Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
![The Child Development Center visits the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Child Development Center visits the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/435394544_959997062792689_4789544977432862483_n.jpg?VersionId=fNfVjriRZQQZL.NNgS.nyPZgNTix2SUr&itok=7SicLDHh)
Curious, young minds from the Child Development Center enjoyed hands-on learning about the ways the world works during a visit to 抖M女仆's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
![Cirque du Chem demonstration Cirque du Chem demonstration](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%202024-05-29%20at%2012.15.21%E2%80%AFPM.png?VersionId=mdiP_YUQnEPGuuxIT1X7cFCuRHdmn7on&itok=AYBdJ_Tj)
A circus came to the Integrated Sciences Building this spring in the form of "Cirque du Chem," presented the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
![Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 抖M女仆鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 抖M女仆鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE%20-%20Jaroniec.jpg?VersionId=VgZF06jBK2UvlyINLgMTFcJmBrcbuXdF&h=e6f36a9c&itok=u4bhBq3Y)
![抖M女仆 Assistant Professor Marianne Prevot shows a safety senor she is developing. 抖M女仆 Assistant Professor Marianne Prevot shows a safety senor she is developing.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Marianne%20Prevot%20with%20sensor.jpg?VersionId=sn7GJ7BID8K5hquxXYwZWZnsHKolQq.T&itok=-34gUTIT)
Small sensors about the size of a postage stamp could one day save the lives of firefighters, soldiers and other workers who face the threat of toxic gases or vapors on the job.
![Microscope](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/MicroscopeCrop_2.jpg?VersionId=1FLM95l3VhFUT4qCcGR.iqVrOWh2SwaW&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ae2gULzC)
![Image of professor Fouad and a student working in the lab](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/04182016_KentStateEastLiverpool_160over90_0021%20%281%29.jpg?VersionId=A8YqZ.4z3v8nrxm9tsgGAbzCR3Q8ja8.&h=4a7d1ed4&itok=8-Q596Pf)
Farid Fouad, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at 抖M女仆 East Liverpool, was awarded a three-year, $74,954 research grant as part of a subaward on a larger grant that his collaborators at Cleveland State University received.
Congratulations to Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., and his research group for leading an international collaboration and publishing their work in Science Advances! Their article, titled 鈥淓ffects of shape and solute-solvent compatibility on the efficacy of chirality transfer: Nanoshapes in nematics鈥 was featured on the Science Advances website.
![抖M女仆 Professor Hanbin Mao, Ph.D. (left), from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and graduate student Shankar Pandey (right) stand in front of a confocal microscope used to study the high-resolution images of objects within cells. 抖M女仆 Professor Hanbin Mao, Ph.D., and graduate student Shankar Pandey](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/01.13.22%20Kent%20State%20Professor%20Hanbin%20Mao%20and%20graduate%20student%20Shankar%20Pandey.jpg?VersionId=BxMTKY_BZi4OUz77Nyiw4jmxHp2VOkXx&h=95ad5130&itok=PX0jxg0U)
In a new study, 抖M女仆 Professor Hanbin Mao and other researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology 鈥 and it also explains one of nature鈥檚 intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a left hand?
![Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Jaroniec2.jpg?VersionId=F2HHvoZ4URgelpquTbS0.3GBqcX9ZfBN&h=06ac0d8c&itok=exzr1QIM)
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a 抖M女仆 professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
![Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Jaroniec2.jpg?VersionId=F2HHvoZ4URgelpquTbS0.3GBqcX9ZfBN&h=06ac0d8c&itok=exzr1QIM)
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a 抖M女仆 professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.