Biological, physical and mathematical sciences at Michigan State University
Tom Hamann, assistant professor of chemistry, has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship. The two-year fellowships are awarded yearly by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to 118 early-career scientists in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. His research interests in inorganic materials and electrochemistry of energy [...]
A team of researchers led by David Kramer, Hannah Distinguished Professor of Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics, has discovered how to give the plant enzyme ATP synthase increased function so it works during both the daytime and nighttime. The discovery, featured in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, shows that plants evolved [...]
Visiting Hannah Professor Dan Nocera is profiled in the January 3, 2012 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Nocera is a chemistry professor at MIT and currently a Visiting Hannah Professor in the MSU Department of Chemistry. Nocera has developed an artificial leaf [...]
The same principle that causes a figure skater to spin faster and faster as they draw their arms into their bodies has now been used by researchers at Michigan State University to understand how molecules move energy around following the absorption of light. Conservation of angular momentum is a fundamental property of nature. Astronomers use [...]
Stopping the spread of radioactive Uranium and other harmful pollutants can be achieved with the use of protein nanowires produced on the outside of a group of bacteria called Geobacter, scientists at Michigan State University have determined. The nanowires, or pili, are hair-like protein appendages with electrical conductivity and can, by themselves, catalyze the process [...]
The US Department of Energy awarded Thomas Hamann, assistant professor of chemistry, an Early Career Research Award – a five-year award providing support to outstanding researchers during the early years of their careers. Hamann was among 69 scientists selected from 1,150 applicants. His award is for research on “Molecular and Material Approaches to Overcome Kinetic [...]
David M. Kramer, Hannah Professor of Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics, studies how plants convert light energy into substances usable by life through photosynthesis. He works with both plants and algae to understand how improving the efficiency of photosynthesis could be applied to bioenergy, and his work includes energy processes at the molecular and the physiological [...]
The USDA announced several grants involving CNS faculty, including: Shannon Manning, assistant professor of microbiology, $2.4M for a food safety project, Claire Vieille, assistant professor of microbiology, $957,000 for a bioenergy project “Engineering succinate production by Actinobaccillus succinogenes,” and Carolyn Malmstrom, associate professor of plant biology, for a bioenergy project “Control and mitigation of generalist [...]
Professor Emeritus James Dye has a lifetime of research involving alkali metals and his research has led to a green process to provide energy to fuel cells designed to recharge cell phones, laptops and GPS units. Read more…
After six decades of research, Jim Dye shows no signs of slowing down. While he officially retired from teaching at MSU 17 years ago, Dye has found a new way to package energy – more specifically, alkali metal silicides to produce hydrogen for fuel cells. 2011 looks to be a breakout year for the science [...]
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