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Jonathan Ashby received a grant from the Undergraduate Analytical Research Program (UARP) of the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) for the project "Selection of structure-switching aptamers for usage in electrochemical biosensors." The project is for one year.

Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh


Jonathan Ashby received a grant from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) for their 2020 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grant (PCMNCG) for the purchase of electrochemical instrumentation for integration into science coursework at 欧美AV.

Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh


Ashby, Jonathan; Ligans, Erik*; Tamsi, Michael*; Zhong, Wenwan. . Anal. Chem., 2015, 87, 2213-2219.


Ashby, Jonathan**; Flack, Kenneth**; Jimenez, Luis; Duan, Yaokai; Kareem-Khatib, Abdel*; Somlo, George; Wang, Shizen Emily; Cui, Xinping; Zhong, Wenwan. . Anal. Chem., 201486, 9343鈥9349


Ashby, Jonathan; Pan, Songquin; Zhong, Wenwan. . ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 20146, 15412鈥15419.


Ashby, Jonathan**; Schachermeyer, Samantha**; Duan, Yaokai; Jimenez, Luis; Zhong, Wenwan. . J. Chrom. A., 2014, 1358, 217-224.


Jonathan Ashby acted as the planning chair for the annual meeting of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) from November 18-21, 2019 in St. Louis. There were approximately 600 attendees, with approximately 250 students who had supported travel to the conference.


Katie Berry received a collaborative Ideas Lab grant from The National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project: 鈥淩NA-encoded Molecular Memory (REMM).鈥 The project is for three years.


Maria Alexandra Gomez was a Co-PI on National Science Foundation (NSF) project: MRI: Expansion of the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY) via Addition of High Performance Computers awarded to Furman University. The project is for three years. 

National Science Foundation


Gomez, M. A., Brooks-Randall, S., Cai, G., Glass-Klaiber, J., Jiang, Y., Jo, S., Lin, Z., Lin, S., Marcellus, M., Nguyen, H. A., Pham, T., Wang, Y., Zhai, F., Gya, P., Khan, S. (2021). Graph analysis of proton conduction pathways in scandium-doped barium zirconate. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 154(7), 074711. doi:10.1063/5.0039103