Distinguished Professor Gary Keck is retiring at the end of this year. Here at the Department of Chemistry, we can’t overstate our admiration for Gary and his impact on the department and the field of synthetic chemistry. Gary’s personal contributions to synthetic chemistry are among the top in his field. He shares with Nobel Laureate […]
Read MoreVahe Bandarian received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998, working under the direction of George Reed. He was a NIH postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Rowena Matthews at the University of Michigan prior to joining the faculty at the University of Arizona in 2003. Bandarian moved his research program […]
Read MorePlease join the Department of Chemistry in congratulating Dean and Distinguished Professor Henry White, the first winner of the Allen J. Bard Award in Electrochemistry! This award honors Dr. White for pioneering innovations furthering scientific knowledge and understanding of nanometer scale electrochemistry, micron-scale magnetohydrodynamic flow, ion transport across membranes, and electroanalytical applications of glass nanopore […]
Read MorePictured is schematic representation of an ultrafiltration membrane self-assembled from polymer brush nanoparticles. This and other types of functional membranes are described in an article published by the Zharov group and featured on the cover of ChemComm. The article describes the recently developed approach to the preparation of membrane materials by self-assembly of inorganic, polymeric […]
Read MoreCongratulations Henry! Henry S. White, a distinguished professor of chemistry and former chair of the University of Utah’s chemistry department, will serve as the new dean of the university’s College of Science starting July 1. “The college has excellent faculty, students and staff, and I would like to see us work together on new initiatives […]
Read MoreAssistant Professor Bethany Buck-Koehntop As I edge closer to what looks like a stainless-steel beer fermentation tank, I’m warned by my guide to stay behind a set of hazard cones. “Your credit cards might get erased,” says Bethany Buck-Koehntop, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and large-magnet enthusiast. We’re in a large laboratory space in the “Gauss […]
Read MoreDavid Morris Grant, 82, died of natural causes on April 13, 2013 at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah. Distinguished Professor Grant was former Chair of the Department of Chemistry and former Dean of the College of Science. He was a pioneer in the development of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry. The David M. […]
Read MoreCongratulations to Peter Stang for being named as the 2013 recipient of the Priestley Medal, the highest honor given by the American Chemical Society. The medal is a lifetime achievement award for chemists and “recognizes Stang’s cutting-edge research that has had far-reaching implications for many areas of science…”
Read MoreProfessor Ryan Looper, whose research focuses on the behavior of small molecules within biological systems, is a recent recipient of Amgen’s Young Investigator Award and Eli Lilly & Co.’s Young Investigator Award. Both recognize young scientists doing excellent research in organic chemistry, and come with unrestricted research grants.
Read MoreThe Department is very excited to announce the Thatcher Presidential Endowed Chair of Biological Chemistry. The $2.5 million Thatcher Chair endowment was established this spring by the generosity of the Lawrence E. Thatcher Family to support cutting-edge biological chemistry research in the new Thatcher Building for Biological and Biophysical Chemistry. Distinguished Professor and new Department […]
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