UGA Department of Chemistry graduate student Erica Mitchell has been named the 2024 recipient of the James L. Carmon Scholarship, given by the UGA Office of Research. Named for the late James L.

The prominence of antibiotic resistant bacterial strains has raised concern for the efficacy of currently available antibiotics. Point-of-care utilization of existing drug therapies require strain specific identification of pathogens, which often demands tedious sample preparation strategies and tailored analytical methods. The emergence of multi-omics approaches has empowered scientists to answer complex systems biology questions regarding antibiotic resistance.

UGA Department of Chemistry graduate students Jessica Budwitz and Christopher DeAngelis were named as Poster Award winners at the recent Florida Heterocyclic and Synthetic Chemistry (FloHet) Conference, a biennial conference on heterocyclic and synthetic organic chemistry.  Fifteen award winners were chosen from among 100 posters presented by students and postdocs, judged by 15 professors based on a variety of criteria such as the style and delivery of the presentation.

Dr. Kelly Hines, Assistant Professor in the UGA Department of Chemistry, has been selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications as a Rising Star in Measurement Science. The inaugural class of 20 Rising Stars was chosen from a group of over 300 nominees.

The Chemistry Department is now accepting applications for Chemistry Learning Assistants (CLAs) for the Fall 2024 semester. CLAs are the individuals who rotate during recitation sessions and help answer student questions. CLAs also perform a variety of other activities which include executing exam review sessions, holding office hours, creating supplementary study resources, and creating short content videos.

Dr. Melanie Reber and Dr. Christopher Newton, Assistant Professors in the UGA Department of Chemistry, have each received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their research. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. 

UGA Department of Chemistry Assistant Professor Dr. Amanda Frossard is the 2024 recipient of the Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award. Established in 2015 and named in honor of the University of Georgia’s 18th President, this award recognizes outstanding accomplishment and evidence of potential future success in scholarship, creative work or research by an early career faculty member in the sciences.

The UGA Department of Chemistry will hold its 2024 Alumni Lecture and Awards Banquet on Friday, April 26, and the Golf Scramble a week later on Saturday, May 4. The events begin at 4:00 p.m. with the annual Alumni Lecture, featuring Prof. Catherine Murphy of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in Room 1218 of the iSTEM-2 building. Following the lecture, the Awards Banquet will be held in the Magnolia Room at the Georgia Center. Social hour begins at 6:00 p.m., dinner is served at 7:00 p.m. and will be followed by the awards presentation.