Juliana Conte, a PhD student working with Dr. Frantom, received the best overall presentation award at the 2018 Southeastern Enzyme Conference in Atlanta, GA. Juliana’s poster was entitled, “Investigation of 2-Phosphinometylmalic Acid Synthase: A Member of the DRE-TIM Metallolyase Superfamily.
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Congratulations Honors Day Awardees
Congratulations to the Chemistry and Biochemistry students who received Department awards during Honors day. Outstanding General Chemistry Students: Audrey Allen, MacKenzie Brannan, Jacey Lemonds, Amelia McKee, Michelle Moore, Andrew Ravine, Ethan Reeves, James Thompson, Amber Thibeaux, Abby Whitfield Outstanding Performance by a Nursing Major: Casey Coggins Outstanding Organic Chemistry Student Award: Ryan Tuckey, Kyle Singletary, Sean Walsh, Amber Wesoloski Outstanding Analytical Chemistry Award: Russell Clarke ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award: Alexander Shaver ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Award: James […]
Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards
Congratulations to the students doing research in the Department who received Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards. Amber Gomez Mentor: Dr. David Dixon Title: Computational Studies of the Electron and Fluoride Affinities of Early Actinide Oxides and Oxo-Fluoride Complexes James Howard Mentor: Dr. Kevin Shaughnessy Title: Application of Air-Stable Palladium(II) Precatalysts to Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions and C-H Activeation of Pyridine N-Oxides Addison Iszler Mentor: Dr. Marco Bonizzoni Title: Noncovalent Interactions in PAMAM Dendrimer Analogues Elliot Lakner Mentor: Dr. David Dixon Title: […]
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Students win Goldwater Scholarships
Two students associated with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have been awarded prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. Elizabeth Rowe is a dual Chemistry and Chemical Engineering major. She is involved in research on novel polymeric materials with Prof. Paul Rupar. Donna Xia is a Chemical Engineering major. She is involved in research on computational chemistry with Dr. David Dixon.
In Memory of Prof. David Nikles
David Eugene Nikles, born July 3rd, 1954, passed away at home on Sunday, March 19th, 2018. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Nikles; his brothers, Russell and Randall Nikles; his paternal grandparents, Edward and Margaret Nikles; and his maternal grandparents, William and Anna Willis. He is survived by his wife, Jackie; daughter, Sarah; son, Daniel; mother, Lucille Nikles; and siblings, Tim Nikles (Jeanne Nikles), Laura Nikles (Denise Bell), and Sue Nikles Moore (Tim Moore). Dr. Nikles attended […]
Dr. Dunkle Receives NIH grant
Dr. Jack Dunkle, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study antibiotic resistance in collaboration with researchers at Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL. Antibiotic resistance is a major concern as many of the commonly used antibiotic drugs become ineffective and bacteria evolve that are resistant to all available treatments. The team will study the erythromycin resistance methyltransferase enzyme, which is one process by which bacteria become resistant […]
Welcome New Graduate Students
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is pleased to welcome four new students to its graduate program. Hixson, Andrea: University of Tennessee Norvell, Victoria: Kennesaw State University Sanchez-Rodriquez, Jose: Inter-American University of Puerto Rico Speed, Daniel: University of West Florida
REU 2017 Participants
Name School Professor Research Focus Sarah Altman University of Texas-San Antonio Dr. Papish Anticancer Ruthenium Compounds Victoria Arau Gordon College Dr. Pan Nanoelectrochemistry for imaging and sensing Bailee Barrett University of Tennessee-Martin Dr. Szulczewski New ways to detect explosives Joseph Burke University of the Cumberlands Dr. Shaughnessy New palladium catalysts for bond-forming reactions Shantal Garcia Swarthmore College Dr. Gupta Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films and Nanocrystals Jackson Gunter University of Alabama Dr. Pan Developing nanostructured semiconductor electrode for […]
Prof. Arduengo Retires
Dr. Anthony J. Arduengo, III, Saxon Professor of Chemistry, retired at the end of 2017. Prof. Arduengo joined the UA faculty in 1999 as Saxon professor after spending the prior 15 years at the Central Research and Development Department of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in Wilmington, DE. At du Poet, Dr. Arduengo made numerous seminal contributions to fundamental chemistry. These accomplishments included, but are not limited to, the first planar T-shaped (10-P-3) bonding arrangement at phosphorus (e.g., […]
Welcome New Faculty Members
The Department is pleased to welcome two new faculty members who are joining the department as NTRC assistant professors. Dr. Alice DeSimone earned her PhD at Georgia Tech. She will serve as an instructor in general chemistry and as lab coordinator for physical and analytical chemistry lab classes. Dr. Yinghui Liu earned her PhD at UA and will serve as lab coordinator for organic and inorganic chemistry lab classes as well as teaching in our elementary general, organic, and biochemistry […]