The department is pleased to announce Ashlyn Hale has beenawarded the 2021 Ann R. Stasch Summer Fellowship. Ashlyn received herBachelor’s Degree from the University of Central Florida and is amember of Professor George Christou’s research group. Her researchis in the field of molecular nanoscience and focuses on a bottom-upmolecular approach to Mn-oxo nanomagnets, relevant to … Read more
2021 Charles and Monica Burkett Summer Fellowship
The department is pleased to announce Jonathan Specker hasbeen awarded the 2021 Charles and Monica Burkett Summer Fellowship.Jonathan received his Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana University andis a member of Professor Boone Prentice’s research group. Hisresearch focuses on combining novel gas-phase derivatizationstrategies with imaging mass spectrometry to provide enhancedseparation and structural characterizations for biomolecules relatedto molecular … Read more
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Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Assistant Professor Ramon Alain Miranda Quintana received one of the 2021 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards. Dr. Miranda Quintana was one of 35 recipients of this award (out of 156 applicants nominated by their universities), which is given to young faculty members working on one of the five … Read more
2021 Tarrant Summer Graduate Research Fellowship recipients Announced
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Tarrant Summer Graduate Research Fellowship. The endowment honors Prof. Paul Tarrant, a member of our department from 1946 to 1981, and this award promotes outstanding research for graduate students working in the division of Organic Chemistry. This year’s recipients are Amanda Franceschini Ghilardi, Shengkang Yin, … Read more
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Age is Just a Number, At Least for Kathryn “Kitty” Williams
Chemistry’s own Kathryn “Kitty” Williams recently completed the veterinary technology program through City College and currently volunteers her time at St. Francis Pet Care. You can read the full article here: https://www.wuft.org/news/2021/04/16/age-is-just-a-number-at-least-for-kathryn-kitty-williams/
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RICK YOST AWARDED 2021 PITTSBURGH ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AWARD
Professor Rick Yost has been awarded the 2021 Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award. Dr. Yost is University Professor and Head of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Florida and directs the Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics and the NIH National Metabolomics Consortium. He has received the ASMS Award for Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry, the MSACL … Read more
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Ken Wagener Awarded 2021 ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry
Ken Wagener was awarded the 2021 ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry for his significant contributions in both industry and academia, including pioneering the acyclic diene metathesis polymerization, which launched an entirely new field of synthetic polymer chemistry (Chemical & Engineering News, January 4, 2021). At UF, Prof. George Butler (founder of the Butler Polymer Research Laboratory) previously received … Read more
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Prof. George Christou selected for a Mentor Award by the NHMFL
UF Distinguished Professor and Drago Chair of Chemistry George Christou has been selected for the 2021 Mentor in a Leadership Position award by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), with which he is affiliated. He was nominated by his graduate student Ashlyn Hale on behalf of his present and past group members. This is … Read more
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