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Chemistry Professor Honored with 2024 ACS MWRM Volunteer Award

Dr. Martha Morton has been honored with the 2024 American Chemical Society Midwest Regional Meeting (ACS MWRM) Volunteer Award. This prestigious recognition celebrates Dr. Morton's exceptional dedication and contributions to advancing chemistry in the region. Congratulations to Dr. Martha Morton for this well-deserved honor!

Husker team explores potential of MXenes for nanotech applications

Alexander Sinitskii (right), professor of chemistry, leads a team exploring the physical properties of MXenes, a fast-growing family of two-dimensional materials with potential for many nanotechnology applications. From left is Md. Ibrahim Kholil and Rashmeet Khurana, both graduate students in chemistry, and Saman Bagheri, postdoctoral research associate in chemistry.

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Berkowitz to lead NSF's math, physical sciences directorate

He will manage the National Science Foundation team and oversee the investment portfolios of several divisions.

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Berkowitz is Nebraska's first American Chemical Society fellow

David Berkowitz, Willa Cather Professor of chemistry, has been named a fellow of the American Chemical Society. He is the first Husker faculty member to receive the honor.

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Guo looking for answers behind semiconducting material properties

Yinsheng Guo, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research into metal halide perovskites.

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Husker team wins prize in contest to treat disease through gene editing

Jiantao Guo (chemistry) and Janos Zempleni (molecular nutrition) were named first-round winners in a National Institutes of Health competition aimed at generating solutions for delivering genome-editing technology to the cells of people with rare and common diseases.

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Lai Lab developing biosensors to bolster national defense

Rebecca Lai is leading a research team that hopes to transform the concept of a glucose strip to a next-generation detection device that will expand national defense.

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