“The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 James and Laura Winefordner Summer Research Fellowship. This award, for graduate students in the analytical chemistry division, recognizes overall excellence in research, scholarship, teaching and departmental service. This year, are presenting two awards. The recipients are Candice Ulmer and Tianyuan Xiao.”
Ann R. Stasch Summer Fellowships Recipients Announced
“We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 Ann R. Stasch Summer Fellowships. The endowment honors our first woman doctoral student, Ann R. Stasch, Ph.D., 1956 and recognizes excellence in research, scholarship, teaching, leadership and service.”
Dr. George Christou chosen to receive the 2015-2016 UF Teacher-Scholar of the Year award
“Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, has announced that�Dr. George Christou, Distinguished Professor and Drago Chair, Department of Chemistry, has been chosen to receive the University of Florida Teacher-Scholar of the Year award for 2015-2016.”
Professor Adrian Roitberg awarded a UFRF Professorship
Professor Adrian Roitberg has been named a University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professor for 2016-2019 by the University of Florida Research Foundation. This honor recognizes faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.
Dr. Yost wins a 2015-2016 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
“Congratulations to Dr. Richard A. Yost, nominated by his past PhD students and winner of a 2015-2016 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award.”
Dr. Yost wins a 2015-2016 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
“Congratulations to Dr. Richard A. Yost, nominated by his past PhD students and winner of a 2015-2016 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award.”
Yost group developing marijuana breathalyzer
Working to help police detect drugged driving
Yost group developing marijuana breathalyzer
Working to help police detect drugged driving
Undergraduate researchers in polymer chemistry receive NSF fellowships
“McKenzie Coughlin and Elliot MacKrell, two undergraduate students in the�Sumerlin Research Group, were named recipients of National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. NSF provides these prestigious fellowships to individuals based on their demonstrated potential for significant achievements in science and engineering. Each fellowship provides a stipend and cost of education allowance that totals approximately $138,000 to support their graduate studies. Beginning this fall, McKenzie plans to attend the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, while Elliot will attend Caltech.”
Sumerlin Group has two papers among the Year’s Top Ten Most-Read Papers in Macromolecules
“Two recent papers from the Sumerlin Research Group have been listed among the Top Ten most read articles in�Macromolecules?over the last 12 months. The ?article titled “Room-Temperature Self-Healing Polymers Based on Dynamic-Covalent Boronic Esters,” which was authored by Jessica Cash, Tomohiro Kubo, and Abhijeet Bapat is the number two most read article of the year. This paper describes crosslinked polymers capable of covalently healing themselves after damage. The second paper titled “Expanding the Scope of RAFT Polymerization: Recent Advances and New Horizons” was authored by Megan Hill and Nick Carmean and highlighted recent developments in the field of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization.”