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

Chemistry

Month: December 2017