Professor Musah is a recipient of a 2015 National Institute of Justice Grant "Development of Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometric and Multivariate Statistical Analysis Methods for Rapid High-Throughput Analysis and Identification of Psychotropic Plant Species" for $688,158. This grant will fund forensic investigation of mind-altering plants and methods to identify psychoactive botanical materials. This is the second NIJ grant that Professor Musah has received.
UAlbany Chemist Helps CSIs get to the Root of the Investigation