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Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Materials Science Graduate Program: Graduate Education on Soft Matter Science
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 5XÉçÇø’s College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances.

Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Materials Science Graduate Program: Graduate Education on Soft Matter Science
Dr. Quan Li, Senior Research Fellow in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

5XÉçÇø Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., has been elected to the prestigious European Academy of Sciences.

One of 5XÉçÇø’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in Kent State’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners.

Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D. (second from left), works in a microscopy lab with a colleague and Kent State students.

Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in 5XÉçÇø’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), just received nearly $1 million between two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for separate studies with potential applications in biomedical science, commercial electronics and beyond.