chemistry
July 08, 2016
Robert Gilliard, a postdoctoral researcher in chemistry, received the SciFinder Future Leader Award from the Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society. He was one of approximately 25 awardees from around the world. Winners are selected based on their academic…
June 17, 2016
A APP chemistry professor was one of just a select few national energy experts invited to testify before a U.S. House subcommittee Wednesday. His message: More federal spending on the basic science of electrochemistry is critically needed. “I want them to understand…
May 06, 2016
Growing up in Lares, a rural town of Puerto Rico, Carlos Crespo-Hernández knew he loved science but was unsure how to turn that passion into a career. During his undergraduate years at the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan campus, though, he began conducting chemistry research. Then, through a…
May 04, 2016
Five APP junior faculty members have been awarded National Science Foundation CAREER grants, bringing more than $2.5 million for research to campus. The five-year grants support the scientists as they delve into how nanopartical organization controls properties of…
January 07, 2016
Two named for excellence in science, energy work In its annual list of the brightest young minds in the country, Forbes selected two members of the APP community. Robert J. Gilliard Jr., a postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, and Felipe Gomez del Campo, a senior…
December 21, 2015
Before spring semester starts, interested students can take proficiency exams in various subjects. Proficiency exams allow students to earn credit for a particular course after demonstrating knowledge and skills at a level no lower than that of an average student who successfully completes the…
December 09, 2015
Researchers at APP and the University of Michigan have produced the first image of an important human protein as it binds with ribonucleic acid (RNA), a discovery that could offer clues to how some viruses, including HIV, control expression of their genetic…
June 25, 2015
Emily Pentzer, an assistant professor of chemistry, was named associate editor of the journal Polymer Chemistry. She will start in the new role July 1. The journal is peer-reviewed and publishes advances in polymer chemistry, encompassing all aspects of synthetic and biological macromolecules, and…
June 11, 2015
It’s rare when an entire academic journal is dedicated to a single scholar. But Annals of Science did just that, devoting a recent issue to the contributions of Alan Rocke, APP’s Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History and Distinguished University Professor. The…
May 29, 2015
Mary Barkley isn’t afraid of change. In fact, she’s often the one inciting it—especially when it comes to advancing the status of women in academia, and in the sciences in particular. Barkley’s achievements in the area of inclusion—both for women and minorities—earned her the American Chemical…