When Nichali Bogues ’22 (CLAS) graduates from UConn, his dream career is to be a cardiothoracic surgeon. So scientific research was on top of his priority list. But the rising senior structural biology and biophysics major didn’t expect the McNair Scholars Program to give him so much insight into what his future career will be like. “I would say it […]
Professors He and Rusling Receive NSF Grant
Chemistry professors Jie He and Jim Rusling have been awarded a 3-year $464,000 NSF grant from the CBET division entitled “SusChEM: C-H Bond Electroactivation of Nonpolar Organic Substrates in Water: Enzyme-Mediated Reaction Pathways in Microemulsions.” This project will explore new electrocatalyst materials for activating enzymes in films to synthesize high value chemicals using fluids called […]
High School Students Exposed to UConn Chemistry Through Virtual Event
Students from Berlin High School didn’t let COVID-19 get in the way of learning directly from UConn faculty The UConn Department of Chemistry, working alongside the Office of Early College Programs & UConn Early College Experience (ECE), annually brings high school students from around Connecticut to the Storrs campus to see exactly what happens in […]
Undergraduate Student Receives SURF Award
Congratulations to undergraduate chemistry student Samuel Johnson (Mani Group) on being selected to receive a Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) award for this summer. Sam will use this award to investigate the ways to control molecular emission in solid state by external magnetic fields.
Graduate Student Receives CHAS Graduate Student Safety Leadership Award
Graduate student Cristian Aviles-Martin (Pinkhassik Group) is the recent co-recipient of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety (DCHAS) Graduate Student Leadership Award. Cristian was part of the team of graduate students that were awarded this honor for the contributions towards laboratory safety at their respective institutions and for their work done in developing and facilitating the DCHAS workshop “Empowering Academic […]
Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award 2021-22
Professor Challa Vijaya Kumar of the Chemistry Department has won the Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award 2021-22 from the US State Department for his proposal on desalination by forward osmosis. He will conduct research in developing protein-based membranes for desalination by a revolutionary concept using state of the art methods. This is his fourth Fulbright award from […]
Promotion for Dr. Jessica Rouge
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Rouge on being promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure by the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees!
Tejas Bhosale Receives GSS Community Service Award
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 […]
UConn Researchers Search for Scalable Carbon Capture Technology
Studying the promise of a technology that could help in the fight against climate change. Within the last month, everyone on Earth experienced something no human has experienced before – the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide exceeded 421 parts per million (ppm). To put this into perspective, pre-industrial revolution levels of CO2 were at about 280 ppm, and […]
2021 Women in Business Honorees
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 […]