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Faculty and Staff

Two distinguished professors share their impacts in science

Faculty members who have received one of the university’s top honors will offer Distinguished University Professor lectures on May 13.

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Research

New diffractometer opens door to discovery

In its first week, Oregon State’s new diffractometer has already generated data for eight publishable articles in peer-reviewed science journals.

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Health and Biotechnology

Microbes that live in fishes’ slimy mucus coating could lead chemists to new antibiotic drugs

Chemist Sandra Loesgen has been working to identify the next generation of antibiotics from the microbes associated with marine and freshwater fishes.

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Chemistry

Gilfillan Lecture: Scientific discoveries from the alphabet soup of nuclear waste

Renowned inorganic chemist May Nyman presents the 2019 Gilfillan Memorial Lecture, “Scientific Discoveries from the Alphabet Soup of Nuclear Waste.”

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Faculty and Staff

Chemist Mas Subramanian named 2019 Distinguished Professor

Materials chemist Mas Subramanian is named a 2019 University Distinguished Professor for his numerous discoveries of new compositions and their physical and chemical properties.

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Health and Biotechnology

Research paves way for new source for leukemia drug

Chemists patent a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now have only been available via an Asian tree.

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Faculty and Staff

Celebrating excellence: 2019 teaching and advising awards

Inspirational teachers and advisors honored at the Winter 2019 Teaching and Advising Awards in the College of Science.

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Chemistry

Proton transport ‘highway’ may pave way to better high-power batteries

Chemist Xiulei (David) Ji and his team have found that a chemical mechanism first described more than two centuries ago can revolutionize energy storage.

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Graduate students

From nuclear research to award-winning communicator: A young scientist does it all

Lauded for her exceptional research presentations, chemistry Ph.D. student Ana Arteaga has had an unconventional path to academic success.

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Faculty and Staff

Fond farewell to chemist Ken Hedberg, champion of science and inspiration to students for seven decades

Alumnus and Distinguished Emeritus Professor of chemistry Ken Hedberg (’43) passed away on January 5, 2019, just a month shy of his 99th birthday and after seven decades of service.

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Chemistry

Chemist awarded Perkin medal for novel blue pigment discovery

Chemist Mas Subramanian will receive the Perkin Medal, named after British chemist William Henry Perkin, from the Society of Dyers and Colorists.