Congratulations to Ph.D. student Tejas Bhosale (Suib Group) for being recognized as the second runner-up for the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) Community Service Award for the 2020-2021 academic year. This award honors a graduate student, who, through his or her exemplary service, has made significant contributions to the intellectual, cultural, and professional capital of the entire graduate student community at the […]
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American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Travel Award Winner
Congratulations to graduate student Scott Pierce (Angeles-Boza Group) for winning the American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry (ACS-DIC) Travel Award. This program supports graduate students intending to present research talks or posters at ACS National Meetings. Scott will also be presenting in the ACS Spring 2021 (to be held online from April 5 – 30). He will be presenting […]
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient
Congratulations to graduate student Caroline Donaghy (Angeles-Boza Group) for being awarded the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines. Caroline will be working on developing green pesticides using glycopeptides throughout her fellowship.
Mani Group Paper Published in JACS
A new paper from the Mani Group appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jason Buck, a 4th year graduate student, and Dr. Tomoyasu Mani demonstrated a new type of magnetic control of molecular emission. They take advantage of the quantum mechanical nature of radical pairs (pairs of radical anion and cation or molecular qubits) to control fluorescence by […]
Dr. James Rusling Among Highly Cited Authors
Paul Krenicki Professor of Chemistry James Rusling ranks among the top 5% of highly cited authors with Royal Society of Chemistry journals in 2019. Specifically, his most cited article, “Automated 3D-printed unibody immunoarray for chemiluminescence detection of cancer biomarker proteins,” received 15 citations in 2019. Collaborators include Chi K. Tang ’16 Ph.D. and Dr. Abhay Vaze. Royal Society of […]
2019-2020 Chemistry Graduate Student Awards
Waring Award Matthew Howell (Advisor: Dr. Angeles) Masterton Award Arlene Bartolome (Advisor: Dr. Lin) Chinthani Madduma Liyanage (Advisor: Dr. Adamson) Marvin Naing (Advisor: Dr. Angeles) Jasmin Portelinha (Advisor: Dr. Angeles) Jon Smolen (Advisor: Dr. Hren) Connecticut Chemistry Research Award Lei Jin (Advisor: Dr. He) Outstanding Service and Research Award Reuben Bosire (Advisor: Dr. Kasi) Excellence […]
Welcome to Fall 2020
A Message from the Department Head Dear All, Welcome to a new semester! The campus and building have come alive once again. We are welcoming new faculty and graduate students to the Department, we have awards and a retirement to celebrate, and we have a large group of students eagerly lining up for general or […]
Bird Eggshells Just Became More Colorful
For well over 100 years, only two pigments have been identified in avian eggshells: rusty-brown protoporphyrin (e.g., brown chicken eggs) and blue-green biliverdin (e.g., turquois eggs of robins). However, tinamou (chicken-like forest dwellers of South America) eggshells display unusually colored eggshells, suggesting the presence of other pigments. The Brückner Group, in collaboration with the ornithologists […]
Matthew Howell Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Matthew Howell, the recent recipient of a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. This fellowship will begin in Fall 2020 and continue through Spring 2023. Given the growing crisis of antibiotic resistant bacteria, Matthew—in collaboration with advisor Dr. Alfredo Angeles—is interested in examining the relationships between peptides, metal ions, and antibiotics. Together, they are searching for combinations that […]
When a Distraction Becomes a Dissertation
In 2018, C&EN invited graduate students to submit essays about some aspect of their graduate experience for inclusion in the cover story “The Chemistry Graduate School Experience.” Now, C&EN continues to share diverse graduate student experiences. The following perspective is provided by Ph.D. candidate Jessica Martin. “I may not get a Ph.D. in chemistry. After […]