News and Highlights

Thursday, 05 September 2013

Chemistry Department Aims to Improve Diversity with $2.7 Million Grant

The Department of Chemistry in the College of Natural Sciences has received two grants, totaling more than $2.5 million, to help recruit, retain and support graduate and post-doctoral students from groups that are under-represented in the sciences.   The grants, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,...

Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Simon Humphrey named a 2013 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award winner

Congratulations to Dr. Simon Humphrey on being named a 2013 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award winner.   The Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards are offered annually in recognition of faculty members at the nine academic and six health UT System institutions who have demonstrated extraordinary classroom performance and innovation in underg...

Thursday, 11 July 2013

Siegel Group's New Method for Arene Hydroxylation Reported in Nature

The Siegel Group's new method of arene hydroxylation has been reported in the journal Nature.   Phthaloyl peroxide, in the absence of other reagents, enables the conversion of aromatic hydrocarbons to phenols even if the substrates possess functionality that are incompatible with oxidizing conditions. This method provides a novel and direct ...

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Eric Anslyn Receives 2013 Edward Leete Award

Professor Eric Anslyn has received the Edward Leete Award from the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to teaching and research in Organic Chemistry. The award is named in honor of Edward Leete who, through his contributions to science and education, fostered an appreciation and love for...

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Crooks Group Develops New Method of Seawater Desalination

A research team led by Professors Richard Crooks of The University of Texas at Austin and Ulrich Tallarek of the University of Marburg has developed a new method of seawater desalination which requires less energy than conventional techniques.   By applying a mere 3 volts to a plastic chip filled with seawater, the researchers were able to a...