UF Chemistry wins big at the AI Research Awards

Prof. Adrian Roitberg received the AI Research Excellence Award, Prof. Mingjie Liu and Namindu Rangana De Silva won the HiPerGator Early Career Awards, and Profs. Alberto Perez and Mingjie Liu and their labs won HiPerGator Pioneering Team Awards. Click to read the UF News article.

Gainesville families explore hands-on science at Molecular Mania

This year’s event was the 20th anniversary of Molecular Mania and featured 29 hands-on stations and roughly 180 volunteers.

Michelin Science Scholar, Cesar Dominguez, explores sustainable alternatives to plastics

Cesar, a 4th year UF Chemistry and Physics double major, and Prof. Austin Evans studies how to process ultra-high molecular weight polymers through powerful electric fields. Click to read the UF News article.

Perez Lab wins international AI protein design competition

Utilizing HiPerGator, the Perez Lab Gators designed the best protein binder out of 12,000 submissions in the Bits to Binders competition. Click to read the CLAS News article.

Brent Sumerlin wins two prestigious awards

Manipulation of the Symbiodiniaceae microbiome confers multigenerational impacts on symbioses and reproductive ecology of its Exaiptasia diaphana host.

New technique builds advanced materials out of basic plastics

The Sumerlin group has devised a novel “subtractive” technique to turn everyday plastics into highly porous, high-surface-area materials. Click to read the UF News article.

Loesgen Lab publishes in the flagship journal for the International Society for Microbial Ecology

Manipulation of the Symbiodiniaceae microbiome confers multigenerational impacts on symbioses and reproductive ecology of its Exaiptasia diaphana host.

Fullerene database provides researchers a path toward a more perfect match

The Liu lab provides the most comprehensive dataset of C20 to C60 fullerenes to date. Click to read the CLAS News article.

Rudolf lab discover new family of terpene-related enzymes

Published in JACS, a new diterpene and a new family of isomerases were reported from bacteria. Click to read the CLAS News article.

Breakthrough polymer research promises to revolutionize recycling

Brent Sumerlin and team “developed a completely new method that dramatically lowers the energy required to achieve depolymerization.” Click to read the CLAS News article.