Mary Jo Ondrechen Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology m.ondrechen@northeastern.edu 617.373.2856 Expertise bioinfomatics, computational biology, theoretical chemistry Mary Jo Ondrechen for Northeastern Global News Deadly amoebic encephalitis and brain-eating amoeba in the crosshairs of Northeastern researchers Deadly amoebic encephalitis and brain-eating amoeba in the crosshairs of Northeastern researchers The researchers will try to improve the potency and ability of compounds to kill the amoeba as well as assess them against the cysts. Two Northeastern professors receive awards from American Indian Science and Engineering Society Two Northeastern professors receive awards from American Indian Science and Engineering Society Professor Mary Jo Ondrechen and assistant professor Jesse Peltier won awards from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.