The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Coray Colina of University of Florida has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Mexico. Colina will research/lecture at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico as part of a project to perform research on Molecular Chimeras for Opioid … Read more
Wei group published in Energy & Environmental Science
A research paper from the Wei group has been published in Energy & Environmental Science–the top leading journal in the energy field with a 2018 impact factor of 33.250 and five-year impact factor of 32.826. The article titled “Modulating Multi-Hole Reaction Pathways for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation on Gold Nanocatalysts” reports a discovery that catechol molecules … Read more
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Wei group published in JACS
A research paper from the Wei group has been published in JACS. The article titled “Cooperation of Hot Holes and Surface Adsorbates in Plasmon-Driven Anisotropic Growth of Gold Nanostars” reports a discovery that plasmon-generated hot holes work with surface adsorbates collectively to control the anisotropic growth of gold (Au) nanostructures. Specifically, it is found that … Read more
Search Committee Meeting
There will be a General Chemistry Lecturer Search Committee Meeting in CCB 202 at 4:30pm.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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