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The grant will support a collaboration involving both UNC Charlotte and Winthrop researchers to explore photocatalysis with thiazolothiazoles. Photocatalysis is one of the most active areas of development in synthetic chemistry and pharmaceutical development, but much of the field has relied on scarce elements for the catalyst itself. This new research program will develop photocatalytic […]

The ACS Publications Diversity & Inclusion Cover Art Series is back for 2024! This portfolio-wide initiative aims to amplify marginalized voices and recognize historically excluded or under-recognized populations of chemists. Since the program’s initial launch in Analytical Chemistry in February 2021, we have published unique and impactful stories through cover art and accompanying editorials. This initiative was then […]

The Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship was established by Paul R. Jones, in memory of his wife, to provide scholarships for female undergraduate majors in chemistry or related disciplines who are beginning their junior or senior years of study. Priscilla Carney Jones wished to have this scholarship established because of the difficulties she faced as a […]

Dr. Juan Vivero-Escoto was recently interviewed by WBTV on your side about his research on antibiotic resistant bacteria. Check out the segment here to learn more about the amazing research being done at Charlotte!

Congratulations to My Vuong, who has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in the field of Chemistry – Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry! My is a Chemistry major in the University Honors Program. She has worked in Professor Bejger’s laboratory since 2021, where she studies organometallic polymers made from metal-sulfur clusters and N-heterocyclic […]

Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Horger, Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Horger has been selected to participate in the 5th annual Faculty Showcase. The committee in charge of the showcase said of Jacob’s work, “The quality of the work he recently undertook with the Office of Assessment and Accreditation’s Scholarship of Assessment […]

Dr. Vivero-Escoto’s lab has been quite busy and it really shows! Read below about 3 projects that have recently been funded: Project Number1R16GM145434-01 Antimicrobial resistant bacteria (ARB) and genes (ARGs) are one of the biggest public health issues of the 21st century. In this project; we propose to develop a light-activated silver nanoparticulate system for […]

Please join the department in congratulating Dr. Kirill Afonin for being named this year’s recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal! The First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal was first awarded in 1988 and recognizes outstanding scholarship, creativity, and research among senior full-time faculty members. Each year the University, with support from First Citizens Bank, […]

The Graduate Research Fellows – in fields of study ranging from physics, chemistry and plant biology, to psychology and mechanical engineering – will be diving into a full spectrum of research topics, from tardigrades to turbulence, from detecting coral bleaching through spectroscopy to cosmic microwaves that may tell the story of the first second of […]

Thomas Perrell, M.S. Chemistry Candidate awarded coveted Fellowship Perrell was recognized for his outstanding contribution to Charlotte’s graduate program on Nov 3rd where he presented on the “Advancements in Thiazolothiazole Photoredox Catalysis.”