Resources For. May 21, Since , Kennesaw State has added 10 postdoctoral researchers across five colleges, including several postdoctoral researchers who are the first for the departments and colleges they serve. They carry out research projects, contribute to research papers and grant proposals, and are vital in facilitating research lab work for undergraduate and graduate students, Diong explained.
Postdoctoral work is a common step for aspiring researchers to continue their training, while also gaining the necessary research experience for thriving in their future academic or industry careers. With expertise in synthetic inorganic chemistry, crystallography and computational chemistry, she works in the laboratory of Michael Stollenz, assistant professor of organometallic and inorganic chemistry.
A native of Germany, Arras earned a doctorate in inorganic synthesis and coordination chemistry with a focus on main group elements and late transition metal complexes. In the two years Arras has spent at KSU, she has already made significant discoveries of new compounds in her research that have the potential to lead to a new generation of OLED Organic Light-Emitting Diodes materials for applications in flat screens and other electronic devices.
Stollenz said he is amazed at her skill when obtaining experimental results, which are supported by her sophisticated computational studies. Leila Rahnama Leila Rahnama knew she wanted to help people as a physical therapy clinician after watching her mother rehabilitate disabled patients as a physical therapist in Iran. She is working with Mark Geil, professor of exercise science and department chair in the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services , as they try to create solutions for children who suffer from Idiopathic Toe Walking ITW and gait abnormalities, conditions they believe to be related to sensory processing issues.
As a part of her postdoctoral research, Rahnama has conducted large-scale data collection and analysis, written her first National Institutes of Health grant proposal, co-written two peer-reviewed journal articles with four other papers undergoing review, and prepared posters and video presentations.
