Ken Wagener Awarded 2021 ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry

Ken Wagener was awarded the 2021 ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry for his significant contributions in both industry and academia, including pioneering the acyclic diene metathesis polymerization, which launched an entirely new field of synthetic polymer chemistry (Chemical & Engineering News, January 4, 2021). At UF, Prof. George Butler (founder of the Butler Polymer Research Laboratory) previously received … Read more

Robin Kemperman Named the 2020 Sheridan Fellow

The UF Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Mr. Robin H.J. Kemperman is named the Howard and Brenda Sheridan Fellow of 2020. Robin is a graduate of the HAN University of Applied Sciences and is currently finishing up his Ph.D. under the direction of Dr. Yost. His dissertation research focuses on the fields … Read more

2020 Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship

We are pleased to announce that Christopher Brewer has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship, which is one of the AVS National Student Awards. This award is to recognize and encourage excellence in graduate studies in science that is of interest to AVS. Christopher Brewer received … Read more

The collaboration of Wei group and Angerhofer group published in JACS

A collaboration paper from the Wei group and Angerhofer group has been published in JACS. The article titled “Manipulating Atomic Structures at the Au/TiO2 Interface for O2 Activation” reports a discovery of new science in an old catalytic system (Au/TiO2) by demonstrating how the manipulation of atomic structures at the Au/TiO2 interface significantly altered the … Read more

Jordan Levi and Guancen Liu are co-recipients of the 2019 Keaffaber Scholar Award

Congratulations to Jordan Levi and Guancen Liu who have been named co-recipients of the 2019 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, … Read more

Carter Boelke Wins Research Poster Award

Congratulations to Carter Boelke for his excellent research achievements! Carter won 1st place at UF’s annual GRACE symposium and 2nd place in his division of Catalysis & Reaction Engineering at the 2019 Annual AIChE Student Conference. Carter is currently a third year chemical engineering major who has been working in Dr. Wei’s research group for … Read more

Dr. Wei Accepted 2019 UFRF Professorship Award

Congratulations to Dr. David Wei on receiving the University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorship. Photo with our chair Dr. Lisa McElwee-White (left) and our dean Dr. David E. Richardson (right) at the 2019 Professorship Awards Luncheon.

Dr. Guo received an Innovation of the Year Award from UF

Dr. Zhongwu Guo, UF Professor of Chemistry and Steven and Rebecca Scott Chair, recently received a UF Innovation of the Year Award for his creative work about the synthesis of glycosphingolipids, a research project supported by NSF.

Dr. Guo received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from NIH

Dr. Zhongwu Guo, UF Professor of Chemistry and Steven and Rebecca Scott Chair, recently received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) of more than 1.6 Million Dollars from NIH to support his research about glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchorage of proteins to the cell membrane.

Dr. Wei Named University of Florida Research Foundation Professor

Wei David Wei, Ph.D., was named University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professor for 2019-2022. The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.

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