- Chemistry Professor Emeritus Michael J. Sepaniak Passes AwayIt is with great sadness that we commemorate the passing of Michael J. Sepaniak, professor emeritus of chemistry. Sepaniak joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1981, where he spent nearly 40 years conducting research, teaching, and mentoring graduate students.… Read more: Chemistry Professor Emeritus Michael J. Sepaniak Passes Away
- Hatab Hovnored with Lorayne Lester AwardDuring the 2023 UT College of Arts and Sciences faculty convocation, Nahla Abu Hatab, senior lecturer and director of general chemistry, received the Lorayne W. Lester Award, which recognizes a faculty member or an exempt staff member who has demonstrated outstanding service through research, outreach,… Read more: Hatab Hovnored with Lorayne Lester Award
- Musfeldt Leverages Pressure for Future Energy StorageA group of researchers including Jan Musfeldt, Ziegler professor of chemistry at the University of Tennessee, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The article details the discovery that pressure can be used to create and control the phase and… Read more: Musfeldt Leverages Pressure for Future Energy Storage
- Rising Scholars: Dylan Andrews
- Xue Group Publishes in Nature Communications
- Jones Receives the NVIDIA GPU Award for Best GPU Poster
- Welcome New Department MembersThe Department of Chemistry welcomed two new faculty members and one new lecturer for the academic year 2023-2024. The new additions bring our department up to 24 faculty members and 10 lecturers, and will expand both our research and teaching capacity. Yingwen Cheng – Assistant… Read more: Welcome New Department Members
- Nobel Laureate Visits UTThis past spring, the Department of Chemistry co-hosted a lecture featuring Nobel Laureate Richard R. Schrock. Schrock was invited as part of the East Tennessee chapter of the American Chemical Society’s S.C. Lind Lecture Series, which is designed to bring exceptional scientists and researchers to… Read more: Nobel Laureate Visits UT
- Selected Faculty Updates and Publications for Fall 2023
- UT Hosts Summer Camp for Local Middle Schoolers
- Vogiatzis Group Publishes in Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Smith Breaks New Ground with Domain Wall Research
- Blum Named Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activity
- Vogiatzis named Bodossaki Distinguished Young Scientist
- Vogiatzis Group Publishes in npj Computational Materials
- Dr. Benjamin Keck et. al. Published in Science
- Tiny Fish Makes Big Splash
- Chemistry Undergraduates Named Volunteers of DistinctionTwo undergraduate chemistry students were named 2023 Volunteers of Distinction. Drake Robins and Clay West were nominated by faculty members and joined the ranks of students from across the university being honored. Drake Robins was a fourth-year senior studying analytical chemistry when he received the… Read more: Chemistry Undergraduates Named Volunteers of Distinction
- Studying Mysteries of the Microbiome – interview with Dr. Stephanie Kivlin
- Kevin Smith Featured by Berkeley Lab
- Chemistry Hosts Nobel Laureate Lecture
- Chemistry Students Named Volunteers of Distinction
- Jones Wins NVIDIA GPU Poster Award
- Dr. Lou Gross named Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
- Rapid Plant Evolution May Make Coastal Wetlands More Susceptible to Sea Level Rise
- Jenkins Lab Published in Angewandte Chemie
- Investigating New Digital Authorities – Dr. Sergey Gavrilets receives largest Templeton Foundation award in UT history
- Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Elisabeth Schussler
- Jenkins Group Published in Chemical Science
- Printmaking Students Create Herbarium Specimens Portfolio