Chemistry News
- Professor Mays Receives Herman Mark Senior Scholar Award
- Professor Jimmy Mays is selected as one of the three 2011 recipients of the Herman F. Mark Scholar Awards of the Polymer Chemistry Division of ACS. The Awards will be given during 2011 ACS Annual Meeting in Denver, CO this August. The Awards were established in 2006 and are sponsored by Elsevier, the publishers of […]
- Michael Peretich Gives Seminar Talk at JMU
- Chemistry Graduate Student Michael Peretich from Dr. Barnes‘ group was invited to give a seminar talk at James Madison University (JMU), his Alma Mater, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Michael’s talk “Targeted Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Nanostructured, Single-Site, Heterogeneous Catalysts Containing Isolated W(VI) or Zr(IV) Centers” discussed one challenge facing the catalysis community […]
- Dr. Schweitzer named Quest Scholar of the Week
- George Schweitzer, Alumni Distinguished Service Professor in Chemistry, has been an active member of the faculty in chemistry for over 60 years. He was the first Macebearer for the University in 1961. Schweitzer has an active, funded research group in the area of lanthanide research, and most recently he has collaborated with researchers in the […]
- Dr. Xue named AAAS Fellow
- Ziling Xue, professor of chemistry, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for distinguished contributions to the field of inorganic-organometallic chemistry, particularly for synthesis of metal complexes and mechanistic studies of the formation of metal carbenes.
- Irene Abia won YCC Leadership Development Award
- Chemistry Graduate Students Irene Abia from Dr. Baker‘s group received Leadership Development Award from Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award will support Abia to attend the YCC Leadership Development Workshop. This YCC program recognizes emerging leaders in the profession and helps them prepare for the leadership opportunities at volunteer […]
- Dr. Jimmy Mays awarded Navigator Awards
- Eric Dobson, CEO of TrakLok Corp., was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Technology 2020’s Innovation Valley Technology Council. Dobson is the former CEO of Navigational Sciences Inc. He co-founded TrakLok in 2008 to develop and commercialize both GeoLock hardware and Traklog software to manage container security and provide the industry’s first complete intermodal tracking […]
- Dai Named ORNL’s Top Scientist by UT-Battelle
- OAK RIDGE, Tenn., — Sheng Dai, professor at the Chemistry Department and researcher in the Chemical Sciences Division of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has earned the UT-Battelle Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology. He was honored by ORNL Director Thom Mason for “world-class leadership in the synthesis […]
- Horton and Njiojob won 2010 BoV Graduate Student Poster Competition
- Chemistry Graduate Students Rebecca Horton from Dr. Frank Vogt‘s group and Costyl Njiojob from Dr. David Baker‘s group won 2010 Board of Visitors Graduate Students Poster Competition. 2010 Department of Chemistry Board of Visitors Annual Meeting was held on Nov. 12 and 13 in Buehler Hall 511. Followed by a report and discussion of the […]
- DOE Supports Project Effort to Use Wood as Renewable Energy Source
- The Department of Energy recently awarded more than $1 million to a research project, “Imaging Lignin Degradation,” for a three-year period to a research team including George Kabalka, PhD, Professor, Robert H. Cole Neuroscience Endowed Chair and Director of Research, Radiology at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, and investigators at Pennsylvania State […]
- Musfeldt Elected as NHMFL User Committee Chair
- Dr. Janice Musfeldt, Professor of Chemistry, was elected Chair of the Users Committee of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, effective January 2011. Established by the National Science Foundation Cooperative Agreement, the NHMFL’s Users Committee represents the laboratory’s broad multidisciplinary user community and advises the lab’s leadership on all issues affecting users of the facilities. […]
- Graduate Student Peng Chen’s Paper Accepted in Nano Letters
- Peng (Jacky) Chen, a graduate student in Dr. Janice Musfeldt’s research group has one paper accepted in Nano Letters, an ACS publication reporting on fundamental research in all branches of the theory and practice of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Chen, cooperating with Xiaoshan Xu, Dr. Musfeldt from the University of Tennessee and Christopher Koenigsmann, Alexander Santulli […]
- Camden Group Attended International Confrence on Raman Spectroscopy
- The Camden group attended the International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy held at Boston, MA from August 8 to 13. During the conference, Dr. Camden presented a talk on Wavelength Scanned Surface Enhanced Hyper Raman Spectroscopy. Chris Bennett and Vighter Iberi both presented posters at the student poster session. Bennett collaborated with Camden and discussed recent […]
- Dr. Bursten named ACS Fellow
- Dean of the College of Arts and Science Bruce Bursten has been named to the American Chemical Society (ACS) fellows program. The program began in 2009 to recognize and honor ACS members for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to the science, the profession, and service to the society. Bursten, who was president of ACS […]
- Dr. Best and Dr. Camden presents workshop to science teachers
- Mike Best and Jon Camden, assistant professors in the Department of Chemistry, joined Arthur (Sandy) Echternacht, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Ted Labotka, professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, to present a day-long professional development workshop to Knox County high school science teachers at West High School […]
- Dr. Michael Best selected as Quest Scholar of the Week
- Michael Best, an assistant professor of organic chemistry, recently received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. The award includes a 5-year, $580,000 grant to support his laboratory research on the molecular mechanisms by which proteins bind to lipids presented on the surfaces of cellular membranes. Such events control many biological processes and are […]
- Dr. George Schweitzer publishes book “The Aqueous Chemistry of the Elements”
- Elements Co-Author: George K. Schweitzer Co-Author info: Professor of Chemistry Publication Date: January 2010 Publisher: Oxford University Press Synopsis: Most fields of science, applied science, engineering, and technology deal with solutions in water. This volume is a comprehensive treatment of the aqueous solution chemistry of all the elements. The information on each element is centered […]