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FSU researchers to study effects of climate change in Minnesota peatlands
William T. Cooper, a professor of analytical and environmental chemistry in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, and oceanography Professor Jeff Chanton, have received a research grant in the amount of $493,448 from the National Science Foundation to study the carbon balance in Minnesota's peatlands -- a possible indicator of climate changes brought on by global warming. The grant to FSU is part of a larger $3-million grant that also includes the University of Minnesota, Syracuse University, the University of Maine and the U.S. Geologic Survey. [More]

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Boris Breiner came to Florida State in 2000 after receiving his undergraduate education at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. His research at FSU involved a combination of organic synthesis, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, biochemical experiments and computations and was published in Angewandte Chemie, Journal of American Chemical Society, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, the Journal of Physical Chemistry and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A press-release describing research described in the 2007 PNAS paper has been translated into many languages and featured on radio and TV. Even though Boris enjoyed many recreational opportunities offered by Tallahassee such as kayaking and fishing, the large body of research that he completed at Florida State brought him the 2006 Best Dissertation Award from the Department. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at MIT.

The Magnet Lab at Florida State University
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who want research experience at the cutting edge of magnetic field, pressure and temperature need look no further than the Magnet Lab. Research at the lab covers many disciplines - physics, biology, chemistry, engineering - and all the combinations of each you can imagine. [More]

Last Modified: 11/20/2007