Department of Chemistry
S&T chemist researches how plant growth is regulated
Ever wondered what gives foods like garlic, horseradish and mustard their strong taste and smell? It’s the chemical structure of the plant cells signaling and creating defenses. But scientists still don’t completely understand the molecular functions and physiological roles of certain enzymes in similar plants.
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Ming-Shian and Justina Wu establish memorial chemistry professorship at Missouri S&T
With a gift of $1.2 million, chemistry alumni Dr. Ming-Shian Wu and his wife, Justina C. Wu, have established a chemistry professorship at Missouri S&T. The Dr. Ken Robertson Memorial Professorship in Chemistry honors the late Ken Robertson, associate professor of chemistry, who served Missouri S&T for over 40 years as a passionate scientist, educator […]
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S&T researchers listed as most prolific authors for their topics in Scopus
Fourteen researchers associated with Missouri S&T are listed as the most prolific contributors in their topics from 2019 to 2023 in Scopus — a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database and website, scopus.com, maintained by the Elsevier publishing company.
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Curators approve Missouri S&T construction plans for Bioplex
Plans to build a new facility for scientific research at Missouri S&T were unanimously approved today (Wednesday, Nov. 20) by the University of Missouri Board of Curators during the board’s meeting at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Read More »Tschumper named Castleman professor at S&T
Dr. Gregory Tschumper, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), has been named the Donald L. Castleman/Foundation for Chemical Research (FCR) Missouri Endowed Professorship of Discovery in the chemistry department at Missouri S&T.
Read More »Sobrado named Vitek chair at Missouri S&T
Dr. Pablo Sobrado has been named the Richard K. Vitek/FCR Endowed Chair of Biochemistry in the chemistry department at Missouri S&T.
Read More »Texas A&M chemistry chair to present ninth Stoffer lecture
Dr. Karen Wooley, W.T. Doherty-Welch chair in chemistry at Texas A&M University, will deliver the ninth annual Stoffer Lecture at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in the Monsanto Lecture Hall, Room G3 Schrenk Hall on the S&T campus. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be available to view online after the event.
Read More »78 researchers affiliated with Missouri S&T among top 2% cited scientists in their fields
A total of 67 current and former faculty of Missouri S&T are among the top researchers in their field as measured by their career research records, and 54 current or former Missouri S&T researchers were among the best in their fields in 2023, according to a recent analysis of standardized citation indicators of the Elsevier Data Repository published by Stanford University.
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19 S&T faculty members receive tenure, promotions
Nineteen faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions and/or tenure, effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:
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S&T graduate student’s work featured on cover of international chemistry journal
A chemistry research team from Missouri S&T recently had its work featured on the cover of “Chemistry – A European Journal.” Harmeet Bhoday, a Missouri S&T Ph.D. student in chemistry from Chandigarh, India, was the lead author of an article titled “Perfect Polar Alignment of Parallel Beloamphiphile Layers: Improved Structural Design Bias Realized in Ferroelectric […]
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