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  • Nicole Becker

    Oct 13, 2023

    This $299,187 grant is from the National Science Foundation for the project titled Students' Development of Ideas About Bonding and Bonding Models: A Cross-sectional Analysis. Abstract: This project aims to serve the national interest by providing an evidence base for improving...
  • Rebecca Laird

    Sep 29, 2023

    Rebecca Laird has received a Teaching in Higher Education Conference Award from the Council on Teaching through the University of Iowa Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. This award may be applied to travel and conference-related expenses for the AAC&U Transforming STEM Higher...
  • Claudio Margulis

    Sep 29, 2023

    Claudio Margulis: DOE/University of Minnesota; The Nature, Dynamics and Reactivity of Electrons in Ionic Liquids; $478,541.   Our proposal, “The nature, dynamics and reactivity of electrons in ionic liquids” seeks to understand for a selected group of ionic liquids ( ILs) the...
  • James Shepherd

    Sep 22, 2023

    James Shepherd was promoted to Associate Professor in May 2023. He has been with the University of Iowa Department of Chemistry since 2017. Professor Shepherd's recent awards include the UI Early Career Award (2020) and an NSF Career Award (2021).  Areas of interest...
  • Alexei V. Tivanski

    Sep 22, 2023

    Alexei Tivanski was promoted to Full Professor in May 2023. He has been with the University of Iowa Department of Chemistry since 2007 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014. Professor Tivanski earned UI's Career Development Award (2021) and has been a member...
  • Agilent Technologies updated lab, Students using instruments

    Sep 21, 2023

    In 2022, Binaya Shrestha, Scott Shaw and Mark Arnold became aware of a fantastic opportunity for the Department of Chemistry. Through a contract with the Regents Institutions in the state of Iowa, Agilent Technologies offered to collaborate with the Chemistry Department to establish a Demo...
  • Prof. Ed Gillan

    Aug 15, 2023

    Ed Gillan was promoted to Full Professor in May 2023. He has been with the University of Iowa Department of Chemistry since 1997 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2003. Professor Gillan's most recent honors and awards include: University of Iowa Faculty Senate Vice...
  • Dr. Korey Carter

    Aug 15, 2023

    Assistant Professor Korey Carter's U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career proposal titled, "Design of Molecular Spin Qubits Featuring Clock Transitions via Encapsulation of f-Elements in Polyoxometalates" was officially selected for funding. The DOE announced the selection...
  • Dr. Renee Cole

    Aug 15, 2023

    Dr. Renée Cole has been awarded the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry (https://www.nesacs.org/award/james-flack-norris-award/) with two of her collaborators, Dr. Susanne Ruder...
  • Aug 11, 2023

    Led by Department of Chemistry lecturer Adam Brummett and Director of the Office of Sustainability and the Environment Stratis Giannakouros, Iowa STEM students recently visited various locations in France, Switzerland, and Germany to experience the applications of sustainable chemistry on a global...
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