Profs. Christou and Stanton part of DOE Energy Frontier Research Center awarded to UF

The Department of Energy has awarded an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) to UF. The application, spearheaded by UF physics professor, Hai-Ping Cheng, is funded at the level of $10.5M over four years. DOE awarded 42 new EFRC?s in its latest solicitation, and UF?s was the only one led by an institution in Florida; it … Read more

2018 Ruegamer Scholarship Award Announced

The William R. & Arlene F. Ruegamer Scholarship Fund recognizes overall excellence in biochemistry research. We are pleased to announce that the recipient of this year’s Ruegamer Biochemistry Awards is Prabhanshu Tripathi. Prabhanshu is a member of Prof. Bruner’s research group and studies the self-resistance mechanism of bacteria linked with colorectal cancer. Congratulations Prabhanshu!

2018 Jones Award Announced

The W. M. Jones Award for Originality and Creativity was endowed by Emeritus Professor William (“Bill”) M. Jones and each year acknowledges an original research proposal idea of a graduate student in the Organic, Inorganic, or Biochemistry Division. The award is judged based on three criteria: originality and impact of the scientific idea, quality and … Read more

2018 M.A. Battiste Award Announced

We are pleased to announce that the 2018 M. A. Battiste Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, sponsored by Petra Research, was awarded to Eddie Laguna. The award recognizes excellence in synthetic organic chemistry by a 3rd year graduate student who has completed their oral qualifying examination. Eddie?s work is focused on the … Read more

2018 Vala Research Award Announced

“The Vala Research Award, bestowed biannually and interleaved with a companion Vala Teaching Award, recognizes creativity and originality in research. Research proposals orthogonal to the students current PhD direction are submitted both in writing and as a live presentation are evaluated objectively by a the awards committee. After rigorous competition and scoring, the 2018 recipient … Read more

Dr. Alberto Perez, New Assistant Professor in the Physical Chemistry Division

The Chemistry Department welcomes Dr. Alberto Perez to the Physical Chemistry division to contribute to the strengths of the department in computational models of macromolecules. Dr. Perez got his PhD in the University of Barcelona (Spain) under the supervision of Modesto Orozco and F. Javier Luque. He later joint Ken Dill?s lab first at UCSF … Read more

Dr. Miguel Angel Mendez Polanco, New General Chemistry Lecturer

Dr. Miguel Angel Mendez Polanco is a chemist trained in computational and experimental techniques, interested in various problems at the interface of Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science. He earned his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania, and performed postdoctoral work at MIT (MechE). His work includes computational modeling of materials (bulk, surfaces, and interfaces) for … Read more

Dr. Matthew Eddy – New Assistant Professor in Chemical Biology and Physical Chemistry Divisions

The UF Department of Chemistry is excited to welcome Dr. Matthew Eddy as a new assistant professor in the divisions of chemical biology and physical chemistry. Dr. Eddy earned his undergraduate degree at Oberlin College, mentored by Professor Manish Mehta, and his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the laboratory of solid state … Read more

Dr. Boone Prentice, new Preeminence in Metabolomics Analytical Assistant Professor

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Dr. Boone Prentice will join the University of Florida this fall. Professor Prentice received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Purdue University under the mentorship of Professor Scott McLuckey. He then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University with Professor … Read more

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Month: August 2018