Professor Emeritus Wolfgang Bertsch Wolfgang Bertsch, professor emeritus of chemistry, passed away July 28, 2014 in Boone, NC.  Dr. Bertsch was born in Ludwigsburg Germany on March 17, 1940. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at the Academy of Chemistry and Physics, Isny, Germany in 1968, and his Doctoral Degree from the University of Houston in 1973. Dr. Bertsch joined the faculty at The University of Alabama as an analytical chemist specializing in gas chromatography and forensic chemistry in 1974.  As […]

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The College of Arts & Sciences has announced that chemistry faculty received two of the three Distinguished Teaching Fellows awards for 2014-2017.  Dr. Laura Busenlehner has been named a Distinguished Teaching Fellow and Dr. Patrick Frantom has been named a Distinguished Teaching with Technology Fellows. The Distinguished Teaching Fellows are chosen on the basis of their outstanding contributions to the teaching mission of the college.  Fellows serve a three-year term during which they serve as mentors for college faculty on issues […]

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The Department is pleased to congratulate Ms. April McIntosh who is the 2014 recipient of the Office, Clerical, and Technical Staff Assembly (OCTSA) Outstanding Staff Award.  Ms. McIntosh in a senior office associate in the department and provides support for our endowed chair faculty.

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The Department congratulates the chemistry students who received degrees during the spring commencement ceremony. PhD Dripta DeJoarder, “Total Syntheses of (-)-Curvularin and Xestodecalactone A, Formal Total Syntheses of (-)-Citreofuran, (+)-12-Oxo-Curvularin, (+)-Sporostatin, Synthetic Efforts Toward (-)-Caylobolide A.”  Advisor: Dr. Michael Jennings Zongtang Fang, “Computational Studies of the Catalytic Reactions of Group IVB and VIB Transition Metal Oxide Clusters.”  Advisor: Dr. David Dixon Sharifa T. Love-Rutledge, “Disproving A Fifty-Five Year Old Myth: Chromium the Essential Element.” Advisor: Dr. John Vincent Parker D. […]

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Chemistry major Lynda Truong is one of two UA students to receive a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.  Lynda is an undergraduate research student under the direction of Dr. Stephen Woski.  Brian Goodell is the other recipient.  Brian is a Chemical Engineering major who does undergraduate research with Dr. David Nikles.

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The Department is pleased to announce that Dr. Laura Busenlehner and Dr. Shanlin Pan have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure and that Dr. Kevin Shaughnessy has been promoted to Professor.

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