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Women professors in the Math department.
Faculty and Staff

Balancing the equation: OSU women mathematicians are adding up

The Department of Mathematics is well above average: it has nine women tenure-track/tenured faculty, or 30%, compared to just 14% nationwide.

Abigail Losli standing in front of her paintings
Climate and Oceans

Art inspired by marine science debuts at SPARK reception

Artist Abigail Losli (BFA '16) will be exhibiting her painting inspired by a research cruise on the Pacific Ocean at the SPARK reception on October 7, 2016.

Brock McLeod and Devon Quick recieving awards from Edward John Ray
Faculty and Staff

Science takes top honors at University Day

Faculty, students and advisors in the College of Science received awards for exceptional research, teaching, and dedicated service at OSU's 2016 University Day.

Abigail Losli standing in front of her paintings
Climate and Oceans

Art meets Science on the Pacific

Senior researcher at Hatfield Marine Science Center Sarah Henkel will set sail on the Pacific Ocean with her team and artist, Abigail Losli (BFA, ‘16).

Shannon Hennessey standing in ocean with pen and paper
Graduate students

Five science students nab top NSF awards

A total of five science Ph.D. students received prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in 2016.

lab equipment sitting on lab table
Alumni and Friends

A zeal for research

Although she describes herself as “an unlikely science student,” Biochemistry and Biophysics senior Lindsay Winkenbach can’t think of anything better than continuing her voyage of scientific adventure and discovery after graduation.

Katherine Banowetz standing in front of shrubbery
Alumni and Friends

Physics major has eyes set on healthcare

Katherine Banowetz stands out as the only woman in her senior year physics class.

Arianna Kahler with friends standing on stairs in Italy
Students

Life of one biochemistry student: From music and dancing to research in Italy

Biochemistry and Biophysics student Arianna Kahler-Quesada did summer research in a green synthetic organic chemistry laboratory in Perugia, Italy.

Stephanie Rosales feeding an elephant
Graduate students

NSF Graduate Fellow Goes to Nepal

Microbiology doctoral student Stephanie Rosales will spend two months in Nepal on an NSF Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP).

Cassandra Lew standing in front of shrubbery
Students

Chemistry student receives prestigious scholarships

Cassie Lew was recently awarded the prestigious DAAD RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) fellowship to conduct research this summer in Germany.

ocean wave forming
Health and Biotechnology

From ocean to human health

An interdisciplinary research team receives a 3-year NSF grant for $583K to study animal-microbe interactions to expand our understanding of the immune system's evolution.

Sandra Loesgen with Cassandra Lew holding beakers in their lab
Chemistry

From dirt to drugs

Chemist Sandra Loesgen's lab studies fungi and bacteria found in dirt to find cures for diseases such as cancer.