
JOSHUA AND OLAMIDE ATTEND NOBCChE CONFERENCE
September 21, 2023
Joshua and Olamide received travel fund to attend and present posters at the NOBCChE Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
September 21, 2023
Joshua and Olamide received travel fund to attend and present posters at the NOBCChE Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
OLAMIDE GETS ANOTHER TRAVEL AWARD
August 1, 2023
August 1, 2023
JESSICA'S WORK ON PTMC GETS HIGHLIGHTED
May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023
MAXIMO GETS RECOGNITION FROM ACS
May 15, 2023 Max received the Undergraduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry from the American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry. Maximo also got the 1st place award for poster presentation at the recently held CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium. He is finishing up his projects in the lab and will move to the University of Georgia in Fall. Congratulations Max! |

GROWING SCALLION IN MARS SIMULANT SOIL
May 5, 2023
Jessica Linson presented the final report for the plant the moon/plant mars challenge. Jessica was able to grow scallions in mars simulant soil mixed with earth soil. However, the next challenge was to grow it to produce biomass as much as the earth soil. This project was supported by NASA's Missouri Space Grant Consortium and Jordan Valley Innovation Center. Other students who participated in these projects were Presto Clubb, Maximo Reyes, Brooke Winder, and Riley Pope.
May 5, 2023
Jessica Linson presented the final report for the plant the moon/plant mars challenge. Jessica was able to grow scallions in mars simulant soil mixed with earth soil. However, the next challenge was to grow it to produce biomass as much as the earth soil. This project was supported by NASA's Missouri Space Grant Consortium and Jordan Valley Innovation Center. Other students who participated in these projects were Presto Clubb, Maximo Reyes, Brooke Winder, and Riley Pope.

STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS AT MSU SYMPOSIA
May 5, 2023
Jessica Linson, Maximo Reyes, and Olamide Ogundele gave poster presentations at the CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium and Einhellig Interdisciplinary Forum. Maximo got the 1st place at the CNAS symposium and Olamide got the Outstanding Presentation award at the IDF. Max presented data from our collaborative study with Dr. Barry Cheung Lab from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Other students from our lab who participated in the research were Preston Clubb, Brooke Winder and Riley Pope. Congratulations to these hard working students.
https://science.missouristate.edu/Undergraduate-Research-Day.htm
https://graduate.missouristate.edu/CurrentStudents/IDF.htm
May 5, 2023
Jessica Linson, Maximo Reyes, and Olamide Ogundele gave poster presentations at the CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium and Einhellig Interdisciplinary Forum. Maximo got the 1st place at the CNAS symposium and Olamide got the Outstanding Presentation award at the IDF. Max presented data from our collaborative study with Dr. Barry Cheung Lab from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Other students from our lab who participated in the research were Preston Clubb, Brooke Winder and Riley Pope. Congratulations to these hard working students.
https://science.missouristate.edu/Undergraduate-Research-Day.htm
https://graduate.missouristate.edu/CurrentStudents/IDF.htm
STUDENTS FROM OUR RESEARCH GROUP RECEIVE DEPARTMENT AWARDS
April 26, 2023
Congratulations to Olamide Ogundele, Preston Clubb, Jessica Linson, and Riley Pope for receiving several awards given in the recently held Department's banquet.
April 26, 2023
Congratulations to Olamide Ogundele, Preston Clubb, Jessica Linson, and Riley Pope for receiving several awards given in the recently held Department's banquet.
DR. RICO PRESENTS RESEARCH DONE BY HIS GROUP
April 26, 2023
April 26, 2023

OLAMIDE PRESENTS AT ACS SP23 INDIANAPOLIS
April 4, 2023
Congrats again Olamide on your nth presentation.
April 4, 2023
Congrats again Olamide on your nth presentation.
NEW PUBLICATION FROM THE LAB
April 4, 2023
Recent pub from our collaboration with Dr. Rossi (University of Florida) and Dr. Ashar Ayub (Islamia University, Pakistan). We collaborated on performing ICP-MS analysis of samples.
April 4, 2023
Recent pub from our collaboration with Dr. Rossi (University of Florida) and Dr. Ashar Ayub (Islamia University, Pakistan). We collaborated on performing ICP-MS analysis of samples.
Frontiers in Plant Science 2023, DOI 10.3389/fpls.2023.1151786
TENURE AND PROMOTION
March 20, 2023
March 20, 2023
PLANT THE MOON CHALLENGE
March 12, 2023
Jessica Linson and Riley Pope working on the Plant the Moon project. They are using nanoparticles to provide nutrients to grow plants in nutrient-deficient Martian-simulant soil.
March 12, 2023
Jessica Linson and Riley Pope working on the Plant the Moon project. They are using nanoparticles to provide nutrients to grow plants in nutrient-deficient Martian-simulant soil.
ACS COACH STUDENTS' ACTIVITY
February 25, 2023 Several science students from Willard High School participates in the ACS Coach Program. These students are mentored by their science teacher Mr. Kameron Coates. The students use ICP-MS to determine heavy metal content of fish samples they collected in December. |

MAX PRESENTS AT THE EMERGING RESEARCHERS CONFERENCE IN DC
February 18, 2023
Max is an undergrad member of the Rico Lab since 2022. He is the first undergrad from our group to give an oral presentation at a national conference. He works with other graduate students on generational exposure of plants to cerium oxide nanoparticles and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid. Max is also active in the ACS Coach program to train high school students in their research. He plans on pursuing PhD in the future. Max received full financial support to attend the conference. Congratulations Max for a successful presentation.
February 18, 2023
Max is an undergrad member of the Rico Lab since 2022. He is the first undergrad from our group to give an oral presentation at a national conference. He works with other graduate students on generational exposure of plants to cerium oxide nanoparticles and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid. Max is also active in the ACS Coach program to train high school students in their research. He plans on pursuing PhD in the future. Max received full financial support to attend the conference. Congratulations Max for a successful presentation.
OUR LAB HAS NEW PUBLISHED PAPERS
February 2, 2023
We have published two papers from our collaborative works with Dr. Lorenzo Rossi (University of Florida), Dr. Ashar Ayub (Islamia University of Bawahalpur), and Dr. Jie Hong (Zhejiang University). Congratulations to Preston Clubb and Olamide Ogundele for a job well done in contributing to the success of these papers.
February 2, 2023
We have published two papers from our collaborative works with Dr. Lorenzo Rossi (University of Florida), Dr. Ashar Ayub (Islamia University of Bawahalpur), and Dr. Jie Hong (Zhejiang University). Congratulations to Preston Clubb and Olamide Ogundele for a job well done in contributing to the success of these papers.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES
February 2, 2023
February 2, 2023