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Prof. Rebecca Butcher Named UF Research Foundation Professor

Wednesday May 13, 2026

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.

Three UF Chemistry Undergrads Win NSF GRFP Awards

Tuesday May 12, 2026

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

Two UF Undergrads Receive RSC Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence Awards

Tuesday May 5, 2026

Leah Kessler and Nicholar Marotta receive recognition by the Royal Society of Chemistry for their significant achievements in the chemical sciences.

Graduate Student Adriana Zayia Awarded Prestigious NDSEG Fellowship

Tuesday May 5, 2026

First-year Ph.D. student Adriana Zayia has been awarded the highly competitive National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, securing three years of support for her doctoral research in synthetic chemistry.

Prof. Adam Veige wins Gator Angel Wing Award

Monday April 27, 2026

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.

Bella Davey and Corey Lewis named as Undergrad Research Scholars for Transfer Chemistry Majors

Friday April 24, 2026

The Greg Butler Experiential Learning Fund provides opportunities for research experiences for undergraduates that have transferred from other institutions.

Pascale Atallah Chemistry Community Service Awards 2026

Thursday April 23, 2026

This annual award recognizes UF Chemistry students who demonstrate significant contributions to community service activities. The award is supported by Dr. Atallah, a UF Chem 2013 PhD alumnus.

Prof. Rebecca Butcher Receives UF Faculty Doctoral Mentoring

Friday April 10, 2026

UF’s Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award (FDMA), one of UF’s highest recognitions for graduate mentorship, recognizes faculty who demonstrate exceptional, innovative, and effective mentoring of doctoral students through dissertation completion. Congrats Prof. Butcher! Click to read the UF News article.

Rupam Roy Receives Outstanding Postdoc Award 2025

Wednesday April 8, 2026

Dr. Rupam Roy, Evans Research Group, has been honored with the 2025 UF Outstanding Postdoc Award.

Andrew Pendergast Joins UF Chemistry

Wednesday April 1, 2026

Prof. Pendergast will develop nanoscale electrochemical tools to understand and control reactivity in complex multiphase environments with applications in separations, phase transformations, and electrosynthesis.

Matthew Tibi, UF Biochemistry Major, Receives 2026 Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Tuesday March 31, 2026

Matthew Tibi has been awarded the competitive Barry Goldwater scholarship, which supports the next generation of talented researchers.

Latest publication from MSREC

Friday March 20, 2026

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

Gut Feeling: UF Scientists Create Synthetic Mucus to Fight IBD

Monday March 16, 2026

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).

Loesgen Lab Awarded Grant from the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund

Wednesday March 11, 2026

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.

Chemistry Senior Named Finalist for 2026 CLAS Excellence Award

Monday March 9, 2026

Leah Kessler, a graduating senior, has been named one of just eighteen finalists for the 2026 CLAS Excellence Award. Click to read more about about Leah, her service and research accomplishments.