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  • Voices and ideas: An ethical chemist
  • By Grant Currin First published on The Key Reporter Phi Beta Kappa’s Publication for News and Alumni Relations Questions of scientific ethics were anything but hypothetical during the 1950s and ‘60s, when chemists were developing napalm and physicists were perfecting the weapons their countries would use if the Cold War turned hot. Jeffrey Kovac was a […]
  • Passing of Earl Wehry
  • Dear Chemistry Community: It is with sadness that I have to announce the passing of Earl L. Wehry, Emeritus Professor in Chemistry.  Earl was born in 1941, received his B.S. in Chemistry from Juniata College and a PhD in Chemistry from Purdue.  He joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee in 1970 and rose […]
  • Professor Musfeldt Named 2017 APS Fellow
  • Janice Musfeldt, Ziegler Professor of Chemistry, was elected to the 2017 class of American Physical Society (APS) Fellows. The APS Fellowship is a distinct honor signifying recognition by one’s professional peers. Musfeldt was nominated by APS Division of Materials Physics for her “contributions to the spectroscopy of quantum materials with an emphasis on high magnetic […]
  • Two Graduate Students Received Shull Wollan Center Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Two Graduate Students Received Shull Wollan Center Graduate Research Fellowship Shelby Stavretis, a 4th year graduate student in Dr. Ben Xue’s research group, and Fatema Wahida, a 3rd year graduate student in Dr. John Larese’s research group, were awarded Shull Wollan Center Graduate Research Fellowship for May 2017 through April 2018. The Fellowship includes a year of […]
  • Graduate Student Attended National School on X-Ray and Neutron Scattering
  • Zhiming Liu, a second year graduate student in Dr. Ben Xue’s Research Group, attended the 19th National School on X-Ray and Neutron Scattering from August 5th to 19th held at Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The School aims to “educate graduate students on the utilization of major neutron and x-ray facilities.” The two-week program included lectures, […]
  • Strong Hall Impacts Chemistry Education
  • The newly completed Strong Hall is a 268,000-square-foot academic science structure that houses Anthropology and Earth & Planetary Sciences departments, General Biology and Chemistry teaching labs, as well as state-of-the-art teaching spaces and lecture halls. Construction at Strong Hall started in Spring 2014 and finished in Summer 2017. A dedication ceremony was held on Friday, […]
  • UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Namgoo Kang
  • Dr. Nam-Goo Kang served as a Research Assistant Professor and Facilities Director of the Polymer Characterization Lab in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee (UT). Dr. Kang joined UT after completing a post-doctoral appointment at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, bringing with him a rich background in polymer science research and experience in […]
  • Professor Brian Long Receives DOE Early Career Award
  • The US Department of Energy’s Office of Science recently picked two UT assistant professors for its Early Career Research Program. Industrial and systems engineering’s James Ostrowski was selected for his research into complex algorithms, while chemistry’s Brian Long was chosen for his work on developing membranes for gas separations. Read more on Tennessee Today
  • Professor Xue Named 2017 ACS Fellow
  • Ziling (Ben) Xue, Professor of Chemistry, has been named one of the 65 American Chemical Society Fellows in 2017, announced in the June 19 issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) and was honored at the fall ACS National Meeting in Washington, DC. ACS Fellows Program recognizes members for their “outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the Society.” […]
  • Professor Kovac Selected Panelist of 67 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
  • Jeff Kovac, professor of chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville was invited to be a panelist, leading a discussion of “Ethics in Science,” at the closing panel of 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. The meeting will be held from June 25th to 30th, the panel discussion will take place on June 30th on Mainau Island, Germany. “In preparation of this […]
  • Professor Schweitzer to Receive Central Methodist University Alumni Award
  • The significant achievements and exemplary careers of six graduates from Central Methodist University will be celebrated at Central Methodist University’s 71st annual Alumni Awards banquet on Saturday, May 6. Among them is George K. Schweitzer, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Schweitzer came to UT in 1948 to initiate the inorganic division […]
  • Department of Chemistry Held 2017 Honors Day
  • Department of Chemistry held 2017 Honors Day on Thursday, April 27 to recognize the achievements among students, faculty and staff members of the department. Below, you will find a complete list of awardees this year. Click to view this year’s pictures. UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS CRC Press General Chemistry Award – Seth S. Street C. W. Keenan Outstanding […]
  • Professor Jenkins Awarded at Chancellor’s Honors Banquet
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry David Jenkins received Research and Creative Achievement—Professional Promise Award at the 2017 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet on April 19. David Jenkins Associate Professor of Chemistry David Jenkins has been called one of the most promising synthetic inorganic chemists of his generation. Colleagues describe him as a dynamic teacher and a leader in […]
  • Second Year Graduate Student Paper Featured on Journal Cover
  • Zachary Ogburn, a second year chemistry graduate student from the Frank Vogt’s Research Group, published his first paper titled “Microalgae as embedded environmental monitors” on Analytica Chimica Acta (ACA), a leading journal in analytical chemistry. The paper was selected to be featured on the journal’s cover (Vol. 954). In his first-authored paper, Ogburn developed analytical methodologies that […]
  • UT-ORNL: Small Nanoparticles Have Surprisingly Big Effects on Polymer Nanocomposites
  • Polymer nanocomposites mix particles billionths of a meter (nanometers, nm) in diameter with polymers, which are long molecular chains. Often used to make injection-molded products, they are common in automobiles, fire retardants, packaging materials, drug-delivery systems, medical devices, coatings, adhesives, sensors, membranes and consumer goods. When a team of scientists, including UT’s Alexei Sokolov, tried to verify […]
  • Chemistry Graduate Student Neil Williams Featured in USA Today
  • Neil Williams, a 4th year PhD candidate in Professor Sheng Dai’s group, had his research featured in a USA Today article. Williams is part of a team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that discovered a method for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from air. This breakthrough in carbon capture was also mentioned by Knoxville News Sentinel […]
  • Chemistry Professor Emeritus Bill Bull Passed Away
  • William Bull, also known as Bill Bull, chemistry professor emeritus and former associate head of department at UT, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016. The service took place at 10 a.m. December 31 at Second Presbyterian Church. The following obituary was published on the Knoxville News Sentinel website. William Bull 1933 – 2016 Knoxville, TN William […]
  • Chemistry Department Received Increased Funding from NIH
  • In 2016, the National Institutes of Health increased support for projects in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Tessa Calhoun, assistant professor, received funding for her project “Imaging Amphotericin B’s Mechanism of Action with Transient Absorption Microscopy.” David Jenkins, associate professor, is the PI of awarded project “Catalytic C2+N1 Aziridination from Organic […]
  • Campagna Honored at Annual Faculty Awards Banquet
  • Each year, faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences are recognized for their contributions to the college, the university, and the impact of their teaching and research at the annual faculty awards dinner. One member of the Department of Chemistry received an award at this year’s event, which took place Thursday, December 1, 2016. […]
  • Chemistry Professor Led Group Won R&D 100 Awards
  • Chemistry professor Sheng Dai led a group of scientists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and 525 Solutions developed U-Grabber, an adsorbent material designed to extract uranium and other metals from water inexpensively and efficiently. The project received 2016 R&D 100 Award, known as the “Oscars of Invention”, honoring innovative breakthroughs in materials science, biomedicine, […]
  • Graduate Student to Help Organize International Symposium on ‘Green Chemistry’
  • The past summer was not ordinary for chemistry graduate student Roberto Federico-Perez, a member of Xue’s Research Group at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He participated in a week-long Green Chemistry & Sustainable Energy Summer School that took place at the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden, Colorado from June 21 to 28. During the Summer School, Federico-Perez was […]
  • Al Hazari Chairs National Chemistry Week Theme Team
  • Al Hazari, a retired director of labs and lecturer in chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, chaired the theme team for the 2016 National Chemistry Week (NCW). Sponsored by the American Chemical Society, the 2016 NCW is scheduled to take place October 16-22 with the theme, “Solving Mysteries Through Chemistry,” focusing on the chemistry of forensics and more. William (Bill) Bass, the world-renowned […]
  • Chemistry BOV Member Wilbur Shults Named ACS Fellow
  • Wilbur (Dub) Shults, member of the Chemistry Board of Visitors at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was inducted into the 2016 Class of  Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The announcement was made in the July 18, 2016 issue of Chemical & Engineering News. The new fellows were honored at the August ACS meeting in Philadelphia. Shults was named an […]
  • Chemistry Alumnus Reggie Hudson Elected Chair of ACS Astrochemistry Subdivision
  • Chemistry Alumnus Reggie Hudson was elected the Chair of the Astrochemistry Subdivision of the American Chemical Society, the largest scientific society in the world with more than 157,000 members globally. Hudson obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1978 studying with Ffrancon Williams, now Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. After leaving UT, […]
  • Musfeldt Group Received $1.6 Million NSF-DMREF Award for Advanced Materials Research
  • Janice Musfeldt, Ziegler Professor of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in collaboration with David Vanderbilt, Sang-Wook Cheong, Kristjan Haule, and Valery Kiryukhin from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, recently won a $1.6 million Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) Award from National Science Foundation for their project titled […]
  • A Synthesis of Science and Art
  • Preeti Chandrachud, a fifth-year graduate student had her third paper published in the journal Organometallics in June 2016. The editorial board selected this article as a top manuscript and designated it for a cover selection. Since she is an amateur painter, Chandrachud also got the opportunity to design the cover art for the issue. “I think it […]
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