UCR Chemistry ranks 26th in the US in the Nature Index, which tracks the number of high-quality scientific articles (updated monthly). The ranking is based on a composite total, which further highlights the strength of our program. The link to the searchable Nature Index tool is found on the following link (input USA/Academic/Chemistry/FC). Read More
A huge gain in solar cells has now been made by a team of chemists at the University of California, Riverside that has found an ingenious way to make solar energy conversion more efficient. The researchers report in Nano Letters that by combining inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals with organic molecules, they have succeeded in "up converting"...
Thanks to generous donations by UCR Chemistry alumni John Precht and Eddie Seo, two of our undergraduate students worked full-time in the laboratory this summer. The Kuwana-Sawyer Award honors Ted Kuwana and Donald T. Sawyer, well-known analytical chemists and former UCR professors, while providing support for undergraduate students doing research in analytical chemistry. This year’s...
The Department of Chemistry welcomes four new Assistant Professors for 2015-16: Matthew Conley (Catalysis), Boniface Fokwa (Materials), Joseph Genereux (Bioanalytical) and Chao Wang (Polymer Materials). The following link includes additional details.
Cynthia Larive joins the editorial board of the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry as an associate editor. Analytical Chemistry is the flagship journal of the field, publishing articles that address the general principles of chemical measurement science as well as specific aspects of analytical operations, including sampling, bioanalysis, electrochemistry, mass spectrometry, microscale and nanoscale systems and...
Prof. De-en Jiang's paper "Stabilization and Band-Gap Tuning of 1T-MoS2 Monolayer by Covalent Functionalization" in Chemistry of Materials was chosen as an ACS Editor's Choice (1 paper per day out of over 42,000 annually). The paper was available online on 1 May 2015 and is in the top 10 most downloaded papers from Chemistry of...
Professor Ludwig Bartels has received the annual faculty award for Commitment to Graduate Diversity. The selection committee was impressed with his extraordinary willingness to mentor students who might otherwise have been overlooked in the admission process. The committee was equally impressed with the record of achievement these students have garnered under Dr. Bartels tutelage. Read...
Four UCR undergraduates have been awarded highly-competitive summer research fellowships by the Semiconductor Research Corporation. The fellowships will provide each recipient a stipend of $4,000 for 10 weeks to work this summer in science and technology fields related to the semiconductor computer industry. It also includes an invitation to TechCon, a national conference that brings...
Dr. Jonathan Ashby, a graduate of Dr. Wenwan Zhong's research group, has received the 2015 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, a highly selective fellowship administered by the National Research Council (NRC). The awarded individuals must have demonstrated superior academic achievement, be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, shown...
Three graduate students working under the direction of Chemistry faculty have received five year NSF Graduate Research Fellowships that provides a $32K annual stipend plus tuition support. Jessica McKinley is working on computational chemistry under the direction of Prof. Beran, while Katie Magnone and Ariana Nguyen are working on materials chemistry under the direction of...
Erik Romero was UCR's recipient of the American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award for 2014. Erik carried out his undergraduate research in Prof. Morton's laboratory. Erik's University Honors Program (UHP) thesis was of high quality, embodying not only his research at UCR, but also his work at Los Alamos National Laboratory (supported by a 2013 UCR...
The UCR Chem Club has been recognized as an honorable mention by the American Chemical Society for the second consecutive year. Student chapters receive special recognition on the basis of their programs and activities. UCR was also recognized as a green chapter due to a successful battery recycling program during the 2013-2014 academic year. Though...
Michael Pirrung's work preparing complex organic molecules has a whole host of potential applications, from creating flavors and fragrances, to providing new life-saving cancer and HIV treatments. By inhibiting the proteasome, a huge molecular machine found in each cell, his research has developed a promising new compound for treating kidney cancer. Read More
Thanks to generous donations by UCR Chemistry alumni John Precht and Eddie Seo, three of our undergraduate students worked full-time in the laboratory this summer. The Kuwana-Sawyer Award honors Ted Kuwana and Donald T. Sawyer, well-known analytical chemists and former UCR professors, while providing support for undergraduate students doing research in analytical chemistry. This year’s...
Senior chemistry major Krystal Vasquez has been selected to receive an ACS Scholars Award. The ACS Scholars Program awards about 100 renewable scholarships nationwide to students interested in pursuing a career in chemical sciences. Read More
Six undergraduate students presented research posters at the 2014 Research In Science and Engineering (RISE) Symposium on work mentored by chemistry faculty (Mueller, Switzer, Ai, Zhong, Chronister, Millar). Read More
UCR Chemistry is ranked 47th in the Academic Rankings of World Universities for 2014. This result is an improvement from the 51-75 ranking from 2012 & 2013. ARWU uses six indicators, including - the number of highly cited researchers, and per capita performance. More than 1200 universities are ranked by ARWU every year. Read More
Professor Yadong Yin and Distinguished Professor Robert Haddon appear on Reuters list of The World's Most Influential Minds of 2014. Researchers earned the distinction by writing the greatest numbers of Highly Cited Papers - ranking among the top 1% most cited in their subject field. The list can be searched at highlycited.com. Read More
Christopher Roberts, a UCR chemistry graduate student in the group of Prof. Chia-en Chang, has won a Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award at the Fall 2014 ACS meeting. Chris' presentation entitled "Modeling of Enhanced Catalysis in Multienzyme Nanostructures Effects of Molecular Scaffoldings, Spatial Organization, and Concentration" was selected as one of 5 winners from more...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Jocelyn Millar, a professor of entomology and cooperating faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded the Silver Medal for career achievement by the International Society of Chemical Ecology ( ISCE). Awarded first in 1986, the ISCE Silver Medal is the society’s highest honor...