Worldwide, over 1 billion people smoke cigarette and 600 million chew betel quid, an addicting mix of areca palm nut that can include tobacco. University of Florida researchers have identified at least one compound derived from the areca nut that targets the nicotinic receptor subtypes involved in nicotine addiction. In a collaboration between Roger L. … Read more
University of Florida researchers have identified addictive nut’s derivatives that could help smokers break their nicotine addictions
“Worldwide, over 1 billion people smoke cigarette and 600 million chew betel quid, an addicting mix of areca palm nut that can include tobacco. University of Florida researchers have identified at least one compound derived from the areca nut that targets the nicotinic receptor subtypes involved in nicotine addiction. In a collaboration between Roger L. … Read more
Prof. George Christou receives a 2017 SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Distinguished Professor George Christou is one of fourteen Southeastern Conference (SEC) faculty members who have been named winners of a 2017 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. Established in 2012, these awards honor one faculty member from each SEC university who has excelled in teaching, research and scholarship. Each winner receives an honorarium from the SEC and … Read more
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Aponick Group research featured on the JACS website masthead
“A recently published paper by the�Aponick Group�is featured on the�JACS�website. The work, entitled “Enantioselective Alkyne Conjugate Addition Enabled by Readily Tuned Atropisomeric P,N-Ligands” describes how moving from the traditional 6-membered atropisomeric biaryl ligand architecture to chiral biaryl ligands containing a 5-membered heterocycle facilitates tuning. By the nature of the scaffold structure, ligand congeners are readily … Read more
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Aponick Group research featured on the JACS website masthead
A recently published paper by the Aponick Group is featured on the JACS website. The work, entitled “Enantioselective Alkyne Conjugate Addition Enabled by Readily Tuned Atropisomeric P,N-Ligands” describes how moving from the traditional 6-membered atropisomeric biaryl ligand architecture to chiral biaryl ligands containing a 5-membered heterocycle facilitates tuning. By the nature of the scaffold structure, ligand congeners … Read more
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Professor Weihong Tan named Associate Editor of JACS
University Distinguished Professor Weihong Tan has been appointed as an Associate Editor of Journal of American Chemical Society (JACS). JACS, founded in 1879, is the flagship journal of the American Chemical Society and the world’s preeminent journal in all of chemistry and interfacing areas of science. In 2015, JACS published 2379 papers with more than … Read more
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Professor Brent Sumerlin appointed as Butler Chair of Polymer Chemistry
Dean Richardson has announced the appointment of Professor Brent Sumerlin to succeed Professor Ken Wagener as Butler Chair of Polymer Chemistry beginning with the fall semester, 2017. Brent joined the Department of Chemistry faculty in 2012 as Associate Professor, moving here from Southern Methodist University, where he had established a widely recognized research program involving … Read more
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Sumerlin Group publishes paper in Chem achieving unprecedented molecular weights for well-defined polymers
In a recent paper in Chem (Cell Press), the Sumerlin Research Group reports a new polymerization strategy that leads to the highest molecular weight polymers ever prepared by a controlled radical polymerization (CRP) method. Developments in CRP have revolutionized polymer chemistry over the last two decades, allowing access to polymers with well-defined and predictable molecular … Read more
Sumerlin Group publishes paper in Chem achieving unprecedented molecular weights for well-defined polymers
“In a recent paper in�Chem�(Cell Press), the Sumerlin Research Group reports a new polymerization strategy that leads to the highest molecular weight polymers ever prepared by a controlled radical polymerization (CRP) method. Developments in CRP have revolutionized polymer chemistry over the last two decades, allowing access to polymers with well-defined and predictable molecular weights, narrow … Read more
UF Chemistry students to organize 2018 ACS Graduate Student Symposium
Congratulations to (pictured left to right) Steven LoCicero, Brooke Barnes, Nate Richey, Yunlu Zhang, Michael Sims, and Rebecca Olsen, who formed a committee and submitted a proposal to organize the Spring 2018 ACS National Meeting Graduate Student Symposium. The current working title of their symposium is, “Finding Our Place at the Bottom: A Symposium in … Read more
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