| Heather Allen and researching the underpinnings of science |
 Heather Allen, Dow Professor and Ohio State Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, researches molecular organization, ion pairing and hydration at aqueous interfaces. She describes her work as asking how basic units of life “respond to an electric field or slight changes in pH and environment.” Listen in to her discussion with host David Staley on this week’s “Voices of Excellence” on Soundcloud and iTunes. |
- Shamma and Biswajit make the cover of Environmental Science Atmospheres
- Dr. Allen and Dr. Li interviewed today (8/1/25) by ReachMD for our recent publication of developing transferable IR biomarkers for intraoperative cancers
- Congrats to Shamma and to Ran: From nanoplastics to cancer detection – 2 new high profile papers accepted (see our publication page)
- Jacob Graduates! Congratulations Jacob!!!
- Prof. Ron Shen visits Ohio State as the Frontiers in Spectroscopy Speaker, April 2025
- Biswajit, Tai, and Gwen give well-received research talks in the International GLISTEN seminar series – “Aqueous Surfaces: Insights…” Feb 5, 2025
- Dr. Allen gives the Silliman Lecture in Physical Chemistry at Yale February 11th, 2025
- Jessica Clark and Nicole North received their Ph.D. degrees, May 2024 and moved on to Procter and Gamble and Battelle. Congratulations!!!
- Dr. Allen gives the Welch Emerging Leaders Lectureship at University of Texas Austin Feb 15 2024, Colloquium lecture at Brown University Jan 27 2024, and Keynote Lecture for BASS Jan 23 2024
- Dr. Allen on Science Advisory Board for Germany’s BASS and RESOLV science centers
- Congrats to Nicole for receiving a 2023 GOLD and Bold award from the University of Northern Iowa
- Oct 3, 6pm EST Pchem Grad School Q&A (click here for info)
- Nicole wins an Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) Graduate Student Research Award, May 2023!
- Nicole’s paper in ACS Omega is ACCEPTED!
- OSU Chemistry is #20! Analytical Chemisty is #3 in the nation! – 2023 US News & World Report Rankings
- Dr. Allen gives the J. Calvin Giddings Lectures at the University of Utah, May 1 & May 2, 2023
- Dr. Allen gives the King Lecture at Kansas State, April 6, 2023
- Nicole wins 2nd prize at the AI for Energy Conference, Saudia Arabia. Congratulations!
- Abbie’s journal article #146 and beautiful COVER art published Jan 2023!
- Maria’s article (#145) and beautiful journal COVER Art is Published (June 2022)
- Ka Chon, Maria, and Mickey successfully defended their dissertations and move on to the Salmeron group @ LBL, to IR Medtek, and to PNNL as the Linus Pauling Distinguished Post Doc, respectively. Congratulations!
- Abbie is funded for a summer internship in 2022 through the Center for Non-Linear Studies and the Computational Physics and Methods Research Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Congratulations!
- Mickey wins the Hoshaw Travel Award for Aquatic Sciences (JASM 2022)
- Kim Carter-Fenk is awarded the prestigious Stanford Postdoctoral Science Fellowship: https://stanfordsciencefellows.stanford.edu/meet-fellows – Congratulations!
- Congratulations! Dr. Ellen Adams now leads the DRESDEN-concept Research Group for Physical Chemistry of Biomolecular Condensates, a tenure track to a professorship at TU Dresden, Germany. Ellen was a 2016 Allen Lab Ph.D..
- Congrats to Maria for the Cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B and acceptance of her paper uncovering hydration mechanisms of mg vs ca in interfacial ion pairing!
- Dr. Allen has been awarded the 2022 ACS Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics that recognizes outstanding interdisciplinary research in chemistry and physics. Her Langmuir Lecture will take place on March 22, 2022 at the ACS National Meeting in San Diego.
- Mickey wins the 2021 Harold C. Bold Award from the Phycological Society of America for her oral presentation (July 15th, 2021). Congrats!
- Congrats to Nicole A. and Maria for the Cover of ACS Earth and Space Chemistry and acceptance of our zinc-carboxylate paper!
- Elliot completed his MS defense today (8/19/21)! Congrats!
- Congratulations to Dr. Tehseen Adel, Ph.D. and moving on to NIST!
- Dr. Allen’s July 2021 NSF’s ChemMatCARS research talk on YouTube https://youtu.be/_UBrZdOLxwk
- Abbie Enders’ machine learning paper and cover accepted for the journal Analytical Chemistry 6/2021
- Nicole North is awarded funding as a NASA “Future Investigator” for ‘Deconvoluting the Components of Enceladus’ Icy Plume through Convolutional Neural Networks’
- Tehseen Adel’s paper on Ionizing Surface Potential is Accepted in Langmuir as a Feature Article, and Cover Art Accepted
- Kim Carter-Fenk starts her postdoctoral position in the Fayer Lab at Stanford
- Summer 2021: Abbie Enders accepts internship with Los Alamos National Lab; Mickey Rogers accepts internship at PARC
- Kim’s Chemical Science Article Accepted and rated HOT Article May 5, 2021
- Nicole Auvil Chooses Carnegie Mellon for Grad School
- Mickey receives the OSU Outstanding Graduate/Professional Student Leadership Award (March 3, 2021)
- Dr. Allen interviewed by “Voices of Excellence” – August 2020
- Mickey Rogers wins the 2020 AGU Dr. Edmond M. Dewan Young Scientist Scholarship. Congrats Mickey!
- Dr. Allen interviewed by Science Off Camera, Episode 9 June 2020
- May 2020: Michelle Fiamingo is awarded OSU’s ACS Undergraduate Award in Environmental Chemistry
- Brittany is accepted to the University of Toledo Medical School!
- Michelle wins an UG Research Scholarship for Sp2020 from the College of Public Health
- Bethany accepts a tenure track Assistant Professor of Chemistry position at Ohio Wesleyan University!
- Raja is accepted to Med School!
- August 2019: Dr. Ankur Saha, Dr. Juan Velez Alvarez, and Dr. Kamal Ray join us as postdoctoral researchers
- Dr. Allen to give Keynote, Plenary, and other invited lectures this summer in Sweden, Italy, and France
- Kim is accepted to the Future Faculty Program!
- Dr. Allen is named the Dow Professor of Chemistry
- Alex wins the OSU Distinguished University Fellowship for his first 2-years in the Chem/Biochem graduate program!
- Congratulations to Kim! in being awarded the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award from the Office of Student Academic Success -UG Research & Creative Inquiry
- Quent and Michelle win 2019 summer internships in the RESOLV solvation science institute at Ruhr University, Germany
- Dr. Allen visits Japan as a Tohoko Forum for Creativity Visiting Scholar – October of 2018
- NSF-CAICE center funded for 5 more years
- Why Trace Metals Cling to the Ocean’s Skin – News from Eos 2018
- Dr. Ting Zhang accepts a Research Scientist position at PharmaForce in Columbus.
- Ting’s excitement at commencement makes the Columbus Dispatch!
- Dr. Bethany Wellen Rudd and Dr. Ting Zhang graduate!…
- Evan begins his career at Henkel – https://www.henkel.com/company
- Bethany accepts a Visiting Assistant Professor …
- Michelle wins an Ohio State Honors & Scholars Enrichment Grant to further support UG Summer research!
- Evan is awarded the Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Award from the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY!
- Brittany wins the Undergraduate Student Teacher-Rookie of the Year Award! Congratulations!
- Alex wins 1st placein analytical & physical chemistry at Denman!
- Congratulations to Cathryn, Michelle , and Alex!!! All 3…
- JJ wins ASC Undergraduate Research Apprentice …
- Alex wins Gary Booth Scholarship…
- CONGRATULATIONS to Brittany for winning a Choose Ohio First …
- Bethany’s and Evan’s Surface pKa paper has the coveted spot of a 2017 PCCP HOT ARTICLE! CONGRATULATIONS!
- Alex wins an ASC research scholarship for research in the Allen lab for Spring 2018!! CONGRATULATIONS ALEX!
- Inside cover of PCCP! our paper #108!
- Congratulations Bethany for winning the Outstanding graduate …
- New undergraduate researchers join the Allen Lab in Summer of 2017:…
- Andrew Defends Undergraduate Honors Thesis!…
- Congratulations to UG Researcher Evan Lach for winning the Kraska …
- Allen and Paesani Groups first collaborative publication about …
- Congratulations Ellen Adams on a successful Ph.D. thesis defense!
- Bethany Wellen in an Arts & Sciences student spotlight. click for link…
- To pursue his research this summer, Andrew Vidalis …
- Andrew awarded Mayers Summer Research Scholarship…