The Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program (SERDP) awarded Dr. Mario Wriedt $581,027 for his research on High-Capacity Sustainable Sorbents for Treatment of PFAS. The main purpose of Dr. Wriedt’s research is to improve and evaluate new sorbent materials that…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Dr. Hedieh Torabifard $1,935,708 for her research project on Computational Framework to Investigate the Inorganic Ion Transporters. This project intends to address the critical gaps in our understanding of how ions, such…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Dr. Filippo Romiti a grant of $1,950,000 for his project on the New Methods and Strategies for the Scalable Synthesis of Complex Bioactive Molecules. The primary objective of this research is to…
Professor Baughman’s research will address the fabrication and characterization of nanofibers and their transformation into inexpensive, high performance artificial muscles and mechanical energy harvesters.
Dr. Jung-Mo Ahn has received $956,625 from The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio for his research on Enhancing Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Ovarian Cancer. His team has identified a new molecular target protein for treating multiple cancers that…
The National Institutes of Health awarded Dr. Jie Zheng $1,451,573 for his research on Noninvasive Monitoring of Hepatic Glutathione Depletion through Blood Test. The project focuses on the use of gold nanoparticles to detect acute liver damage early through simple blood tests. Dr. Zheng’s…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Dr. Mengxiao Yu‘s Unravel Nanoparticle Transport and Interactions in Renal Proximal Tubules research project. The $1.4 million award will help advance fundamental understanding of the size, charge, and surface chemistry effects on the…
Dr. Jie Zheng, professor of chemistry in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, was awarded $900,000 from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) for his research on Advance CT And Fluorescence Imaging Of Kidney Cancers With…
Dr. Sheena D’Arcy received a $1.9 million award from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for her Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Regulation of Local Chromatin Structure project. Her research will focus on the quantification of nucleosome dynamics and the molecular…
Dr. Ronald Smaldone is an Associate Professor of Chemistry with a research interest in nanoporous polymers. Along with Co-PIs Dr. Mihaela Stefan and Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, the team received a grant to host a workshop of a team of scientists…
