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Prof. Emeritus Joe Thrasher Named ACS Fellow

Prof. Emeritus Joseph Thrasher was named to the 2016 class of ACS Fellows in recognition of his contributions in the area of fluorine chemistry and his work for the ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry.  The American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows Program was created by the ACS Board of Directors in December 2008 to recognize members of ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the Society.

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Dr. Bonizzoni Recognized by the Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Dr. Marco Bonizzoni was selected for inclusion in the Emerging Investigators 2016 special issue highlighting rising stars of materials chemistry research by the Journal of Materials Chemistry B. Emerging Investigators 2016 gathers the very best work from materials chemists in the early stages of their independent career, with a special focus on novel design strategies for new functional materials. Each contributor was recommended by the journal’s prestigious Editorial Board as carrying out work with the potential to influence future directions in materials chemistry. Dr. Bonizzoni’s article […]

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Lester Andrews Symposium Award Winners

Chemistry graduate students received three of the six presentation awards at the Lester Andrews Graduate Research Symposium hosted by Mississippi State University.  Award recipients were: 1st place oral presentation:  Kerry Barnett, advisor Dr. Shaughnessy 3rd place oral presentation:  Michael Ihde, advisor Dr. Bonizzoni 3rd place poster presentation:  Jennifer Shankwitz, advisor Dr. Szulczewski  

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May 2016 Chemistry Graduates

The Department congratulates the students who received degrees at the May Commencement ceremony PhD Jordan Entrekin, “Construction of Chiral Polysubstituted Oxacycles by Novel Jocic Reactions and Synthesis of a NewCytochrome-P450 Photoafinity Label.”  Advisor: Timothy Snowden Christopher Griggs, “Ionic Liquids and Chitinous Biomass: Materials, Synthesis, and Applications for Uranium Sequestration.” Advisor: Robin Rogers Clifton Watkins, “Surface Modification of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles.” Advisors: David Nikles and Shane Street MS Jackson Albert Alan Evans Alyshah Lakhani Benjamin McCormick Shanna Phillips Pandora White ACS-certified […]

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Chemistry Honors Convocation

Chemistry students were recognized for the academic and research accomplishments during the 2016 Chemistry Honors Convocation on April 8th, 2016.  This event is part of the University Honors Week.  Departmental award recipients were: Outstanding General Chemistry Student:  Andrea Anger, Jake Coburn, Matt Comeau, Alexandra Huechteman, Patrick Jesup, Abigail Kappelman, Hanna Kim, Kaitlyn Wineberry, Emily Mandel, Tyler Morgan, Grace Siy, Jessica Thompson, Erin Washington Outstanding Nursing Chemistry Student:  Thuy Truong Outstanding Organic Chemistry Student:  Andrew Rice, Natalie Kidd, Benjamin McGowan, Connor […]

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Gamma Sigma Epsilon Inducts 2016 class

The Delta Beta chapter of Gamma Sigma Epsilon, a national chemistry honorary society, inducted the 2016 class on April 7th.  Students majoring or minoring in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering are eligible for GSE after completing 14 credit hours of chemistry courses with a B+ average or better. 2016 inductees are:  Amira Abbas, Madison Brooks, Nicole Chambers, David Charles, Caroline Cunningham, Matthew Delaha, Kyle Furrow, Sara Guertin, Jackson Gunter, Sarah Howard, Addison Iszler, Natalie Kidd, Alexander Lalisan, Christopher Mayhugh, Scott McCormick, […]

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Gupta Receives Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award

Dr. Arunava Gupta, Distinguished Research Professor Chemistry and Chemical & Biological Engineering, will receive the Burnum Distinguished Faculty award on April 20th.  The Burnum award recognizes outstanding UA faculty who have excelled in research and teaching at the Capstone. Dr. Gupta is a world leading research in nanomaterials with applications in information data storage and energy storage. Dr. Gupta will present the award lecture on April 20th at 4:30 PM at the Childhood Development Center. UA News story

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2016 Arduengo Lecture: Douglas Stephan

Lectures FLP Chemistry: New Avenues in Synthesis and Catalysis 12:45 PM, Thursday, April 14, 2016 1093 Shelby Hall (Technical Lecture) Catalysis: Chemistry Changing Your Life and Mine! 3:30 PM, Friday, April 15, 2016 1093 Shelby Hall (General Interest Lecture) Reception to follow in the Shelby Rotunda Biography Douglas W. Stephan is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Doug was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1953, and he obtained his B.Sc. in Chemistry from McMaster University in 1976. Later that […]

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Congratulations December 2015 Graduates

The Department congratulates the students who received degrees in the December graduation ceremony. BS Degree Casey Dalton Logan Ford ACS-Certified Degree Sarah Baudendistel Jacob Owens MS Degree Savannah Reach Preshus Robertson PhD Degree Kimberly Anderson, “The Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Chalcogenide-PEDOT: PSS PolymerComposites for Thermal Energy Conversion.” Advisor: Prof. Greg Szulczewski Steven Kelley, “Isolation of Soft Donor Complexes of D- and F- Block Metals Using Ionic Liquids.” Advisor: Prof. Robin Rogers Garima Kumar, “Investigation of Regulatory and Functional Diversity […]

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