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Department Finds Success With Grant Awards

Dr. Jinshan Gao is a part of these awards worth more than $750k with both students and colleagues

Kayla Mancini

Biochemistry Student Receives 2021 AESF Foundation Scholarship

Kayla Mancini, a Biochemistry major, was awarded the scholarship for her research with Dr. Amrita Sarkar

Kayla Mancini

Student awarded SURF Fellowship from ACS

Kayla Mancini, a junior biochemistry major, received the fellowship from the American Chemical Society’s Division of Organic Chemistry

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IRES: Summer Biology Research Program in Japan (2021)

The group will take part in the program from May 17 to July 23 researching Novel Genetic Elements Regulating Behavior of Medaka and Zebrafish

Dr. David Rotella with research students

Dr. David P. Rotella, Sokol Professor of Chemistry Awarded NIH Funding

He and his collaborators will investigate possible new drug treatments for age-related memory loss.

New Business Concentration Beginning Fall 2020

The program includes the core Chemistry courses with an additional selection of Business courses.

Irina Terrero-Rodríguez

Recent graduate receives Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher Fellowship

Irina Terrero-Rodríguez, who conducted research under Dr. Glen O’Neil, received the fellowship to go towards her PhD at the University of Warwick in the UK.

Graduating Senior Awards

The exceptional senior students being recognized for their achievements this year.

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Professors Receive NIH Grant to Study Bacterial Enzyme

The $302,000 award will fund the study of a bacterial enzyme involved in the synthesis of the amino acid tryptophan.

Professor Cancer Free for 30 Years

Dr. Mark Whitener, presented a talk in honor of being 30 years cancer free!

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Chemistry faculty and students publish in Tetrahedron Letters

Tetrahedron Letters is a weekly international journal for rapid publication of full original research papers in the field of organic chemistry.

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Chemistry Professor receives NIH R15 Grant

Dr. Jinshan Gao received a 3 year, $356,609 grant for the project, “Characterization and enrichment of glycoprotein/glycan via multi-functional free radical reagents”