Our faculty and students apply the force of their intellect to answer fundamental scientific questions and address some of the most pressing issues facing our world.

• Biology professor Todd Blankenship unravels the mystery of how cells develop to determine organism shape.
• Professor emeritus Donald Stedman extends his vehicle emissions monitoring research to include big rigs.
• Biological Sciences professor Dan Linseman's research shows promise in delaying the onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease.
• Funded by the National Institutes of Health, biology Professor John Kinnamon is studying the basic mechanisms of how taste works, including studying the synapses between taste receptor cells and the brain.
• Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Andrei Kutateladze is developing applications to help scientists better understand how nanoscopic objects interact and what goes on at the smallest molecular levels, providing valuable clues for the identification of potential drug candidates.
• Toshiya Ueta, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has been collaborating with the AKARI Infrared Astronomy Satellite project led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency with the participation of European Space Agency.  The AKARI project recently released two new infrared all-sky catalogues for the first time in more than 20 years.

Recently Funded:

• Andrei Kutateladze, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, “Modular Photoassisted Diversity-Oriented Synthesis”, National Science Foundation, September 2011 – August 2014, $375,000
• Todd Blankenship, Department of Biological Sciences, "Dynamics of Epithelial Polarity Proteins and the Control of Tissue Architecture."July 2011-June 2016, $1,410,000
• Jonathan Ormes, Department of Physics and Astronomy, “CALET, US Team Support for Mission Development”, Goddard, January 2011 – January 2012, $401,293
• Sean Shaheen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, “Energy Pooling as a Novel Thermodynamic Mechanism for Organic Photovoltaics”, Research Corp, July 2011- June 2012, $100,000 
• Robert "Buck" Sanford, Department of Biological Sciences, “NSF – IPA Assignment”, National Science Foundation, December 2010 – December 2011, $152,688
• Dwight Smith, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, “Exhaled Gas Frequency Comb Spectroscopy Distinguishing Biomarkder in Gulf War Illness Syndrome”, University of Colorado Denver, September 2010 – September 2011, $57,740
• Nicholas Ormes, Department of Mathematics, “Pinegree Park Dynamical Systems Workshop 2011”, National Science Foundation, July 2011 – June 2012, $20,000
• Mercedes Calbi, Department of Physics and Astronomy, “CAREER: Kenietics and Adsorption in Nanopourous Structures”, National Sciences Foundation, September 2010 – August 2011, $74,662
• Toshiya Ueta, Department of Physics and Astronomy, “Far-IR Emission from Planetary nebulae: Simultaneous Mapping and Spectral Probing of the Multi-Phased Dusty Gaseous System (Hercel Planetary Nebula Survey/HerPlaNS)”, Jet Propulsion Lab, March 2011 – June 2014, $309,375
• Troy Krenning, National Law Enforcement Corrections Technology Center, “Weapons and Protective Systems Center of Excellence”, Pennsylvania State University, December 2010 – September 2011, $1,300,000