Combustion research aims to produce fundamental science that enables the development of advanced technologies for cleaner-burning and more-efficient energy conversion, including next-generation internal combustion engines. One primary target is understanding complex chemistry at low-temperature oxidation conditions (< 1200 K) where the formation of NOx is avoided.

HER2-positive breast cancers affect roughly 25% of patients and are extremely aggressive.

While treatments specifically targeting the HER2 receptors are quite successful, they require an

accurate diagnosis of HER2 overexpression. Current detection methods of immunohistochemical

staining (IHC) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) do not give a global view of the cancer. They

are limited to the metastases biopsied and may lead to misdiagnosis. While the use of antibodies as

I will report our latest developments of multireference methods with special focus on multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory (MC-PDFT) [1] and its application to understanding the properties and reactivity of electronically excited states [2] and transition metal-containing systems.[3] MC-PDFT combines mutireference wave functions and density functional theory methods to treat strongly correlated systems.

Dr. Patrick Scannon of Berkeley, California has been selected to receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award for the UGA Chemistry Department in 2018.  The Award will be presented at the Alumni Banquet on April 27 at the Georgia Center on campus.

The Chemistry Department's alumni Weekend will be April 27 and 28, 2018.  The weekend begins with tours of the department during the day on the 27^th, followed by the Alumni Lecture that afternoon at 4:00 and then the dinner that evening (drinks at 6:00; food at 7:00; awards at 7:45).  The Chemistry Golf Scramble will be at 12:30 on Saturday the 28^th at the UGA Golf Course.  You can contact Ms.