Dr. Wagener Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Polymer Science

Congratulations to Dr. Wagener for receiving the 2018 CLAS Faculty Achievement Award and 2019 Tosoh Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions in the field! Wagener Research Group

Prof. Yost’s Contribution to Mass Spectrometry in C&EN

The March 5th issue of American Chemical Society’s weekly magazine, Chemical & Engineering News, features an article about how Dr. Christie Enke and Dr. Richard Yost developed the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The article explains the history and how it became the most commonly used mass spectrometer in the world today. Read the article “As … Read more

The Department of Chemistry Holds its Annual Recruiting Weekend

The Chemistry Department held its annual recruiting weekend March 23rd-25th. We were happy to host nearly 50 prospective students who participated in a mix of professional and social activities. An enjoyable weekend was had by all!

FloHet 2018 Held in Chemistry/Chemical Biology

The 18th Florida Heterocyclic and Synthetic Conference (FloHet 2018) was held in Chemistry/Chemical Biology, March 4th-7th. The meeting, organized locally by Profs Aaron Aponick, Alex Grenning, and Bill Dolbier, brought together more than 250 academic and industrial chemists from the state of Florida, from across the country, and from overseas too! FloHet is a celebration … Read more

Professor Weihong Tan receives the ACS Award in Spectrochemical Analysis from ACS Analytical Chemistry Division

University Distinguished Professor Weihong Tan, also the V. T. and Louis Jackson Professor, has been selected to receive the 2018 ACS (American Chemical Society) Award in Spectrochemical Analysis. This award is given annually by the ACS Analytical Chemistry Division to analytical chemists who “advance the fields of spectrochemical analysis and optical spectrometry.” This award recognizes … Read more

Professor Daniel Seidel has joined the Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry welcomes Daniel Seidel and his research group to the University of Florida. Professor Seidel received his Ph.D. from UT Austin with Jonathan Sessler and did postdoctoral work at Harvard University with David Evans before joining the faculty at Rutgers University where he established a research program in synthetic organic chemistry with … Read more

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Year: 2018