Chemistry News
- Welcome New Department Members
- The 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 Professor, Analytical Chemistry Yingwen Cheng earned dual bachelor’s degrees in […]
- Nobel Laureate Visits UT
- This 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 East Tennessee. Richard Schrock received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry […]
- Chemistry Undergraduates Named Volunteers of Distinction
- Two 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 award. He is a member of the Air Force ROTC […]
- UT Leads World in Polymer Science
- From your clothing to the fiber-optic cables bringing you high-speed internet, polymers are everywhere, with applications in nearly all fields of science and industry. Polymer science plays a crucial role in providing solutions to global needs including food, clean and abundant water, air, energy, and health. Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in fields […]
- UT Professors Investigate Solutions for “Forever Chemicals”
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville faculty members Shawn Campagna, professor and associate department head in chemistry, and Frank Loeffler, Governor’s Chair professor in microbiology, have made a discovery that could lead to new capabilities for managing environmental contamination. Commercially used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were developed in the 1940’s and made their way into a […]
- Brantley Group Published in JACS
- The Brantley group recently published a paper in JACS entitled “Electroediting of Soft Polymer Backbones” Alan Fried, Breana Wilson, and Nick Galan contributed to the research, under the supervision of Johnathan Brantley. The paper discusses new methodology for degradation and functionalization of olefin-containing polymers through electrochemistry. This method can be carried out in both homogeneous […]
