2017 James and Laura Winefordner Scholarship announced

The Analytical Chemistry Division is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2017 James and Laura Winefordner Summer Graduate Scholarship, Ms. Juliette Experton. Juliette is a graduate of Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon and a member of Professor Charles Martin’s research group. Her dissertation research focuses on electroporation using a newly developed gold-microtube membrane. Congratulations … Read more

2017 Tarrant Summer Graduate Research Scholarships

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the second annual 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 Adrian Figg and Danielle Fagnani. Adrian … Read more

New chemistry building opens its doors

“…the striking new chemistry/chemical biology building sits on the corner of Buckman Drive and University Avenue as if it always should have been there. The building’s dedication took place on Friday, April 21.” “‘Chemistry is a symbol for what a 21st-century land-grant university should be. Even on our own campus, people don’t realize what a … Read more

UF names Professor Adam Veige as a UFRF Professors for 2017-2020

The University of Florida Research Foundation named�Professor Adam Veige�as one of 34 UFRF Professors for 2017-2020. UF recognizes faculty members for having distinguished current records of research and strong research agendas likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.

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

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

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

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

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

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