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This work began in 2021, with a retrospective analysis with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on crystallization experiments that had been performed in space. Work in this area is continuing, and NASA partners are very impressed with Butler students who engage in this work. While proteins and inorganic compounds were very common targets for microgravity crystallization, it became clear that smaller molecules like those that make up drugs had not been crystallized in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crystallization on earth is a very straightforward process, often done in high school and early college laboratory. However, crystallization in space requires a special cassette that is fully enclosed and safe for the astronauts which is provided to us by Redwire. Once conditions have been worked out, students characterize the crystalline products that are formed (microscopically, through infrared spectroscopy, and using our new Raman spectrometer).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09113405\/WilsonResearch_Figure1_LoadedSpaceCrystallizationCassette.jpg\" alt=\"Space crystallization cassette that has been loaded by Butler students Miriam Garringer and Joanna Rajkumar.\" class=\"wp-image-20118\" style=\"width:491px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09113405\/WilsonResearch_Figure1_LoadedSpaceCrystallizationCassette.jpg 945w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09113405\/WilsonResearch_Figure1_LoadedSpaceCrystallizationCassette-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09113405\/WilsonResearch_Figure1_LoadedSpaceCrystallizationCassette-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 1: Space crystallization cassette that has been loaded by Butler students Miriam Garringer and Joanna Rajkumar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Once the flight samples are loaded, either at Butler or at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, the cassettes are sent to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX or Northrup Grumman rocket. Several of our students have been to KSC to see their science launched into space, and we all agree that night launches are the coolest.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"955\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09114406\/WilsonResearch_Figure2_SpaceXLaunchISS-1.jpg\" alt=\"Butler students Clara Zuniga and Lilli Miller at the SpaceX launch of their science to the ISS.\" class=\"wp-image-20123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09114406\/WilsonResearch_Figure2_SpaceXLaunchISS-1.jpg 955w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09114406\/WilsonResearch_Figure2_SpaceXLaunchISS-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09114406\/WilsonResearch_Figure2_SpaceXLaunchISS-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 2: Butler students Clara Zuniga and Lilli Miller at the SpaceX launch of their science to the ISS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Upon return to earth, the cassettes are delivered to Butler, and the crystals are harvested and analyzed, again, microscopically, by infrared spectroscopy, and using the Raman spectrometer. Our data has shown that crystals grown in microgravity are larger, more uniform, and have sharper edges and more defined sides.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09114250\/WilsonResearch_Figure3_SpaceGrownCrystals.jpg\" alt=\"Space-grown insulin crystals \u2013 note the large, well-defined crystals.\" class=\"wp-image-20122\" style=\"width:449px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09114250\/WilsonResearch_Figure3_SpaceGrownCrystals.jpg 751w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09114250\/WilsonResearch_Figure3_SpaceGrownCrystals-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/09114250\/WilsonResearch_Figure3_SpaceGrownCrystals-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 3: Space-grown insulin crystals \u2013 note the large, well-defined crystals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Recent Publications: Student co-author names are underlined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn Analysis of Publicly Available Microgravity Crystallization Data; Emergent Themes Across Crystal Types\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wright, Hannah<\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Williams, Amari<\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wilkinson, Ashley<\/span>; Harper, Lynn; Savin, Ken; Wilson, Anne, Crystal Growth and Design, 2022, 22 (12), 6849-6851. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acs.cgd.2c01056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acs.cgd.2c01056<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMicrogravity Crystal Formation\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jackson, Keegan<\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Brewer, Frances<\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wilkinson, Ashley<\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Williams, Amari<\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Whiteside, Ben<\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wright, Hannah<\/span>; Harper, Lynn; Wilson, Anne M. Crystals, 2024, 14, 12. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cryst14010012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cryst14010012<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA meta-analysis of semiconductor materials fabricated in microgravity\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ashley Wilkinson<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Frances Brewer<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hannah Wright<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ben Whiteside<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Amari Williams<\/span>, Lynn Harper, Anne M. Wilson, npj Microgravity, 2024, 10, 73. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41526-024-00410-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41526-024-00410-7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn Analysis of Protein Crystals Grown under Microgravity Conditions\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Keegan Jackson<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rebecca Hoff<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hannah Wright<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ashley Wilkinson<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Frances Brewer<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Amari Williams<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ben Whiteside<\/span>, Mark R. Macbeth and Anne M. Wilson. Crystals, 2024, 14, 652. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cryst14070652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cryst14070652<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCrystallization of Small Molecules in Microgravity Using Pharmaceutical In-Space Laboratory\u2013Biocrystal Optimization eXperiment (PIL-BOX)\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Miller, L<\/span>.; Mulligan, M.K.; Savin, K.A.; Tuma, S.; Wilson, A.M. Crystals 2025, 15, 527. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cryst15060527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cryst15060527<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dr-michael-samide\">Dr. Michael Samide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My current research interests are focused on the intersection of chemistry and art conservation science. In 2014, I began a partnership with the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields (the IMA) to perform research on materials used for the storage and display of artwork. It turns out that the volatile chemicals emitted from many construction and display materials can have a deleterious impact on artwork, causing damage that may not be reversible. By understanding the emission profile of materials and through the development of modern and rapid methods of assessment, we can minimize damage to artwork and work to preserve these objects of our cultural heritage. While work with the IMA is on-going, new partnerships are being formed with scientists throughout the world. One current project allows students to partner with the conservation science staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In this collaboration, we are exploring different methods to learn how volatile pollutants might impact collections on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this kind of preventive conservation is essential to minimizing risk to the art objects, we are also working on methods to repair damage on artwork. In this restorative conservation, we are working with Raman spectrometer and using focused laser light to photochemically convert darkened pigment back to a white pigment. Basic lead white has been used as a pigment for centuries&nbsp;and until the discovery of zinc white and titanium white, was the choice of artists who wanted a pure white color. Unfortunately, sulfur pollution common from oil lamps and coal&nbsp;fires converts lead white into black or brown lead sulfide. Using the focused laser, we are attempting to develop a unique treatment procedure to convert the lead sulfide to lead sulfate, which is another more stable white pigment. In this way we provide a new tool that can help conservators restore the damaged artwork with pinpoint accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102437\/Samide-1-225x300.jpeg\" width=\"225\">Dr. Samide is adding liquid nitrogen to a microjet cryotrap connected to the chromatograph. This allows him to effectively detect and analyze very volatile organic molecules.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102437\/Samide-2-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102437\/Samide-2-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Dr. Samide is ready to connect a sample holder onto a temperature-controlled inlet oven. In this way, he is able to&nbsp;desorb volatile organic compounds directly into the chromatograph for analysis.<br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102437\/Samide-3-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102437\/Samide-3-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Dr. Samide studies white pigment on a souvenir painting using the Raman spectometer and a green 532n laser.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are an essential element in my research activities. We have lab space at Butler dedicated to study the impact pollutants have on paper collections. Students regularly travel the short distance to the IMA and work on instrumentation and equipment with professional conservation scientists and conservators. Our efforts have been fruitful and we have a number of publications in conservation science journals and have presented the results of our work at national and international conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent Publications: Student co-author names are underlined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAssessing the suitability of unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) for museum showcase construction\u201d M. J. Samide and G. D. Smith.&nbsp;<em>Journal of the American Institute for Conservation<\/em>&nbsp;2020, 1-13.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01971360.2020.1765122\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01971360.2020.1765122<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Reassessing the ResinKit as a plastics reference collection for cultural heritage research\u201d&nbsp;Smith, G.D.,&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">H.V.&nbsp;Kastenholz<\/span>, M.J.&nbsp;Samide, and A.M. Wilson.&nbsp;<em>Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to Conservation<\/em>&nbsp;2021. ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference Preprints, Beijing. 17\u201321 May 2021,&nbsp;<em>ed<\/em>. J. Bridgland. Paris: International Council of Museums<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A Methodology for Assessing Pollution Off-Gassing of Museum Construction Materials Using a Pyrolysis Microfurnace\u201d&nbsp;Michael Samide&nbsp;and Gregory Smith.&nbsp;<em>Heritage<\/em>&nbsp;2023, 6, 2292-2307&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/heritage6030121\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/heritage6030121<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Lead Coupon Reactivity to Organic Acids, Aldehydes, and Esters in an Oddy Test Environment\u201d&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kylie Blake<\/span>,&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hanna Konicki<\/span>, Michael J Samide, and Gregory D. Smith.&nbsp;<em>Heritage<\/em>&nbsp;2025,&nbsp;<strong>8<\/strong>, 158-172&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/heritage8050158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/heritage8050158<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dr-jeremy-johnson\">Dr. Jeremy Johnson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/ddr.21468\">An article<\/a> by Dr. Jeremy Johnson and Dr. Erik Larsen&nbsp;was featured on&nbsp;Drug Development Research special issue volume 80, number 1, on overcoming antibiotic resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102437\/Johnson.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102437\/Johnson-228x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dr-todd-hopkins\">Dr. Todd Hopkins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My current research is focused on making circularly polarized light emitting materials. Circularly polarized light has handedness, where the electric vector of the light rotates clockwise or counterclockwise. Materials that emit circularly polarized light are perceived to be brighter, and the viewing angle is wider. This means circularly polarized light emitting displays can be more energy efficient (perceived brightness) and better performing. My students and I make new light emitting materials and test them in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our light emitting materials are composed of luminescent lanthanide complexes dissolved in deep eutectic solvents (DES). The lanthanide complexes emit green (terbium) and red (europium) light (<em>figure 2<\/em>). DES are formed when the melting point of a mixture is much lower than the melting point of either of the components due to strong intermolecular interactions. In practice, we often mix two (or more) solids together resulting in a liquid. Since we control the identity and ratio of the components, we can control the properties of the liquid as a solvent. If one or both of the components of the DES is chiral, the solvent induces the emission of circularly polarized light from the lanthanide complexes. These DES-lanthanide solutions can be used as the emissive layer in a circularly polarized-OLED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102440\/Hopkins.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/08102440\/Hopkins.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Luminescent lanthanide complexes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in my research group are involved in all aspects of the research. They learn how to prepare new DES, measure their physical properties, such as density and viscosity, and prepare the emissive materials. 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