News and Highlights

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Yi-Chih Lin Joining Department

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Yi-Chih Lin will join the University of Texas at Austin in Fall 2021 as an assistant professor. Dr. Lin received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Zahra Fakhraai. He went on to a postdoctoral position in Simon Scheuring’s laboratory at the Weill Cornell Med...

Friday, 14 May 2021

Paul McCord Receives Course Affordability Award

Associate Professor of Instruction Paul McCord received the 2021 Course Affordability Award, granted by the Natural Sciences Council. This award is entirely nominated, selected, and awarded by students. CNS faculty and staff who have won student-nominated awards are honored at the annual Faculty and Staff Appreciation Banquet he...

Tuesday, 04 May 2021

Deborah Walker Receives Faculty Innovation Center Undergraduate Teaching Grant

Associate Professor of Instruction Deborah Walker received a Faculty Innovation Center Undergraduate Teaching Grant for her proposal titled, “Building Self-Regulation via Mindset & Feedback in Exam Wrappers." Dr. Walker's project aims to educate students about study skills and elevate the effective use of exam wrappers (strategies and exercises...

Thursday, 29 April 2021

Zak Page Receives 2021 RadLaunch Award

Assistant Professor Zak Page was honored with a 2021 RadLaunch Award sponsored by RadTech, the nonprofit for UV+EB technology. Zak was selected for his innovative high resolution stereolithographic 3D printing technology for multi-color visible light additive manufacturing.

Tuesday, 27 April 2021

Robert Newberry Joining Department

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Robert Newberry will join the University of Texas at Austin in Spring 2022 as an assistant professor. An alumnus of the department (B.S., 2011), Dr. Newberry received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the supervision of Ronald T. Raines. He went on to a postdoctoral posi...