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Recent Research News

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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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Two UF Chemistry Faculty to be Inducted into the ASEMFL

Profs. Brent Sumerlin and Matthew Eddy have been elected into the Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL).

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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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