Congratulations to Professor Christopher Bielawski on winning the 2012 Journal of Polymer Science Award. The Journal of Polymer Science Innovation award was established in 2012 to celebrate significant research innovation and achievement in a polymer scientist under 40. In recognition of the award winner, a symposium is hosted in association wit...
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation are pleased to announce that Professor Lauren Webb has been awarded a 2012 Sloan Research Fellowship. Professor Webb is one of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers selected as recipients for 2012. Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships are g...
Professor Andy Ellington has received a $1.6 million grant through the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative to develop a paper-based test for drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). The goal is to develop a system for rapidly diagnosing drug-resistant TB in areas that lack the appropriate infrastructure, such as parts of Afghanistan and Afr...
Congratulations to Paul McCord who has been promoted to Senior Lecturer. Dr. McCord joined the department as a lecturer in 1994 after receiving his PhD under the supervision of Allen Bard. In 2009, he won a Texas Exes Teaching Excellence Award.
Professors Brent Iverson and Edward Marcotte have been named Fellows of the American Associate for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS fellows are chosen annually by their peers to recognize their scientifically distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. They will be recognized for their contributions to sci...