Rod Bartlett delivers Lise-Meitner-Minerva Lectureship in Israel

“Prof. Rod Bartlett was selected as the Lise Meitner Lecturer for 2013 for his pioneering coupled-cluster and many-body perturbation theories for electron correlation in atoms, molescules, and solids. Awarded since 1998, the lectureship is a distinction given by the Lise Meitner-Minvera Center to a prominent quantum chemist whose work has had an important impact on … Read more

Townes R. Leigh Prizes Awarded

“The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the recipients of the first annual Townes R. Leigh Prizes for outstanding achievement by first year graduate students. This new award recognizes excellence in coursework, teaching, research and written qualifying examinations.”

Symposium Honors Professor Charles R. Martin on his 60th Birthday

Outside the Box and Across the Interfaces

Pascale Atallah receives the Alec Courtelis Award

“The University of Florida International Center has awarded Pascale Atallah the Alex Courtelis Award, recognizing her for her academic achievements and contributions to the University of Florida and Gainesville community. This prestigious award was first given at the 1996 International Student Awards Ceremony by Louise Courtelis in honor of her late husband, Alec Courtelis, a … Read more

Michael Shulz receives the 2013 Graduate Student Mentoring Award

“The Graduate Student Mentoring award recognizes UF graduate students who take time to help others succeed as graduate or undergraduate students or in K-12 classrooms (i.e., working with K-12 students and/or teachers). The award is particularly designed to acknowledge the mentoring contribution from the graduate students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines, including … Read more

Molecular MANIA 2013!

“Join graduate student volunteers from the Chemistry Department of UF at Halloween Molecular Mania 2013: Chemistry Day at the Oaks Mall. This free annual event features an array of interactive demonstrations designed to convey chemistry concepts to the youth of our community, in a slightly Halloween-esque manner.”

UF Receives Grant to Join National Metabolomics Consortium

By: Claire Baralt

Natali Di Russo Wins The HHMI International Graduate Student Award

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded one of his coveted International graduate student fellowships to chemistry graduate student Natali Di Russo.

Tenure-Track Position in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry

“The Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida announces a search for a tenure track faculty position to begin in Fall 2014. The appointment will be at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. The Department has a special interest in receiving applications from candidates with research interests in synthetic organic chemistry applied to methodology … Read more

Brent Sumerlin named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

“Brent Sumerlin, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).”

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