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Departmental News

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Outreach Event: Harry Potter Potions

Chemistry Club volunteers created interactive Harry Potter-themed activities and chemistry demonstrations on Oct. 10, 2026 at the Millhopper Branch Library.

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Outreach Event: Homecoming Tabling

Chemistry Club members organized an interactive slime-making demo during the Oct. 9 Homecoming Tabling event. Children, students, and adults learned about the principles of cross-linking and polymer chemistry in a fun and engaging experience.

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UF Chemistry Hosts 2nd Annual Undergrad Research Symposium

UF Chemistry celebrated undergraduate research at its second annual symposium, featuring posters by over 60 students and a dozen award winners! The symposium showcased enthusiastic scientists and their cutting-edge scientific discoveries!

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Kari Basso Named the 2026 Recipient of the E. Ann Nalley Regional Award for Volunteer Service by SERMACS

The American Chemical Society Southeastern Regional Meeting (SERMACS) Awards Committee will present Dr. Basso the award at the 2027 SERMACS in Memphis, TN.

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We Sadly Announce the Passing of Professor Emeritus M. Luis Muga

A stalwart of UF Chemistry and Physics from 1960–1996, Prof. Muga will be deeply missed. In 2024, the Professor M. Luis Muga Scholarship Fund for graduate and undergraduate students at UF Chemistry was established to honor his legacy. Click to read his obituary in The Gainesville Sun.

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Recent Research

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Austin Evans Wins NSF CAREER Award

Austin Evans receives one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for early-career faculty. This award will “explore new ways to use electricity to modify and break down plastics.” Click to read CLAS News article

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Prof. George Christou Awarded the 2026 Charles H. Herty Medal of the ACS Southeastern Region

Congratulations to Distinguished Prof. George Christou, who was selected to receive the 2026 Charles H. Herty Medal!

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UF Chemist Austin Evans Wins Prestigious Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Congratulations to Prof. Austin Evans, who was selected of one of 17 new Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2026!

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Narayanan Lab Receives ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Grant

Assistant Professor Amal Narayanan has received an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF) Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) grant to investigate surface properties of ultrahigh molecular weight polymers.

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Loesgen Lab Discovers New Metabolites from Fungi

Anthracaurisin A, a novel compound with potent cytotoxic activity, was discovered from a Patagonian fungus. Read the Whitney Lab News post here.

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