Megan’s paper titled “DART-HRMS Triage Approach Part 2 – Application to the Detection of Cannabinoids and Terpenes in Recreational Cannabis Products” was accepted by Forensic Chemistry.
Paper Accepted by ACS Omega
Megan’s paper titled “Rapid Detection and Quantification of Hallucinogenic Salvinorin A in Commercial Salvia divinorum Products by DART-HRMS” was accepted by ACS Omega.
Paper Accepted by Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Daman’s paper titled “Theoretical Study of the Atmospheric Chemistry of Methane Sulfonamide Initiated by OH Radicals and the CH3S(O)2N•H + 3O2 Reaction” has been accepted by the Journal of Physical Chemistry A.
Paper Accepted by Analytical Chemistry
Samira, Megan, Amy and Monica’s paper titled “Introducing ‘DoPP’: A Graphical User-Friendly Application for the Rapid Species Identification of Psychoactive Plant Materials and Quantification of Psychoactive Small Molecules Using DART-MS Data” has been accepted by Analytical Chemistry.
Musah Lab Presents at SWFS
Professor Musah and Monica traveled to Ashland, OR to present at the 2022 Society for Wildlife Forensic Science Conference. Monica presented a talk titled “Branching Out: Combatting Illegal Logging Through the Use of DART-HRMS and Multivariate Statistical Analysis“. She also received a student travel award.
Monica and Professor Musah celebrating Halloween at SWFS.
Musah Lab Presents at NEAFS
Professor Musah, Megan, Allix, Amy, Monica, Benedetta and Alexa traveled to Niagara Falls, NY to present at the 2022 Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists Annual Meeting. Professor Musah, Megan, Amy, Monica and Benedetta presented talks titled “Introducing the “Database of Psychoactive Plants” aka ‘DoPP’: A Graphical User-friendly Application for the Rapid Forensic Identification of Psychoactive Plant Materials”, “Things WE’ED Like to Know - How to Differentiate Hemp and Marijuana Varieties of Cannabis sativa with a Combined Ambient Mass Spectrometric and Chemometric Approach”, “Fly Curious: A Non-Destructive Approach to Entomotoxicology Through Direct Analysis in Real Time - High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (DART-HRMS) Examination of Insect-Ethanol Suspensions”, “The Twig is Up: Forensic Identification of Endangered Wood Species by DART-HRMS and Multivariate Statistical Analysis to Combat Illegal Logging” and “Trick or Weed - Application of Ambient Mass Spectrometry for the Detection and Quantification of Cannabinoids in Complex Matrices” respectively. Alexa presented a poster titled “What Came First, the Crime or the Egg? Analyzing Necrophagous Insect Eggs by DART-HRMS for Species Identification” and received the Peter De Forest Award for Best Poster Presentation.
Musah Lab at NEAFS 2022.
Musah Lab Presents at WISC
Professor Musah was invited to present at the 2022 Workshop for Interaction and Scientific Collaboration (WISC). She gave a talk titled “Small Molecule Interrogation of Various Cell Systems using ‘LADI-MS’”. In addition, Alexa presented a poster titled “Eggs-amining the Utility of DART-HRMS for Species Identification of Necrophagous Insect Eggs - Towards Facilitation of Post-Mortem Interval Determination” and received a “Best Poster” award.
Professor Musah presenting her talk.
Alexa with her poster.
Musah Lab Presents at SciX
Samira presenting her talk.
Samira traveled to Covington, KY to present at SciX 2022. She gave an oral presentation titled “DART-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (DART-HRMS) for Identification of the Resource that Necrophagous Insects Fed On”.
Musah Lab Presents at NERM
Niara, Alexa and Monica at NERM.
Monica, Alexa and Niara traveled to Rochester, NY to present at the 2022 American Chemical Society Northeastern Regional Meeting (NERM). Monica gave an oral talk titled “Getting to the ‘Root’ of the Problem: Species Identification of Endangered Wood by DART-HRMS and Multivariate Statistical Analysis”. Alexa presented a poster titled “Eggs-ploring the use of DART-HRMS to Differentiate between Eggs of Various Blowfly Species”. Niara represented the Eastern New York Younger Chemists Committee and presented a poster on their cosmetic chemistry immersion program.
Musah Lab Presents at National ACS Meeting
Allix and Daman traveled to Chicago, IL to present at the American Chemical Society Fall 2022 National Meeting. Allix gave an oral presentation titled “Utilization of Mass Spectrometric Data for the Development of an Approach for the Diagnosis of Ménière’s Disease”. Daman presented a poster titled “Theoretical Investigation of the Reactions of Plant-derived Alkyl Thiosulfinates with the OH and Cl Radicals: Reaction Mechanisms, Energetics, Kinetics and Atmospheric Implications”.
Allix presenting her talk.
Daman with his poster.
RNA Science Bake Off
Amy participated in the University at Albany 2022 RNA Science Bake Off and won the “Best Tasting” category for her gingerbeer cake with raspberries in a lime syrup topped with homemade whipped cream and the dark chocolate syringe for garnish. Congratulations Amy!
Cameron Receives his Ph.D.
Cameron successfully defended his doctoral work titled “Development and Applications of Touch Chemistry Biometrics Analysis of Latent Fingermarks”. Congratulations Dr. Longo!
Daman Presents at ISMS
Daman traveled to Urbana-Champaign, IL to present at the 75th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy. He presented a talk titled “Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics of the Gas Phase Reactions of Methane Sulfonamide with Cl Radicals and the Fate of CH2S(=O)2NH2 Radical”.
Paper Accepted by Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Daman’s paper titled “Thermochemistry and Kinetics of the Atmospheric Oxidation Reactions of Propanesulfinyl Chloride Initiated by OH Radicals: A Computational Approach” has been accepted by the Journal of Physical Chemistry A.
Musah Lab Attends NYCRSAS Symposium
The Musah Lab attended the New York Capital Region Student Chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYCRSAS) First Annual New York Capital Region Applied Spectroscopy Symposium in Albany, NY. Monica presented a poster titled “Identification of Tryptamines by Chemometric Processing of Fused Mass Spectrometry and IR Spectroscopy Data” and was awarded the best poster award.
Monica with her poster and award.
Musah Lab attending the First Annual New York Capital Region Applied Spectroscopy Symposium.
Meghan and Niara Graduate
Dr. Meghan Appley graduated with her Ph.D. She is currently a post-doc at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Niara also received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from UAlbany. She will be continuing her Ph.D. studies in the Musah Lab. Congratulations Dr. Appley and Niara!
Professor Musah and Dr. Meghan Appley.
Niara
Professor Musah Receives President's Excellence Award
Professor Musah received the 2022 President’s Excellence Award in Research and Creative Activities. This award acknowledges and recognizes consistently outstanding accomplishments in research and creative activities conducted by the University at Albany faculty. Congratulations Professor Musah!
Musah Lab Receives WISH Award
Monica and Niara received a 2022 Women in Science and Health (WISH) Excellence at the Interface of Science and Life Award. This award recognizes students and postdoctoral fellows who are pursuing degrees and careers in STEM fields and are achieving excellence in their field while also being exemplars at life. Congratulations!
Paper Accepted by Talanta
Monica and Samira’s paper titled “Revealing the Presence of Tryptamine New Psychoactive Substances using Fused “Neutral Loss” Spectra Derived from DART High-resolution Mass Spectra” has been accepted by Talanta. This is Monica’s first first-author paper.
Daman Presents at ACS Meeting
Daman traveled to San Diego, CA to present at the 2022 American Chemical Society Spring Meeting. He presented a poster titled “Computational Investigation on the Atmospheric Oxidation of Plant-derived Alkyl Thiosulfinates Initiated by OH and Cl Radicals: Reaction Mechanisms, Energetics, Kinetics and Atmospheric Implications”.