Tag: James Horn
The late Andy Rooney once said that most of us end up with no more than a handful of people who remember us, but teachers have thousands of individuals who remember them for the rest of their lives. This April and May, during Celebrating Excellence, NIU honors four professors who will undoubtedly leave a lasting...
James Horn was a biochemist in training as early as middle school. He can still recall Huntley Middle School teacher Larry Engelsman performing a chemistry demonstration with water and dry ice during Halloween season as the song “Weird Science” played in the background. But it wasn’t until high school that he decided to pursue science as his...
First, the good news: Five NIU professors this summer snagged three prestigious grants that total nearly $1 million. Now for the better news: the funding also provides cutting-edge research opportunities for NIU students, allowing them to work alongside top scientists in their disciplines. “These are impressive research projects by an extraordinary group of faculty scientists...
NIU professor Tao Xu, who has developed a promising nanoscience research program in solar energy conversion, is now getting a big boost from the National Science Foundation. NSF awarded the chemistry and biochemistry professor with a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant of $400,000 to support his research and teaching efforts. CAREER awards support...
The 2012 class of NIU Research Rookies will design and participate in projects ranging from investigations of cellular activity to assessing customer satisfaction among attendees at Huskie football games. Regardless of the type of project, the 40 participants in this year’s program will gain invaluable experience in gathering, evaluating and synthesizing information under the mentorship...
NIU assistant biochemistry professor James Horn is reaping a windfall of grants that will help him and his students study how proteins interact with other molecules—work that could have far reaching benefits from improving our understanding of biological regulation to detecting and treating disease. Horn is receiving $294,000 from the American Heart Association over the...
