Department News
- 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!
- Congratulations to Jessica Ortiz-Rodríguez (Velazquez lab) who has been awarded the 2022 National Academies of SEM – Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship!
- Congratulations to Professor Carlito Lebrilla who was named the 2022 ACS National Award recipient for the Frank H. Field And Joe L. Franklin Award For Outstanding Achievement In Mass Spectrometry!
- The work of David Olson's lab was recently featured as part of a cover story for Chemical & Engineering News. Check it out here!
- Professor Xi Chen's group is part of an international team demonstrating the contribution of human antibodies against non-human glycans on animal tissues to bioprosthetic heart valve calcification and deterioration. Xi Chen's group synthesized glycans for the study, which was published in Nature Medicine.
- Congratulations to Professor Davide Donadio who was named a 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow!
