Professor Suzanne Lunsford is professor at Wright State University and is an electrochemist and an internationally established chemical educator. She has been working with colleagues from international universities on how to integrate interdisciplinary science labs to meet the needs of the 21st century. Her research work for over two decades has been developing novel sensor electrodes (modified electrochemically) to detect common neurotransmitters to detecting common heavy metals Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and toxic metal Indium at low concentrations utilizing electrochemistry techniques such as cyclic voltammetry, square wave anodic stripping voltammetry, and differential pulse voltammetry. The electrochemical techniques and modified electrodes are examined further by such techniques as Scanning Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy to confirm the electrode surface interactions and stability analysis of the sensor(s) developed to assist our students with a variety of analytical instrumentation techniques. She has received over 1 million dollars in external funding for her international and local educational inquiry-based science research programs at Wright State University.
With the large experience Dr. Suzanne Lunsford is relating ans integrating research, education ans real life solving she will present 1) a systemic perspective of academic activities and 2) she will show who the level of education may be increased related her research ans real life problem solving in same educational process of her students. In this way, she will show that instructional processes, which are necessary educational means, might not be sufficient for an adequate level of education. Research may be taken as a means for inquiry-based learning, especially if it is oriented to solve real life problems.
