Kent State University Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Materials Day 2023 is coming up!

It's almost that time of year. Our annual Materials Day event will kick off on Friday evening, April 28th, and end Saturday evening, April 29th, after a day of research and poster presentations. The theme for this year is 'Chirality and Optical activity'

The first evening will start with opening remarks by AMLCI Director Dr. Torsten Hegmann, followed by a keynote lecture by Dr. Noel A. Clark (University of Colorado @ Boulder), then a featured talk from Dr. Nicholas A. Kotov (University of Michigan). Following them will be the AMLCI fellowship award ceremony, where three outstanding graduate students will present their recent research, and receive fellowship awards for their outstanding work.

Learn more about Materials Day, and sign up on our site today!

AMLCI Materials Day 2023 - Chirality and Optical Activity | Kent State University AMLCI Materials Day 2023 - Chirality and Optical Activity Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute | Image

Giving Tuesday is Nov. 29!
For 24 hours on Tuesday, Nov. 29, the Kent State University Foundation has pledged $100,000 to match your gifts dollar for dollar (up to $1,000.00 per donor) to the fund of YOUR choice.

That’s right, ANY Kent State fund is eligible to receive the match, which will be available for 24 hours EST or until it runs out (and that can happen early). So, rise and shine to help us make the world Forever Brighter!

• The Ukraine Scholars Fund which enables Kent State University to collaborate with scientists, scholars and students from Ukraine: https://flashes.givetokent.org/Ukrainian

Thank you for your generosity and the support of our students and scholars

Giving Tuesday, the month-long giving event at Kent State. Please consider supporting our continued research.
• The Ukraine Scholars Fund which enables Kent State University to collaborate with scientists, scholars and students from Ukraine: https://flashes.givetokent.org/Ukrainian

DONOR/DOLLAR CHALLENGE WEEK – November 15-22

• Your favorite Featured Fund could receive an extra $2,500 or $5,000 if... – it has the most unique donors during this week,
– and/or you raise the most money during this week.
• A gift to any Featured Fund before Nov. 15 will not disqualify you as a unique donor for this challenge.

Thank you for your generosity and the support of our students and scholars.

Hello! This year for KSU's Giving Tuesday campaign the AMLCI is collecting donations for the Ukrainian Scholarship Fund. See the information card below for more details on the best times of the month to give, and more details about the Ukrainian Scholarship Fund.
https://www.kent.edu/amlci/news/ukrainian-scholar-support-fund

Summer Research Experiences at KSU

This year, the Office of Student Research will host 127 Kent State students in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE). This is the largest number of students that the program has hosted since its inception in 2016, surpassing our previous high of 72 in 2020. This surge in participation underscores students’ desire to gain experience by working closely with a faculty member and the value of these experiences for students and their future careers.

We are indebted to our faculty mentors and to our supporters including Dr. William Doane, emeritus professor and director of LCI, Dr. Paul DiCorleto, retired vice president, Research and Sponsored Programs, and Dr. Beverly Warren, president emerita, all of whom have worked through the Kent State Foundation to create endowments to support the SURE program.

Learn more here:

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | Kent State University Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Office of Student Research | What is SURE?

Please consider supporting Kent State University's Ukrainian Scholar Support Fund. This fund will enable Kent State University (its Colleges, Departments, Institutes, and Initiatives) to host scientists, scholars, and students from the Ukraine on a temporary basis to continue their work and research as part of an International Visitor (Visiting Scholar) program.

More information is available on the AMLCI Website:

Ukrainian Scholar Support Fund | Kent State University Ukrainian Scholar Support Fund | Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute | Ukrainian Scholar Support Fund This fund will enable Kent State University (its Colleges, Departments, Institutes, and Initiatives) to host scientists, scholars, and students from the Ukraine on a temporary basis to c...

Chirality, or the absence of mirror symmetry in a molecule, is a complex topic that Kent State University’s Material Sciences Professor Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., is determined to know more about.

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Chirality Research: Will This New Insight Help Make Better Materials or Pharmaceuticals? | Kent State University Chirality Research: Will This New Insight Help Make Better Materials or Pharmaceuticals? | Division of Research & Sponsored Programs, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Brain Health Research Institute , KENT STATE TODAY Research & Science, Health, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal....

New Publication: 'Rogue ocean waves and the St. Petersburg paradox' by Paul Johns and Jake Fontana of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Peter Palffy-Muhoray of Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

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New Publication: Rogue ocean waves and the St. Petersburg paradox | Kent State University New Publication: Rogue ocean waves and the St. Petersburg paradox | Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute | New publication by Paul Johns and Jake Fontana of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Peter Palffy-Muhoray of Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute.

Physics Professor Awarded NSF Grant that Provides Research Opportunities for Interdisciplinary and Minority Students

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a $300,000 grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that allow researchers to study membrane proteins.

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Physics Professor Awarded NSF Grant that Provides Research Opportunities for Interdisciplinary and Minority Students | Kent State University Physics Professor Awarded NSF Grant that Provides Research Opportunities for Interdisciplinary and Minority Students | Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics, Brain Health Research Institute | The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently...

Kent State Awarded the Highest Recognition for Research Universities, the Prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification

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Kent State Awarded the Highest Recognition for Research Universities, the Prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification | Kent State University Kent State Awarded the Highest Recognition for Research Universities, the Prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification | Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute Featured Story, University News, Research & Science, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, Awards and Honors, Success Story | The....

Please join us this afternoon at 3:20PM (est) for our first seminar of the Spring 2022 semester with Dr. Elisabetta Matsumoto.

Chemistry Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars.

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in Kent State’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, is again ranked in the top one percent of chemists and materials scientists, based on citations in Clarivate’s Web of Science database.

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Chemistry Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars | Kent State University Chemistry Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars | College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Division of Research & Sponsored Programs, KENT STATE TODAY Research & Science, Mietek Jaroniec, Departmen...