An international team led by Prof. Val Vullev, with Prof. Greg Beran overseeing the computational studies and Dr. Dan Borchardt providing the 2D NMR analysis, discovers unprecedentedly large effects of molecular electric dipoles on charge transfer, and develops an approach for quantifying such effects. Lowering medium polarity allows them to demonstrate enhancement of electron transfer...
Several graduate students from UC Riverside had a major impact on the 3rd Annual University of California Chemical Symposium, which was held at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center and brings together graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the entire UC system. The UCCS 2018 drew over 100 graduate student and post-doctoral attendees in addition...
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. Dave Martin has been awarded an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for 2018. Dr. Martin will receive $650,000 to support his project "Direct Radical Functionalization of Alcohols using Cobalt Photocatalysis." His research group is developing a cobalt-based catalyst system that harnesses light energy to perform the direct functionalization...
Assistant Professor of Chemistry W. Hill Harman has been awarded an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for 2018. Dr. Harman will receive $678,500 to support his project "Hybrid Borane Platforms for the Activation of Small Molecules of Energy Consequence." His group is developing new boron-based small molecule platforms for the catalysis of energy...
Prof. Yinsheng Wang has been awarded the 2018 Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Outstanding Achievements in Mass Spectrometry, for his distinguished scientific contributions, particularly in the development and applications of mass spectrometric methods for studying the occurrence, repair and biological consequences of DNA damage. The award will be presented during the annual EAS Symposium and...
Professor Yadong Yin is among 3,300 individuals being recognized as the 2017 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics, which was previously part of Thomson Reuters. This list includes the most frequently cited researchers in 21 fields of the sciences and social sciences based on "the extent to which their papers have supported, influenced, inspired and...
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Analytical Chemistry has announced Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Cynthia K. Larive is the recipient of the 2018 Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry. The Distinguished Service award is presented each year to “an individual who through professional service…has substantially and uniquely enhanced the...
In memory of Professor Haddon, the Haddon family has established the Robert C. Haddon Memorial Endowed Graduate Award, with the generous donations from the Haddon family and friends. This award will recognize a Chemistry graduate student annually for research excellence and comes with a ~$1000 financial award. The deadline for the 2018 applications is March...
Wenjing Xu and Cheng Zhan receive the 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad. Wenjing is a fifth-year graduate student in Yadong Yin's group; her research focuses on functionalization of nanostructures by surface engineering. Cheng Zhan is a fourth-year graduate student in De-en Jiang's group; his research focuses on understanding capacitive energy storage...
Greg Beran receives the 2016-17 Distinguished Teaching award from the UCR Academic Senate for "exceptional effort and achievement in teaching by a professional faculty member." Prof. Beran's nominations highlight his "outstanding ability to make rigorous material accessible to a broad audience without watering it down." They note his "commitment to creating a more engaging learning...
Ryan Julian is the 2017 Biemann Medal recipient from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. The Biemann Medal is one of two major awards given annually by ASMS. UCR has brought home the Biemann Medal twice in four years and is only the second school worldwide to boast two winners. Read More
Robert C. Haddon Memorial Symposium will be held on April 7, 2017, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (reception to follow). RSVP by March 30 by email (carol.lerner@ucr.edu) or call (951) 827-5089. Location: UC Riverside - Winston Chung Hall 205/206 (Parking available in Lot 13).
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — Ming Lee Tang, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship for her research with nanoparticles that could have a strong impact on the solar power industry and biomedical fields. Awarded annually since 1955, Sloan Research Fellowships honor early-career scientists and...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu) — Michael Pirrung, a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, has been named one of the new 175 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Pirrung is an organic chemist with research in the areas of chemical biology, synthesis, and nucleic acids. He is a pioneer...
Professor Yadong Yin was chosen as one of the recipients of the NML Researcher Award 2016 by the journal of Nano-Micro Letters in partnership with the Nature Research Society. The NML Researcher Award is established to recognize research excellence in the field of nano and micro science, with special consideration to those who have continuously...
Professor Dave Martin was chosen by the editorial boards of Synlett, Synthesis, and Synfacts as one of the Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardees for 2017. Awardees are described as promising young Professors near the beginning of their career. Each year a number of Professors are chosen to receive free print and electronic subscriptions of all three...
Jessy Lemieux earned his PhD at UC-Riverside performing experimental studies on thermal decomposition kinetics of molecules relevant to combustion and semiconductor chemical vapor deposition processes in the research group of Dr. Jingsong Zhang. Jessy is a passionate educator who was twice recognized as Teaching Assistant of the Year in the UCR Chemistry Department and now...
Professor Francisco Zaera's presentation at the recent National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, held in Philadelphia between August 21-25, 2016, was highlighted in the latest issue of Chemical and Engineering News. In an invited talk at the "In Situ and Operando Spectroscopy and of Catalysts" symposium of the Catalysis Division, he discussed the results...
Professor Greg Beran was awarded the 2016 Emerging Technologies Award from the Computers in Chemistry division of the American Chemical Society at the Fall national meeting in Philadelphia. The award recognizes his group's development of accurate and computationally affordable techniques for predicting chemical shifts in molecular crystals for NMR crystallography and "the impact that the...
UCR will be hosting an alumni reception during the ACS conference on Wednesday, August 24 from 5:30-7:30 in downtown Philadelphia at Square 1682, 121 South 17th Street. The event is free and details are provided upon registration at the following link: http://www.alumni.ucr.edu/cnasphiladelphia. All current and past students, postdocs, alumni and friends of UCR are invited...