The Department of Chemistry held 2013 Research Open House on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9 to showcase exciting research happening in the Department to the prospective students. 35 students from all around the country participated in this two-day events. Each one of them was paired with a current graduate student as their host […]

I am sad to report that Dr. Fred Grimm, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2013.  Fred was born on June 15th, 1937 and is survived by his wife, Pam and daughter, Gail. Professor Grimm received his B.S. in Chemistry from Rutgers University […]

David Jenkins, an assistant professor of inorganic chemistry at UT, has been announced a recipient of the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. This marks the third CAREER award inside the Chemistry Department in the past 3 years. CAREER award is one of “the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify […]

A recent graduate from the Chemistry Department, Dr. Meng Rowland, received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a fellowship for individual postdoctoral fellows. The NRSA provides two year funding starting in January 2013 for Rowland’s proposal entitled “Molecular determinants of DNA sliding and hopping by a […]

Association of Chemistry Graduate Students (ACGS) held a bake sale on January 17 and 18 in the chemistry tutorial center to help Ownby family, whose house was burned down two weeks ago. Marilyn Ownby works for the Chemistry Department in the general chemistry lab. An email calling for participation was sent two weeks prior to […]

The Department of Chemistry held 2013 Board of Visitors Career Workshop Unveiling the Mystique of Industry and Government Jobs, co-sponsored by Association of Chemistry Graduate Students, on Thursday, January 10 from 1pm to 5pm in Buehler Hall 511. Six speakers, all on Chemistry Board of Visitors, are from industry, ORAU and ORNL. They were invited […]

Dr. Rebecca Horton, a student graduated from Professor Vogt’s group in May 2012 had her article featured on the cover of October 2012 issue of Analytica Chimica Acta. The artilce entitled ” Introducing nonlinear, multivariate ‘Predictor Surfaces’ for quantitative modeling of chemical systems with higher-order, coupled predictor variables ” introduced ‘Predictor Surfaces’, an innovative chemometrics […]

With funding of $400,000 from National Science Fundation, and support from the Chemical Measurement and Imaging Program in the Division of Chemistry, Professor Michael Sepaniak at University of Tennessee, Knoxville and his group will tackle the challenges of creating pillar arrays for chemical separations (PACS) that function as miniaturized liquid phase separation systems. An original […]

Modern chemistry laboratories have witnessed many striking advancements in the past few decades as computers have been integrated into almost every facet  of the collection, processing and storage of measurement data. The introductory chemistry sequence (our beloved Gen Chem), introduces students to the fundamental concepts in chemistry as well as basic techniques used to mea­sure […]

Jimmy Mays, a chemistry professor at UT Knoxville, has developed a substance that promises to replace conventional rubber in many products with something that is stronger, greener, and easier to recycle. Now he’s joining forces with the College of Business Administration’s Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to turn his new discovery into a game-changing […]

The Jenkins Group published a paper entitled “Exploiting a Dimeric Silver Transmetallating Reagent to Synthesize Macrocyclic Tetracarbene Complexes“in Chemical Science. The paper was also highlighted in the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Chemical Science blog. The paper, co-authored by Zheng Lu, Alan Cramer and David Jenkins, showcases a general synthetic method to prepare macrocyclic tetracarbenes […]

Jon Camden, an assistant professor of analytical chemistry at UTK, has been announced as a recipient of the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. CAREER award is one of “the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the […]

David Baker, Professor of Chemistry Department is inducted into the 2012 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. As stated in a letter issued by the Chair of ACS Fellows Oversight Committee, Dr. John Adams, “ACS Fellows are nominated by their peers and selected for their achievements in […]

Qi (Charles) Sun, a graduate student in Professor Musfeldt’s Group, published an article in ACS NANO, a monthly journal that provides an international forum for the communication of comprehensive articles on nanoscience and nanotechnology research. * In the article Spectroscopic Signature of the Superparamagnetic Transition and Surface Spin Disorder in CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles, the researchers measured the infrared vibrational properties of […]

Burton Mandrell, a chemistry undergraduate major, is a member of the University of Tennessee Bridge team that is one of four finalists in the National Collegiate Bridge Championship to be played in Philadelphia on July 14. The other three team members are Jenny Dabbs, Alex Happ, and Tim Michaels. Metro Pulse interviewed Mandrell. He explained […]

Today the Chemistry Department hosted a reception to welcome 6 students participating in 2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP). The students will be working with chemistry faculty members and graduate students for 10 weeks this summer to gain the research experience and skills necessary for their future career and furthur education in the field of […]

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS CRC Press General Chemistry Award – Russell T. Smith C. W. Keenan Outstanding General Chemistry Student Award – Emma K. Hollmann Dr. Lucy E. Scroggie Scholarship – Desta D. Bume C. A. Buehler Chemistry Scholarship – Burton K. Mandrell East Tennessee Section, ACS, Award – Britta A. Johnson Hach Foundation Scholarship – Maria […]

Someone who looks at Britta Johnson’s resume will find a number of impressive achievements, including several semesters of undergraduate research in the University of Tennessee’s Department of Chemistry. In recognition of her research efforts, Johnson was awarded a Best Presentation prize during UT’s 2012 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA). The project she […]

A report funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Science listed University of Tennessee as one of the World’s Top 20 universities with their analytical chemistry articles most cited in 2007.

Chris Freye, a rising senior in the Chemistry undergraduate program, and a member of the Chancellor’s Honor Program received 2012 undergraduate summer research internship from the UT Office of Undergraduate Research. Freye will be working in Professor Sepaniak‘s lab on a project labeled Advanced Separation Techniques Employing a Novel Means of Detection. “I will be […]

Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt, UT Chemistry Alumnus and Chair of the Chemistry Department Board of Visitors (2011-12) received The Henry Hill Award presented by the American Chemical Society Division of Professional Relations during 2012 ACS National Meeting held in San Diego, CA on March 27. Schmidt was recognized for her services and leadership in ACS […]

Vighter Iberi and Philip Simmons, two graduate students from Dr. Camden’s Group received American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Division Outstanding Student Poster Award presented at the 243rd National ACS Meeting in San Diego, CA on March 25. During the poster session, Simmons and Iberi presented some results of their project aiming to correlate plasmon data […]

The University of Tennessee’s sixteenth annual Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA) was held March 28-29 at the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center Ballroom. The event highlights research and creative projects completed by UT Knoxville students in collaboration with a faculty mentor. Chemistry students Britta Johnson and Andrew Moss won two out […]

Stefanie Bragg, a graduate student from Professor Xue‘s Group recently published an article in Analytica Chimica Acta. The article entitled “Flower-like self-assembly of gold nanoparticles for highly sensitive electrochemical detection of chromium(VI)” co-aothored with Dr. Ruizhuo Ouyang, Post Doctoral Research Associate in Professor Xue’s group, and Dr. Jim Chambers, Professor Emeritus,, was printed as a […]

William Hembree, a chemistry major, published a paper Three-Dimensional Mapping of Microenvironmental Control of Methyl Rotational Barriers last June in the Journal of Physical Chemistry as the first author. Hembree started working on the project with his mentor Dr. Jerome Baudry, Assistant Professor of the Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology in the […]

The past weekend was truly an exciting one for many faculty members, students, and staff of the Chemistry Department. 35 students from all around the nation (even world) participated in the 2012 Research Open House hosted by the Chemistry Department on Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25. The two-day event started with a meet […]

Stefanie Bragg, a graduate student from Professor Xue Group received Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (SEAC) Student Travel Award to present her research at 2012 International Pittsburg Conference in Orlando, Florida on March 11th. Bragg will deliver two oral presentations on “Highly Sensitive Detection of Aqueous Cr(VI) Using Flower-Like Surface Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles” and “Electrochemical […]

(better known as Jim) was born on July 7, 1954 in Pueblo, CO.  He was born to Forrest and Sue Green.  He is survived by his sister Jane.  Jim attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a B.S. in Life Sciences and a B.S. in Chemistry.  He later received a Masters in Biochemistry.  […]

Second year graduate student John Auxier from Professor Schweitzer’s group participated in the 2010 Plutonium Futures Science Conference and shared his perspective on plutonium futures on Actinide Research Quarterly (ARQ). Auxier was invited to the conference at Keystone, Colorado as a session chair and as a volunteer helping set up posters, process registration, and many […]

Jimmy Mays, Professor of Polymer Chemistry, was named a PMSE Fellow by the American Chemical Society (ACS), Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering. The PMSE Fellows Program was established since 2000 to honor a small percentage of PMSE members who have made significant contributions to the science and engineering of polymeric materials. Mays is […]