Nuclear physics technique helps companies detect dangerous compound

National Science Foundation Professor Graham Peaslee and Hope Chemistry and Physics students are identifying toxic chemicals in consumer products using Particle Induced Gamma Emission (PIGE).   Read more… David Lunderberg and Evelyn Ritter in the Hope HIBAL Facility

Congratulations Kiley Spirito (2013 graduate)

Kiley Spirito has had a busy 2 years since graduating from Hope! In May 2015, she completed her masters degree in Physics at Michigan Tech, where she won the won the Outstanding Teaching Award.  She has just begun a new position as Visiting Faculty in Physics at Weber State University, where she will be teaching …

Elizabeth Lindquist – 2015

PIXE-PESA Analysis to Determine Metalloprotein Stoichiometry Research Advisor: Dr. Paul DeYoung While approximately a third of all proteins are metalloproteins, their stoichiometric ratios are still largely unknown. Current elemental analysis procedures are capable of determining which metals are in a protein, but it is difficult to determine how many. To address this, an ion beam …