Department News
- UC Davis Graduate Studies recently named nine College of Letters and Science faculty as recipients of 2022 Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Awards, including Associate Professor Kyle Crabtree of Chemistry! Congrats!
- Professors Jesús M. Velázquez and Louise A. Berben are part of the newly established Carbon Capture and Conversion Center, a multicampus grant with more than $10M in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy under its Energy Frontiers Research Center program, with more about the annoucment here.
- Congrats to Professor R. David Britt, the 2023 American Chemical Society Award recipient of the Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry as shared in C&E News!
- Professor Dean Tantillo was named as one of the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award recipients, part of the 2023 American Chemical Society Awards announced in C&E News. Cheers!
- Congratulations to Professor Dean Tantillo for being awarded a 2022 ADVANCE Scholars Award! This program recognizes two faculty who advance diverse perspectives and gender equity in STEM through their teaching, research and service.
- Shoutout to Dr. Hoby Wedler (B.A., history, B.S., chemistry, '11; Ph.D., chemistry, '16) who was recently profiled by Forbes magazine for his innovative ways to improve food and beverages and open doors for people with disabilities!
- Congratulations to Dr. Annaliese Franz for being selected as a 2022 American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow!
- We are excited to welcome Dr. Elizabeth Neumann as a new Assistant Professor in our department in the field of Analytical Chemistry!
- Professor David Goodin is the new Department Chair. Many thanks to Dave for taking on this important responsibility!
- Congrats to Associate Professor of Teaching Ozcan Gulacar for winning a 2022 College of Letters and Science Teaching Award!
- Cheers to Dr. Davide Donadio on being promoted to Full Professor!
- Congratulations to Dr. Julia Chamberlain on her promotion to Associate Professor of Teaching!
- Celebrations for Delmar Larsen who was awarded a 2022 Chancellor's Innovation Award for developing LibreTexts.
- Cheers to Mark Mascal who was a winner of the 2022 EPA Green Chemistry Challenge award!
- Learn about Jesús Velázquez and Bryan Enderle’s efforts in bridging the gap for underrepresented students in STEM through classes like CHE 98.
- Shoutout to Jessica Ortiz-Rodriguez (Velázquez Lab) for sharing her story and the significance of mentorship within the Chemistry department. Read the full article here!
- Shoutout to the Heffern lab for being recently featured in the UCD Lab Safety Spotlight for excellence in lab safety! Read more about their efforts here!
- Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jesús Velázquez for being a 2022 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award recipient!
- Ashlee Hauble (Kauzlarich Lab) has won the graduate student poster prize for Solid State Chemistry in the ACS Inorganic Chemistry Division. Congratulations!
- Congratulations to Professor Susan Kauzlarich who was named the recipient of the 2022 ACS National Award in Inorganic Chemistry!
- Congratulations to Professor Philip Power who was named the 2022 ACS National Award recipient for the M. Frederick Hawthorne Award in Main Group Inorganic Chemistry!
