Distinguished Research Professor Award Professor I. Jonathan Amster Cracking the secrets of complex molecules Read more about Distinguished Research Professor Award
AAAS Workshop Award to Chemistry Graduate Student Cynthia Tope, a graduate student in the UGA Chemistry Department, has been awarded a sponsorship by the UGA Graduate School to attend the 2019 Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Cynthia is currently a third-year student under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Urbauer. She is one of only two UGA graduate students to be awarded this sponsorship. Read more about AAAS Workshop Award to Chemistry Graduate Student
Bonding in Heavier Group 14 Element Multiple Bonded Species: London Dispersion Force Effects and Charge-Shift Character The main themes of the lecture are the bonding in low-coordinate or multiple bonded heavier group 14 element compounds and the reactions of such compounds with hydrogen and other small molecules. It will be shown that the studies of these topics have led to new insights on the nature of the element-element bonding. Type of Event: Departmental Colloquium R. B. King Lecture Read more about Bonding in Heavier Group 14 Element Multiple Bonded Species: London Dispersion Force Effects and Charge-Shift Character
Infrared Spectroscopy of Alkyl Radicals in Helium Droplets and Solid para-Hydrogen Type of Event: Departmental Colloquium Allinger Lecture Read more about Infrared Spectroscopy of Alkyl Radicals in Helium Droplets and Solid para-Hydrogen
Renea Martin joins Chemistry Staff Cynthia R. Martin (Renea) has joined the UGA Chemistry Department as the new Assistant to the Directors of General and Organic Chemistry. Renea will be the lead administrator for first- and second-year chemistry education, reporting jointly to Prof. Richard Morrison, Director of Organic Chemistry Education, and Dr. Suzanne Ellenberger, Director of General Chemistry Education. She'll work in the Chem 601 office. Read more about Renea Martin joins Chemistry Staff
Computer-Guided Efficient Discovery of Potent Enzyme Inhibitors Drug discovery is being pursued through computer-aided design, synthesis, biological assaying, and crystallography. Lead identification features de novo design with the ligand growing program BOMB or docking of commercial compound libraries. Emphasis is placed on optimization of the resultant leads to yield potent, drug-like inhibitors. Monte Carlo/free-energy perturbation (FEP) simulations are often executed to identify the most promising choices for substituents on rings, heterocycles, and linking groups. Type of Event: Departmental Colloquium Read more about Computer-Guided Efficient Discovery of Potent Enzyme Inhibitors
$2M Grant Awarded to Department for Instrumentation Researchers receive $2M NIH instrumentation grant The National Institutes of Health has awarded researchers in the Department of Chemistry a grant of nearly $2 million for a high-resolution mass spectrometer that will enhance capabilities for scientists in many fields across campus. Read more about $2M Grant Awarded to Department for Instrumentation
Hydrogen and Halogen Bonding: Application, Competition, and Control Hydrogen bonding is one of the most well-characterized non-covalent interactions. Analogous to hydrogen bonding, halogen bonding has become an important focus of study, notably in supramolecular chemistry. The geometric specificity of hydrogen and halogen bonding is often exploited to build crystal frameworks. These two interactions can be used in tandem to created novel organic frameworks. Direct competition occurs between the interactions as the same acceptors can form both interactions. Understanding this Type of Event: Organic Seminar Read more about Hydrogen and Halogen Bonding: Application, Competition, and Control
