News and Highlights

Monday, 25 June 2018

Atmospheric Chemistry Models Missing Key Mechanism Related to Air Pollution, Says New Study

Atmospheric chemists have struggled for years to explain why our atmosphere has so much nitrous acid, a compound involved in the creation and removal of common air pollutants that impact human health. According to their computer simulations, there should only be about half as much nitrous acid as is actually measured in places like Beijing and Mexi...

Tuesday, 05 June 2018

Exploring Greener Approaches to Nitrogen Fixation

Chemistry professor Richard Crooks co-authored a review article in the May 25 edition of the journal Science, exploring more environmentally friendly ways to produce nitrogen-based fertilizers. About half of the nitrogen in our bodies today comes from bacteria via the enzyme nitrogenase, which converts, or “fixes,” unreactive nitrogen gas in the at...

Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Kami Hull and Zachariah Page Joining Department

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Drs. Kami Hull and Zachariah Page will join the University of Texas at Austin in the 2018/2019 academic year. Kami Hull received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan under the supervision of Melanie Sanford. She went on to be an NIH postdoctoral fellow in Barry M. Trost’s laboratory at St...

Monday, 26 February 2018

Cynthia LaBrake, Fatima Fakhreddine, and Kate Biberdorf Promoted

Congratulations Cynthia LaBrake, Fatima Fakhreddine, and Kate Biberdorf on recent promotions. Drs. LaBrake and Fakhreddine are being promoted to Distinguished Senior Lecturer and Dr. Biberdorf is being promoted to Senior Lecturer. 

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Kate Biberdorf Awarded H-E-B’s Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust Grant

Lecturer Kate Biberdorf is the recipient of a $5,000 grant from H-E-B's Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust. This generous grant will support the Department of Chemistry's outreach program Fun with Chemistry. In addition, Dr. B was invited to give a talk at the Central Texas H-E-B Women’s Conference. H-E-B’s Tournament of Champions C...