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Luesse receives two-year organic chemistry research grant

Luesse receives two-year organic chemistry research grant

Chemistry professor Sarah Luesse will begin a two-year research project this summer in organic chemistry. She received a Cottrell College Science Award from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement. Photo courtesy of Luesse.
Chemistry professor Sarah Luesse received the Cottrell College Science Award (CCSA) from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement (RCSA), a $35,000 grant that […]

Professor Rocha receives grant to attend Hess Seminar at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Professor Rocha receives grant to attend Hess Seminar at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Foreign languages department professor Carolina Rocha received a grant to attend the Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar at the U.S. Holocaust Museum. She hopes to propose a class to teach at SIUE about the Holocaust.
Foreign languages department professor Carolina Rocha has researched the Jewish-Latin American presence in Argentina in literature and films, and with […]

$1.5 million cancer research grant awarded to SIU department, schools

$1.5 million cancer research grant awarded to SIU department, schools

Prof. Edward Navarre, SIUE Chemistry Department
SIU has landed a $1.5 million research grant, which could potentially lead to improved quality of life in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
The National Institutes of Health awarded the SIUE Chemistry Department, SIUE School of Pharmacy, along with the SIU School of Medicine in Springfield the grant to research the effectiveness of […]

SIUE professors granted five-year study of endangered languages and geography in Nepal

SIUE professors granted five-year study of endangered languages and geography in Nepal

The research group in the village of Nace in Manang. From left, back row: Dr. Oliver Bond (University of Surrey), Dr. Dubi Nanda Dhakal (Tribhuvan University), Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt, Dr. Shunfu Hu , Prita Malla. From left, front row: Prabal Malla, Ritar Lhakpa Lama, Kali Lama. Photo courtesy of Shunfu Hu.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) […]

Chemistry department receives NSF grant for nitric oxide research

Chemistry department receives NSF grant for nitric oxide research

Dr. Michael Shaw holds up a ball and stick heme model
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $81,231 to SIUE’s Chemistry department to work on a new project entitled “Collaborative Research: Redox Behavior of Heme-NOx Models – A Vehicle for Outreach and Discovery.” SIUE Chemistry Chair Dr. Michael J. Shaw is directing the three-year project, […]

O’Brien awarded grant to research metal molecules

O’Brien awarded grant to research metal molecules

Usually, a married couple’s “big project” consists of something such as repainting the outside of the house or renovating the basement.
For Leah O’Brien, professor of chemistry at SIUE and her husband, James, also a professor of chemistry at University of Missouri – St. Louis, the “big project” will consist of observing certain bonding properties […]

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