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Fall ’21 Ph.D. Grads Given Warm Sendoff In Return of Longstanding COS Tradition

Eight doctorate graduates were given a warm congratulations and sendoff Thursday in a continuation of a longstanding College of Sciences’ tradition. The final toast was…

UCF Chemistry Professor Leads Discussion at Chemical Weapon Forensics Symposium in Helsinki, Finland

Chemistry Professor Michael Sigman, director of UCF’s National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS), will be presenting and leading a discussion at an international conference sponsored…

Distinguished Chemistry Career Earns Recognition From American Chemical Society

Al Sattelberger, Ph.D., regularly surprises chemistry students with how readily he can predict the outcome of an inorganic or organometallic reaction. But that’s to be…

Maggy Tomova Joins the College of Sciences Today as Dean

Maggy Tomova, Ph.D., officially joins the University of Central Florida today as dean of the College of Sciences. Tomova, 44, brings deep research and leadership…

UCF Has More Than a Dozen Research Projects Aimed at Returning the U.S. to the Moon

When the U.S. returns humans to the Moon in the coming years, there’s a good chance that University of Central Florida research will have played…

New Dean Named for UCF’s College of Sciences

Maggy Tomova will become the next dean of UCF’s College of Sciences on Oct. 18. She joins UCF from the University of Iowa, where she…

Paper Gains Doctoral Student Second Place Award From Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards

Chemistry doctoral student Jordan Stanberry recently received second place in the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office…

Summer 2021 Graduates Head Out With New College of Sciences Degrees

UCF’S newest College of Sciences graduates crossed the stage Saturday at Summer 2021 Commencement.  Among them was Nahla Turner, a psychology graduate who not only…

Congratulations to the Summer 2021 Doctoral Graduates

Biology Jordan Dowell, Ph.D., faculty advisor, Chase Mason, Ph.D. and Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, Ph.D. Dissertation: “Genetics and Evolution of Specialized Metabolism In Wild and Cultivated Helianthus.”…

Radioactive Contaminant Research Receives Boost from American Chemical Society

New research on radioactive iodine has received the American Chemical Society Award in Environmental Chemistry. Ilana Szlamkowicz recently received the award for her research in…