grounds improved their sensitivity for neurochemistry measurements.
April 18, 2022
A University of Cincinnati Venture Lab-backed startup is developing a new method of chemistry that could make a wide range of products including agrichemicals, pharmaceuticals and plastics more environmentally friendly.