Congratulations to Dr. Greg Robinson (PhD, 1984) who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. Dr. Robinson earned his PhD under the direction of Prof. Jerry Atwood. He has been a faculty member at the University of Georgia since 1995 and is currently the […]
Read More… aboutGreg Robinson (PhD, ’84) Elected to National Academy of Science
Dr. Martin Bakker and Dr. James Harris have received a $520,000 grant entitled: “spectroscopic and kinetic interrogation of organometallic complexes encapsulated in zeolites for gas-phase alkane oxidation catalysis,” from the National Science Foundation. The project seeks to understand the pathways by which phthalocyanines isolated into the cages of zeolites catalyze oxidation reactions. […]
The Provost has announced that Dr. Jack Dunkle will be promoted to associate professor with tenure effect on August 16, 2021. Dr. Dunkle’s group uses biochemical and structural biology tools to explore the role of RNA in expressing and regulating genetic information. Dr. Dunkle’s research has been supported by NIH. […]
Dr. Tim Snowden is part of team that has received an NIH R21 grant entitled, “A New Paradigm for HIV Treatment: Targeted Degradation of HIV Reverse Transcriptase via the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway.” The $430,000 project is being led by Dr. Robert Reynolds at UAB, and includes co-investigators at UAB and the University Miami, in addition to […]
Dr. Ayanjeet Ghosh has received an early investigator Maximizing Investigator Research Award (MIRA, R35) from NIH. With the $1.8 million award, Dr. Ghosh will seek to understand how the misfolding and aggregation of amyloid proteins is related to pathogenesis in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Dr. Ghosh’s project will investigate the heterogeneities in […]
Read More… aboutDr. Ghosh receives Prestigious NIH R35 grant.
A paper published by Prof. David A. Dixon, the Robert Ramsay Chair, and his collaborators Dr. John Gibson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and Prof. Kirk Peterson (Washington State University) entitled “Activation of water by pentavalent actinide dioxide cations: Characteristic curium reveal by a reactivity turn after americium” Inorg. Chem. 58 (2019) 14005 was recently highlighted […]
Read More… aboutProf. Dixon’s DOE funded research highlighted
March 16, 2020 Dr. Patrick Frantom and his collaborators, Dr. Jack Dunkle and Dr. Wayne Outten (University of South Carolina), have received news that their National Institutes of Health R01 proposal entitled: “Conformational dynamics and allosteric regulation during stress-responsive metallocofactor assembly” has been renewed for another four years. Their work combines biochemical, structural, and genetic […]
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 […]
Read More… aboutDr. Dixon receives President’s Faculty Research 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 […]
A computational study by Dr. David Dixon and coworkers that shows Bk(5+) and Cf(5+) are unusually stable was recently highlighted by the Department of Energy. The work was originally published in Chemistry–A European Journal (2017, 23, 17369). These unstable elements are only available in minute quantities, which makes chemical studies difficult. Through high level computational […]
