Noureddine melikechi biography samples
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Biosketch
Noureddine Melikechi was appointed Dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences in October 2016.
Melikechi’s research work spans a wide range of areas of atomic, molecular and optical physics with contributions to spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, optical sensing, high precision measurements, and biophotonics. As a member of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, Melikechi contributes to the analysis of spectroscopic data collected by the Chemistry Camera instrument on board the Curiosity Rover. In addition, Melikechi works on applications of laser spectroscopy for the early detection of signatures of epithelial ovarian cancer.
Prior to joining the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Melikechi was at Delaware State University where he experienced all academic ranks. There, he held the positions of Chair of the Department of Physics, Dean of the College of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology, and was the founding director of the Optical Science Center for Applied Rese
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Blood Metal Analysis of Plasmas from Donors with and without SARS-CoV-2 using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Logistic Regression: An Interview with Noureddine Melikechi
The sudden outbreak of a pandemic caused bygd the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, also known as Covid-19) in December 2019 led to the death of over six million people worldwide. As the Covid-19 virus propagated, a team of scientists began to search for a potential correlation between metal levels in blood and Covid-19 infection. This was primarily performed using samples from donors with various levels of severity to Covid-19 infection. Using logistics regression on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) spectra of plasma samples collected pre- and post- Covid-19 pandemic from donors known to have developed various levels of antibodies to the SARS-Cov-2 virus, University of Massachusetts physics professor Nourddine Melikechi’s research team has shown that relying on the le • G.F.B: You started your research career at the University of Sussex in Great Britain. You have indeed been able, in a short time, to make an interesting discovery concerning the laws governing electromagnetic fields. Would you like to tell us a little more about this discovery? NM: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share with your readers something about my professional journey which in my opinion, is worth doing only if it can help others. Explaining the discovery that you are referring to in lay terms is not easy, but I will try. As a young physics researcher, I had a strong interest in studying light but was not sure about the path to take. This interest stems from the fact that light is ubiquitous, can be studied from purely theoretically and/or experimentally, and inspires us to ask philosophical questions. I approached Professor Les Allen, a well-known
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