• November 2008, Dr. Jian Shi and Prof. Xiaohui Jing from Nantong University (China) are currently visiting our research group. They will be here for three months, working on various projects including possible applications of ECL in trace detection of water pollutants. Two research seminars have been scheduled: (1) "Study on the establishment water quality database, the characteristics of OM distribution and optimization removal of drink water" (by Dr. Jian Shi, 11/20/2008), and (2) "Treatment of dyeing wastewater with three-phase three-dimensional electrode reactor" (by Prof. Jinghui Jing, 11/26/2008). Welcome Dr. Jian Shi and Prof. Xiaohui Jing to join us!

                               Dr. Jian Shi                                                                      Prof. Xiaohui Jing

  • September 2008, Our first graduate student, Tommie Pittman, received his MSc degree in August 2008, has been recently recruited by the world leading oilfield service provider--Schlumberger (www.slb.com) as a Field Engineer/R&D Scientist. Tommie's research in this group focused on the utilization of Ru(bpy)32+ as ECL labels for biomolecular detection. Congratulations to Tommie!

Dr. Wujian Miao's current graduate research team (Photo taken before Tommie Pittman's leaving for his new position, 9-29-2008). Front row (left to right): Dr. Wujian Miao, Tommie Pittman; back row (left to right): Amit Kumar, Suman Parajuli, Shijun Wang.

  • Dr. Wujian Miao To Be Profiled in a Marquis Who's Who® Publication  Dr. Wujian Miao has been selected to be included in a biographical directory published by Marquis Who’s Who® (www.marquiswhoswho.com), the leading biographical reference publisher of the highest achievers and contributors from across the country and around the world.

    Dr. Miao, along with other 25 people from Hattiesburg, MS which include the former city mayor Bobby Lee Chain and retired USM president Dr. Aubrey Keith Lucas, has been selected for inclusion in the 2007 (61st) edition of Who’s Who in America®, published in November 2006.

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  • August 23, 2006, Mr. Suman Parajuli from Nepal has recently joined our research group for his PhD study. Suman received his MSc in Chemistry from Tribhuvan University in 1993, and his Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Chemistry from Kathmandu University in 1999. Suman has been teaching a number of chemistry courses in universities for the last 8 years, and he is now an Assistant  Professor of Chemistry  at Kathmandu University, Nepal. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.usm.edu/electrochem/Members.htm.

 

  • Summer 2006 REU Program.  Bethtrice Thompson from Jackson State University and Lamaryet Moody from Delta State University have joined us for ten-week undergraduate research programs. Bethtrice and Lamaryet are financially supported by NSF-MRSEC and NSF-AGEM REU programs, respectively. Visit our "Member" Section for more details.

            

 

  • International Research Collaboration Between USM and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. An international planning visit proposal entitled “New Chemical Sensors Development Using Electrochemically Prepared Active Membranes” was recently funded by the National Science Foundation. The primary objective of this proposal is to establish collaborations between the electrochemistry and bioanalytical chemistry research group of Dr. Wujian Miao at USM and the Laboratory of Electrochemical Sensors and Electroanalysis, Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), headed by Dr. Milka Toteva Neshkova. The proposed research project mainly deals with the chemical and electrochemical synthesis, characterization, and applications of a new generation of micro- to nano-scale semi-conductive ion-selective sensors (ISE) that could be readily adopted by a micro total analytical or a lab-on-chip system as micro-chemical sensors. The planed two weeks visit of Dr. Neshkova to USM from May 2 to May 16, 2006 will include intensive exchange of information concerning the state-of-the-art in both scientific groups, a peer evaluation of human resources and equipment, and consultation and examinations of the proposed research project progress. During her stay in USM, Dr. Neshkova will be also delivering two lectures; Lecture 1-“Recent Development of Flow-Injection Ion-Selective Detectors Using Thin Electroplated Chalcogenide Membranes” and Lecture 2-“New Analytical Applications of EQCM for Real-Time Stoichiometry and Phase Composition Monitoring During the Electrodeposition of Metal Chalcogenide Films”. Dr. Neshkova is an internationally recognized electrochemist. She is the author or co-author of more than 40 refereed papers, and the investigator of 5 Bulgarian and 1 Hungarian Patents. The Cu-ISE on the basis of ternary CuAgSe was commercialized by Radelkiss Co. (Hungary) for the period of 1976-1990.  Dr. Neshkova has been the principal advisor of 6 M.Sc and 4 PhD students.

 

  • Dr. Richard Crooks from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin presented his talk entitled "Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticels: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications to Catalysis" in our department on March 24, 2006. Dick has recently moved from Texas A&M-College Station to UT-Austin. For more information, please visit http://www.cm.utexas.edu/directory/richard_crooks/

 

  • Dr. Russ Schmehl from the Department of Chemistry at Tulane University presented his talk entitled "Development of light Harvesting Ensembles From Transition Metal Complexes" in our department on September 30, 2005. Russ was our first department seminar speaker this semester after hurricane Katrina.

 

  • August 12, 2005, our second PhD candidate, Mr. Shijun Wang, has recently joined our research group. Shijun originally from Anhui, China. He received his MS degree from Anhui University in July 2005, and his BS degree from Anhui University of Science and Technology in 1995. You may find his background from our website at http://www.usm.edu/electrochem/Members.htm.

 

  • January 3, 2005,  Mr. Tommie Pittman has recently joined our research group as a graduate student. Tommie first visited us in October 2004. His main research interests are Bioanalytical Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, and Electrochemistry. You may find his background from our website at http://www.usm.edu/electrochem/Members.htm.

 

  • Dr. David Cliffel, the winner of the 2005 SEAC Young Investigator Award, from Vanderbilt University (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Chemistry/groups/cliffel/), will be presenting a seminar on "Photoelectrochemistry of photosystem I protein complexes" on Feb. 11, 2005 in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at USM.

 

  • Dr. Mark Richter, from the Department of Chemistry at Southwest Missouri State University (http://chemistry.smsu.edu/Richter/Richter-homepage.html) will be presenting a seminar on Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence on April 15, 2005 in the Department of Chemsitry and Biochemistry at USM.

 

 

 

  •  A "Research Introduction at Dr. Wujian Miao Research Group" has now been added to the "Research" Section at http://www.usm.edu/electrochem/Research.htm. This presentation was given to the graduate students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at USM on September 9, 2004.

 

  • On August 18, 2004, with the help of Dr. Robert Bateman, the chair of the department, "Dr. Wujian Miao Research Group" homepage now has its own web account on The University of Southern Mississippi Server. The new website address is http://www.usm.edu/electrochem. The "Ocean account" will be removed soon.

 

 

 

 

 

  • On May 3, 2004, all sections of the homepage have been "fed".

 

 

 

 

  • On March 26, 2004, Dr. Wujian Miao accepted an Assistant Professor position from the University of Southern Mississippi. He will officially join the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the university on August 19, 2004, and his teaching and research will be focused on the area of Analytical Chemistry. Before moving to Hattiesburg, MS, Dr. Miao will remain in Dr. Allen J Bard's Electrochemistry lab at the University of Texas at Austin, TX, as a postdoctoral fellow.