Dr. Matthew Platz
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry

2001 was a very good year for Matt Platz. He was one of 10 recipients of the 2001 Cope Scholar Award of the American Chemical Society, which recognizes excellence in organic chemistry, and was recently named to three prestigious lectureships: The Gustafson Distinguished Lectureship at the University of Denver, the Berson Lectureship at Yale University and the Ingersoll Lectureship at Vanderbilt University. Platz also received renewal funding from the National Science Foundation through January 2003, his 24th consecutive years of NSF funding at Ohio State.

This halftime television feature on Dr. Platz centers around his connection with a former student, Ray Goodrich (B.S. '85), who currently serves as a Therapy Scientist for the Gambro BCT corporation based in Denver, Colorado. Using some of the principles he originally learned in Platz's class, Goodrich developed a system whereby riboflavin, when introduced to light, acts upon viruses or bacteria which could be present in donated blood.

Theirs is a personal and professional relationship which started at Ohio State and continues to this day -- and the nation's blood supply is safer as a result.

 View an Ohio State Impact Basketball Halftime spot on Matt Platz and his former student, Ohio State alum Ray Goodrich, Ph.D. (2:00)

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