Matthew Sigman, Peter J. Christine S. Stang Presidential Endowed Chair of Chemistry, has been awarded a Humboldt Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation based in Berlin. The award is granted in recognition of a researcher’s entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own […]
Read MoreThe prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year has been awarded to two students in the state of Utah, both of whom are chemistry majors at the U: Philippe David and Cameron Owen! Philippe David is currently doing undergraduate research in the Grunwald group and plans to pursue a PhD in theoretical chemistry […]
Read MoreThe cover art for Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 140, Issue 14 was supplied by the Molinero Group. The image (pictured left) coincides with Molinero’s article Antifreeze Glycoproteins Bind Reversibly to Ice via Hydrophobic Groups on pages 4751-4954 of the issue. Abstract: Antifreeze molecules allow organisms to survive in subzero environments. Antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs), produced by […]
Read MoreLuisa Whittaker-Brooks has been named one of 2018’s Cottrell Scholars, an award given by the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement to 24 early career academic scientists in the areas of chemistry, physics and astronomy. The program is designed to foster synergy among faculty at major American research universities and primarily undergraduate institutions. Each recipient receives […]
Read MoreLiquid oxygen is attracted to a magnetic field, while liquid nitrogen is not. It is this scientific basis that leads to the possibility of extracting pure liquid oxygen through condensation, and the subject of Professor Jeff Statler’s simple and inexpensive demonstration recently published in the Journal of Chemical Education, a photo of extracted liquid oxygen (taken […]
Read MoreCindy Burrows has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Willard Gibbs Medal of the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society. This is one of the most prestigious honors in chemistry, its purpose “To publicly recognize eminent chemists who, through years of application and devotion, have brought to the world developments that enable everyone to […]
Read MoreProfessor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry Cynthia Burrows has been awarded the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry for 2018, an award administered by the American Chemical Society. She, along with the other ACS award recipients, will be honored at an Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in conjunction with the 255th ACS […]
Read MoreProfessor Marc Porter and his research team made front page news for their development of a new liver cancer test. The test is fast, portable, inexpensive to produce, and has the potential to be customized in order to screen for many other diseases. The patient supplies blood, saliva, urine, or a teardrop, which is placed […]
Read MoreHarshkumar Patel, a PhD student in chemistry from the Matthew Sigman group, has been chosen as one of the finalists of the 2017 Reaxys Ph.D. Prize. It’s one of the most prestigious prizes a young chemist can achieve, and functions by recognizing and celebrating groundbreaking research done by the best and brightest chemists worldwide. Among nearly 550 applicants […]
Read MoreProfessor Rick Ernst, along with Benjamin Harvey at the U.S. Navy, were invited to supply the cover for Volume 2017, Issue 9 of the European Journal for Inorganic Chemistry (EurJIC), which featured a major result of their research: the first-ever recognition of C–C agostic interactions with a transition metal center. In an interview published on the Wiley […]
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