Leslie Murray recognized as an Emerging Investigator in Bioinorganic Chemistry

“Leslie Murray was named as one of 17 emerging investigators in the field of bioinorganic chemistry in the ACS Select Virtual Issue published online in the journal,�Inorganic Chemistry. All investigators from this list received their doctoral degrees since 2004, have published their work and ACS journals mostly in 2014 or 2015. The editorial by the … Read more

Townes R. Leigh Prize Recipients Announced

“The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual Townes R. Leigh Prizes for outstanding achievement by first year graduate students.�This award recognizes excellence in coursework, teaching, research, and written qualifying examinations. The recipients from the 2014-15 Ph.D. class are, pictured from left to right, John Cain, Robin Kemperman, Michael Sims, … Read more

Lauren McCarthy receives the 2015 Keaffaber Scholar Award.

“Congratulations to Lauren McCarthy who has been named the recipient of the 2015 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

NSF DMREF awards 1.2 million dollars to three UF Physics & Chemistry professors

“Congratulations to Hai-Ping Cheng (Physics), George Christou (Chemistry) and Xiao-Guang Zhang (Physics), who have received a $1.2 million award from the NSF DMREF program. Inspired by the materials genome initiative, the� focus of this joint theory/experiment, physics/chemistry project� is the search for and design of novel, nano-structured, multifunctional molecular electronic materials.”

NSF DMREF awards 1.2 million dollars to three UF Physics & Chemistry professors

“Congratulations to Hai-Ping Cheng (Physics), George Christou (Chemistry) and Xiao-Guang Zhang (Physics), who have received a $1.2 million award from the NSF DMREF program. Inspired by the materials genome initiative, the� focus of this joint theory/experiment, physics/chemistry project� is the search for and design of novel, nano-structured, multifunctional molecular electronic materials.”

Molecular MANIA 2015!

“UF’s Department of Chemistry, along with the Center for Catalysis, will be hosting Molecular Mania 2015 at the Oaks mall this Saturday, October 31st, from 10am-3pm in the plaza in front of Dillard’s. At this annual event, 40+ graduate student volunteers use 20+ interactive demonstrations to help convey science themes to the youth of the … Read more

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 (“Silver”) Student Chapter Award on the basis of their 2014-2015 activities. Leadership for the year was offered by the following elected officers: McKenzie Coughlin (President), Nick Lee (Vice President), … Read more