Renowned UGA chemist Henry Schaefer honored with Humboldt Research Award Henry F. Schaefer III, Graham Perdue professor of chemistry at the University of Georgia and director of the Center for Computational Chemistry in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a Humboldt Research Award from Germany's Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Read more about Renowned UGA chemist Henry Schaefer honored with Humboldt Research Award
Researchers will share $1.2 million in grants from NIH The National Institutes of Health has awarded UGA two grants totaling $1.2 million for instrumentation to advance chemical analytical capabilities of biomedical researchers across campus. Jeff Urbauer (left) received funding for an NMR console, and Jon Amster (right) was funded for a new mass spectrometer. Read more about Researchers will share $1.2 million in grants from NIH
Dr. Shanta Dhar awarded Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), has selected Prof. Shanta Dhar to receive the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award to pursue novel research in the field of cardiovascular diseases. With this award, Prof. Dhar, an assistant professor for one year at UGA, is being recognized as one of the top junior research faculty in the country; she is one of only 30 scientists to win the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award this year. Read more about Dr. Shanta Dhar awarded Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
New UGA technology makes textiles permanently germ-free; targets healthcare-associated infections A University of Georgia researcher has invented a new technology that can inexpensively render medical linens and clothing, face masks, paper towels—and yes, even diapers, intimate apparel and athletic wear, including smelly socks—permanently germ-free. Read more about New UGA technology makes textiles permanently germ-free; targets healthcare-associated infections
UGA Cortona program begins new Chemistry in the Arts course During the four years that Michelangelo Buonarroti spent painting the frescoes on the ceiling of Rome’s Sistine Chapel, odds are he wasn’t thinking about chemistry. But he certainly knew how science and art came together and what he had to do if he wanted his work to last. Read more about UGA Cortona program begins new Chemistry in the Arts course
Discovery of a new driving force for chemical reactions New research just published in the journal Science by a team of chemists at the University of Georgia and colleagues in Germany shows for the first time that a mechanism called tunneling control may drive chemical reactions in directions unexpected from traditional theories. The finding has the potential to change how scientists understand and devise reactions in everything from materials science to biochemistry. Read more about Discovery of a new driving force for chemical reactions
Two new professors join Department of Chemistry In an economic climate in which many science departments are struggling to hire new faculty, the Department of Chemistry was able to hire two highly sought-after tenure track faculty members in the field of inorganic chemistry. Read more about Two new professors join Department of Chemistry
UGA Chemists part of interdisciplinary collaboration that adds new piece to puzzle of cloud formation over oceans Chris Reisch has come full circle. Five years ago, as an undergraduate and then a graduate student, he was part of a UGA research group that identified the first step in the pathway by which bacterioplankton control how much sulfur is released into the ocean's food web. Science published that study in 2006. Read more about UGA Chemists part of interdisciplinary collaboration that adds new piece to puzzle of cloud formation over oceans
Dr. Allen one of three faculty named recipients of Russell Awards Read more about Dr. Allen one of three faculty named recipients of Russell Awards
UGA Chemistry Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Pioneer New Chemistry Technique As a teenager, Gary Douberly had a knack for taking mechanical things apart and putting them together again. He applied this talent while earning a Ph.D. in chemistry, designing and building instruments to carry out original experiments in laser spectroscopy. Now, under a $618,505 CAREER Award provided by the National Science Foundation, this University of Georgia assistant professor of chemistry will map the structures of biomolecules using an instrument he developed from two technologies. Read more about UGA Chemistry Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Pioneer New Chemistry Technique