This week’s faculty highlight is on Dr. Gaël Ung! Background: Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego with Prof. Guy Bertrand; Postdoc at the California Institute of Technology with Prof. Jonas C. Peters Current position: Assistant Professor at UConn Storrs. He has been here since 2016 and loves the collegial environment with the students […]
Month: October 2021
Chemistry Professors’ and Ph.D. Candidate’s Invention Selected to Compete in Wolff New Venture Competition
Did you know that the prescription you picked up at the pharmacy likely once contained a host of toxic materials that were used as a catalyst for its creation? Don’t panic. In the development process, the toxins are stripped from the medication, and the FDA has stringent guidelines ensuring its safety. But UConn chemistry professors […]
#FacesOfUConnChem: Meet Assistant Professor, Dr. Steve Barshay
Our next faculty highlight comes from Dr. Steve Barshay! Background: Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry and Planetary Astronomy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; teaching postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona; 32-year career in the nuclear power industry. Current position: After retiring from industry, Dr. Barshay came to UConn as an Assistant Professor because of his […]
#FacesOfUConnChem: Meet Undergraduate Program Director, Dr. Nicholas Leadbeater
Next for our faculty highlights is Dr. Nicholas Leadbeater! Background: Ph.D. and research fellowship at the University of Cambridge, UK; faculty position in London Current position: Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director at UConn Storrs, where he has been since 2004. He chose UConn Chemistry because of its great facilities and faculty.
Meet Assistant Professor Alexander Aksenov
Meet Assistant Professor Alexander Aksenov, a chemist who is passionate about exploring the underlying chemistries of the molecular world using mass spectrometry. Early Career Growing up, chemistry had always piqued young Alexander Aksenov’s interest. Although having a physicist as a father certainly helped, it wasn’t until he found a mentor in his chemistry teacher that […]
Four Chemistry Professors Awarded Research Funding From UConn Office of Vice President for Research
The UConn Office of the Vice President for Research established the START Preliminary Proof-of-Concept (PPOC) Fund through support from the CTNext Higher Education Fund. The program aims to support the preliminary validation of innovative early stage technologies from across all disciplines for early stage projects that may one day result in inventions and technologies that […]
#FacesOfUConnChem: Meet Department Head, Dr. Christian Brueckner!
This year, we are doing a series of features on all the amazing people that make up UConn Chemistry, and who better to start with than our department head, Dr. Christian Brückner! Academic background: MS at RWTH, Germany; Ph.D. at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Postdoc at University of California at Berkeley Current position: […]
Graduate Students Win First and Second Place in 2021 Microscopy Artistry Contest
Tech Park’s Microscope Artistry Contest provides a creative, engaging forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of science as seen through the electron microscope. During the competition, images taken with the Innovation Partnership Building’s electron microscopes were submitted for review by a panel of judges.
Student Receives Honorable Mentions in International Metallographic Contest
The 2021 International Metallographic Contest (IMC) and Exhibit was held by the International Metallographic Society under ASM International. The primary goal of the contest is to advance the science of microstructural analysis by providing an opportunity for those interested in material properties and characterization to display their work in print and electronic formats and communicate […]