If you are in the University Honors Program, we encourage you to consider enrolling in the Honors sections of General Chemistry CHEM 1147Q (Fall) and CHEM 1148Q (Spring). Here is why: Is it too hard? Will it hurt my GPA? You may have heard that Honors General Chemistry is more difficult than the regular sections. […]
The Empowering Honors Organic Chemistry
Reasons to take Honors Organic Chemistry There is an exciting opportunity for you when it comes to taking CHEM 2443 (Organic Chemistry II) in the Fall. I run a section that is a little different to the others. It is a Section for Honors and non-Honors students. For those of you not in the Honors […]
ECE MELD at UConn: High School Students Explore Chemistry
ECE MELD Spring 2025: High School Students Engage in Hands-On Chemistry at UConn More than 240 students from 12 high schools – Rocky Hill High School, O.H. Platt High School, Enfield High School, Berlin High School, The Woodstock Academy, University High School of Science and Engineering, Jonathan Law, Joseph Foran high school, Daniel Hand high […]
In Memoriam: Dr. Ashis Basu, Professor of Chemistry
With profound sorrow, we announce the unexpected passing of Dr. Ashis Basu on March 13, 2025. A Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Basu imparted his knowledge to many generations of students, guiding them through the complexities of sophomore organic chemistry and graduate-level biological chemistry. His gentle demeanor and steadfast, principled judgment earned him […]
UConn Chem “Greatest Hits” 2024 – Faculty Publications
Angeles-Boza Synergy between the clavanins as a weapon against multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae Naing, M. D., Juliano, S. A., Angeles-Boza, A. M. RSC Med Chem 2024, 15, 2160-2164 Basu 8-OxodGuo and Fapy•dG Mutagenicity in Escherichia coli Increases Significantly when They Are Part of a Tandem Lesion with 5-Formyl-2′-deoxyuridine Dasgupta, S., Gao, S., Yang, H., Greenberg, […]
Meet New Head of Chemistry, Dr. Mark Peczuh
Dr. Mark Peczuh was featured in UConn Today as the new Department Head for UConn Chemistry. In the article, the seasoned chemist discusses the study of ‘stuff,’ raves about his department’s faculty, and pits AI against Taylor Swift. To read the full article please visit, https://today.uconn.edu/2024/03/meet-new-head-of-chemistry-mark-peczuh/.
Graduate Student Maggie Ward Awarded NSF-GRFP
Maggie Ward, a first-year doctoral student in inorganic chemistry, was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP). She works in the lab of Assistant Professor J. Nathan Hohman, focusing on crystallography and working is to synthesize and characterize metal-organic chalcogenolates, a class of semiconducting nanomaterials. The lab has primarily synthesized and studied silver materials, but her focus is currently those made […]
Prof. Nicholas Leadbeater Awarded 2023 CLAS Mentoring Award
Congratulations to Prof. Nicholas Leadbeater for being awarded the 2023 CLAS Mentoring of Undergraduate Students Award! The Faculty Mentoring Awards recognize faculty who demonstrate exemplary support, encouragement, and the creation of opportunities to enrich the learning and professional development of others.
Interactive Periodic Table Tells Stories, One Element at a Time
Department Chemistry Periodic Table Display | UConn Christian Brückner started collecting more than 45 years ago when he was a young teenager in Germany and his father a metallurgist who’d bring home laboratory leftovers to feed his son’s growing interest in crystals and science. From an early 19th century bottle of a mercury salt to manganese […]
Professor Sotzing’s 3BC Inc to Find Differences in THC
3BC Inc. is a cannabinoid company of which Prof. Gregory Sotzing is the Chief Scientific Officer. The company has been conducting research with UConn School of Nursing professor Steve Kinsey and his team in order to investigate the differences in physical and psychoactive effects of various forms of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. They found that two […]