成人AV视频

Skip to Main Content
A-Z Index
College of Arts and Sciences
twoColumn twoLeft

Recent News & Events in Chemistry and Biochemistry

  • Fall 2025
    • Congratulations to Prof. Ben Williams on his recent publication entitled "" published in the Special Issue "Undergraduate Research as the Stimulus for Scientific Progress in the USA" of ACS Omega.

     

    • Congratulations to Profs. Ben Williams (junior faculty member) and Josh Melko (senior faculty member) for being awarded the Van Vleck Teaching Excellence Award. The award is intended to support the research and creative activities of COAS faculty who have a demonstrated record of outstanding teaching and to encourage senior faculty to mentor junior faculty.

     

    • Congratulations to Profs. Corey Causey and Bryan Knuckley on their recent publication entitled "in the Special Issue "Advances and Novel Strategies for Studying Underexplored Post-Translational Modifications (PTMs)" of Biomolecules.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski on being awarded a 成人AV视频 High-Impact Practice Grant for $15,000 the proposal entitled "From a Laboratory Bench to a National Conference – a Transformative Research Experience."

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Liangyong Mei on being awarded a 成人AV视频 High-Impact Practice Grant for $15,000 the proposal entitled "Research in Organic Chemistry: An Experiential Approach to Enhance Student Skills in the Laboratory and Beyond."

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Ken Laali on his publication entitled "" in Synlett.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Will Jones for his recent publication in Talanta entitled "."

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Will Jones for his recent publication in Analytica Chimica Acta entitled "."

     

    • Congratulations to Profs. Art Omran, Eirin Sullivan, and Will Jones for their paper published in ChemRxiv entitled "."

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Willis Jones on his grant entitled "Cutting Edge Calibration for the Direct Determination of Trace Analytes using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy" being funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAP-MPS) for $247,000. /newsroom/2025/10/Jones-NSF-grant-LIBS.html

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski on his R16 grant entitled "The Role of J-Domain Protein Interactions with Molecular Chaperone Hsp70" being funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) for $780,000! /newsroom/2025/10/Ciesielski-NIH-Grant.html

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Hannah Malcolm on her grant entitled "Identifying the Mechanosensitive Genes in Paraburkholderia graminis" being funded by the for $20,000.

     

    • Welcome to our new faculty:
      • Dr. Shayla Bajalia, Lab Lecturer
      • Dr. Adam Campbell, Visiting Lab Lecturer
      • Mrs. Elizabeth Carey, Lab Lecturer
      • Dr. Tate Engstrand, Visiting Lab Lecturer
      • Dr. Marie Melzer, Adjunct Faculty

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. TJ Mullen on being promoted to Full Professor.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Eirin (McBride) Sullivan on being tenured and promoted to Associate Professor.

     

    • Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Langat for being promoted to Associate Lab Lecturer.

     

    • We are excited to announce that we will begin construction of a new Organic Chemistry Lab, a new Biochemical Instrumentation Facility, and a new Faculty Research Lab this upcoming year. Thanks to all those that supported our fundraising efforts to help us create these new spaces.

     

    • We are excited to announce the launch of our Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry starting this Fall. Read more about our programs here.
  • Summer 2025
    • Congratulations to our 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF):
      • Lauren Gledhill working with Prof. Szymon Ciesielski 
      • Micah DeCourcey working with Prof. Willis Jones
      • Jeffrey Wilke working with Prof. Benjamin Williams
      • Taylor Dessoffy working with Prof. Benjamin Wiliams 
      • Samuel Milton working with Prof. Liangyong Mei 
      • Jessica Galub working with Prof. Hannah Malcom
      • Jamie Ly working with Prof. Eirin Sullivan 
      • Linh McClure working with Prof. Bryan Knuckley
      • Robbie Huff working with Prof. Willis Jones                                                                   
      • Abigail Crossman working with Prof. Willis Jones
      • Deborah Kwansah working with Prof. Szymon Ciesielski
      • Cody Bishir working with Prof. Liangyong Mei
      • Trang Le working with Prof. Szymon Ciesielski

     

     

    • Congratulations to on being named the 2025 成人AV视频 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Outstanding Alumnus!

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Willis Jones for being named a finalist for the

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Stuart Chalk on his recent publication " in Pure Applied Chemistry.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Willis Jones on his recent publications:
      • “” in Applied Spectroscopy.
      • “” in Analytical Letters.
      • “” in Microchemical  Journal.
      • “” in the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry.
      • “” in Analytical Chemistry.
  • Spring 2025
    • Congratulations to our Student Award Winners for 2024 - 2025:
      • ACS Analytical Chemistry Award: Kayleigh Coleman
      • ACS Organic Chemistry Award: Micah DeCourcey
      • ACS Physical Chemistry Award: Taylor Dessoffy
      • ACS Inorganic Chemistry Award: Alayna Puls
      • 成人AV视频 Biochemistry Award: Abby Crossman
      • Outstanding Graduate Award: Chloe Perednia
      • Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award: Robbie Huff
      • American Institute of Chemistry Award: Thomas Johnston
     
    • Congratulations to Prof. Bryan Knuckley being named the 2025 成人AV视频 Distinguished Professor.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Liangyong Mei on his recent publication “Applications of red light photoredox catalysis in organic synthesis” in Organic Biomolecular Chemistry.

     

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Will Jones for being named a 成人AV视频 Honors Faculty Fellow!

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Ken Laali on his publication " in Chemistry Select.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Ben Williams for being awarded a 成人AV视频 Foundation Grant for $24,000 for his project entitled "Creating Value-Added Products from Landfill Gas Using Composite Catalysts." The funding will support both undergraduates and graduate students in his research lab.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Liangyong Mei on his recent article "" published in ACS Omega with two undergraduate students, Cody Bishir and Abbey Hubbard.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Josh Melko and his undergraduate, Jack Suggs, on their publication "" in Molecules.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Will Jones on being awarded a 成人AV视频 Institute of Environmental Research and Education Seed Grant entitled “Improving Contaminant Limits of Detection Using Multi-Channel Dilution Analysis” for $10,000.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Ken Laali on publishing "," in Molecules.

     

    • Congratulations to Profs. Bryan Knuckley, Corey Causey, and Fatima Rehman for recieving a MedNexus Innovative Therapeutics Development Grant for $70,000 to continue their work on cancer therapeutics targeting the Protein Arginine Methyltransferase family of enzymes.

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. TJ Mullen on receiving funding from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF) for his proposal entitled "Tailoring Nanostructure Morphology and Catalytic Behavior for Hydrocarbon Oxidation" for $70,000.
  • Fall 2024
    • Congratulations to Prof. Ben Williams on being awarded a contract with NRS Labs LLC for $12,500 on a project entitled "Optimization of Monolithic Carbon Structures for Energy Storage."

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski for being awarded a 成人AV视频 High Impact Practice Grant in the amount of $15,000 for his project entitled "Protein Structure and Function: from Virtual Reality to Laboratory Experience."

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Will Jones for being awarded a 成人AV视频 High Impact Practice Grant in the amount of $10,200 for his project entitled “Enabling One-on-One Mentorship for Cutting Edge Research in Analytical Chemistry.”

    • Congratulations to Profs. TJ Mullen and Greg Wurtz on recieving funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for $250,000 to acquire an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)! 

     

    • Congratulations to Prof. Stuart Chalk on recieving a  for $300,000 focused on the development of an open digital research notebook.

     

    • Welcome to the new members of our Chemistry & Biochemistry family:
      • Dr. Elzie Black – Laboratory Lecturer
      • Dr. Ana Restrepo – Laboratory Lecturer
      • Dr. Elizabeth Carey – Visiting Laboratory Lecturer
      • Dr. Shayla Bajalia – Visiting Laboratory Lecturer
      • Dr. Travis Bray – Visiting Laboratory Lecturer
  • Summer 2024
    • Congratulations to Prof. Thomas Mullen on publishing "I" in Micromachines. 

     

     

    • Congratulations to our 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) Cohort:
      • Cody Bishir
      • Baher Boktor
      • Soleil Cabana
      • Abigail Crossman
      • Reagan Elia
      • Gerald Favorite
      • Brian Grause
      • Skyeler Klinge
      • Erina Kotreli
      • Jamie Ly
      • Tania McCormack
      • Chloe Perednia
      • Noah Smith
      • Ruby Soto
      • Cameron Young

     

    • Congratulations to the following students for the 2023 - 24 student awards:
      • Outstanding Graduate: Chris Yazji
      • Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher: Amanda Jessel
      • American Institute of Chemist Award: Jordan Tucker
      • ACS Analytical Chemistry Award: Will Tuten
      • ACS Organic Chemistry Award: David Weldon
      • ACS Inorganic Chemistry Award: Amanda Jessel
      • ACS Physical Chemistry Award: Chloe Perednia
      • 成人AV视频 Biochemistry Award: Cameron Young
  • Spring 2024

    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski for his project titled "Exploring the Role of Molecular Chaperones in Carcinogenesis" being awarded a MedNexus Research Innovation Fund Grant for $20,000! 

    • Congratulations to Prof. Eirin Sullivan for receiving the 成人AV视频 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award!

    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski for winning Best Poster at 成人AV视频 STARS! 

    • Congratulations to Prof. Ken Laali on publishing “” in Polyhedron. 

    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski on publishing " in FEBS Letters.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Eirin Sullivan on publishing “” in Materials Research Bulletin. 

    • Congratulations to Prof. Ben Williams on publishing in ACS Catalysis.

    • Congratulations to Prof. Ken Laali on publishingin Chemistry Select.

  • Fall

    • Congratulations to Prof. Will Jones on being awarded an Academic Technology Grant for “Technologies for Chemical Research." 

    • Congratulations to Profs. Szymon Ciesielski, Hannah Malcolm, Amy Lane, and Bryan Knuckley on being awarded Academic Technology Grant for the acquisition of PyMOL software, a vital tool for the molecular visualization of complex compounds.

    • Congratulations to Profs. Ben Williams and Florentino De la Cruz (成人AV视频 Engineering) on being awarded an Institute of Environmental Research and Education (IERE) Seed Grant for $10,000 entitled “Carbon Capture and Storage from Landfill Gas using Metal Organic Frameworks Coupled with Enhanced Weathering with Combustion Residuals.”

    • Congratulations to Prof. Ken Laali for publishing "" in Molecules.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski for publishing "" in Enzymes. 
    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski for publishing "" in the Journal of Molecular Biology. 
    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski for being awarded the Jim Van Vleck Teaching Excellence Award.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Eirin McBride for being awarded a 成人AV视频 COAS Research Enhancement Plan Award.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Ben Williams for being awarded a 成人AV视频 COAS Dean's Leadership Award.
    • Welcome to the new members of our Chemistry & Biochemistry family:
      • Dr. Liangyong Mei – Assistant Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry
      • Dr. Benjamin Williams – Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
      • Dr. Elzie Black – Visiting Laboratory Lecturer
    • Congratulations to Prof. Bryan Knuckley on being promoted to Full Professor.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Melissa Bush on being promoted to University Lab Lecturer.
  • Summer
    • Congratulations to our 2023 Johnson & Johnson Vision Sponsored Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Cohort:
      • Amanda Jessel
      • Hana Kabil
      • Skyeler Klinge
      • Tania McCormack
      • Cassidy Nguyen
      • Gustavo Perez
      • Jordan Tucker
      • Cameron Young
    •  featuring Prof. Brynna Jones on News4Jax.
  • Spring
    • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski for being named 成人AV视频 Undergraduate Mentor of the Year!
    • The 成人AV视频 Department of Chemistry has been renamed to the 成人AV视频 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry!
    • Prof. Amy Lane (PI) along with Prof. Terri Ellis (Co-PI; 成人AV视频 Biology) and Prof. Judy Ochrietor (Senior Key Personnel) are awarded an Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for more than $1,000,000 to help promote student success across 成人AV视频’s biology, chemistry, and physics undergraduate student population.
    • 成人AV视频 Chemistry student, Zachary Burkhead was awarded a spot for the ) Workshop! The American Chemical Society only sponsors two students nationwide from a pool of both undergrads and grad students. Zach will go to Washington DC for three days in March to learn about the federal policy-making process, network with policy professionals, and collaborate with other students engaged with science policy.
    • Prof. Josh Melko has returned from his sabbatical as an ACS Congressional Fellow.
    • Prof. Stuart Chalk received the 成人AV视频 Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award!
    • Melissa Bush received the 成人AV视频 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award! 
    • Prof. Brynna Jones was awarded a 成人AV视频 Shared Research Instrumentation Grant (SRIG) for $101,750 entitled "Acquisition of a 3D Digital Image Correlation System for Science and Engineering Research.”
  • Fall
    • Prof. Szymon Ciesielski was awarded a College of Arts & Sciences Research Enhancement Plan Award for his proposal, "The role of DNAJB1 co-chaperone protein in human neurodegenerative diseases." Congratulations Prof. Ciesielski!
    • Dr. Sam Xia, Analytical Instrumentation Facility Manager, was awarded a 成人AV视频 SPOT Award!
    • An exciting day for our department as we hosted a Ribbon Cutting and Research Symposium to formally open our renovated space and to honor our 2022 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Summer Research Fellows. These fellows were part of our inaugural Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc.
    • 成人AV视频 Chemistry launches a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
    • Welcome to the new members of our Chemistry family:
      • Dr. Will Jones – Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry
      • Dr. Arthur Omran – Lecturer of Chemistry
      • Dr. Emily Rigsby – Visiting Laboratory Lecturer
      • Sarah Nix – Laboratory Manager 
    • Congratulation to Profs. Bryan Knuckley and Corey Causey for publishing “” in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Hannah Malcolm on receiving tenure and being promoted to Associate Professor.
  • Summer
    • Congratulations to Prof. Amy Lane for being awarded the Terry Presidential Professorship.
    • 成人AV视频 Chemistry launches a Summer Undergraduate Research Program sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc.
    • Congratulations to our 2022 Johnson & Johnson Vision Sponsored Student Interns:Elise Ballash, Zachary Burkhead, Isabella Cioffi, Brooklyn Dailey, Brandon Guerin, Amanda Jessel, Seth Shearer, Caroline Teeter, Natacha Tirado, and Jordan Tucker.
  • Spring
    • 成人AV视频 Chemistry launches a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry (starting Fall 2022)
    • Congratulations to Prof. Stuart Chalk for being selected as the 成人AV视频 Distinguished Professor Runner Up.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Melissa Bush on being awarded a 成人AV视频 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.
    • Congratulations to each of those groups on having their 成人AV视频 Shared Research Instrumentation proposals selected for funding.
      • Congratulations to Profs. Mike Lufaso and Eirin Sullivan for their proposal “Acquisition of a UV-Vis Spectrometer with Integrating Sphere,” at the amount of $47,021!
      • Congratulations to Prof. TJ Mullen (Co-PI) along with Profs. Greg Wurtz, Maitri Warusawithana, and Dan Santavicaa (PI) for their proposal “Acquisition of a Reactive Ion Etcher (RIE) for Materials Research at 成人AV视频,” being funded at the amount of $95,130!
      • Congratulations to Prof. Szymon Ciesielski (PI) with Co-PI’s Profs. Hannah Malcolm, Amy Lane, and Bryan Knuckley for their proposal “iBright Imaging System – essential research instrumentation for the Chemistry Department,” at the amount of $34,000!
      • Congratulations to Prof. Art Omran on his latest publication “” published in Life as part of a special issue on The Origin and Early Evolution of Life: Prebiotic Systems Chemistry Perspective.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Ken Laali on his recent retirement and being selected as Emeritus Faculty.
    • Congratulations to The  on receiving funding to support the attendance of your student members at the Spring 2022 ACS Meeting.
  • Fall
    • Congratulations to Prof. Ken Laali for his new Patent on curcuminoids , US Patent 11,117,907 B2
    • Congratulations to Prof. Brynna Jones for publishing “” in the Journal of Biophotonics.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Arthur Omran for publishing “” in Astrobiology.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Ken Laali for being named Associate Editor for Frontiers in Chemistry/Organic Chemistry and Editorial Board Member for Molecules/Organic Section.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Barnali Mondal for receiving an American Chemical Society Short Lab Skills Course Grant ($3000) to create and teach a course on the development of hands-on lab skills.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Eirin Sullivan for receiving a 成人AV视频 College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Leadership Council Faculty Fellowship.
    • Congratulations to Prof. TJ Mullen for receiving a 成人AV视频 College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Leadership Council Faculty Fellowship.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Eirin Sullivan for publishing "" in Heliyon.
    • Presidential Professor Prof. Ken Laali has published four new research papers in organic synthesis.  See his extensive list of research papers on his  page.
    • Welcome to the new members of our Chemistry family!
      • Dr. Szymon Ciesielski – Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
      • Dr. Arthur Omran – Visiting Assistant Professor
      • Dr. Dewayne Black – Adjunct Faculty
  • Summer
    • Congratulations to Prof. Amy Lane for being promoted to Professor of Chemistry.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Stuart Chalk for having his project “KnowLedger Semantic Integration Platform” funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for $42,125.
  • Spring
    • Congratulations to Prof. Amy Lane for being awarded a National Science Foundation grant for $324,000 to support her research on harnessing the biochemical potential of unique ocean microorganisms.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Stuart Chalk for having his project “IUPAC Recommendation Term Processing System” funded by the IUPAC for $15,000.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Josh Melko for being awarded the American Chemical Society Congressional Fellowship!
    • Congratulations to Prof. Stuart Chalk for publishing the article “” in Spectroscopy Europe.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Amy Lane for publishing “” in ACS Omega.
    • Congratulations to Prof. Amy Lane for publishing “” in the Journal of Natural Products.