Adrian Roitberg elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society

“Adrian Roitberg, a professor in chemistry and affiliate in the physics department, has been elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society. This is an honor reserved to the top 0.5{3c0caad52c08e46b57c1dc946e6f87c810c2d6c46589b97ffcbbf8f3a9791f0d} of the society’s membership.”

Commendable ACS Student Chapter Award

“Congratulations to the UF Chemistry Club, formally known as the UF SAACS (Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society) Chapter, for being recognized with a Commendable Student Chapter Award on the basis of their 2012-2013 activities. Leadership for the year was offered by the following elected officers: Erika Klump (President), Claire Ziewitz (Vice President), Ben … Read more

2013 Keaffaber Scholar Award

“Congratulations to Anthony Quartararo who has been named the recipient of the inaugural Keaffaber Scholar Award. The award has been made possible through the generosity of Dr. Jeffrey Keaffaber, a longtime friend and supporter of the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Keaffaber received his Ph.D. from the Department in 1989 (with Prof. William Dolbier) and pursued … Read more

Rod Bartlett delivers Lise-Meitner-Minerva Lectureship in Israel

“Prof. Rod Bartlett was selected as the Lise Meitner Lecturer for 2013 for his pioneering coupled-cluster and many-body perturbation theories for electron correlation in atoms, molescules, and solids. Awarded since 1998, the lectureship is a distinction given by the Lise Meitner-Minvera Center to a prominent quantum chemist whose work has had an important impact on … Read more

Townes R. Leigh Prizes Awarded

“The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the recipients of the first annual Townes R. Leigh Prizes for outstanding achievement by first year graduate students. This new award recognizes excellence in coursework, teaching, research and written qualifying examinations.”

Symposium Honors Professor Charles R. Martin on his 60th Birthday

Outside the Box and Across the Interfaces

Aponick Group Research Highlighted in Nature Chemistry

“In the Aponick group, Flavio Cardoso has been studying the preparation of a new class of biaryl ligands for asymmetric catalysis. Biaryls containing 5-membered heterocycles were hypothesized to be excellent P,N-ligands, but their preparation as a single enantiomer required new design strategies. Cardoso and Aponick, with Khalil Abboud, recently published their new approach involving ground … Read more

Aponick Group Research Highlighted in Nature Chemistry

Pascale Atallah receives the Alec Courtelis Award

“The University of Florida International Center has awarded Pascale Atallah the Alex Courtelis Award, recognizing her for her academic achievements and contributions to the University of Florida and Gainesville community. This prestigious award was first given at the 1996 International Student Awards Ceremony by Louise Courtelis in honor of her late husband, Alec Courtelis, a … Read more

Michael Shulz receives the 2013 Graduate Student Mentoring Award

“The Graduate Student Mentoring award recognizes UF graduate students who take time to help others succeed as graduate or undergraduate students or in K-12 classrooms (i.e., working with K-12 students and/or teachers). The award is particularly designed to acknowledge the mentoring contribution from the graduate students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines, including … Read more

Chemistry

Year: 2013