Research & Innovation
![In a portrait showing her head and shoulders, Romaine Bayless smiles while wearing her lab coat, gold hoops earrings and a pair of gold necklaces. A black woman with close cropped hair, a pretty and wide smile, and eyes that crinkle as the corners, her expression says she is friendly and smart.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-07/Romaine-Bayless-OSAM.jpg.webp?itok=NG0ACEcv)
The veteran and 1978 alumna always had the courage to adventure forward, and helped develop in vitro fertilization at Yale.
![Lou DiMauro and Pierre Agostini smile as they pose for a portrait. Pierre has flowing white hair and a beard and wears safety goggles. Lou has short brown hair and glasses. Both are white men who radiate friendliness while dressed casually.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/OSAM_SUM24_physics_02_0.jpg.webp?itok=mn519fQV)
Professors Lou DiMauro and Pierre Agostini, a 2023 Nobel laureate, are developing the next generation of big thinkers.
![A replica Nobel Prize medal gifted to Ohio State by Pierre Agostini resembles a penny with its raised text and profile of Alfred Nobel, but it is closer to palm-sized. It sits in a velvet-lined, open box that resembles a ring box.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/OSAM_SUM24_nobel_02_0.jpg.webp?itok=DvXdqnWZ)
Pierre Agostini is the first sitting professor named a Nobel Prize winner, and here are more honorees you can cheer for.
![In a stock image, three people sit in a park in a relaxing yoga pose.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/OSAM_SU24_mentalhealth_promo.jpg.webp?itok=EuTbOS6A)
Across Ohio State, students and professionals focus on a multitude of research topics to help people everywhere live better.
![Walking on a gravel path through an area with lush plants and trees, Jeffrey Schottenstein, a bearded white man wearing a cardigan, button-up and glasses, gestures as he speaks with Dr. K Luan Phan, a man of Asian descent wearing a suit and tie. He’s listening intently and the men’s heads are canted toward each other as they look forward.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-05/OSAM-Summer-2024-Innovative-Program-1200x1200.jpg.webp?itok=RK2Tiyh0)
The Jeffrey Schottenstein Program for Resilience is breaking down stigmas and arming Buckeyes with lifelong coping skills.
![A drone flies above an out-of-focus field that is likely winter corn. In the distance there is a line of trees. The helicopter-like drone has three propellers pointing up, two sprayers on propeller arms pointing down, and thick wire stands hanging down from front and back.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-02/OSAM_WI23_Drones_01.jpg.webp?itok=qV1LImYT)
Assistant Professor Matt McCrink’s research lays the groundwork for everything from delivering packages to exploring planets.
![A team of people who work at Ohio State’s proton therapy center pose in the room where the treatment takes place. It is white-walled and appears spotless. They are eight smiling people—seven women—wearing scrubs or Ohio State sweatshirts. Dr. Arnab Chakravarti stands near the center in a suit.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2023-12/Proton-therapy-photo.jpg.webp?itok=2IvrAAxY)
The powerful new cancer treatment — Central Ohio’s first — specially targets tumors and promises future advancements.
![A white older man smiles as he poses for the photo, standing in front of a long walk lined with trees. It seems symbolic of the new fronts of knowledge he helped open up.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2023-10/agostini_homepage.jpg.webp?itok=N6_h-bSY)
Pierre Agostini found a way to use super-short light pulses to track these curious but powerful bits of matter.
![A man works on a computer whose screen shows a classroom setting while a woman on a stage beyond him wears a virtual reality headset and sensors used for motion capture. Ultimately, her movement will be shown on the screen he works on.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2023-09/OSAM_FA23_ARTS_ACCAD_hero.jpg.webp?itok=KKOcwmn1)
This research center and a children’s hospital are creating virtual reality training to help staff calm young patients.