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Advanced Career Faculty – Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities<\/strong>
Professor Maling Ebrahimpour
Supply Chain Management Area, College of Business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advanced Career Faculty – Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering<\/strong>
Professor William E. Van Nostrand
Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Faculty – Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities<\/strong>
Assistant Professor Laura Hamman-Ortiz
Department of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and Bilingual Dual Language Immersion, Feinstein College of Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Faculty – Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering <\/strong>
Assistant Professor Ryan Poling-Skutvik
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student – Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities<\/strong>
Michelle A. Stage
Department of Psychology, College of Health Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student – Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering<\/strong>
Dalton L. Stein
Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student – Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities<\/strong>
Francesca Fontaine
Department of Nutrition, College of Health Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student – Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering<\/strong>
Terran Albergo-McGovern
Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translational Impact Award<\/strong>
Associate Professor Brennan T. Phillips
Ocean Engineering, College of Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intellectual Property
United States Issued Patents <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Photoswitchable Binary Nanopore Capable of Detecting Single Molecules<\/em>
Associate Dean Jason R. Dwyer, James Hagan
Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island
Grace G. D. Han, Alejandra Gonzalez, Brandeis University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparatus and Methods for Preparation and Introduction of Trace Samples Into an Ionizing Detection System<\/em>
Professor Jimmie C. Oxley, Professor James L. Smith, Alexander Yevdokimov
Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polymer Immobilization Matrix for Containment of Hazardous Materials and Methods of Using the Same<\/em>
Professor Jimmie C. Oxley, Professor James L. Smith, Gerald Kagan, Robert Ichiyama
Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fragmentation Resilience Energy Mass Spectrometry (FREMS)<\/em>
Professor Jimmie C. Oxley, Professor James L. Smith, Alexander Yevdokimov, Kevin Colizza
Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

pH-Triggered Membrane Peptide-Mediated Epitope Tethering at Cell Surfaces<\/em>
Professor Yana K. Reshetnyak, Professor Oleg A. Andreev, Assistant Professor Research Anna Moshnikova
Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Donald M. Engelman, Yale University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pHLIP\u00ae-Mediated Intracellular Delivery of Immuno-Stimulatory Compounds<\/em><\/em>
Professor Yana K. Reshetnyak, Professor Oleg A. Andreev, Assistant Professor Research Anna Moshnikova
Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Donald M. Engelman, John C. Deacon, Yale University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fluorescent Compound Comprising a Fluorophore Conjugated to a pH-Triggered Polypeptide<\/em><\/em>
Professor Yana K. Reshetnyak, Professor Oleg A. Andreev, Assistant Professor Research Anna Moshnikova
Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Donald M. Engelman, Yale University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radiolabeled Ligands for Targeted PET\/SPECT Imaging and Methods of Their Use<\/em><\/em><\/em>
Professor Yana K. Reshetnyak, Professor Oleg A. Andreev, Assistant Professor Research Anna Moshnikova
Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Jason S. Lewis, Dustin Wayne Demoin, Nerissa Viola-Villegas, Sloan-Kettering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PNictogen-Containing Heterocyclic Compounds and Their Use<\/em>
Assistant Professor Fang Wang, Bradley M. Lipka, Daniel S. Honeycutt
Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island;
Jacob M, Goldberg, Colgate University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polymeric Compositions and Corrosion Resistant Systems<\/em>
Associate Professor Sumanta Das, Sumeru Nayak
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glass-Ceramic Thermal Paint System and Method Using Uv:vis Spectroscopy<\/em>
Professor Otto J. Gregory, Noah Alexander Burke, Panagiotis Panoutsopoulos, Zachary Ahlquist
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High Temperature Heat Flux Sensors<\/em><\/em>
Professor Otto J. Gregory, Noah Alexander Burke, Panagiotis Panoutsopoulos, Zachary Ahlquist
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wearable Optical Microfibrous Material with Encapsulated Nanosensors for Wireless Monitoring of Chemical Analytes<\/em>
Associate Professor Daniel E. Roxbury, Mohammad Moein Safaee, Mitchell Gravely
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUS Authentication and Anti-Probing Architecture<\/em>
Professor Qing Q. Yang, Professor Tao Wei, Zhenyu Xu
Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method and Apparatus for Runtime Detection of BUS Probing\/Tampering in Computer Systems<\/em><\/em>
Professor Qing Q. Yang, Professor Tao Wei, Zhenyu Xu
Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island <\/p>\n\n\n\n

URI Research and Scholarship <\/strong>
Photo Contest<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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