Michael Schulz wins the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

“Graduate student Michael Schulz recently took first place and the chance to continue on in the regional competition in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) sponsored by the University of Florida Graduate School, in collaboration with I-Cubed and GSAC. Forty-one graduate students from the University of Florida participated in the competition to compress their graduate research … Read more

Michael Schulz receives 2014-15 Fulbright US Student Award

“Michael Schulz has been selected for a 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Germany. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program of the United States. He will represent the country as a cultural ambassador while he is overseas, helping to enhance mutual understanding between Americans and the people in Germany. Michael will … Read more

Mary Garner Receives an NSF Fellowship Award

“Mary Garner, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Adam Veige’s lab in the Department of Chemistry at UF, has been honored with a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The total value of each award exceeds $100,000 over a three-year period. Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious honors a graduate student can receive. … Read more

Cuichen Wu selected to receive a 2014 ACS Graduate Fellowship

“Cuichen (Sam) Wu, a Ph.D. candidate in Professor Weihong Tan’s research group of the Chemistry Department, has been selected to receive a 2014 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) Graduate Fellowship. This award is given only to 7 or 8 graduate students in the US and Canada annually.”

Michelle Reid Receives an NSF Fellowship Award

“Michelle Reid, first-year graduate student seeking a Ph.D. within the Department of Chemistry at UF, has been honored with National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The total value of each award exceeds $100,000 over a three-year period. Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious honors a graduate student can receive, this year, the … Read more

Professor Butcher Named Cottrell Scholar

“Rebecca A. Butcher, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at UF, recently has been named a Cottrell Scholar. The Cottrell Scholar Awards recognize early career faculty members who are committed to excel at both research and teaching. These awards are named in honor of Frederick Gardner Cottrell, scientist, inventor and philanthropist. Cottrell founded what is now the … Read more

Professor Butcher Awarded 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship

“Congratulations to Professor Rebecca A. Butcher on being named a 2014 Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The foundation seeks to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. Professor Butcher is one of only twenty-three chemists to receive this award in 2014. Sloan Fellows receive $50,000 for a … Read more

Professor Butcher Awarded 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship

Prof. Lisa McElwee-White featured on the ACS Organic Division website

“Professor Lisa McElwee-White is featured this month on the ACS Organic Division website within their Eminent organic chemist initiative,�The Human Side. Here, you can view information about Dr. McElwee-White, her research interests, and her projects.”

Professor Weihong Tan named Associate Editor for the Analytical Chemistry journal

“Dr. Weihong Tan, Distinguished Professor and V. T. and Louis Jackson Professor of Chemistry, has been named an Associate Editor for�Analytical Chemistry, the leading journal in the field of analytical chemistry. Prof. Tan is a member of the Shands Cancer Center and the McKnight Brain Institute, and he serves as Associate Director for The Center … Read more

Chemistry

Year: 2014