Ke'La Kimble, a chemistry major, works with associate professor Kyle Crabtree as he show her how laser mirrors are calibrated.
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Larock Undergraduate Research Conference
Participants of the 2019 Richard Larock Undergraduate Research Conference.
The grand finale to the Chemistry Show at Picnic Day--when boiling water is added to liquid nitrogen.
The grand finale to the Chemistry Show at Picnic Day--when boiling water is added to liquid nitrogen.
Leslie and Christine using the Shaw and Beal lab's new TLC-mass spec to check the progress of their reaction.
Leslie and Christine using the Shaw and Beal lab's new TLC-mass spec to check the progress of their reaction.
Our glassblower Tyler making a customized quartz apparatus for supporting geochemistry research in the Navrotsky Lab.
Our glassblower Tyler making a customized quartz apparatus for supporting geochemistry research in the Navrotsky Lab.
Graduate students Gary and David from the Britt Lab.
Graduate students Gary and David from the Britt Lab.
Graduate student Chris meeting with his adviser, Prof. Susan Kauzlarich.
Graduate student Chris meeting with his adviser, Prof. Susan Kauzlarich.
Stephen (Shaw Lab) presenting his research at a Chemical Biology Innovation Group meeting.
Stephen (Shaw Lab) presenting his research at a Chemical Biology Innovation Group meeting.
Mrittika (Balch Lab) covering a general chemistry lecture for Professor Bryan Enderle.
Mrittika (Balch Lab) covering a general chemistry lecture for Professor Bryan Enderle.
Graduate student Matt from the Liu Lab.
Graduate student Matt from the Liu Lab.
Visiting researcher Claude from the Gervay-Hague Lab.
Visiting researcher Claude from the Gervay-Hague Lab.

Department News

  • Graduate student Jackson Zhu (Kurth Lab) has been selected to receive the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research.
  • Graduate student Daniel Speer (Gervay-Hague Lab) has been selected to receive seed funding from the Environmental Health Sciences Center for his research on the effects of climate change on seagrasses.
  • Distinguished Professor R. David Britt has been named the 2019 Bioinorganic Chemistry Award Winner from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
  • Postdoctoral scholar Jarett Wilcoxen (Britt Lab) has accepted a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
  • Undergraduate students Virginia Johnson (Koski Lab) and Karina Targos (Franz Lab) have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.
  • Undergraduate student Alex Pell (Olson Lab) has been awarded an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
  • The following students were awarded at the 2019 R. Bryan Miller Symposium:
    • R. Bryan Miller Graduate Summer Research Fellowship:  Wanqing Li (Chen Lab)
    • Francesca Undergraduate Summer Research Award:  Madeline Bright (David Lab)
    • Best Poster Award (Grad) - Kevin Pham (Beal Lab)
    • Best Poster Award (Undergrad) - Alex Pell (Olson Lab)
    • Chemical Science Poster Book Award, Royal Society of Chemistry -  Jayashiri Viswanathan (Olson Lab)
    • Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Poster Book Award, Royal Society of Chemistry - Lee Dunlap (Olson Lab)
  • "Open-access chemistry textbooks gain popularity" from C&EN highlights the work of Professor Delmar Larsen who heads the LibreTexts consortium, a Wikipedia-style alternative to costly college textbooks.

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