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Scholars from Taiwan take a sabbatical leave at S&T

Two principal investigators from Taiwan are currently visiting Missouri S&T.

Dr. Hwei-Hsien Chen is a Senior Investigator and the Director of the Animal Behavioral Core at Taiwan’s National Health Research Institute (NHRI) which is equivalent to the USA NIH.  Dr. Chen’s expertise is in the area of Behavioral Neuropharmacology.

Dr. Minghuan Chan is a Professor and Formal Chair of the Institute of Neuroscience at National Chengchi University.   Dr. Chan’s expertise studies on Neurodegeneration for more than 10 years.

They have visited the S&T Center for Biomedical Research, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and Department of Biological Sciences. If you are interested in speaking to them, please contact their host Dr. Yue-Wern Huang at 573-341-6589 or huangy@mst.edu. 

 

 

Dr. Chan (left) and Dr. Chen (middle) observed Grace Chuang, a graduate student of biological sciences, who was conducting an experiment on toxicological effects induced by electronic cigarette smoke.
Drs. Chan and Chen discussed drug delivery systems with Dr. Hu Yang, Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Drs. Chan and Chen visited the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department.

Member Achievements

Dr. Yue-Wern Huang and graduate student, Ta-Chun Lin, coded the respiratory system using AI prompts, and the team is applying for a patent for the device. Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T

Dr. Mark Towler, the Linda and Bipin Doshi Professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, has licensed a granted patent to Desicorp, a company based in Louisville, Kentucky. Using Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funds, Towler invented and developed a powdered substance that can be applied to halt bleed-out, or hemostasis, in patients. This patent may lead to more development at Missouri S&T to make it the “go-to” hemostat for a range of applications, including trauma, military, and dental patients.

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, is leading a project supported by a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future program. Teaming up with Auburn University, University of Arizona and Tuskegee University, Mochalin will use computational modeling guided experiments to discover and synthesize new 2D materials, such as MXenes and MBenes,.

Dr. Jinling Liu is the first researcher at Missouri S&T to receive a K01 award, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health. The goal of the highly competitive program is to provide the support early career researchers need to become leaders who are competitive for large grants. Photo by Michael Pierce, Missouri S&T.

The Psychonomic Society, an international community of cognitive psychologists, has named Dr. Amy Belfi, assistant professor of psychological science at Missouri S&T, as a Fellow. “I am honored to be recognized by the Psychonomic Society,” says Belfi. “I am grateful for the support I have received from collaborators, students, mentors, and colleagues, that has helped lead to this distinction.”

Congratulations to Dr. Vadym Mochalin for being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry! Mochalin was granted the title for his work in the chemistry of nanomaterials, particularly, MXenes and nanodiamonds.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced that Dr. V. Prakash Reddy, professor of Missouri S&T Chemistry, has been elected Fellow of its organization! Congratulations on this achievement, Dr. Reddy!

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Dr. Yue-Wern Huang, Professor of Biological Sciences at Missouri S&T, was invited to visit the College of Science of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) on June 16 and 17 to give a scientific presentation as well as interact with faculty and students for possible graduate studies and research collaboration at Missouri S&T.

Dr. Anthony Convertine, the Roberta and G. Robert Couch Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri S&T, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2022 class of senior members.

Dr. Yun Seong Song, received the National CAREER Award funds research on human-robot interaction