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Jonathan Ashby received a grant from the Undergraduate Analytical Research Program (UARP) of the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) for the project "Selection of structure-switching aptamers for usage in electrochemical biosensors." The project is for one year.

Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh


Jonathan Ashby received a grant from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) for their 2020 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grant (PCMNCG) for the purchase of electrochemical instrumentation for integration into science coursework at °µÍø½ûÇø.

Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh


Ashby, Jonathan; Ligans, Erik*; Tamsi, Michael*; Zhong, Wenwan. . Anal. Chem., 2015, 87, 2213-2219.


Ashby, Jonathan**; Flack, Kenneth**; Jimenez, Luis; Duan, Yaokai; Kareem-Khatib, Abdel*; Somlo, George; Wang, Shizen Emily; Cui, Xinping; Zhong, Wenwan. . Anal. Chem., 201486, 9343–9349


Ashby, Jonathan; Pan, Songquin; Zhong, Wenwan. . ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 20146, 15412–15419.


Ashby, Jonathan**; Schachermeyer, Samantha**; Duan, Yaokai; Jimenez, Luis; Zhong, Wenwan. . J. Chrom. A., 2014, 1358, 217-224.


Jonathan Ashby acted as the planning chair for the annual meeting of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) from November 18-21, 2019 in St. Louis. There were approximately 600 attendees, with approximately 250 students who had supported travel to the conference.


Ali Aslam, David W. McIvor, and Joel Alden Schlosser (2024) Published Earthborn Democracy: A Political Theory of Entangled Life, Columbia University Press.


Aslam, A., McIvor, D., & Schlosser, J. (2019). Democratic Theory When Democracy Is Fugitive, Democratic Theory, 6(2), 27-40. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020, from 


Aslam, A. (2017). The Future of Bad Collectivity. Law, Culture and the Humanities,174387211771344. doi:10.1177/1743872117713444