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From the Chemistry Department
Professor Krische Receives GlaxoSmithKline Award
Professor Michael J. Krische has been chosen as the recipient of the 2011 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Chemistry Scholars Award. Professor Michael J. Krische will receive this award jointly with Professor Eric N. Jacobsen of Harvard University at an symposium sponsored by GSK next Fall. Congratulations Mike!Nobel Laureate Dr. Alan Heeger Visits the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)
Dr. Alan Heeger, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics at the University of California – Santa Barbara, visited EFRC faculty and students at The University of Texas at Austin on September 13, 2010. Dr. Heeger presented a seminar titled “Plastic Solar Cells: Self-Assembly of Bulk Heterojunction Nanomaterials by Spontaneous Phase Separation” to a g...New Faculty Position Available
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. Special attention will be given to applicants whose research interests target major interdisciplinary efforts in chemical biology, synthesis...Freshman Reading Round-Up
Across campus on the day before fall classes begin, professors and freshmen gather at the Freshman Reading Round-Up to talk about books they have read over the summer. It is an opportunity to read a great book, meet outstanding faculty members and get acquainted with a small group of fellow freshmen. Professor David Laude, a member of the Academy o...Brent Iverson Named Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Chair
Brent L. Iverson, University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Professor, has been named chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry by Executive Vice President and Provost Steven W. Leslie and Dean Mary Ann Rankin, College of Natural Sciences. The new chairman’s appointment begins September 1, 2010 an...UT Austin's Nanoscience Building Named after President Emeritus Faulkner
The University of Texas at Austin's nanoscience building has been named the Larry R. Faulkner Nano Science and Technology Building by the UT System Board of Regents in recognition of former President Faulkner's leadership in bringing the university's nanotechnology program to national prominence. The 82,463-square-foot Nano Science and Technology ...American Chemical Society names 2010 Fellows: Jim Boggs and Department Alumni Honored
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named the 2010 class of ACS Fellows, an honor bestowed upon 192 distinguished scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS, the world's largest scientific society. The 2010 Fellows will be recognized on Aug. 23 during the Society's natio...Dan Dreyer Wins Aldrich Chemistry Graduate Student Innovation Award
Sigma Aldrich is pleased to announce the 2010 winners of the annual Aldrich Chemistry Graduate Student Innovation Award (GSIA) program. Dan Dreyer, a member of the Christopher Bielawski group has received this higly competitive award this year. In this sponsorship, selected universities are invited to nominate their outstanding graduate students pe...Family Creates Endowed Scholarship to Honor Cecil Harrison Hale
Approximately $25,000 in gifts and pledges will create the Cecil Harrion Hale Endowed Scholarship. Family members Mrs. Connie H. Wise, Mr. Bryan M. Hale, and Mr. Chris A. Hale have made key pledges to make the scholarship possible. Cecil Harrison Hale Cecil Harrison Hale died August 31 in Austin. He was born on a farm June 12, 1919, at Crossroa...The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Sweeps the Regents Teaching Awards
The Board of Regents of the UT System has selected four Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty to receive the 2010 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award. This is an unusual accomplishment for a single department considering that only 38 awards are given systemwide. It demonstrates the quality of teaching students' receive from our facu...Highly Efficient Solar Cells Could Result from Quantum Dot Research
Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin. Zhu and his colleagues report their results in this week’s Science. The scientists have discover...Dr. Jeffrey E. Barrick Joins Faculty
Dr. Jeffrey E. Barrick will be joining the faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in January of 2011. Barrick grew up in Lubbock, Texas and is excited to be returning to the state. Among other things, he fondly remembers the sunny days and many weekends spent in small towns in West Texas at University Interscholastic League (UI...Three Students Receive Graduate School Continuing Fellowships
Three Students Receive Graduate School Continuing Fellowships The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is proud to announce that three of our graduate students have received 2010-2011 Continuing Fellowships. The students are Stephanie Taylor, Biochemistry (Christian P. Whitman group); Christopher Grant, Chemistry (Michael Krische group); and D...ACS President Joseph Francisco to Highlight Graduation Events
Professor Joseph S. Francisco will visit the department to give a research seminar and the keynote address at the Graduation Reception. The seminar is Thursday, May 20 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and the Graduation Reception is Friday, May 21 from 3:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m in the Convocation Center (WEL 2.122). Professor Francisco received his B.S. in ...Faculty Win Norman Hackerman (ARP) Awards
Previously called the Advanced Research Program (ARP) sponsored by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program is a competitive peer-reviewed grant program created in 1987 by the 70th Texas Legislature. The purpose of theprogram is to encourage and provide support to faculty members and students in ...In Memory of Richard J. Lagow, PhD
Dr. Richard J. (Dick) Lagow, PhD, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2010, after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease, with his beloved wife Roxann Parker-Lagow at his side. Dr. Lagow was born on August 16, 1945, in Albuquerque, N.M. to parents Faye and Ruthe Lagow. He graduated in 1963 with honors from Bryan Adams High School in Dallas, TX. He rec...The Search for Genes Leads to Unexpected Places
Carl Zimmer for The New York Times 04/26/10 Edward M. Marcotte is looking for drugs that can kill tumors by stopping blood vessel growth, and he and his colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin recently found some good targets — five human genes that are essential for that growth. Now they’re hunting for drugs that can stop those genes fro...Dionicio Siegel on Route to Complanadine A
C&EN reported on April 23, 2010, that organic chemists Dionicio Siegel of the University of Texas, Austin, and Richmond Sarpong of the University of California, Berkeley, have set out to make complanadine A. Complanadine A aids production of nerve growth factors, something of interest in regenerative medicine and Alzheimer’s disease research. But t...Department No.12 in US News & World Report 2010 Ranking
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been ranked 12th in the US News & World Report’s graduate school rankings with a score of 4.3 on a scale of one to five. California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Berkeley share the number one slot, each having a score of five. In t...News
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New Advanced Quantum Science Institute Will Bridge Basic Research and Applied Science
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Cancer Prevention, Screening and Research Programs Expanding With CPRIT Support
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Chemistry Professor Receives Sloan Research Fellowship and Mark Young Scholar Award
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Remembering Electrochemistry Pioneer and Texas Science Legend Allen Bard
