51成人

From an article by Jodi Pospeschil, for the

51成人 students will be among those to benefit from a $300,000 piece of equipment designed for forensic chemistry, chemistry, biology and agriculture studies.

Although the money for a liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer was granted to Western Illinois University in Macomb, the application was made in collaboration with faculty from Monmouth College, Quincy University, Bradley University and 51成人, and students from those schools will have access to the equipment for their academic work and research.

Jocelyn Lanorio, assistant professor of chemistry at 51成人, will be the senior personnel overseeing IC鈥檚 use of the instrument. Lanorio is a member of the Western Illinois Mass Spectrometry Center, which is being created to coordinate training sessions, research activities, hands-on laboratory experiments, summer workshops, outreach activities and dissemination of research results.

According to Lanorio, the ability to access this equipment will enhance a number of science courses and research projects at 51成人. 

鈥淥ne of the goals of the approved proposal is to revolutionize undergraduate chemistry curriculum with engaging, easy-to-perform and cutting-edge labs,鈥� she said. 鈥淭his also opens up opportunity to teach and conduct new kinds of research in forensic chemistry.鈥�

The instrument will be housed under the direction of WIU assistant professor of forensic chemistry Liguo Song. 

鈥淭he mass spectrometer weighs molecules and helps us identify them by weight,鈥� said Song. 鈥淲e are excited about this award because it recognizes our research capabilities and how important the new equipment is to our programs.鈥�

The machine will arrive on the campus of WIU in spring 2019.

鈥淭hen we will have the whole summer to work with it,鈥� said Song. 鈥楾his is so very useful to our faculty and students and the faculty and students at our partner institutions. It really was a team effort with the college, the department and the other universities.鈥�