Assistant research professor Nicole Wagner ’07 (CLAS), ’13 Ph.D. was recently named among the Hartford Business Journal’s 2021 Women in Business Honorees. 25 total honorees were recognized for their inspiring leadership at the forefront of Connecticut’s industries. Wagner is the President and CEO of LambdaVision, a start-up company commercializing technology developed in the lab of […]
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.
The Research of our Environment: How UConn Researchers are Working to Save the Planet
With insects declining precipitously, plastics building up in our oceans, and indigenous cultures suffering under misguided eco-policies, these UConn researchers are working to save the planet, one ethical decision at a time. About 30 years ago, the waters of the Long Island Sound were looking bleak. Pollution from the more than nine million people living […]
The Wolff New Venture Competition and UConn Entrepreneurs
The Wolff New Venture Competition—championed through the UConn School of Business—mentors start-up candidates and awards those who are most likely to advance society with their ideas. Research professor Nicole Wagner ’07 (CLAS), ’13 Ph.D. is regarded as one of the first winners of this competition with her start-up company, LambdaVision. LambdaVision commercializes technology developed by professor emeritus Robert Birge to […]
UConn Startup Unlocking the Promise of Hemp
A lawyer and a chemist get on a plane. This isn’t the start of a corny joke, but of a successful startup. University of Connecticut chemistry professor Greg Sotzing met attorney Peter Belsito on an airplane coming back to Connecticut from Atlanta. They soon realized they had a common interest: cannabis. During their flight, they […]
Rouge Group Receives $2 Million NIH Grant
The Rouge Group’s research focuses on the improving the delivery of RNA and DNA into cells. Recently, the news has focused on the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, which are designed to deliver mRNA into cells to encode the viral proteins that the immune system needs to recognize and fight off infections. In a similar fashion, […]
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 […]
Six UConn Researchers to Join the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Six researchers from the University of Connecticut and UConn Health have been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year. Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. This year 489 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of […]