Faculty News
Guangbin Dong wins Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
Professor Guangbin Dong has been awarded a 2012 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associate Universities. The Powe Awards provide seed money for research by junior faculty at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) member institutions. These awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and [...]
Dio Siegel awarded NSF CAREER Award
Congratulations to Dr. Dio Siegel on receiving the NSF CAREER Award. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within [...]
Alan Cowley receives 2012 Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of Manchester
Congratulations to Professor Alan Cowley for receiving the 2012 Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of Manchester. Outstanding Alumni Awards are given to former students who have achieved distinction within their profession, have provided exemplary service to the University, or have made an outstanding contribution of a personal humanitarian nature.
Faculty and staff win College of Natural Sciences awards
Professor David Hoffman has been selected to receive a 2012 College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. The Teaching Excellence Awards were established by Dean Mary Ann Rankin to increase recognition of the college’s many exceptional faculty who are committed to teaching at either the undergraduate or graduate level. Additionally, staff member Roger Williams [...]
Christopher Bielawski Receives 2012 Journal of Polymer Science Award
Congratulations to Professor Christopher Bielawski on winning the 2012 Journal of Polymer Science Award. The Journal of Polymer Science Innovation award was established in 2012 to celebrate significant research innovation and achievement in a polymer scientist under 40. In recognition of the award winner, a symposium is hosted in association with the Polymeric Materials Science and [...]
Professor Lauren Webb Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation are pleased to announce that Professor Lauren Webb has been awarded a 2012 Sloan Research Fellowship. Professor Webb is one of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers selected as recipients for 2012. Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships are given to early-career scientists [...]
Ellington receives $1.6 million grant to develop test for drug-resistant tuberculosis
Professor Andy Ellington has received a $1.6 million grant through the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative to develop a paper-based test for drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). The goal is to develop a system for rapidly diagnosing drug-resistant TB in areas that lack the appropriate infrastructure, such as parts of Afghanistan and Africa. Unique to Ellington’s [...]
Paul McCord promoted
Congratulations to Paul McCord who has been promoted to Senior Lecturer. Dr. McCord joined the department as a lecturer in 1994 after receiving his PhD under the supervision of Allen Bard. In 2009, he won a Texas Exes Teaching Excellence Award.
Professors Iverson and Marcotte named AAAS Fellows
Professors Brent Iverson and Edward Marcotte have been named Fellows of the American Associate for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS fellows are chosen annually by their peers to recognize their scientifically distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. They will be recognized for their contributions to science and technology at the Fellows Forum [...]
Five Department Faculty Issued Patents in 2011
Five Chemistry and Biochemistry department faculty were issued United States patents in 2011 and were honored recently at the inaugural UT Austin Inventor of the Year award ceremony, sponsored by the UT Office of Technology Commercialization. Brad Holliday, Alan Cowley, and Richard Jones were each inventors on a US patent titled, “Polymer-nanoparticle compositions and methods [...]