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Congratulations December Graduates

The Department of Chemistry congratulates its students who received degrees at the Winter Commencement ceremony on December 10th. ACS-Certified BS degree Jillian Houston BS degree Shaw Klein Amy Nealon, magna cum laude Harold Sledge PhD Ge Deng, Dissertation: Chromium: Binding Studies with Transferrin and Peptide EEEEGDD and Its Effect on Colorectal Cancer Advisor: John Vincent Siqi Guan, Dissertation: Application of Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry in Protein-Ligand and Protein-Protein Interactions Advisor: Patrick Frantom Thomas Hester, III, Dissertation: Experimental and Theoretical Studies on […]

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Faculty Search in Biochemistry

The Department of Chemistry seeks an outstanding candidate for a tenure-track assistant professor position in the area of Biochemistry to begin August 16, 2017.  The successful candidate is expected to have a Ph.D. and post-doctoral training in chemistry or closely related discipline and to develop a vigorous, externally funded research program. The ability to teach both undergraduate and graduate chemistry courses is required. The area of research is open, but areas complementary to existing research efforts in the department and […]

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Department Welcomes New Graduate Students

The Department is pleased to welcome a new class of graduate students to UA. Name Previous School E-mail Adhikari, Rina Tribhuvan University radhikari@crimson.ua.edu Benitah, Avi University of Colorado-Denver abenitah@crimson.ua.edu Boudreau, Chance Kennesaw State University cboudreaux@crimson.ua.edu Chang, Jen Yu National Chiayi University jchang15@crimson.ua.edu Das, Sanjit Indian Institute of Tech., Bhairab Ganguly College,  Utah State University sdas6@crimson.ua.edu Edwards, Kyle Georgia Southern University kcedwards2@crimson.ua.edu Lee, Zachary Georgia Southern University zlee3@crimson.ua.edu McNeill, Ashley Austin Peay State University, University Of Rhode Island, University of Southern […]

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Congratulations August Graduates

The Chemistry Department congratulates the students who received degrees at the August Commencement Ceremony PhD Marcus Johnson “Electrical Characterization of Large-Area Donor-Acceptor Molecular Junctions” Advisor: Dr. Robert Metzger Yinghui Liu “Stereoselective Synthesis of Polysubstituted 2-Carboxy Tetrahydrofurans from Trichloromethyl Carbinols” Advisor: Dr. Timothy Snowden Joseph Meany “Hemibiquinones: The Theory, Synthesis, and Experimental Validation of an Asymmetric D—A Biphenyl System” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Woski Chelsea Plummer “Negative Ion Mass Spectrometry Studies of Non-Traditional Deprotonation Sites in Peptides: Gas-Phase Acidities of Amino Acid […]

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2016 Cava Lecture: Amos Smith

Lectures Synthetic, Bioorganic and Medicinal Research in the Smith Group 4:00 PM, Thursday, October 13th, 2016 1000 North Lawn (Technical Talk) Publication of Research in the Future: A Personal Perspective 4:00 PM, Friday, October 14th, 2016 1004 Shelby Hall (General Interest Talk) Biography Amos B. Smith, III received his early education in Lewisburg, PA. In 1966 he was awarded Bucknell University’s first combined four-year B.S.-M.S. degree in Chemistry. After a year in medical school (University of Pennsylvania), he earned his Ph.D. degree (1972) […]

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High School Teachers Learn Chemistry of Alternative Energy

Prof. Shanlin Pan hosted a six-week program to expose regional high school teachers and students to chemistry concepts related to alternative energy generation and storage.  Three high school teachers and two high school students participated in this program that was supported by a National Science Foundation Grant.  During the program, the teachers and students participated in research projects and developed teaching modules that could be implemented in their high school classes. College of Arts & Sciences story.

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