Graduate Student Nisana Andersen was awarded a Dissertation Fellowship Award by the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program. Working in the laboratory of Prof. Yinsheng Wang, the title of her proposal is Replication Studies on Minor-Grove DNA Adducts Read More
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Molecular machines can be found everywhere in nature, for example, transporting proteins through cells and aiding metabolism. To develop artificial molecular machines, scientists need to understand the rules that govern mechanics at the molecular or nanometer scale (a nanometer is a billionth of a meter). To address this challenge, a research team...
Professor Guy Bertrand has received the 2010 Le Bel Award from the Societe Chimique de France, one of two most important awards of the French Chemical Society Read More
Ms. Yingdi Liu (Zhang group) received a Best Student Research Award from the So. Calif. Chinese American Environmental Protection Assoc. in 2010, for her paper Read More
Dr. Zhongs research on nanotoxicity has been highlighted in the March 29 issue of C&ENews, page 34. Dr. Zhong and coworkers have quantified the fraction of binding sites on nanoparticle receptors occupied by protein ligands by capillary electrophoresis. Read More
Congratulations to Matthew Linman for receiving an ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry 9 month fellowship sponsored by Procter and Gamble. Matt is a graduate student working in the lab of Jason Cheng on the development of novel biointerfaces for label-free, high throughout analysis of biomolecules including membrane proteins and bacterial toxins.
Zhen Ma (UCR PhD with Zaera in 2008) has been appointed Associate Professor at Department of Environmental Science and Engineering at Fudan University in Shanghai, one of the top five Chinese Universities.
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.
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.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — When plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is softening and ripening in the case of fruit, and wilting and fading in the case of flowers — all of which ethylene promotes. To delay these effects, growers spray plants with products available in the market...
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 Read More
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...
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.
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...
Professor Mike Marsella has been awarded the Academic Senate Distinguished Teacher Award, UCR`s highest award for excellence in teaching and mentoring of students.