Radha Narayanan, BS Chemistry 2000, has been appointed assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Rhode Island.  Dr. Narayanan received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005 under the direction of  Dr. Mostafa A. El-Sayed.  Dr. Narayanan has been awarded a Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh starter grant to support her research group at URI.