Dr. George K. Schweitzer, Alumni Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, has been given the Joe Johnson Lifetime Service Award in recognition of his 65 years of dedicated service to the University of Tennessee. UT President Joe DiPietro and UTK Chancellor Jimmy Cheek presented Schweitzer the Award on December 11th, 2013. “Dr. Schweitzer’s commitment to lifelong learning and his passion […]

The work from Dai Group was highlighted in the most recent issue of Nature Chemistry. Nature Chemistry is a monthly journal dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that describe the most significant and cutting-edge research in all areas of chemistry. Dai group’s development of a new class of mesoporous copolymer was mentioned in an article written by Yi Lu from […]

Jimmy Mays, professor of chemistry and distinguished scientist, was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). The RSC is the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Mays’ name along with other recently admitted Fellows will be published in the Times (London) newspaper. The Fellow status is awarded to individuals who […]

The Department of Chemistry hosted the 46th Southeast Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) in the University Center on January 31, 2014. The Conference was well-attended by 120 attendees from almost fifty institutions in the southeast region and ten graduate school and industry recruiters. “The Conference was a huge success.” said the conference organizer Rachel Rui. “One of the recruiters […]

Former group member, Dr. Julia Abbott, currently Science Education Program Manager at ORAU (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), was featured in Knoxville News-Sentinel. She has helped organize the “Science Saturdays — a program that brings together scientists, local teachers and students through interactive presentations and hands-on science.” Julia received Ph.D. from our group in 2010 with research […]

Dr. Bruce Bursten, distinguished professor of chemistry, was elected as the 2014 Chair-Elect, 2015 Chair and 2016 Retiring Chair of the Section on Chemistry of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS is the world’s largest and most prestigious general scientific society, with 126,995 individual and institutional members at the end of 2008. It is also the […]

Chris Murdock, a fifth year Ph.D. student in Professor Jenkins’ group, published a paper titled Rotating Phenyl Rings as a Guest-Dependent Switch in Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks in the Jounral of American Chemical Society (JACS*). The researchers studied a 2D metal-organic framework (MOF) in which a portion of the bridging linker can swivel to block the pore as a […]

Janice Musfeldt, Chemistry Professor, will be leading Gordon Research Conference, which will be held at the University of New England, Biddleford, Maine, on August 10 to 15, 2014. The program will consist of 30 invited talks, each followed by extensive discussion. Afternoon poster sessions and activities will provide further opportunity for informal discussions. Application and more information […]

Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt, an UT Chemistry Alumna and the Chair of the Chemistry Department Board of Visitors, will be President-Elect, 2015 President and 2016 Immediate Past President of the American Chemical Society. With more than 163,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest scientific society, and a non-profit organization, whose members represent professional at all degree levels and in all […]

The University of Tennessee and the Department of Chemistry currently have an optimism and excitement for the future, the likes of which I have never seen. Capital improvements are in progress in nearly every area of campus. The Department of Chemistry is directly involved in two of these, Strong Hall and the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials (JIAM).  […]

Sam Rosolina, a graduate student at Professor Xue Group won Broze at the 2013 MILSET Science Photo Contest. The winning photo (left) is one of the iridescence photos of his electrode produced in August. The International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology (MILSET – MouvementInternational pour le Loisir Scientifique et Technique) is a non-governmental, non-profit and politically independent youth organization. It aims at developing scientific […]

Professor Emeritus Dr. Jamie Adcock is featured on this edition of The Method, a radio series produced and broadcast by WUOT. Listen to the story here. Or use your phone to scan the QR code. On this edition of The Method, we examine how two researchers are putting technology to work to find and identify mass graves. Then, […]

Click the links below to watch the magic show performed by Dr. Al Hazari, Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry. Magic Show on Knoxville WBIR-TV 10 Magic Show on Knoxville WATE-TV 6

Vighter Iberi, a fifth year graduate students in Professor Camden’s group, gave a talk at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on September 25th. Iberi was invited by his undergraduate chemistry professor Peter Adcock, currently a Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Rose-Hulman. Both faculty and students from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Rose-Hulman attended Iberi’s […]

Jonathan Fong, a graduate student in the Chemistry Department and his mentor Professor Xue published a paper A dye-doped optical sensor for the detection of biodiesel in diesel in Chemical Communications. Findings in this paper are well-received and the significance of the study is highlighted in Biodiesel Magazine. Read the full article: Tenn. researchers develop 5 ppm FAME detector […]

Tatiana Brinzari, a recent Ph. D. graduate from Professor Musfeldt’s group, published two papers Quantum critical transition amplifies magnetoelastic coupling in Mn[N(CN)2]2 and Electron-phonon and magnetoelastic interactions in ferromagnetic Co[N(CN)2]2 in Phys. Rev. Lett (PRL) that emanate from her thesis work. Brinzari grew up in Chisinau, Moldova and received her undergraduate degree of inorganic chemistry from Moldova State University (MSU) in […]

By Dylan Platz (2013 REU participant) Humming hymns and talking himself, Brandon Hambrick lets his photographic memory take him step by step through a process known as polymerization. In the science experiment, the 18-year-old from the Harrison area is creating a chain of large molecules by combining smaller ones — kind of like linking many small […]

Chemistry Professors Brian Long and Michael Best recently received Service Awards from the College of Engineering for their participation in the Engineering Volunteers for Tenth Graders (eVOL10) Program 2013, a program designed to introduce tenth graders to applied sciences and raise their awareness of careers in STEM disciplines including chemistry and engineering. A total of 32 students […]

Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt, an UT Chemistry alumna and the Chair of the Chemistry Department Board of Visitors, is offically entered as a Candidate for the American Chemical Society President-Elect, 2014. With more than 163,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest scientific society, and a non-profit organization, whose members represent professional at all degree levels and in all fields of […]

UT Chemistry Department has been offering critical research and professional development skills to undergraduate students through its summer program for more than 10 years. This year the program was awarded a three-year-grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is officially recognized as a site for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). Chemistry professors Michael Best and Shawn Campagna are the […]

Tanei Ricks, a first year graduate student at Professor Best‘s group went back to his Alma Mater, Georgia Regents University (GRU), on Wednesday, June 12 to give a talk about graduate school preparations to students in the Summer Scholars Program sponsored by the NSF through CURS (Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship) at GRU. Ricks was invited […]

Britni Ratliff, a recent graduate of the Chemistry Department won a prestigious teaching award at the University of Chicago where she is a lecturer in the chemistry department. See the announcement here.

To help “increase student engagement, encourage learning, advance test scores, and to just have fun in what has become a dreaded class to many students,” UT Organic Chemistry professor Brian Long gave his students a very interesting extra credit assignment: create videos about chemistry parodying favorite songs. Some students went old school, using songs such […]

The Chemistry Department held its 2013 Honors Day on April 29 in Buehler Hall 555 to honor students, staff and faculty members for their academic achievements, service to the department as well as their teaching and research achievements. Dr. Arlene Allen Garrison, Vice President of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities, attended the event as the guest speaker. […]

Weiyu Wang, a chemistry graduate student in Professor Mays‘ group received 2013 Eastman Chemical Company Summer Fellowship.Established in 2001, the fellowship was designed to assist students in their research as well as help Eastman identify top performers who are in the early stages of their graduate careers. Each year, selected universities are requested to submit nominations of […]

Professor Christiane Barnes, lecturer and Director of General Chemistry in the Chemistry Department, was awarded Faculty of the Year during the 3rd annual Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TLSAMP) Awards Banquet hosted in the University Center Ballroom on Monday, April 15 at 6pm. More than 50 faculty, staff and TLSAMP scholars participated in the Awards […]

By Lynn Champion On Saturday, April 6, Theresa Lee, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, presented an award on behalf of the college to Jeffrey Kovac, professor of chemistry, acknowledging his extraordinary contributions to pre-collegiate STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education in the state of Tennessee through his long and distinguished service […]

The Chancellor’s Honors Banquet is held each spring to recognize students, faculty, staff, and friends of the University of Tennessee for their extraordinary achievements.The 2013 banquet was held April 8th at the University Center. Following chemistry faculty and students are recognized during the banquet. Professor George Schweitzer received a Citation for Success in Multidisciplinary Research. […]

Chemistry undergraduate student Britta Johnson, who graduated last year, recently received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP). Johnson was also the receipient of 2012 Outstanding Graduate in College Scholars at the University of Tennessee, College of Arts and Sciences and the winner of Best Presentation Award in 2012 EUReCA. The NSF GRFP  will provide […]