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Search Committee Meeting

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

Melanie Veige Launches CHM2045L Bootcamp for UF Online

“The Director of General Chemistry, Melanie Veige, has launched the inaugural CHM2045L bootcamp lab for UF Online students over Summer A 2019. Students first participate in a short online course, developed by Mrs. Veige and instructional designers from the Center for Online Innovation and Production. Students then attend lab in-person for two weeks to perform … Read more

Ehsan Fereyduni Designated a 2019 CAS Future Leader

Grenning Lab rising 5th year graduate studentEhsan Fereyduni is designated a 2019 CAS Future Leader. CAS Future Leaders are “an elite group of Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers from around the world that will visit CAS headquarters in Columbus, Ohio and blaze a trail toward scientific leadership.? The Department of Chemistry congratulates Ehsan for his … Read more

New Faculty Hire: Alix Rexford – Biochemistry Lecturer

Dr. Rexford received her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the College of Charleston. She earned her PhD in Biochemistry at Florida State University studying protein-protein interactions involved with the activation of the glycolytic enzyme glucokinase under the guidance of Dr. Brian Miller. Since 2016 she has taught chemistry and biochemistry at Florida State University. Dr. … Read more

Christopher Brewer Receives UF Graduate Student Mentoring Award

Christopher Brewer has been honored with the UF Graduate Student Mentoring Award. This award is presented by the UF Graduate School and all graduate students at UF are eligible. Brewer is a fourth year graduate student in the McElwee-White lab. During his time here he has mentored two undergraduate students (Olivia Hawkins and Nicholas Sheehan) … Read more

Ashley Erb and Chris Brewer Received Graduate Teaching Awards

Ashley Erb is a second year graduate student in the Aponick group, who has been teaching in our CHM2211L lab course for two years. For Ashley, Organic Chemistry really energizes her and she strives to pass on this enthusiasm to her students. Ashley’s skills as an instructor have recently been recognized by both the Chemistry … Read more

Robin Kemperman – Named UF’s Outstanding Graduate Student of 2019

Robin is a Ph.D. Candidate in the department of chemistry and works under the direction of Dr. Yost. He was chosen for the Outstanding Graduate Student Award by the Graduate Student Council at UF for the year of 2019. This award is only awarded to 2 out of roughly 17,000 UF graduate students annually for … Read more

Undergraduate researcher in biological chemistry receives CLAS Scholars Award

Alexander Duong, an undergraduate researcher in the Eddy Research Group, was recently named a recipient of a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Scholar Award. UF CLAS provides this award to high achieving undergraduate students who show great promise for making significant contributions to original scientific research, and the award provides undergraduate students an … Read more

2019 Tarrant Awards Announced

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Tarrant Summer Graduate Research Scholarships. 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 Ehsan Fereyduni and Jacob Lessard. … Read more

2019 James and Laura Winefordner Summer Graduate Scholarship Announced

The Analytical Chemistry Division is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2019 James and Laura Winefordner Summer Graduate Scholarship, Mr. Robin Kemperman. Robin is a graduate of HAN University and Applied Sciences and a member of Professor Rick Yost’s research group. His dissertation research focuses on targeted metabolite isomer separation with as goal to … Read more

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