Category: Chemistry

Senior Ethan Quinn looks every bit like someone who feels more at home in a weight room or chasing down opposing players on the field. This summer, the standout midfielder on the Seton Hill University lacrosse team temporarily traded his jersey in Pennsylvania for a lab coat in Aggieland to participate in Texas A&M Chemistry’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program. Meet the man and learn more about his motivation on the athletic and academic fields.

Congratulations to Texas A&M at Qatar chemist and associate dean for research Hassan Bazzi, who has been named a 2019 Fellow of the American Chemical Society in recognition of his outstanding achievements in chemistry and contributions to science, the profession and the society.

Texas A&M chemist David Powers has been selected to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, a prestigious honor intended to help kick-start the careers of rising faculty with the potential to become academic leaders in both research and education.

Andreas Ehnbom, a doctoral student in the Texas A&M Department of Chemistry, has been selected as one of 29 international participants in the 2019 CAS Future Leaders Program, an elite scientific leadership immersion opportunity provided through the American Chemical Society.

Texas A&M junior chemistry major Oscar Gonzalez '20 has been named a 2019 Goldwater Scholar by the Goldwater Scholarship Foundation in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and research potential. Gonzalez, a Science Leadership Scholar, is among 48 Texas A&M students selected to date for the prestigious honor since the initial scholarship was issued in 1989.

Texas A&M chemist Karen Wooley's laboratory is fighting hemorrhage — a leading cause of death in traumatic injuries — by developing a bioabsorbable wound dressing with encapsulated chitosan nanofibers that, when applied to liver injury sites in animals, dissolves in as little as seven days, eliminating the need for subsequent physical removal and any chance of re-injury in the process

Congratulations to Texas A&M Chemistry's Larry Brown, one of two faculty members who have been appointed to 2019 University Professorships in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (UPUTE) at Texas A&M University.

Congratulations to Texas A&M chemist François P. Gabbaï, one of seven faculty campus-wide appointed as 2019 University Distinguished Professors, a perpetual title representing the highest level of faculty achievement at Texas A&M.

Texas A&M chemist Donald Darensbourg has been elected as a 2019 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining Karen Wooley (2015), George Bass (2012), Marcetta Darensbourg (2011), Marlan Scully (2008), Ron DeVore (2001), Rob Kennicutt Jr. (2001) and David Lee (1990) as current Texas A&M faculty members featured in the eminent society.

Gregory S. Day ’19, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive a United States Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program Award in support of research addressing scientific challenges central to the agency’s mission and workforce development. Day, whose research as a member of […]

Andreas Ehnbom, a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a 2019 Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship Award recipient, announced Thursday (March 28) by Dr. Karen L. Butler-Purry, associate provost for graduate and professional studies. Ehnbom is one of five Texas A&M doctoral students honored this year with the prestigious award, established […]

UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and National Academy of Sciences member Paul Alivisatos is set to receive the 2019 F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research, presented jointly by Texas A&M Chemistry and the Texas A&M Section of the American Chemical Society to honor the late Texas A&M chemist Albert Cotton.

Ever wondered what it's like to lead the research charge at a major university? Texas A&M Vice President for Research Mark A. Barteau, a professor of chemical engineering and holder of the Halliburton Chair in Engineering as well as a joint professorship in the Department of Chemistry, addresses the inherent challenges of servant leadership in a commentary published this month in Physics Today.

Texas A&M chemist Marcetta Darensbourg has been selected to receive the 2019 Willard Gibbs Award, presented by the American Chemical Society Chicago Section to recognize exceptional individuals whose pioneering work has opened new fields of chemical research.

Texas A&M chemists Daniel Collins and Joanna Goodey Pellois are among the eight recipients of the 2019 Honoring Excellence Award recognizing Texas A&M University faculty and staff for outstanding support of Texas A&M students and their academic success.