RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Photocatalysis—catalysis assisted by light—is a promising route to convert solar energy into chemical fuels. Particularly appealing is the possibility to use photocatalysis to split water molecules into molecular hydrogen. Although photocatalysis has been around for many years, the search for viable photocatalysts to facilitate the splitting of water molecules continues to date...
In response to an initiative by Dr. Bartels, the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC.org) started this year an undergraduate research internship program at its STARnet centers. In a nationwide competition, four of the 20+ undergraduate researchers of the Bartels lab were awarded summer fellowships. Recipients Sahar Naghibi, Gretel von Son Palacio, Daniel Lu and Thomas Empante...
The University of California, Riverside's Department of Chemistry has awarded two undergraduate students with the Alumni Scholarship Award. This award is made possible by the support of the Chemistry Department Alumni and is awarded to undergraduate students for their academic achievements, research involvement and extra-curricular activities. The following students have demonstrated such merit and were...
Congratulations to graduate student Josh Hartman for receiving the 2013-14 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) for Graduate Students. Based upon nomination letters and teaching evaluations the Graduate Division DTA Selection Committee determined that Josh demonstrated consistently superior performance as a teaching assistant. The Awards Ceremony will be held May 28, 2014 at 5:00pm in HUB 302...
Chemistry undergraduates Javier Fajardo, Mary Nguyen, and Nicole Godfrey have been honored by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Javier was awarded a three-year fellowship ($32,000/yr), while Mary and Nicole each received honorable mention. A GRFP fellowship was also awarded to Edwin Preciado, a graduate student working with Prof. Bartels to develop dichalcogenide semiconductor thin...
Dr. Zhang has been selected to receive the 2014 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Dr. Zhang has mentored 32 undergraduate research students. Seven of Dr. Zhang's UG students have been coauthors in peer-reviewed publications, and 19 have made scholarly presentations at conferences. Dr. Zhang has also mentored three Honors Thesis projects. Dr. Zhang...
Patrick Dunne, Ph.D., Retired Senior Advisor in Advanced Processing and Nutritional Biochemistry for the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate at the U.S. Army Research Center, has received the 2014 Nicholas Appert Award for his leadership in focused research in advanced food processing that has led to transition to new processing technologies, such as high...
Yadon Yin has accepted a position as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Materials Chemistry C published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. This is a three year term starting on April 1. The Journal of Material Chemistry was established in 1991. In 2013 it was replaced by three new independent journals (A-energy and...
Dr. De-en Jiang has accepted a position at UC Riverside as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and will be joining the department in July 2014. His research focuses on addressing important materials chemistry problems by computational tools. Read More
Dr. Dave Martin has accepted a position at UC Riverside as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and will be joining the department in July 2014. His research will include the development of new catalytic transformations using abundant transition metals, novel strategies for bond activation including photochemical methods, and the synthesis of biologically active natural products...
Mary Nguyen (BS chemistry major) was one of only a few recipients nationwide of the Eli Lilly/WCC Travel Award for her ongoing research with Prof. Catharine Larsen. This highly competitive award supported her travel to the ACS National Meeting in Indianapolis where she gave both a poster and an oral presentation. Mary was also recognized...
Dr. Millar has coauthored a Science paper that identifes the first sterility-inducing queen insect pheromones. The pheromones are found to be consevred across different insect species in which nonvolatile saturated hydrocarbons are used to advertise fecundity and/or to suppress worker reproduction. Read More
Professor Chia-en Chang has been awarded the NSF CAREER award for her project, "Development and Application of Multi-scale Modeling for Biomolecular Association". This project uses computer modeling to investigate complex interactions among molecules. Understanding association processes will increase our fundamental understanding of bio-molecular binding and its applications. The project will combine multi-level coarse-grained and atomistic...
Dr. Bartels' paper on "2-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides with Tunable Direct Band Gaps: MoS2(1-x)Se2x Monolayers," gets published in Advanced Materials. His paper describes the creation of MoS2(1-x)Se2x single-layer films and how the material becomes a natively semiconductor film that can readily be fabricated into transistors. Read More
KNX1070 Radio interview-Professor of Chemistry, Cindy Larive explains the science behind sugar candy and its processes. To hear the interview, check out the link: Read More
Consuelo Beecher, a UCR Chemistry graduate student working with Professor Cindy Larive, has received the 2013 Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans Student Presentation Award. She was honored for her outstanding presentation at the 2013 SACNAS National Conference in San Antonio, Texas, titled Profiling Enoxaparin SEC Fractions By Probing for 3-O-Sulfo Oligosaccharides...
Graduated from UC Riverside in 1972 with B.S. degrees in both Chemistry and Biochemistry. Mr. Weir has over 40 years of experience in the management, planning, operation, and maintenance of water, wastewater, and recycled water facilities. He currently serves as an independent consultant following nearly 20 years as General Manager for East Bay Dischargers Authority...
Yu-Ming Mindy Huang, a UCR chemistry graduate student in the group of Prof. Chia-en Chang, has won the NVIDIA GPU Poster Competition in the Fall 2013 ACS. Mindy's poster was among the top 5 posters selected for the competition during the ACS meeting. Her poster " Pathways and mechanism of drugs binding to HIV-1 protease."...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu) — Eighteen faculty members from the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have recently been awarded a total of $9.6 million in research grants by federal agencies. Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Robert Haddon has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his...
Jack Eichler, LPSOE in the UCR Department of Chemistry, has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 ACS-Committee on Environmental Improvement Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education. He was recognized for his previous work in designing and implementing a laboratory experience that gave students the opportunity to measure ground level ozone concentrations, and...