Four faculty members receive 2017-2020 University Term Professorship Awards

Congratulations go out to professors Steve Bruner, Rebecca Butcher, Jon Stewart, and David Wei who were selected to receive University Term Professorship Awards this year. These UF professorship awards have a duration of three years and recognize faculty for their superior academic accomplishments. Thank you Steve, Rebecca, Jon, and David for your outstanding work in … Read more

A look back at the birth of the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer

The triple quadrupole mass spectrometer has become the most common mass spectrometer in the world today, with sales of over $1 billion per year. It is today the gold standard for quantitative analysis in metabolomics, clinical analysis, drug discovery and development, environmental analysis, and a wide variety of other application areas. That invention, by Professors … Read more

Prof. Christou’s group publishes three Nature papers in three months

Distinguished Professor George Christou’s group has published three papers in Nature journals during the fall semester. They are the initial publications from three new directions in his program. Two are in ‘molecular nanoscience’ projects targeting bottom-up syntheses of monodisperse nanoparticles of important metal oxides: “Molecular analogue of the perovskite repeating unit and evidence for direct … Read more

Sebastian Acosta-Calle receives the 2017 Keaffaber Scholar Award

Congratulations to Sebastian Acosta-Calle, who has been named the recipient of the 2017 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, Jr.) and … Read more

Wei Group published in Chemical Reviews

“A paper from the�Wei group�has been published in Chemical Reviews. The article titled “Surface-Plasmon-Driven Hot Electron Photochemistry” reports the recent theoretical and experimental approaches for understanding the underlying photophysical processes in hot electron generation and discusses various electron-transfer models on both plasmonic metal nanostructures and plasmonic metal/semiconductor heterostructures. The review highlights the plasmon-driven hot electron … Read more

Simple installation of ?-substituents on unprotected amines

“The Seidel group has recently published a method for the direct ?-C?H bond functionalization of cyclic secondary amines, ubiquitous core structures of bioactive natural products and pharmaceutical drugs. No protecting groups or transition metals are required, enabling the synthesis of ?-substituted amines in a simple one-pot process.”

Simple installation of α-substituents on unprotected amines

The Seidel group has recently published a method for the direct α-C–H bond functionalization of cyclic secondary amines, ubiquitous core structures of bioactive natural products and pharmaceutical drugs. No protecting groups or transition metals are required, enabling the synthesis of α-substituted amines in a simple one-pot process. Article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2871Article highlight: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41570-017-0104

Leigh Prizes 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 2016 Ph.D. class are, pictured from left to right, John Usala, Jacob Lessard, Elham … Read more

Professor Ron Castellano receives SEC Faculty Travel grant

Professor Ron Castellano recently received a Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Travel grant from the Office of the Provost. More than 100 faculty members from all 14 Southeastern Conference universities will take part in the 2017-18 SEC Faculty Travel Program. The program, in its sixth year, provides support for selected individuals to collaborate with colleagues at … Read more

Professor Adam Veige wins JSPS Fellowship–Will travel to Japan

Congratulations to Adam Veige for winning a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship for Research in Japan. JSPS invitation fellowships are designed to enable Japanese researchers to invite their overseas colleagues to Japan to participate in cooperative work and other academic activities. As such, Dr. Veige will travel to Japan and spend … Read more

Chemistry

Year: 2017