Yinfa Ma

Researchers get patent for fiber-optic micro-probes

Posted by on May 5, 2020

Missouri S&T and Clemson University recently received a U.S. patent for “Fiber-Optic Micro-Probes for Measuring Acidity Level, Temperature, and Antigens.”

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Retirement reception planned for Yinfa Ma

Posted by on June 20, 2018

The College of Arts, Sciences, and Business, along with S&T’s chemistry department, will host a retirement reception for Dr. Yinfa Ma 2-4 p.m. Thursday, June 21, in St. Pat’s Ballroom B of the Havener Center. Ma is a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of chemistry and associate dean for research and external relations in the College of Arts, Sciences and Business. He joined the S&T chemistry faculty in 2000.

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Mormile named to interim role for CASB

Posted by on June 13, 2018

Dr. Melanie Mormile, professor of biological sciences, has been named interim associate dean of research and external relations in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business. She succeeds Dr. Yinfa Ma, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of chemistry, who is retiring from S&T.

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In the news: Brain injury research

Posted by on March 6, 2018

  • Reporter Brea Douglas’ story, “New Research Could Detect and Prevent Traumatic Brain Injuries” highlighted S&T’s traumatic brain injury research partnership with Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC) and Fort Leonard Wood. Dr. Casey Burton, Dr. Catherine Johnson and Dr. Yinfa Ma were featured in the story, which aired Feb. 12 on KOLR TV, based in Springfield, Missouri.
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Get help with your research proposal

Posted by on January 25, 2018

Research proposal mentoring is now available to individual faculty for the spring semester. Participants can sign up for a 30-minute slot with established research faculty members on Tuesday or Thursday afternoons. Please bring a proposal idea and a one-page statement of work to share with mentors.

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Get help with your research proposal

Posted by on October 12, 2017

Faculty members are invited to meet with research mentors from various disciplines to get feedback on their research proposals during faculty proposal mentoring sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays this semester. Participants can sign up for a 30-minute slot starting at 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. in Room 305 McNutt Hall on Tuesdays and in Room 118 Fulton Hall on Thursdays. The deadline to sign up is the Friday of the previous week. Please bring a proposal idea and one-page statement about your work to share with mentors.

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Ma named American Chemical Society fellow

Posted by on July 31, 2017

The American Chemical Society (ACS) named Dr. Yinfa Ma, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching professor of chemistry, to the 2017 class of ACS fellows. The list includes 65 scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and have made important contributions to ACS, the world’s largest scientific society. The 2017 fellows will be recognized at a ceremony and reception Monday, Aug. 21, during the society’s national meeting in Washington, D.C. Read more.

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