Meet Assistant Professor Kerry Gilmore, an organic chemist who strives to gather and share reproducible data through automated, multi-step flow chemistry systems. Early Career Growing up in an oceanside Cape Cod town, a young Kerry Gilmore first went to college to study marine biology. However, upon taking a chemistry course during his sophomore year at […]
Faculty News
Professor Bailey Retires After 45 Years of Teaching
Ever since Dr. Bill Bailey was a young child, he knew he wanted to teach. Now, looking back on a 45-year career of teaching and service, Bill embarks on a new chapter: retirement. A Journey: From Plumbing to Teaching Growing up, Bill was destined to become a plumber. Bill’s father and grandfather were plumbers, and […]
Dr. James Rusling Among Highly Cited Authors
Paul Krenicki Professor of Chemistry James Rusling ranks among the top 5% of highly cited authors with Royal Society of Chemistry journals in 2019. Specifically, his most cited article, “Automated 3D-printed unibody immunoarray for chemiluminescence detection of cancer biomarker proteins,” received 15 citations in 2019. Collaborators include Chi K. Tang ’16 Ph.D. and Dr. Abhay Vaze. Royal Society of […]
Six UConn Researchers to Join the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Six researchers from the University of Connecticut and UConn Health have been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year. Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. This year 489 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of […]
“Hot Paper” Published in Angewandte Chemie
Assistant Research Professor Sergey Dergunov and Associate Professor Eugene Pinkhassik published a “Hot Paper” in Angewandte Chemie. “Hot Papers” are chosen by the Editors for their importance in a rapidly evolving field of high current interest. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.202006793 Dergunov and Pinkhassik used organized environment of self-assembled bilayers to perform two-dimensional RAFT polymerization and uncovered substantial differences in reactivity of building blocks between […]
UConn Funds Five COVID-19 Research Projects, Announces Additional Funding
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) recently announced a new internal funding program to support researchers at all of UConn’s campuses who are using their expertise in fields as diverse as wastewater and chemosensory testing to find novel solutions to help the nation and the world address this crisis. The program will […]
Teaching Chemistry in the Time of COVID-19: Memories and the Classroom
In a recent Journal of Chemical Education article, Assistant Professor in Residence J. Dafhne Aguirre and Associate Professor in Residence Fatma Selampinar detail their experiences teaching general chemistry in the time of COVID-19. The publication compares the challenges, teaching strategies, laboratory methods, and discussion methods used by two different instructors teaching a three-semester chemistry course. Read Full Article: […]
Welcome to New Members of Our Faculty
Welcome Dr. Kerry Gilmore and Dr. Stephanie Rugg to our faculty! Kerry joins us as an Assistant Professor from the Max-Planck Institute for Max for Colloids and Interfaces in Berlin, Germany, where his most recent position was Research Group Leader. He earned his PhD at the University of Florida and will continue his innovative research program in […]
Dr. Priya Pradhan and Dr. Jie He Promoted
One of the highlights in academic life are promotions in academic rank that are awarded after rigorous and lengthy review of the academic achievements by the department, the Dean, the Provost, and with the help of a number of outside reviewers. The Board of Trustees then awards the promotions based on the evaluations and recommendations […]
After 45 Years of Teaching, Professor Bailey Retires
After a 45-year successful career at UConn, Professor Bill Bailey retired at the beginning of this academic year. Alas, retiring is the wrong word: Bill merely stepped away from active teaching. He will still be found in the building (when anyone can be found in the building again). We certainly will also see continued scholarly […]