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signatures from as little as a single drop of blood. And then, on the same scale, the disease is attacked on the cellular level with smart bombs going to single selected targets instead of the chemotherapy carpet bombing approach being taken right now.” Victor R. McCrary, Ph.D., vice
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president of research and economic development at Morgan State University, said Jackson State University (JSU) has a leadership position in this area because “they are leveraging their data science off their decades’ leadership in computational chemistry under Dr. Jerzy Leszczynski. Dr. Leszczynski served as founding
Since 2008, Leszczynski has directed
the new CREST Interdisciplinary Center for Nanotoxicity. His areas of interest include properties and structure of DNA fragments, as well as nanomaterials. He also applies computational chemistry methods to environmental problems, surface chemistry, nd atmospheric chemistry. “I was part of the National Science
Foundation (NSF) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) advisory board, which oversaw a collaborative project with JSU, Mississippi State University, and the University of Mississippi Ole (Ole Miss),” Dr. McCrary said. “JSU was putting out more publications than the majority institutions in this area,” he added. A professor of chemistry himself and
a sitting member of the National Science Board, Dr. McCrary added that Leszczynski
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director for of Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Interactions (NSF- CREST Center).
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has “attracted many grants, students, and post-docs” and “built quite a research team at JSU from 2005-2010.” “Lesson learned: you need great (not good) faculty — superstars to build a capability which can be leveraged for the future. No one was using the term ‘data science’ fifteen years ago, but JSU benefits from their core capability in computational chemistry. By the way, the chair of the chemistry department was Dr. Hongtao Yu – current Dean of the School of Science here at Morgan. “You also need to have a forward- looking administration, too,” Dr. McCrary said.
With their dedicated faculty, strong
emphasis on undergraduate research, commitment to recruiting highly motivated students, and continued growth in other innovative programs, Jackson State is helping new graduates define their futures. A new track in Data Science, Engineering and Analytics provides opportunities for undergraduate students to undertake Big Data Analytics and create knowledge from Big Data in Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Humanities, Business etc. Multidisciplinary research by teams
of faculty, students, and post-doc research associates, provides opportunities for student research training and development in several research centers and multi-user core research facilities.
These and much more are available
to inspire a new generation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. Lt. Col. Tim Henderson, commander of
Air Force ROTC and chair of the Department of Aerospace Sciences in the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology says the CSET has a wealth of untapped talent. “CSET has a wealth of untapped
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talent, our students are being effectively prepared to meet the challenges of rapidly advancing technology. CSET students are being academically prepared and mastering the required technical proficiency, with a true desire to excel. They are engaged in community service projects, international programs, as well as, state and national
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