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 […]
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#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.
#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: […]
Dr. Islam Mosa Named 40 under 40 Honoree
UConn alumnus Islam Mosa Ph.D. ’18 (Prof. Rusling’s lab) was recently named one of the Hartford Business Journal’s 2021 40 under 40. This award recognizes 40 honorees under the age of 40 who are inspiring leaders at the forefront of Connecticut industry ecosystem. Dr. Mosa is the President and Chief Technical Officer of VoltXon Inc, a start-up company that is […]
8 UConn Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
Eight UConn researchers across six disciplines have received CAREER awards for 2021. The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (NSF CAREER) Program awards competitive grants to support the research programs of early-career faculty who demonstrate remarkable potential to become leaders in their field. In addition to advancing research, these projects work to actively engage students and the community. This broadens the impact of the research and encourages […]
Tiny Bubbles: Treating Asthma with Gene Silencing Nanocapsules
Steroid-based inhalers deliver life-saving medication for millions of asthma sufferers, providing relief and the ability to simply breathe. Unfortunately, inhalers do not work for all patients, and with rates on the rise for a disease that leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths world-wide each year, new asthma treatments and strategies are needed. A team of UConn researchers […]
The McNair Scholar Summer Program Supports Student Doing STEM Research
When Nichali Bogues ’22 (CLAS) graduates from UConn, his dream career is to be a cardiothoracic surgeon. So scientific research was on top of his priority list. But the rising senior structural biology and biophysics major didn’t expect the McNair Scholars Program to give him so much insight into what his future career will be like. “I would say it […]
Undergraduate Student Receives SURF Award
Congratulations to undergraduate chemistry student Samuel Johnson (Mani Group) on being selected to receive a Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) award for this summer. Sam will use this award to investigate the ways to control molecular emission in solid state by external magnetic fields.
Graduate Student Receives CHAS Graduate Student Safety Leadership Award
Graduate student Cristian Aviles-Martin (Pinkhassik Group) is the recent co-recipient of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety (DCHAS) Graduate Student Leadership Award. Cristian was part of the team of graduate students that were awarded this honor for the contributions towards laboratory safety at their respective institutions and for their work done in developing and facilitating the DCHAS workshop “Empowering Academic […]