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 […]
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Chemistry Faculty Recognized with CASE Awards
CASE Class of 2025 Includes 12 UConn Faculty Members The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) has named 12 UConn faculty members to its Class of 2025, representing one-third of the 36 new inductees. Among them are Dr. Jie He and Dr. Jing Zhao, both professors in the Department of Chemistry . CASE, established […]
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, […]
Dr. Kerry Gilmore Featured in UConn Today
Dr. Kerry Gilmore was featured in UConn Today in an article titled, “Want to Contribute to Scientific Research? There’s An App – and a Network – for that.” What we are trying to do is to open up access to being able to do research. Read the article here: https://today.uconn.edu/2024/04/want-to-contribute-to-scientific-research-theres-an-app-and-a-network-for-that/
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/.
Dr. Jessica Rouge featured in UConn Today
In honor of International Women’s Day, Dr. Jessica Rouge from UConn Chemistry was featured in UConn Today. To read the article entitled “Female Inventor Empowers Underrepresented Women in Science” please visit, https://today.uconn.edu/2024/03/headline-tk
Tailoring Synthetic Polypeptide Design
In a collaborative effort, researchers from the University of Connecticut (led by Profs. Yao Lin, VJ Kumar and Xudong Yao) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (led by Prof. Jianjun Cheng) have made an advance in the rational design of synthetic polypeptides to develop filament-based hydrogels. The work, conceptualized and realized by the graduate […]
Search for new NMR Facility Director
COR²E is searching for a new Director of the jointly managed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility. All details and link to the application site can be found here: https://jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/498031/nmr-core-facility-director-academic-assistant-3 The successful applicant will have demonstrated experience implementing multi-dimensional NMR for small and large biomolecules. The full job description and necessary qualifications can be found here: 20231121_COR2EandChemistryNMRDirector
UConn Chemistry is Hiring! Financial Assistant 1
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry seeks qualified applicants for a full-time position as a Financial Assistant 1. The Department of Chemistry’s staff provides quality professional services to a diverse and thriving community of students and faculty engaged in innovative research and academic excellence. Under the supervision of the Education Program […]
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 […]