Chemistry

Dr. Martina T. Sumner is joining the faculty of the Department of Chemistry immediately as a senior lecturer in our general chemistry program.

“Congratulations to UF Chemistry�Professor Coray Colina, one of three editors of�Introduction to Scientific and Technical Computing, recently published by CRC Press. They created this practical book to help scientists and engineers write computer code.”

“Professor Brent Sumerlin has received the 2016 Hanwha-Total Young Scientist Award from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). This internationally competitive award is dedicated to outstanding scientists and sponsored by Hanwha-Total (formerly Samsung-Total). The prize was first awarded on the occasion of MACRO 2004 (Paris) and is granted biannually on the occasion of the IUPAC World Polymer Congress, being held this year in Istanbul, Turkey in July.”

The William R. & Arlene F. Ruegamer Scholarship Fund recognizes overall excellence in biochemistry research. We are pleased to announce that the recipients of this year’s Ruegamer Biochemistry Awards are Erica Amato and Likui Feng.

The Analytical Division is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual Bates and Laitinen awards.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Eastman Chemical Summer Fellowships.

“Distinguished Professor George Christou has been selected to receive the 2016�Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry�from the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom. He will receive a medal and certificate at the awards ceremony in London in November, and will carry out a lecture tour of UK universities during 2017 as the Nyholm Lecturer. The Nyholm Prize is given every two years to recognize excellence by an inorganic chemist who has established a high quality and high impact research program. It commemorates the life and work of Sir Ronald Nyholm, who was President of the RSC from 1968 to 1970 and, in addition to his outstanding inorganic research activities, was also an ardent campaigner for the improvement of science education.”

“Congratulations to Naga Sandhya (Sandy) Guntaka, who won the�Best Poster Award�for her poster, “Exploring drug targets in the colibactin biosynthetic pathway” at the 2016 UF Drug Discovery Symposium.”

Professor Rebecca A. Butcher has been awarded the 2016 Sigma Xi Junior Faculty Research Award. The UF Chapter of Sigma Xi awards the Faculty Research Award to a faculty member to recognize his or her outstanding contribution to the support of undergraduate student research. Prof. Butcher was recognized at the annual Sigma Xi banquet.

“ACS President Donna J. Nelson (right) poses with Vanecia Young of the University of Florida, during the Women Chemists Committee luncheon. Young is the first African American woman to receive tenure at a top 50 chemistry department.”