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Spicing Up Science: Chemathon 2026 Draws Record Crowds

Chemathon 2026, inspired by the National Chemistry Week theme of “The Hidden Life of Spices”, was another huge success: 30 schools, 206 high school students, 61 teachers/chaperones!

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Cole Sorensen Joins UF Chemistry

Prof. Sorensen will engineer enzymes to solve key challenges in polymer chemistry by enabling new approaches to polymer synthesis, modification, and deconstruction. Welcome to UF Chemistry!

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Graduate Student Gina Pedro Selected for DOE SCGSR award

Fourth-year Ph.D. candidate Gina Pedro has been selected for the prestigious Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award, supporting her proposed research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Prof. Rebecca Butcher Named UF Research Foundation Professor

UFRF Professorships are awarded to faculty members who have established a strong record of research excellence while demonstrating the capacity to shape their fields in meaningful and lasting ways.

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Three UF Chemistry Undergrads Win NSF GRFP Awards

Connor Ambrose, Bella Cherin, and Leah Kessler win this highly prestigious NSF graduate school fellowship. Congrats!

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Prof. Rebecca Butcher Named UF Research Foundation Professor

UFRF Professorships are awarded to faculty members who have established a strong record of research excellence while demonstrating the capacity to shape their fields in meaningful and lasting ways.

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Prof. Adam Veige wins Gator Angel Wing Award

Through the generous support of Dr. Nicholas Conti and Amy Fox Conti, this award supports bringing innovative research from the lab to the market. Read more here about Prof. Veige’s work on conductive polymers.

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Latest publication from MSREC

Check out the latest study from the Mass Spectrometry Research and Education Center: Advantages of the sulfo-phospho-vanillin assay for lipidomics.

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Gut Feeling: UF Scientists Create Synthetic Mucus to Fight IBD

Prof. Brent Sumerlin and Microbiology Assoc. Prof. Luis Roesch team up to create synthetic mucus out of sheer-labile interaction polymers. Click to read the UF News article (photo courtesy of UF News).

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Loesgen Lab Awarded Grant from the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund

Prof. Sandra Loesgen won a grant from the Casey DeSantis Florida Cancer Innovation Fund. Her team will work on the preclinical development of mensacarcin for melanoma and pediatric brain cancers. Click to read the Whitney Lab News article.

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