In the bottom drawer of your desk at home lie all the “must-haves” of yesteryear — a bundle of knotted earphones, a broken computer mouse, some overplayed CDs, a flip phone, an iPod. A study in The Global E-waste Monitor 2017 reported that in 2016 humans generated 44.7 million metric tons of electronic waste (e-waste). And in […]
Faculty News
Accelerate UConn Winners
Prof. James Rusling, Postdoctoral Fellow Islam Mosa, and Graduate Student Esraa Elsanadidy are the recipients of a Fall 2018 Accelerate UConn Grant for their project “Biocap-Harvest.” This project involves harvesting energy using nanogenerators and storing it to create standalone power systems for implantable, wearable, and portable electronics. All winning teams receive special training and a […]
Neighboring Group Participation
For Toni Planas, a sabbatical in rural Connecticut has accelerated a sweet collaboration with Mark Peczuh’s research group. Carbohydrate chemists are readily familiar with the concept of neighboring group participation (NPG), where the electrons of a nearby functional group accelerate reactions at a given center. A sociological version of NPG operates in the everyday world […]
UConn Researchers Win Patent
When a researcher develops a drug that can help treat an illness, the next challenge they face is finding a way to actually get the drug delivered to the right location in a patient’s body in the right amount. Two University of Connecticut professors have been granted a US Patent for a novel polymer they […]
Dr. Rusling Named Krenicki Professor
On August 1st, 2018, the University of Connecticut Board of trustees approved Dr. James Rusling as the Paul Krenicki Professor of Chemistry. The Paul Krenicki Professorship is possible with the support of John Krenicki Jr. ’84 and Donna Samson Krenicki ’84. The professorship is named after Krenicki’s brother, Paul, who had a passion for chemistry […]
McNair Scholars Present Research at Annual Poster Exhibition
When Sarah Beckett Cleveland ’19 (CLAS), a biological sciences major, wanted to get involved in science research, she wasn’t sure she could make it work. She was financing her own education through academic-year jobs, and helping to support her mother in her hometown of Windsor. But she heard about the McNair Scholars program for undergraduate […]
UConn Chemist Wins Patent for Tunable Metal Oxide Synthesis Method
UConn chemistry professor Steven Suib has been granted a US patent (9,908,103) for a new method developed with his former student, Altug S. Poyraz, now an inorganic chemistry professor at Kennesaw State University. The technology is capable of synthesizing and customizing a type of compound that has unique catalytic and electronic properties. Suib and Poyraz […]
Award Announcements
Two University of Connecticut Chemistry professors recently received Research Excellence Program (REP) awards. Dr. Eugene Pinkhassik recently received the award for his proposal, “Catch and Release of Nucleic Acids with Porous Nanocapsules.” Dr. Yao Lin was awarded for his proposal, “Mechanics of Processive Enzymes that Degrade Crystalline Polymers and Its Implications in Designing Macromolecular Machines.” […]
Yao Lin Receives Supplemental NSF Award
From IMS News: Dr. Yao Lin has received an NSF supplemental award for his research “Material Properties of Complex Macromolecules Containing Synthetic Polyamino Acids.” The $71,067 supplement will run 5/10/18-5/09/20.
Prof. Jie He Wins AAUP Excellence Award
UConn-AAUP Excellence Awards Committee selected Chemistry Professor Jie He as a recipient of the 2018 UConn-AAUP Excellence Award – Excellence in Research and Creativity, Early Career. Congratulations, Jie!