“Distinguished Professor George Christou is one of 204 chemists worldwide who have been selected for the�Highly Cited Researchers�list published in 2014 by Thompson Reuters. The list contains over 3200 researchers, spanning 21 broad fields of the sciences and social sciences, who have over the period 2002-2012, “earned the distinction by writing the greatest numbers of reports officially designated by Essential Science Indicators? as Highly Cited Papers – ranking among the top one percent most cited for their subject field and year of publication, earning them the mark of exceptional impact.”
Paulo Paioti receives the M.A. Battiste Award.
“We are pleased to announce that the 2014 M. A. Battiste Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, sponsored by Petra Research, was awarded to Paulo Paioti. The award recognizes excellence in synthetic organic chemistry by a 3rd year graduate student who has completed their oral qualifying examination. Mr. Paioti’s work is focused on developing transition metal catalyzed reactions for spiroketal synthesis and ligands for asymmetric catalysis. Congratulations to Paulo!”
Congratulations to the W.M. Jones Award Recipients
“The W. M. Jones Award for Originality and Creativity was endowed by Emeritus Professor William (“Bill”) M. Jones and each year acknowledges an original research proposal idea of a graduate student in the Organic, Inorganic, or Biochemistry Division. The award is judged based on three criteria: originality and impact of the scientific idea, quality and clarity of a short written document, and quality and format of an oral presentation/defense. Past winners can be found on a website devoted to the W. M. Jones Award:�http://old.chem.ufl.edu/research/organicwmjonesaward.shtml.”
Procter and Gamble Awards Announced
“We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Procter & Gamble Awards for excellence in graduate research. These awards are made annually to recognize excellence in research among our upper level graduate students. This year, seven students were chosen by the selections committee. Congratulations to Flavio Cardoso, Natali Di Russo, Joe DuChene, Khanh Ha, Jingjing Qiu, Olivia Risset and Cuichen Wu. Each will receive an honorarium of $500, generously provided by P & G and will have their names placed on the departmental plaque.”
Brent Sumerlin wins the 2014 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award.
“The editors of the Journal of Polymer Science and the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Divisions of the ACS have announced that Brent Sumerlin is the JPS Innovation Award winner for 2014. The award recognizes Brent’s work with functional, “smart” polymers and their integration with biological systems.”
UF-HHMI Science for Life features UF Chemistry Student Mary Garner.
“Congratulations to Mary Gardner, featured student for June 2014 by UF-HHMI Science for Life. UF-HHMI Science for Life is a blog that features current students and exceptional alumni within the University of Florida-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science for Life Program.”
2014-2015 William and Arlene Ruegamer Biochemistry Fellowships
“We are pleased to announce the winners of the William and Arlene Ruegamer Biochemistry Fellowships. Please join us in congratulating Jarrod Mousa and Adam Smith, the 2014-2015 Ruegamer Fellowship recipients.”
Jessica Cash and Dan Dobbins receive the SMART Fellowship
“Join us in congratulating Jessica Cash and Dan Dobbins, who have been selected to receive scholarships under the Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Education Program. Jessica and Dan are both graduate students in Prof. Brent Sumerlin’s research group.”
2014 James and Laura Winefordner Graduate Fellowship
“The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2014 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 and will be a lasting tradition in the department.”
Four selected for 2014 ACS Graduate Research Symposium
“Four fourth-year graduate students in the Organic Division, a record number, have been selected for participation in the 2014 Graduate Research Symposium hosted by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Organic Chemistry. They will join about 40 other graduate students chosen from across the United States. The students will present their research at the symposium, held July 24-27, 2014 at the University of California, Irvine. They will meet with leaders from academia, industry, various funding agencies, and publishers at the event. Please read about each our honored students below.”