SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Radha Narayanan, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Rhode Island, has won a $40,000 grant from the nonprofit Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh to support her research into water pollution detection, the university announced.
The organization has granted the Analytical Chemistry Starter Grant Award annually for 31 years “to encourage high-quality innovative research and to promote the training and development of graduate students in the field of analytical chemistry.” This year it was open to any chemistry professor appointed since 2007.
Narayanan, who lives in Hopkinton, has just finished her first year as a faculty member at URI. “We are particularly proud to see one of our junior female faculty members receive this award,” Winifred Brownell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said in a statement.
Narayanan’s proposed research centers on the use of gold nanoparticles that, when placed in water, assist in detecting environmental pollutants, according to a statement from URI.
This detection process would be useful for businesses, utility companies and other parties in meeting both federal, and local health and environmental regulations, the university said.
“Professor Narayanan came to URI with an international reputation in the study of gold nanoparticles,” William Euler, chair of URI’s chemistry department, said in a statement. “Now she is applying her expertise to an important environmental problem, which is the basis for this prestigious recognition.”
Additional information is available at URI.edu.
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