Category: Research

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SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

Scientists have been studying mercury uptake into the food chain during the winter, and how mercury uptake may change in the future, as climate conditions change.

May 12, 2021

3 min read

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Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

Three students are conducting a survey to determine the public's perception of the Hudson River under the mentorship of Professor David Taylor in the sustainability studies program.

May 11, 2021

2 min read

COVID-19 Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research STEM University

COVID-19 Research Workshop Series Brings Researchers Together

The series was a follow up to a seed grant program to draw attention to the critical research that is addressing urgent healthcare challenges and the far-reaching social impacts of the pandemic.

May 7, 2021

5 min read

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Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Sara Cernadas-Martín is a self-described interdisciplinary scientist with knowledge spanning the fields of marine biology, molecular genetics, and conservation ecology, with an MS and a PhD from Stony Brook University...

May 7, 2021

5 min read

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Grad Students Present Research at Annual 3MT Competition

Held annually since 2017, 3MT is an opportunity for graduate students to present their dissertation research findings to a general audience in three minutes with only one PowerPoint slide.

May 4, 2021

3 min read

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For the Love of Chemistry

Professor Inspires Lab Team by Tapping Into His Past By Liza N. Burby | Photography by John Griffin Carlos Simmerling, PhD, was one of those kids with a chemistry kit in his basement and tolerant parents who didn’t mind...

May 3, 2021

7 min read

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SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay

Shinnecock Bay bears the name of an indigenous people, but due to human activity it bears little resemblance to what it once was when it sustained Native American populations. In recent decades, poor water quality...

May 3, 2021

7 min read

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PhD Candidate Wins National Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry

Shrish Patel was honored for his research that utilizes concrete waste for the removal of nitrogen dioxide, one of the most dangerous and prevalent air pollutants in the country.

April 30, 2021

2 min read

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Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Eszter Boros, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, was announced as the winner of the 2021 Stony Brook Discovery Prize on April 28. Included with the prestigious award is $200,000 in new funding, meant...

April 28, 2021

8 min read

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Stony Brook University Receives $5M to Support Offshore Wind Research

Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource — developers of New York’s offshore wind farm, Sunrise Wind — have launched a research partnership with the University.

April 26, 2021

5 min read

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Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Lake Agawam in Southampton Village has recently looked more like pea soup than the pristine body of water that it has been for so many years. Dense algal blooms have affected the lake since 2003, according to the 2017...

April 26, 2021

4 min read

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Developing the Next Generation of Safe, Cost-Effective Nuclear Energy

The SBU team's award is part of a grant program focused on the development of fusion energy science and technologies that would lead to a safe, carbon-free, and abundant energy source.

April 19, 2021

4 min read

Professor Peter Khalifah (middle) with graduate students Zhuo Li (left) and Gerard Mattei (right) holding a "pouch cell" battery attached to a frame used for synchrotron x-ray studies (Note: This photo was taken prior to current COVID-19 social distancing guidelines). Courtesy of Brookhaven Laboratory

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Chemistry Professor Peter Khalifah and Grad Students Test Lithium-Metal Batteries

Peter Khalifah, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, and graduate students Zhuo and Gerard Mattei are among a group of scientists that has identified the primary cause of failure in a...

April 19, 2021

3 min read

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Watch Discovery Prize Finalists Describe Their Research

The $200,000 Stony Brook Foundation Discovery Prize will be awarded on April 28 at a virtual event where four outstanding early-career faculty will present their research.

April 19, 2021

2 min read

F. William Studier in 2004; in the 1980s, Studier and a team of collaborators deciphered key details of the T7 bacteriophage and turned what they learned into a system to produce copious amounts of desired proteins. The production of today's mRNA COVID-19 vaccines relies on these foundational discoveries. Photo courtesy of Brookhaven Lab

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Former SBU Professor Collaborated on Biotech Tools Used to Produce COVID Vaccines

The first two vaccines approved for battling COVID-19 in the United States use a relatively new approach — injections of simple packets containing mRNA, a genetic material that instructs our cells to make coronavirus...

April 15, 2021

4 min read

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Maria Brown Goes to Bat for Bats

They’ve been called creepy, scary and spooky, but Maria Brown says don’t be fooled, and don’t be afraid. Bats are an important species that impacts our daily lives in ways we might not even realize, including...

April 9, 2021

6 min read

Jessica Gurevitch, co-leader of the Climate Interventional Biology working group. Credit: Julia Postol

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Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

Ecologist Jessica Gurevitch leads a team that is examining the consequences of using stratospheric aerosol intervention to help cool the Earth as fossil fuel emissions are reduced.

April 6, 2021

5 min read

COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research School of Medicine Stony Brook Matters

40,000 Children Have Lost a Parent Due to COVID Pandemic

A letter published in JAMA Pediatrics, co-authored by Rachel Kidman from the Program in Public Health at Stony Brook University, presents a statistical model showing that by February 2021 around 40,000 children had lost...

April 6, 2021

3 min read

Category: Research

SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

COVID-19 Research Workshop Series Brings Researchers Together

Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Grad Students Present Research at Annual 3MT Competition

For the Love of Chemistry

SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay

PhD Candidate Wins National Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry

Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Stony Brook University Receives $5M to Support Offshore Wind Research

Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Developing the Next Generation of Safe, Cost-Effective Nuclear Energy

Chemistry Professor Peter Khalifah and Grad Students Test Lithium-Metal Batteries

Watch Discovery Prize Finalists Describe Their Research

Former SBU Professor Collaborated on Biotech Tools Used to Produce COVID Vaccines

Maria Brown Goes to Bat for Bats

Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

40,000 Children Have Lost a Parent Due to COVID Pandemic

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