ASLAN RESEARCH GROUP
2013
Aslan Research Group Ph.D. students (Mr. Mohammed and Mr. Abel) are awarded travel grants from ACS Maryland and National (Division of Biological Chemistry) sections to present their work at the 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition (April 7-11, 2013, New Orleans, LA).
2012
Aslan Research Group celebrates their 100th paper.
Aslan Research Group attends National NOBCChE Conference and Gala (September 2012).
Aslan Research Group publishes 100th paper! (Accepted for publication August 30, 2012).
Aslan Research Group completes a very productive summer research with 9 members (Muzaffer, Biebele, Anginelle, Mohammed, Tabassum, Maleeha, Adeolu, Afolabi, Jenelle), which resulted in collection of data for 7 manuscripts.
Ms. Tsehai Grell joins the Ph.D. Program in the Department of Chemistry at MIT.
Dr. Kadir Aslan is promoted to Professor (effective August 8, 2012).
Research Projects are available for self-supporting National and International Scientists (Last update: August 2012).
Ms. Tsehai Grell wins multiple Awards:
Morgan's President's Award for Exceptional Creative Award
Certificate of Achievement for graduating summa cum laude (CGPA 4.0)
George H. Spaulding Award
Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society
ACS recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of chemistry for the year 2012
Ms. Tsehai Grell appears in a Baltimore Sun Article: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bal-bs-md-graduation-vri20120517170717,0,829904.photo
Aslan Research Group celebrates the graduation of Ms. Grell, Ms. Pettis and Ms. Mpamugo (May 10, 2012).
Aslan Research Group attends National ACS Meeting (March 2012).
Aslan Research Group participates in 2nd Annual Morgan Innovation Day at Annapolis, MD (February 9, 2012)
2011
Dr. Kadir Aslan is co-editing a special issue called "The use of Plasmonics in Nano Biomedicine and Engineering" in Nano Biomedicine and Engineering. Please see http://nanobe.org/ for details or e-mail Dr. Aslan at kadir.aslan@morgan.edu (October 24, 2011)
Dr. Kadir Aslan is selected as an Associate Editor to Nano Biomedicine and Engineering. http://nanobe.org/index.php?journal=nbe&page=about&op=editorialTeam
Ms. Melissa Pinard joins the Ph.D. Program in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Florida.
Ms. Melissa Pinard wins Morgan's President's Award for Exceptional Creative Award.
Mr. Biebele Abel started his Ph.D. research rotation (Fall 2011).
Dr. Kadir Aslan gave an invited talk at Shanghai Jiao Tong University entitled "Ultra fast and sensitive clinical immunoassays", August 24, 2011.
http://en.sjtu.edu.cn/events/356-ultra-fast-and-sensitive-clinical-immunoassays
Dr. Kadir Aslan earns tenure as Associate Professor (effective August 10, 2011).
Ms. Grell joins MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) (Summer 2011).
Aslan Research Group celebrates the graduation of Ms. Pinard at the first group meeting (May 11, 2011).
Ms. Grell and Dr. Kadir Aslan are mentioned in an C&EN article (May 9, 2011): http://pubs.acs.org/cen/email/html/8919sci2.html
Dr. Kadir Aslan delivered a lecture called "Basics of Technical Writing" at the 2011 NOBCCHE Conference Workshop. (Download the lecture here). April 22, 2011.
Ms. Grell and Ms. Pinard win 3rd place in the poster presentation at the 2011 National ACS Meeting (division of colloids) (March 2011).
Mr. Muzaffer Mohammed started his Ph.D. research rotation (Spring 2011).
2010
Ms. Grell presented her work on Metal-Assisted and Microwave-Accelerated Evaporative Crystallization at 2010 Ana G. Mendez University System Research Symposium, San Juan, Puerto Rico (September 10-11, 2010).
Ms. Pinard completes MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) (Summer 2010).
2009
Dr. Kadir Aslan joins the Department of Chemistry as tenure-track Associate Professor and forms Aslan Research Group.
Top Row: Travis Clement, Abiola Popoola, Biebele Abel
Middle Row: Tsehai Grell, Jessica Mpamugo, Dr. Kadir Aslan, Danielle Pettis
Front Row: Melissa Pinard, Muzaffer Mohammed, Canisha Andrews.
(Not shown: Jenelle Baker, Maleeha Syed, Zain Saeed, Mona Bhatt, Anginelle Alabanza).
CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS:
Dr. Kadir Aslan (PI)
Graduate students
1. Mr. Muzaffer Mohammed, Ph.D. student in BioEnvironmetal Sciences Program
Ph.D. Thesis Title: "Development of next generation point-of-care diagnostic tests"
2. Mr. Biebele Abel, Ph.D. student in BioEnvironmetal Sciences Program.
Project Title: "Biological conversion of wastewater into hydrogen and electricity using biofuel cells"
Undergraduate students
1. Mr. Adelou Mojibola (Chemistry, Morgan State University)
Project Title: "Metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated evaporative crystallization: Application to proteins"
2. Mr. Travis Clement (Chemistry, Morgan State University)
Project Title: "Plasmon-enhanced enzymatic reactions"
3. Ms. Tabassum Kabir (Chemistry, Morgan State University)
Project title: "Metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated evaporative crystallization"
INTERNS
1. Ms. Anginelle Alabanza (Chemistry, The College of New Jersey)
Project Title 1: "Metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated evaporative crystallization"
Project Title 2: "Development of next generation point-of-care diagnostic tests"
2. Mr. Afolabi Mojibola (Biology, Towson University)
Project Title: "Selective Targeting of Ovarian Cancer Cells with Tailor-Made Nanostructred Materials"
3. Ms. Maleeha Syed (Biology, College of Notre Dame)
Project Title: "Development of next generation point-of-care diagnostic tests"
4. Ms. Mona Bhatt (Biology, College of Notre Dame)
Project Title: "Development of next generation point-of-care diagnostic tests"
5. Ms. Zain Saeed (Biology, College of Notre Dame)
Project Title: "Metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated evaporative crystallization"
FORMER GROUP MEMBERS:
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
16. Mr. Mohammed Giwa (Chemistry , Morgan State University)
15. Ms. Jenelle Baker (Biology, Morgan State University)
14. Ms. Tsehai Grell (Chemistry, Morgan State University)
Current Position: MIT, Ph.D. Program
13.Ms. Abiola Popoola (Biology, Morgan State University)
12.Ms. Jessica Mpamugo (Chemistry, Morgan State University)
11. Ms. Keyana Porter (Chemistry, Morgan State University)
10. Ms. Canisha Andrews (Chemistry, Morgan State University)
9. Ms. Danielle Pettis (Biology, Morgan State University)
8. Ms. Melissa Pinard (Chemistry, Morgan State University),
Current position: University of Florida, Ph.D. Program
7. Ms. Valerie N. Williams, (Chemistry, Morgan State University
6. Ms. Sarah A. Addae (Chemistry, Morgan State University)
5. Ms. Deveine Toney (with Dr. Winstead, Chemistry, Morgan State University)
4. Alice Akinsulie (Medical Biotechnology, Morgan State University)
3. Mr. Charles Hooper (Biology, Morgan State University)
2. Ms. Imani Oliver (Pre-Physical, Morgan State University"
1. Mr. Babatunde A. Odukoya (Biology, Morgan State University)
