According to the National Research Council, “…research is a process for obtaining information, and scholarship is a process for converting information into knowledge.” (NAP, 1998).  The American Chemical Society defines scholarship to “…include discovery of chemical principles, integration of chemical knowledge within both formal academic and informal public arenas, application of chemical knowledge to new problems and situations, and the study of teaching and learning of chemistry and

Research in Biological and Carbohydrate Chemistry includes the study of the structures and functions of proteins and complex carbohydrates to determine their roles in growth and development, host-pathogen interactions, and disease processes.

Research in the Physical Chemistry division is very wide-ranging and includes both experiment and theory.  Sophisticated techniques such as high-resolution spectroscopy and mass spectrometry are used to probe the molecular structure of metal ions, clusters and large biomolecules, as well as the reactions of interstellar clouds and those involved with atmospheric pollution.  Computational chem

Research in the Newton group is focused on directly addressing the problem of “step-economy” through the development of new reactions and strategies that enable the rapid generation of molecular complexity.

Research in the Inorganic Chemistry division is very diverse and includes broad subtopics including photochemistry, synthetic main-group chemistry, classic coordination chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, theoretical calculations, and chemical education.

Research interests in the Analytical Chemistry division are representative of the great diversity of topics related to analytical chemistry.  Cutting-edge analytical techniques are used to characterize a wide variety of systems; from obtaining a fundamental understanding of the effect of nanoscale properties on the macroscopic behavior of electronic materials, to understanding the complex behavior of biological systems.

A team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed a non-invasive method of delivering drugs directly to cancerous tissue using magnetic forces, a form of treatment that could significantly reduce the toxic side effects of chemotherapy.

“We showed that we can deliver anti-cancer drugs exactly in the area where they are needed and they can kill cancer cells,” said Andrey Zakharchenko, a graduate student in the Nanostructured Materials Lab in the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences who led the study.

Professor Matthew S. Sigman, University of Utah.  Prof. Matthew Sigman will give the 2018 Schleyer Lecture on Tuesday, February 6, at 11am in Chemistry Room 400. The Schleyer Lecture was inaugurated in 2001 in honor of Professor Paul v. R. Schleyer shortly after the publication of his 1000th scientific paper. 

Innovation Gateway and Kerafast Inc., have entered into a license agreement pertaining to four novel and ultra-efficient, metal-free click-chemistry reagents developed by Vladimir Popik’s research group in the Department of Chemistry. 

A nanofiber spool produced by an ultra-fast, touch-spinning technology can produce thousands of yards of nanofibers in a matter of minutes.