LambdaVision, an innovative biotech founded on UConn technology, along with implementation partner, Space Tango, has been selected by NASA for a $5 million award. This new funding will support LambdaVision’s development of the first protein-based artificial retina to restore meaningful vision for patients who are blind or have lost significant sight due to advanced retinitis pigmentosa (RP), with […]
Faculty News
“Outpouring of Support” as Researchers, Barnes & Noble Donate Lab Supplies to UConn Health
“UConn is really my home,” said Yashan Zhang. She lives in Farmington – just minutes from UConn Health – and she’s an assistant professor in residence in the Chemistry Department on UConn’s Hartford Campus. She’s also Chinese, though she’s been in Connecticut and part of the UConn community for the past 13 years. “I started […]
Research Spotlight: Following your scientific passion with Gregory Sotzing
Researchers from the University of Connecticut’s Sotzing Research Group are studying conductive and dielectric polymers for a number of applications, from color-changing fabric to medical applications of chemicals in cannabis to high-speed projectile launchers for the military. The group is led by chemistry professor Gregory Sotzing. The group’s wide-ranging base of research is due to […]
Fulbright Australia Scholar: Professor C.V. Kumar
The University of Connecticut has been recognized among the top producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars from research institutions for the second time in the past four years (UConn Today). UConn has six Fulbright Scholars on its faculty who are teaching and performing research around the world in the 2019-20 academic year, including Professor of Chemistry […]
UConn Recognized As Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars
The University of Connecticut has been recognized among the top producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars from research institutions for the second time in the past four years. The University has six Fulbright Scholars on its faculty who are teaching and performing research around the world in the 2019-20 academic year, according to the U.S. Department […]
Research Safety Workshop
The Department of Chemistry held their 2020 Research Safety Workshop for first year graduate students and Laboratory Safety Officers (LSOs) on Wednesday, January 15. The Workshop was organized by the Department Safety Committee and the Joint Safety Team (JST) in conjunction with EH&S. Presentations were made by Dr. Jing Zhao (Chair of the Department Safety […]
Nature Communications Paper Publishing
Enzymes provide optimal three-dimensional structures for substrate binding and the subsequent accelerated reaction. Such folding-dependent catalytic behaviors, however, are seldom mechanistically explored with reduced structural complexity. A recent article in Nature Communications, from collaborated research between Professor Jianjun Cheng at UIUC and Professor Yao Lin at UConn, demonstrates that the α-helix, a much simpler structural […]
Meet Professor J. Nathan Hohman
Meet Assistant Professor J. Nathan Hohman, whose research centers on the synthesis of new catalysts, energy storage devices, and new methods for building molecular architectures. Professor Nate Hohman was drawn to chemistry from a young age. As a young teenager, he had a subscription to Popular Science and recalls reading – with great interest – […]
Professor Rusling Receives Commercialization Grants
Professor Jim Rusling recently received START and SPARK Technology Commercialization Grants for Self-powered Bioelectronics. Aiming to commercialize the world’s first battery-free implantable pacemaker, Professor Rusling and his team received two early-stage technology commercialization grants, START ($10K) and SPARK ($50K). Unlike current pacemakers which are battery-powered and require replacement surgery when the battery is drained, the new self-powered pacemaker […]
UConn Chemistry Professor Receives NSF Grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded UConn Chemistry Professor José Gascón and Michigan State Professor Warren Beck a grant to study Carotenoid Photophysics in Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting. With this $590,000 award, the Chemistry of Life Processes Program in the Chemistry Division is funding Dr. Gascón (PI) and Dr. Beck (co-PI) to investigate the energy transfer and […]