Temple University recent graduate Gabrielle Widjaja never expected to be involved in the type of research she has undertaken with the Temple Ambler Field Station."Certainly, no one expected a tornado to hit the Ambler Campus. I think what is amazing is that the Field Station has taken this extremely difficult circumstance and opened up entirely new research opportunities," said Widjaja, who graduated from Temple with a degree in Biochemistry, a major offer by Temple's College of Science and Technology. "You have to adapt to what you are given. Even in the lab, most experiments...
The Temple Ambler Field Station is finding research and educational opportunities in the aftermath of an EF-2 tornado.
"The tornado provided a unique opportunity to study and teach lessons on the effects of climate change and the recovery of the forests right at our doorstep," says Amy Freestone, professor of biology at the College of Science and Technology.
About 1,100 trees were either uprooted or damaged from the destructive climate-driven disturbance of the tornado. Some of the Temple Forest Observatory's biggest trees—a 140.6 cm in diameter tulip...
The College of Science and Technology and Temple Materials Institute are pleased to host the 2022 Sheikh Saud Lecture on Advanced Materials featuring Sir Anthony K. Cheetham, FRS, a leader in the materials chemistry community and renowned for his contributions to the development of procedures to study the structures of materials and deduce their chemical, mechanical and physical properties.
Chemical Synthesis and Materials Discovery
Sir Anthony K. Cheetham, FRS
University of California, Santa Barbara and National University of Singapore
May 3, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Science...
STARS Computing Corps—a grant-funded organization headquartered at Temple that includes colleges and universities across the U.S.—was recently awarded $3 million from the
Maria Lorenz, professor of instruction in the Department of Mathematics, has earned Temple University's Great Teacher Award.
Established in 1988 by the Board of Trustees, the Temple University Great Teacher Awards recognize faculty members annually for their continuous excellence in teaching. Each award carries a stipend of $15,000, and each awardee receives a commemorative sculpture and framed certificate. In addition, each recipient's name is engraved on the Great Teachers Wall in the Founder's Garden. The awards are presented at a special convocation...
A conference on recent results and new applications of numerical linear algebra and matrix theory will honor the work of Professor Daniel Szyld of Temple University's Department of Mathematics. The conference will feature a public lecture by Volker Mehrmann, Technische Universität Berlin, on "Digital Twins: Modeling, Simulation and Control of Modern Energy Systems" scheduled for March 24 at 4:00 p.m. in the Science Education and Research Center, room 116."Daniel Szyld is a leader in numerical linear algebra, a field of computational mathematics focused on the design and...
From championing the increasing diversity of physics to addressing its role in solving some of society's biggest challenges, the Department of Physics will celebrate a century of physics at Temple University this April 1.
Alumni, faculty, students and friends of the department can join with us for a virtual and inperson symposium and an in-person reception in the Science Education and Research Center on Temple's Main Campus. Starting at 2:00 p.m., talks will highlight the past, present, and future of the Physics Department at...
Rongsheng (Ross) Wang, assistant professor of chemistry, has earned a five-year, $700,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop medicinal chemistry-aided imaging techniques of cell components that could lead to faster diagnosis of diseases such as cancer and inflammatory disorders.
His research targets histone deacetylases (HDACs), a family of enzymes that have crucial roles in numerous biological processes including regulating the expression and activity of numerous proteins involved in the initiation and progression of both...
The College of Science and Technology's Sbarro Institute for Molecular Medicine and Cancer Research is looking into a possible link between cancer cases and the environment in North Philadelphia. Led by Professor Antonio Giordano, director of the institute, the Health Equity Research Project also includes Jackie Sackie, CST '18,'21, a Sbarro researcher and adjunct instructor in CST. Watch the full story at NBC10.
In the middle of a challenging academic year that included in-person, hybrid and virtual learning we are grateful to our supportive mathematics community. We want to thank our faculty members who took on additional teaching that enabled the department to serve our thousands of students. We have heard both the successes and the frustrations, and this experience will allow us to learn and grow stronger as a departmentFaculty highlights include the impressive academic background of our newest faculty hire, number theorist Jaclyn Lang; Associate Professor Matthew Stover's...
The College of Science and Technology's 2021 Distinguished Faculty Awards celebrate outstanding teaching, mentoring and research at the college. Congratulations to this year's awardees!Italia-Eire Foundation Teacher of the Year Award Funded by Joseph C. Allegra, CST '70, member of the CST Board of Visitors Natalie Flynn Assistant Professor of Instruction Department of Earth...
This year, we've seen a rivalry between billionaires come to fruition as they forge their way into space. Composed of entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and
Michael L. Klein, dean of the College of Science and Technology (CST), has earned the prestigious John Scott Award for developing algorithms for the computational
Professor Sergei Pond is part of an international team publishing research suggesting that new conditions are contributing to the faster development of variants of the Covid -19 virus.
Titled "The emergence and ongoing convergent evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 N501Y lineages," the paper appears in Cell, a peer-reviewed journal. Pond and his Temple colleagues collaborated with scientists at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom, Pennsylvania State University and several other research institutions.
According to Pond...
Chair's message
This fall, I am teaching a First Year Seminar to 20 CST undergraduates and a weekly seminar to the Chemistry Department first-year graduate students. We're all new to what we're doing: the undergrads to college with all that entails; the grad students to being teaching assistants, taking graduate classes and choosing a research group; and me to being department chair. We're all excited about the future and just a little nervous.
The outgoing chair, Dan Strongin, led our department through incredibly challenging times, including COVID (which unfortunately...
Message from the director.
In a year of so many challenges, I want to acknowledge our many achievements that are setting the stage for our program's continued and future success.
First, our alums. We offer congratulations to our inaugural class (2016) of linkage candidates who graduated from medical school and are now practicing medicine in their desired specialties. And we are pleased to announce that our active alums have officially launched our Alumni Network with officers, regional and specialty (dental and PA) representatives and committees (underrepresented in...
The College of Science and Technology held it inaugural Three-minute Thesis Competition on March 24, where students explained their research in language geared toward a non-specialist audience. Founded by the University of Queensland, the competition is held at universities around the world.The virtual CST event was hosted by Michael Zdilla, Department of Chemistry, and winners were chosen by a panel of judges and the audience. A recording of the competition is available here. The winners areFirst PlaceMelissa Betters, BiologyInvestigating Deep-Sea Snail Species at...
