Chemistry

“Thompson Reuters has identified the Top 100 Materials Scientists over the last decade, as measured by their citation impact. University of Florida Chemistry Professor John Reynolds ranked #69 on this prestigious list. Congratulations!”

“Shreya Mukherjee, a graduate student in Prof. George Christou’s research group, has been selected as a Finalist for the 2011 Association for Academic Women (AAW) Emerging Scholar Award and Madelyn Lockhart Dissertation Fellowship Award. Shreya is one of five graduate students to receive this prestigious award from the University of Florida in 2011. The Finalists each received a $1,000 award from the UF President’s Office to help support them through the final stage of their PhD studies. The award was presented at the Women’s History Month reception and awards ceremony at the President’s House on March 24, 2011. Shreya expects to complete her PhD by December, 2011. The main focus of her PhD thesis is the synthesis and characterization of polynuclear metal clusters with relevance to nanoscale magnetic materials and synthetic models of the water oxidizing complex of Photosystem II.”

“You can make a lot of things out of wood. But the last thing you might imagine is a leisure suit! Researchers in North Central Florida have nevertheless found the key to making polyesters and plastics out of wood. In the technology spotlight, Stephen Miller, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Chemistry at U.F., shows TV 20’s David Snyder the process, and why they are intentionally engineering their plastics to last fewer years than conventional plastics. See the link below for this story and video from ABC TV20, Gainesville.”

“Thompson Reuters has identified the Top 100 Chemists over the last decade, as measured by their citation impact. University of Florida Professor Charles Martin ranked #91 on this prestigious list. Congratulations!”

Unleashing the potential for use of nanostructured materials in electronic devices is the goal of the Center for Nanostructured Electronic Materials. The website for the CNEM is now viewable. Please visit the link below for more information.

Two entries from the Miller Research Group have been selected as Sweet 16 Finalists in the Second Annual Cade Prize for Innovation competition. Ninety-two applications from across the State of Florida were considered.

“Alan J. Heeger from the University of California at Santa Barbara, a 2000 Chemistry Nobel Laureate, will present the Jackson Lecture on Wednesday, February 16th in Little Hall, Room 109 at 4:05 pm. The title of his presentation is “Plastic Solar Cells: Self-Assembly of Bulk Heterojunction Nano-materials by Spontaneous Phase Separation”.”

“Blind chemistry graduate student Mona Minkara receives assistance from a dedicated team of helpers. See the feature article by Nathan Crabbe of The Gainesville Sun. Photo by Erica Brough, staff photographer for The Gainesville Sun.”