Dwight Bailey, Author at Chemistry

Prof Lisa McElwee-White is the 2024 Gassman Awardee

The Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award has been bestowed upon Professor Lisa McElwee-White for her many significant contributions to the Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) and the organic chemistry community. As a member of the DOC’s Executive Committee, she served as national Program Chair, Member-at-Large, and Chair. From 2006 to 2024 she, along with … Read more

Dr. Julien Papillon and Prof. Christopher Vanderwal visits UF Chemistry Dept.

The Organic Division hosted Dr. Julien Papillon (Novartis, left) and Prof. Christopher Vanderwal (University of California at Irvine). Thank you to Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research for sponsoring the Novartis Chemical Science Lectureship at the University of Florida.

Jordan Levi and Guancen Liu are co-recipients of the 2019 Keaffaber Scholar Award

Congratulations to Jordan Levi and Guancen Liu who have been named co-recipients of the 2019 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, … Read more

Carter Boelke Wins Research Poster Award

Congratulations to Carter Boelke for his excellent research achievements! Carter won 1st place at UF’s annual GRACE symposium and 2nd place in his division of Catalysis & Reaction Engineering at the 2019 Annual AIChE Student Conference. Carter is currently a third year chemical engineering major who has been working in Dr. Wei’s research group for … Read more

Dr. Wei Accepted 2019 UFRF Professorship Award

Congratulations to Dr. David Wei on receiving the University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorship. Photo with our chair Dr. Lisa McElwee-White (left) and our dean Dr. David E. Richardson (right) at the 2019 Professorship Awards Luncheon.

Dr. Guo received an Innovation of the Year Award from UF

Dr. Zhongwu Guo, UF Professor of Chemistry and Steven and Rebecca Scott Chair, recently received a UF Innovation of the Year Award for his creative work about the synthesis of glycosphingolipids, a research project supported by NSF.

Dr. Guo received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from NIH

Dr. Zhongwu Guo, UF Professor of Chemistry and Steven and Rebecca Scott Chair, recently received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) of more than 1.6 Million Dollars from NIH to support his research about glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchorage of proteins to the cell membrane.

Dr. Wei Named University of Florida Research Foundation Professor

Wei David Wei, Ph.D., was named University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professor for 2019-2022. The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.

Dr. Roitberg Awarded NSF Grant of Nearly 1 Million Dollars

“UF Professor of Chemistry, Adrian Roitberg is part of a team that was recently awarded an NSF grant of nearly $1 million.”

Search Committee Meeting

There will be a General Chemistry Lecturer Search Committee Meeting in CCB 202 at 4:30pm.

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Author: Dwight Bailey