News

August, 2025 

We Received Small Grant $1000 from Texas Woman’s University!

Our group has been awarded a $1,000 Small Grant from Texas Woman’s University through the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs!

This funding will support preliminary data collection and help us build toward future external research proposals.

Big thanks to TWU for this support! 🙌

August, 2025 

🎉 Welcome Cole Starrett join in our research group 🎉!

We’re excited to welcome Cole to our group!  Cole is currently a graduate student in Chemistry at TWU. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UNT in 2022, where he conducted research with Dr. Mohammad Omary. Before returning to academia, Cole worked as a benchtop chemist for the DEA, where he discovered his passion for research and development, especially the challenges and opportunities that come with trial and error.

June, 2025 

We Received Project ACCESS Jumpstart Funding!

We’re happy to share that we have been awarded funding from Project ACCESS (Accelerating Completion and Career Education in the School of Sciences) to support our research! 

The funds will be used for research supplies, and the goal is to help grow exciting projects that attract new graduate students to our program.

Thank you to Project ACCESS for this support—we’re excited to get started!

Feb, 2025 

Congratulations to our undergraduate researcher Alessandra Orozco for being accepted into the prestigious Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) at Houston!🎉

Great job, Alessandra — we’re proud of your hard work and wish you a meaningful and enriching learning experience this summer!