Congratulations to the following students who received degrees at the August Commencement ceremony: PhD Dr. Silas E. Brown, The Determination of Cr(III)’s Mode of Binding DNA advisor: Dr. John Vincent Dr. Xiaoli Liang, Carbohydrate Sensing Using Boronic Acid Modified Polymers advisor: Dr. Marco Bonizzoni Dr. Molly Lockart, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of Drug Binding in Cytochrome P450 Enzymes advisor: Dr. Michael Bowman Dr. Yanxiao Ma, Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Applications in Light Scattering Spectroelectrochemistry and Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting advisor: Dr. Shanlin Pan Dr. […]
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Dr. Dixon receives President’s Faculty Research Award
Dr. David Dixon received the 2019 President’s Research Award in the senior investigator category. The President’s research award is given to one faculty member at the emerging, mid-career, and senior investigator level in each of three areas of research each year. Dr. Dixon is recognized for his significant contributions to computational and theoretical chemistry as a faculty member at the University. Dr. Dixon has published over 700 peer-reviewed papers that have been cited over 25,000 times. He has received over […]
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Dr. Leung discusses large classroom strategies on the Teaching Hub
Dr. Diana Leung has published an article on the Teaching Hub blog describing strategies for providing hand written notes in large classrooms where writing on a whiteboard is not practical. Dr. Leung highlights the pros and cons of several technological approaches that can be used in UA classrooms.
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Dr. Dixon receives UA Blackmon-Moody award
Dr. David Dixon, Ramsay Professor of Chemistry, received the 2018 Frederick Moody Blackmon and Sarah McCorkle Moody Outstanding Professor Award. The Blackmon-Moody award recognizes a faculty member for a singular, exceptional, or timely work that brings credit to the profession and The University of Alabama. Dr. Dixon is recognized for his singular contributions to the field of computational chemistry. In particular, the development of the Feller-Peterson-Dixon that allows highly accurate chemical calculations to be performed at a lower computational cost. […]
Research image featured in C&EN
A picture of crystals of N-methanesulfonyl azetidine taken by PhD student Chip Reisman were featured in Chemical & Engineering News. Chip uses this compound to prepare poly(azetidine) in Dr. Paul Rupar’s group.
Students organize ACS Symposium
Graduate students Michael Ihde, Xiaoli Liang, and Yifei Xu from Dr. Bonizzoni’s group along with Joshua Tropp from the University of Southern Mississippi were selected to organize a student-led symposium in the Division of Analytical Chemistry at the Fall ACS Meeting. The symposium entitled, “Supramolecular Analytical Chemistry” featured a number of leading researchers in the area.
Congratulations August Graduates
The Department congratulates students who received their degrees at the August Commencement ceremony. PhD Chinenyeze I. Nwankwoala, Redox Auxiliary Mediated Catalysis of Organic Thermal Reactions Stilbene Isomerization and Aza-Claisen Rearrangement Advisor: Dr. Silas Blackstock MS Farhad Akbari Afkhami Kyle G. Black Chance M. Boudreaux Nneamaka Enweani David B. Frempong Zachary R. Lee Chelsea L. McMillen Nicholas J. White BS Cortlyn M. Boyd
Kress receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to chemistry alumna Rachel Kress, who has received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Rachel graduated summa cum laude with an ACS-certified Chemistry degree in May 2017. She performed undergraduate research with Dr. David Nikles on developing a method for determining local temperatures of nanoparticles. She is currently in the PhD program at Rice University. The NSF GRF program supports outstanding students in the pursuit of research-based masters and PhD degrees. An NSF Graduate Research Fellowship is a highly prestigious […]
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Dr. Ayanjeet Ghosh Joins the Faculty
Dr. Ayanjeet Ghosh, currently a postdoctoral associate at the University of Illinois, will join the Department as an assistant professor in physical chemistry in August. Dr. Ghosh earned his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 2-D IR spectroscopy. He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Ghosh’s research will employ infrared spectroscopy as a means to provide chemical contrast in optical and atomic force microscopy. He will seek to extend the […]
Congratulations Graduates
The department is pleased to congratulate students receiving degrees at the May commencement ceremony. PhD Juliette Commodore, Mass Spectrometry Studies of Peptides Cationized by Trivalent Metal Ions Advisor: Dr. Carolyn Cassady Dokyong Kim, Investigation of Protein-Protein Interactions in the SUF Pathway for FE-S Cluster Assembly in Escherichia Coli Advisor: Dr. Patrick Frantom John Lightcap, Observation and Electronic Properties of Reactive Intermediates from Measurement and Electronic Structure Calculations Advisor: Dr. David Dixon Sefadzi Tay Agbozo, Characterization of the Carotenoid Cis-Bixin Advisors: […]