Mary Garner Receives an NSF Fellowship Award

“Mary Garner, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Adam Veige’s lab in the Department of Chemistry at UF, has been honored with a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The total value of each award exceeds $100,000 over a three-year period. Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious honors a graduate student can receive. … Read more

Cuichen Wu selected to receive a 2014 ACS Graduate Fellowship

“Cuichen (Sam) Wu, a Ph.D. candidate in Professor Weihong Tan’s research group of the Chemistry Department, has been selected to receive a 2014 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) Graduate Fellowship. This award is given only to 7 or 8 graduate students in the US and Canada annually.”

Michelle Reid Receives an NSF Fellowship Award

“Michelle Reid, first-year graduate student seeking a Ph.D. within the Department of Chemistry at UF, has been honored with National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The total value of each award exceeds $100,000 over a three-year period. Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious honors a graduate student can receive, this year, the … Read more

Professor Butcher Named Cottrell Scholar

“Rebecca A. Butcher, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at UF, recently has been named a Cottrell Scholar. The Cottrell Scholar Awards recognize early career faculty members who are committed to excel at both research and teaching. These awards are named in honor of Frederick Gardner Cottrell, scientist, inventor and philanthropist. Cottrell founded what is now the … Read more

Professor Butcher Awarded 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship

“Congratulations to Professor Rebecca A. Butcher on being named a 2014 Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The foundation seeks to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. Professor Butcher is one of only twenty-three chemists to receive this award in 2014. Sloan Fellows receive $50,000 for a … Read more

Prof. Lisa McElwee-White featured on the ACS Organic Division website

“Professor Lisa McElwee-White is featured this month on the ACS Organic Division website within their Eminent organic chemist initiative,�The Human Side. Here, you can view information about Dr. McElwee-White, her research interests, and her projects.”

Professor Weihong Tan named Associate Editor for the Analytical Chemistry journal

“Dr. Weihong Tan, Distinguished Professor and V. T. and Louis Jackson Professor of Chemistry, has been named an Associate Editor for�Analytical Chemistry, the leading journal in the field of analytical chemistry. Prof. Tan is a member of the Shands Cancer Center and the McKnight Brain Institute, and he serves as Associate Director for The Center … Read more

Adrian Roitberg elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society

“Adrian Roitberg, a professor in chemistry and affiliate in the physics department, has been elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society. This is an honor reserved to the top 0.5{3c0caad52c08e46b57c1dc946e6f87c810c2d6c46589b97ffcbbf8f3a9791f0d} of the society’s membership.”

Commendable ACS Student Chapter Award

“Congratulations to the UF Chemistry Club, formally known as the UF SAACS (Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society) Chapter, for being recognized with a Commendable Student Chapter Award on the basis of their 2012-2013 activities. Leadership for the year was offered by the following elected officers: Erika Klump (President), Claire Ziewitz (Vice President), Ben … Read more

2013 Keaffaber Scholar Award

“Congratulations to Anthony Quartararo who has been named the recipient of the inaugural 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) and pursued … Read more

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