Dr. Pirrung - European Inventor of the Year 2006  

Michael Pirrung was honored recently as a European Inventor of the Year 2006. Mike was recognized along with Stephen P.A. Fodor and J. Leighton Read and Lubert Stryer (Affymax, Netherlands) for the invention of the DNA chip. More

  Sunscreen Research in the Bardeen Lab.  

Sunscreen can have a detrimental effect on the skin by generation of free radicals if it is formulated to penetrate the skin too deeply, research by Assistant Professor Chris Bardeen and Senior Research Scientist Hanson shows. More

  Dr. Bartels paper among AIP Top 25 for 2005  

The American Institute of Physics elects Dr. Bartels publicatin on Walking Molecules one of the Top Stories for 2005. Other items on the list include NASA Cassini Mission and the 2005 Nobel Prize. More

  Dr. Zaera in the News  

The "News of the Week" article entitled "Zeroing in on Active Catalytic Sites" on pg. 11 of the June 12th "C&E News" is devoted to a new technique developed by Francisco Zaera and postdoc Hansheng Guo reported in Nat. Mater. 2006, 5, 489. More

  Dr. Bocian receives Bomen-Michelson Award  

The Coblentz Society elected Prof. David Bocian as the 2007 recipient of the Bomem-Michelson Award. The award is dedicated to the memory of A. A. Michelson, developer of the Michelson interferometer. More

  Dr. Cheng in the News  

Biophotonics Spectra featured in its Sept. 06 issue the work of the Cheng research group in an article entitled: FRET Ventrures Out of the Lab More

  New Isonitriles from the Pirrung Lab.  

Science News highlighted in its Sept. 16th issue the development of versatile, fragrant and convertible isonitriles by UC Professor of Chemistry Michael Pirrung. More

  Mathey establishes partnership with Zhengzhou Univ.  

Prof. Mathey has established a China-California Connection for carrying out phosphorus research collaboratively between UC Riverside and Zhengzhou University More

  Bardeen Lab grows Nanorods by Light  

Christopher Bardeen reports that Nanorods of an organic material increase in length by an average of 15% when illuminated with ultraviolet light. Surprisingly, randomly shaped crystals of the same material shatter under identical treatment. J. Am. Chem. Soc. doi:10.1021/ja064535p (2006) More

  Dr. Angle becomes Provost at Wright State Univ.  

Chemistry Professor and Dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Steven R. Angle accepted the position of Provost at Wright State University effective March 15th. He will leave UCR after 21 years of service for this exciting and challenging opportunity. More

  Mastering the Molecule in California  

Guy Bertrand enjoys the best of both worlds–old and new. This CNRS senior research director is also professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, where he runs a joint laboratory that is re-defining the frontiers of molecular science More

  Dr. Zaera becomes JPC Editor  

Dr. Francisco Zaera has been appointed Senior Editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry, the best renown journal in this discipline of chemistry. More

  Bartels lab presents Molecule Carrier  

Based on previous work on "walking molecules", the Bartels group showed that anthraquinone cannot only cross a surface in a straight fashion, but also carry "cargo" molecules, thereby acting as a molecule-scale transport mechanism. More

  Dr. Reed receives NSF Special Creativity Award  

Dr. Reed received a Special Creativity Award from the National Science Foundation worth $351,000 for his work with superacids, which has great impact on organic and inorganic chemistry alike. More

  Dr. Pirrung receives grant from the Cal. Inst. for Reg. Medicine  

Dr. Pirrung received funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, California’s stem cell research initiative, to conduct research on the synthesis of molecules, that have the same supportive impact on the growth of stem cells as the protein neurotrophin. More

  The Press - Enterprise Features Nanoscience  

Chemistry Graduate Student Greg Pawin and Chemistry Professors R. Haddon and L. Bartels have been featured in an article in the Press-Enterprise, Riverside’s major newspaper, on nanotechnology research in the Inland Empire. More

  Dr. Larive to receive 2007 ACS Giddings Award  

Professor Cindy Larive has been selected to receive the 2007 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education, awarded by the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award will be presented at the Fall ACS meeting. More

  Dr. Marsella wins Distinguished Teaching Award  

Professor Mike Marsella has been awarded the Academic Senate Distinguished Teacher Award, UCR`s highest award for excellence in teaching and mentoring of students.

  Betrand Group Develops Carbenes for Hydrogen Storage  

A limitation in using hydrogen as a fuel in hydrogen-powered vehicles is the difficulty involved in storing it. The Betrand group developed a cyclic alkyl amino carbene capable of storing hydrogen with similar efficiency as conventionally used metals yet lighter and potentially environmentally more benign. More

  Hydrogen Bonding in the News  

The Oct. 1st issue of Chemical and Engineering News highlights research on hydrogen bonding performed in the Bartels Lab, where the first quantitative measurement of hydrogen bond strength at a metal surface was achieved. More

  Dr. Morton wins Professor of the Year Award  

Professor Thomas Hellman Morton has been awarded the 2006-2007 Professor of the Year by the UCR Honors Program More

  Magnetic Control of Nanoparticle Suspension  

The Yin group found a way to control the color of a solution of iron oxide nanoparticles by means of an applied magnetic field. This result may offer impromentes in display technology. More

  Eighth International Conference on Heteroatom  

During Aug. 13-16 UCR hosts an international cast of chemists who will discuss s and p block chemistry, also known as heteroatom chemistry, at the Eighth International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry. More

  Breast Cancer Research in the Wang Group  

Yinsheng Wang and his former graduate student Yan Zou reported that the expression and the post-translational modifications of HMGA1 proteins in human breast cancer tissues are correlated with the development of malignancy. This finding may lead to the discovery of molecular biomarkers for the diagnosis of breast tumors. More

  Dr. Zaera wins ACS Adamson Award  

Francisco Zaera has been named the 2008 recipient of the Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry awarded by the American Chemical Society More

  Haddon awarded 2008 McGroddy Prize  

Robert Haddon has been awarded the 2008 James C. McGroddy Prize for new Materials. The prize was awarded for "the discovery of high temperature superconductivity in non-oxide systems.” More

  The Yin research group in the News  

A recent paper, A General Approach for Transferring Hydrophobic Nanocrystals into Water, published by the Yin group in Nano Letters has been highlighted in Science Magazine as the Editors Choice. More

  NSF CAREER Award to Assit. Prof. Ryan Julian  

The National Science Foundations annouced a CAREER Award to Assistant Professor Ryan Julian. More

  Analytical Chemistry Division Fellowship for S. Eldridge  

The Analytical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society awards Stacie Eldridge, fourth year graduate student in the Larive lab, a 2008-2009 graduate fellowship in a national competition. The award is sponsored by Procter and Gamble.

  Vincent Lavallo has received an ACS Young Investigator Award for 2008  

The Inorganic Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society has awarded Vincent Lavallo, third year graduate student in the Bertrand lab, a 2008 Young Investigator Award in a national competition. Vince will give his award presentation at the Philadelphia ACS meeting in August. More

  How Anti-aging Products Delay Ripening of Fruit  

A team led by Michael Pirrung offers a novel pathway for how anti-aging products like EthylBloc and SmartFresh block ethylene in plants, delaying the plants demise and allowing people to enjoy their beauty and products for longer than nature allows. More

  Ryan Pedigo has been selected as the Outstanding Student of the College (CNAS) for 2008.  

Ryan Pedigo has been selected as the Outstanding Student of the College (CNAS) for 2008. In addition to his outstanding academic record Ryan is submitting an Honors undergraduate research thesis has performed undergraduate research on heterogeneous catalysis with Francisco Zaera, for which he was awarded a Deans Fellowship in 2006. Ryan will be heading to medical school in the Fall.

  Prof. Culter on Air  

In a Satellite Radio interview, Assistant Professor Sean Cutler describes how genetic, biochemical and chemical analyses are used to show that evolutionarily related enzymes can cause variation in drug response across biological kingdoms. More

  Distinguished Campus Service Award for Gary Scott  

Gary Scott, Professor of Chemistry, received the Distinguished Campus Service Award for 2006-07 for meritorious service as Associate Dean of Student Affairs of CNAS while maintaining an active research program and participating in graduate and undergraduate teaching in the Chemistry Department. Professor Scott also was noted for his serving on the college Executive Committee, Graduate Council, and as Chair of the subcommittee on courses and programs.

  Dr. Marsella wins Honors Program Faculty Mentor of the Year Award  

Professor Michael Marsella has been awarded the Undergraduate Honors Program Upper Division Faculty Mentor of the Year Award. Dr. Marsella was nominated for this award by his students. More

  New Catalyst from the Bertrand Group  

Professor Guy Betrand and collaborators have found a new, carbene-based gold catalyst for the formation of amines in a one-step fashion. Through this Green Chemistry breakthrough costly and wasteful current two-step processess can be avoided. More

  Guy Bertrand has been awarded the 2009-10 Sir Ronald Nyholm Lectureship of the RSC  

Dr. Guy Bertrand has been awarded the 2009-2010 Sir Ronald Nyholm Lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The lectures are concerned with subjects of interest to the Education or Dalton Divisions and the international interests of Sir Ronald Nyholm. Dr. Bertrand will receive a Silver medal and £500. More

  Julian Research Group Pinpoints Phosphorylation Sites  

Dr. Julian and Jolene K. Diedrich devised a photofragmentation approach that permits selective breakage of peptide backbones at phosphorylated serine and threonine residues which will render it more facile to pinpoint phosporylation sites. More

  US Pharmacopeia Graduate Fellowships for John Limtiaco  

Congratulations to John Limtiaco for winning one of six US Pharmacopeia Graduate Fellowships. These awards promote education and training of Fellows in the sciences that are applicable to the standardization of drugs, food ingredients, dietary supplements, and other applicable healthcare articles. John is a third-year graduate student in the Larive research group. More

  New Heterogeneous Catalysts from the Zaera Lab.  

In a recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the United States, Dr. Zaera reports on the development of a method for the synthesis of Platinum catalytic nanoparticles of well defined size and shape (e.g. cubic, tetrahedral) that provide high selectivity in catalytic interconversion of cis and trans olefins. More

  Microscopic Reversibility Imaged Directly  

Nature Chemistry highlights experiments of the Bartels group that visualizeTollmans Principle of Microscopic Reversibility for single molecules diffusing in an asymmetric potential. More

  UCR plenary lectures at the International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (XIII IMEBORON)  

Both plenary lectures at the International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (XIII IMEBORON) are being given by UCR Chemistry faculty. Distinguished Professors Chris Reed and Guy Bertrand, share this tribute. Boron chemistry that impacts both organic and inorganic chemistry. The conference is attended by >300 scientists from 27 different nations. More

  Professor Larive recognized as 2008 AAAS Fellow  

Chemistry professor Cynthia Larive is one of 13 UCR researchers recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science as a 2008 AAAS fellow. Larive received this recognition for significant contributions in applying NMR diffusion measurements to characterize complex mixtures, polydisperse samples, and ligand-protein interactions. More

  Catalysis Research in the Zaera Lab  

Dr. Zaera, in an article just published on line in Nature Materials, reports on the ability by his group to prepare catalysts based on well-shaped platinum particles to control selectivity in hydrogenation processes away from the formation of trans olefins. More

  Prof. Rabenstein appointed Provost and EVC  

Dallas Rabenstein, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has been appointed Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of the University of California, Riverside. More

  Bartels Research on Cover of APS Meeting  

On March 16th-19th the American Physical Society held the March Meeting in Pittsburgh, the largest physics meeting in the United States. Its program book showed on the cover results from the Bartels Group.

  Chemistry Graduate Students at the 2009 Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany  

UCR Chemistry graduate students Matthew Linman and Tony Ly have been selected to join 500 young researchers from around the world at the 59th meeting of Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry this summer in Lindau, Germany. The Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings provide a globally recognized forum for the exchange of knowledge between Nobel Laureates and young researchers. More

  Amy Ferreira selected to receive the 2009 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Researc  

Amy Ferreira has been selected to receive the 2009 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Amy has performed research with Dr. Vullev on charge transfer applications in solar energy, and last summer she performed research on methanol fuel cells at the Technical University in Munich. Next year she will be pursuing a PhD in physical chemistry at UCLA and she has just been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

  Thomas Morton selected to receive the 2009 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Resear  

Professor Thomas Morton has been selected to receive the 2009 Chancellor’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Dr. Morton has tirelessly mentored undergraduates. His broad interests allow him to identify potential research interests in almost any student. Many students recognize their interaction with Professor Morton as life changing and they express great appreciation for his mentoring.

  Professor Yadong Yin has been named a 2009 Cottrell Scholar  

Professor Yadong Yin has been named a 2009 Cottrell Scholar for his proposal entitled “Self-Assembly of Superparamagnetic Colloids to Field-Responsive Photonic Crystals”. This honor carries with it an award of $100K. More

  Congratulations to Robert Young for receipt of the 2009 ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemis  

Congratulations to junior Chemistry major Robert Young for receipt of the 2009 ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry. Robert received recognition for his outstanding academic performance in Chem 125 and in the graduate course Chem 229Q, and through his undergraduate research in analytical chemistry under the direction of Prof. Rabenstein. More

  New Fabricated Material Changes Color Instantly In Response to External Magnetic Field  

A research team led by Yadong Yin has fabricated microscopic polymer beads that change color instantly and reversibly when external magnetic fields change their orientation. Applications include displays such as rewritable or reusable papers and magnetically activated security features. More

  Congratulations to Professor Francisco Zaera for his selection as an ACS Fellow.  

Congratulations to Professor Francisco Zaera for his selection as an inaugural Fellow of the American Chemical Society. The Fellows Program was created to recognize members of the ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession, and the Society. More

  Professor Chia-en Chang as been awarded the 2010 HP Outstanding Junior Faculty award from the ACS Di  

Professor Chia-en Chang as been awarded the 2010 HP Outstanding Junior Faculty award from the ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry. Winners are selected for the novelty and potential impact of their research. The award will be presented at the Fall ACS National Meeting in Washington, DC, and will be recognized in the August 24 issue of C&EN. Dr. Chang has also been invited to give an oral presentation as one of the best young researchers in the field of computational chemistry. More

  New Carbenes from the Bertrand Lab.  

In a recent article in Science, the Bertrand group shows the synthesis of abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes, which previously had been believed to be unstable yet may prove very useful catalysts in pharmaceutical chemistry. More