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Department of Biological Sciences

NSF Award Funds Sensor Research at Kent State’s New Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
Kent Campus
Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers Elda and Torsten Hegmann pose with one of the sensors they created that detects toxic gases. The sensors can be made any shape or size and require no power to function.

Thanks to a rare Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers in the new Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute will be able to work with partners at Merck Performance Materials to advance life-saving sensory technology.

BSCI faculty member shares insights into road salt contamination of freshwater
Biological Sciences

Kent State Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions About Global Change
Division of Research & Economic Development
Dave Costello, Ph.D., (left), assistant professor in Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Devan Mathie (right), an undergraduate honors student, stand in Wahoo Ditch in Ravenna, Ohio.

Kent State Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions About Global Change
Kent Campus
Dave Costello, Ph.D., (left), assistant professor in Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Devan Mathie (right), an undergraduate honors student, stand in Wahoo Ditch in Ravenna, Ohio.

The work of 153 ecological researchers from 40 countries, including Â鶹´«Ã½ Assistant Professor Dave Costello, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has revealed new findings on the effect of climatic factors on river-based ecosystems.

Kinsman-Costello Named as New Director of Â鶹´«Ã½'s Center for Ecology and Natural Resources Sustainability
Environmental Science and Design Research Institute
Students perform environmental research in Kent State natural areas

Researchers Reveal How Loss of South African Grasslands to Shrubs Could Affect the Soil and Atmosphere
Kent State Today
Grassland in Magersfontein (near Kimberley, South Africa), 1900

Researchers Reveal How Loss of South African Grasslands to Shrubs Could Affect the Soil and Atmosphere
Environmental Science and Design Research Institute
Grassland in Magersfontein (near Kimberley, South Africa), 1900

Kent State Biologist Wins Grant to Study Neurological Roots of Chronic Stress and Fear
Kent Campus
John D. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at Â鶹´«Ã½, received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

New Study by Kent State Researcher to Examine Role of Oxytocin in the Developing Brain
Kent Campus
Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at Â鶹´«Ã½, was awarded a $450,000 grant to study how oxytocin affects the development of the female and male brain.

Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
Kent Campus
Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in Kent State’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

Kent State's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 

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