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From the Chemistry Department

Presidential Hook'em for our own Professor Grant Willson

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) presents C. Grant Willson (L) with a National Medal of Technology and Innovation during an East Room ceremony at the White House September 29, 2008 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images North America) Willson Presented with National Medal Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Chemistry Professor C. Grant W...

Welcome New Graduate Students

The incoming class of 2008-2009 is now settled into their classes and laboratories and we would like to welcome them to the Department, UT, and Austin. Top Row, Left to Right: Jeremy Glass, Jared Shaw, Nicholas Delone, David Walker, Jason Dickman, Chris Fage, Pedro Metola, Ken Clevenger, Chris Bates, Mauro Mugnai, Brett Granger, Andrew Brod Middl...

Dr. Lara Mahal Receives New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health

Dr. Lara K. Mahal, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is one of 31 researchers nationally to receive a 2008 New Innovator award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She will use the 5-year, $1.5 million grant to decode how sugar molecules on cell surfaces encode information such as cell type and health. This may lead to be...

Drs. Barbara and Cowley Receive American Chemical Society Awards

Congratulations to Professors Paul F. Barbara and Alan H. Cowley who have been recognized by awards from the American Chemical Society. Professor Barbara has received the 2009 E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy and Professor Cowley has been awarded the 2009 Distinguished Service Award in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry. Vignettes of the ...

New Faculty Position Open for Applicants

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for tenure-track positions at the assistant professor level. Targeted interdisciplinary research areas include nanoscience, semiconductors, polymers, the interface of chemistry and biology, renewable energy, green chemistry, and environmental chemis...