Assistant Professor Gayan Wijeratne has been awarded a $1.8 million NIH R35 MIRA ESI Outstanding Investigator award. This grant will fund Dr. Wijeratne’s research into the mechanism of nitric oxide interconversion by heme enzymes using synthetic mimics.
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Chemistry major receives Hollings Scholarship
Chemistry major Blake Yuenger has been named a recipient of the NOAA Hollings Scholarship. Blake is a member of the Accelerated Masters Program in chemistry and does research with Dr. Kevin Shaughnessy. UA press release
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Honors Ceremony
Congratulations to the students who received departmental awards during the 2024 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry honors ceremony. The list of recipients of undergraduate and graduate awards can be found on our awards page.
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Provost announces faculty promotions
The Provost has announced the following chemistry faculty promotions effective for the fall 2024 semester. Congratulations to all of our promoted faculty.
Saxon Endowed Chair search announced
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The University of Alabama seeks an outstanding individual with expertise in chemistry or biochemistry to fill the John F. and Mary Sue Saxon Endowed Presidential Chair in Polymer Chemistry. Preferred candidates will be leaders at the national and international level in their field(s) of study, have vigorous externally funded research programs, and will be able to play a leadership role in the department. A PhD in chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering and the […]
Welcome Professor Si Wu
The department is pleased to announce that Professor Si Wu has accepted a position as professor of chemistry beginning in fall 2023. Dr. Wu received her BS degree at Anhui University in China and her PhD at Washington State University. After a post-doctoral associate stint at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Dr. Wu began her independent career at the University of Oklahoma, where she has established an active program in mass spectrometry research. Her research focuses on investigating the crucial role […]
Congratulations summer 2023 graduates
Congratulations to the students earning degrees at the August 2023 commencement ceremony: PhD MS ACS-Certified BS BS
Dr. Gayan Wijeratne joins faculty
The department is pleased to announce that Dr. Gayan Wijeratne has accepted a position as an assistant professor beginning in August 2023. Dr. Wijeratne received his PhD from the University of Kansas under the direction of Dr. Timothy Jackson. He then served as a post-doctoral associate with Dr. Kenneth Karlin at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Wijeratne began his academic career at the University of Alabama Birmingham in 2018. He has established an exciting research program in mechanistic bioinorganic chemistry. His […]
New Department Gifts Announced
The department gratefully acknowledges two major gifts from donors that will support chemistry and biochemistry faculty and students. Mary Virginia Jackson, who earned a BS in Chemistry in 1948 from UA, left a $715,000 gift in her estate to establish a scholarship fund for undergraduate and graduate chemistry students in financial need. Lowell and Doris Kispert have donated $200,000 to establish a lecture series in Physical Chemistry and provide an instrumentation support fund. Dr. Lowell Kispert was a faculty member […]
Congratulations May Graduates
Congratulations to students receiving degrees during the May commencement ceremonies.