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breathalyzer could someday be a new tool to reduce the silent spread of COVID-19 in communities, the researchers say. The authors acknowledge funding from the National Medical Research Council, Singapore, A*STAR Singapore, the Max Planck Institute-Nanyang Technological University Joint Lab and Nanyang Technological University. UT Arlington Dr. Carl Lovely recently became the Chair of the Chemistry Department. The previous Chair for the past six years, Prof. Fred MacDonnell, has stepped down to focus on research and teaching. Drs. Daniel Armstrong, Purnendu (Sandy) Dasgupta, and Kevin Schug were named among the top 100 most influential scientists in the world by The Analytical Scientist magazine in its annual Power List. Dr. Schug has received a three year $325,702 grant from NSF to develop methods to make automated chemical analysis more accessible to global industries. Dr. Krishnan Rajeshwar is a co-investigator on a three year $800,000 NSF grant to investigate new functional materials for semiconductors and energy applications. Dr. Kayunta Johnson-Winters has been appointed to the Nominating Committee of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
February 2022
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