Dr. Challa Kumar has received additional funding from CLAS and the Department of Chemistry to supplement the Provost’s Open Education Resources Award which he received for the development of an open source text book in Physical Chemistry. Dr. Kumar will be developing the open source text book from scratch as there are none currently available […]

In 2015, Dr. Yao Lin spent a five-month sabbatical at the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) at Eindhover University. In an interview with ICMS, Dr. Lin reflects on his experiences | (Eindhoven University of Technology) Read more >>>

Is laughing gas a bad thing? In a WAMC Radio “Academic Minute” segment, Dr. Nicholas Leadbeater explores this silly question. Listen here >>>

Dr. Tomoyasu Mani is the recipient of a 2016 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists. The Blavatnik Award honors outstanding postdoctoral scientists from institutions across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Three winners and six finalists are chosen from the fields of Life Sciences, Chemistry, and Physical Sciences and Engineering. Mani is being recognized for […]

ChristianBrücknerDepartment of Chemistry Ph.D.: University of British Columbia, Canada Office Location: Chemistry Building  What would you say are the Department of Chemistry’s areas of strength in your field? We are agents of change. We transform matter on many scales, we monitor the change, and we strive to predict how these changes occur. In practical terms, we are […]

UConn Chemistry Welcomes Three New FacultyBy Gabriella ReggianoThis semester, the UConn Chemistry Department welcomed three new Assistant Professors. Click on the photos below to learn more about them and their visions for the future!

Dr. Challa V. Kumar and graduate student Jingwen Ding are featured in the second scene of a new promotional video recently released by UConn. Video courtesy of the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Jing Zhao and Dr. Robert Mason (CHEM/Marine Sciences) were chosen as recipients of a $330,000 NSF award. Dr. Zhao and Mason are co-PIs on a project entitled, “Examining the Role of Nanoparticles in the Formation and Degradation of Methylated Mercury in the Ocean.”

Profs. Greg Sotzing (CHEM/IMS), Rampi Ramprasad (MSE/IMS), and Yang Cao (ECE/IMS) have received a grant from the Office of Naval Research titled “Rational design of polymer dielectrics via synergistic computations, synthesis and characterization.” The grant is for $1,050,000 and will span 2.5 years.