The Royal Society of Chemistry has recognized #BlackInChem for the creation of a platform to amplify Black voices, celebrate Black excellence in chemistry, and build a global community of Black chemists and their allies.Continue reading#BlackInChem receives 2021 RSC Prize
Katherine M. Davis has been named a 2021 Beckman Young Investigator for her research using X-rays to shine light on the synergy between metalloenzyme structure and electronics.Continue readingKate Davis named 2021 Beckman Young Investigator
DRIVE seeks disease-fighting solutions via a different paradigm than big pharmaceutical industry. The New York Times features an opinion piece titled “In the Race for a Covid-19 Pill, a Little Lab Plays a Big Role.”Continue readingLiotta Group and DRIVE featured in New York Times
Chemistry major Taylor Dover has been selected to receive an Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award. The award is in recognition of his published paper completed in CHEM 332: Physical Chemistry with Dr. Antonio Brathwaite. The paper, “Fluorinated alcohols: powerful promoters for ring-opening reactions of epoxides with carbon nucleophiles” was published in ARKIVOC, an open…Continue readingTaylor Dover receives Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award
Alisinia Bazrafshan is the recipient of the 2021 Eleanor Main Student Mentor Award.Continue readingAlisina Bazrafshan wins mentoring award
Biological Discoveries through Chemical Innovation (BDCI) has awarded six 2021 Accelerator grants to 12 Emory scientists, including Emory chemistry faculty Simon Blakey, Nate Jui, and Monika Raj. The BDCI is a collaborative initiative between the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology in the Emory University School of Medicine and the Department of Chemistry in the…Continue readingBDCI Awards 2021 Accelerator Grants
Fourth year graduate scholar Savannah Post has been awarded the prestigious Dean’s Teaching Fellowship. The award allows students to teach their own undergraduate course as instructor of record while completing their dissertation. Savannah’s research in the Wuest Group focuses on the total synthesis and biological investigation of antibacterials. Her work has previously been supported by…Continue readingSavannah Post selected as Dean’s Teaching Fellow
Graduate scholar Misael Romero-Reyes took first prize and the audience choice award in the 2021 Three Minute Thesis competition.Continue readingMisael Romero-Reyes wins 3MT Competition
Graduate Scholar Andrew Mahoney has been awarded a 2021-2022 ACS Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship, an achievement he describes in quirky fashion in his brief autobiography.Continue readingAndrew Mahoney receives ACS Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship
Professor Jen Heemstra has been recognized as a 2021 ACS WCC Rising Star for outstanding promise and contributions in her field.Continue readingJen Heemstra named 2021 ACS Rising Star
