Research
Recent Research News
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.
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.
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.