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UCF’s New Technique to Create Nanomaterials May Help Detect Cancer Earlier
By ZENAIDA GONZALEZ KOTALA For the first time, a team of scientists at the University of Central Florida has created functional nanomaterials with hollow interiors that can be used to create highly sensitive biosensors for early cancer detection. Xiaohu Xia, an assistant professor of chemistry with a joint appointment in the NanoScience Technology […]
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Longtime Professor Clausen Leaves Legacy in Chemistry
by Gene Kruckemyer Professor Christian Clausen III, one of UCF’s longest-serving faculty members who taught at the university from 1969—the year after classes started—until his retirement in 2016, died Jan. 4 while visiting family in New Orleans. He was 77. During his tenure as a key figure in the Department of Chemistry, Clausen taught physical […]
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UCF Chemistry Professor Goes Viral
UCF Chemistry Assistant Professor Fernando Uribe-Romo has gone viral. A story featuring his published research from April 2017 has been viewed more than 898,848 times on the global science news website, EurekAlert! Romo-Uribe found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all […]
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Determination Leads to Improved Zika Test
Four years ago, Ph.D. candidate Tianyu Zheng arrived in America for the first time. After joining the Ph.D. program in the Department of Chemistry at UCF, he was determined to pursue an upper-level chemistry education. Now, one year out from finishing his doctoral degree at UCF, he’s been awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student award by […]
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New Zika Test is Hitting the Market
by Zenaida Kotala A new diagnostic test that can detect a Zika viral infection within 30 minutes could be headed to hospitals in the next year thanks to a partnership between the University of Central Florida and Orlando-based biotechnology startup Nano Discovery Inc. Qun Treen Huo, a faculty member at UCF’s Department of Chemistry and […]
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Alumna Analyzes Drugs to Solve Crime
After completing a bachelor’s degree in forensic science with a minor in chemistry from UCF, Danielle Ostrow now identifies and analyzes controlled substances as part of her job as a forensic chemist at the Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory. Ostrow built the foundation in identifying and analyzing controlled substances and gained valuable skills for her career […]
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The 2017-18 Distinguished Speaker Series is Here!
The UCF College of Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series is back this September with six UCF faculty who are experts in topics relevant to the natural, computational, social or behavioral sciences and the developments in their respective fields. This year’s 2017-18 series will be held monthly at Tuscawilla Country Club at 6 p.m., from September 2017 […]
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UCF Chemistry Professor Discovers Energy Breakthrough
Story by Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala, UCF Today A chemistry professor in Florida has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time. The process has great potential for creating a technology that could significantly reduce greenhouse […]
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COS Grad Programs Ranked Nationally
Several graduate programs in the University of Central Florida College of Sciences were ranked in the top 200 in their respective fields by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools of 2018. The following COS graduate programs were ranked in the top 200 of their fields: Physics – No. 85 Sociology – No. 102 […]
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UCF Chemistry Students Judge at Science Competition
University of Central Florida’s Uknighted Chemistry Graduate Student Association volunteered at an Orlando Science Center competition on March 11, 2017. The members of Uknighted Chemistry Graduate Student Association served as volunteer judges at the Science Challenge competition. Although the organization volunteers in the community often, this particular event was a first for the 3-year-old organization. […]
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Second Annual ACS Florida Chemistry Conclave
The Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) hosted chemistry students from across Florida attending the Second Annual ACS Florida Chemistry Conclave, held on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The goal of the Conclave is to promote the bonds between student chapters of ACS across Florida, to help […]
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COS Students to Receive University’s Highest Honor
Story by Mark Schlueb, UCF Today UCF has named 21 students as recipients of the Order of Pegasus, the university’s most prestigious student award. Eleven of these recipients are students of the UCF College of Sciences. The 2017 recipients were selected from a pool of 65 nominations. The 2017 class includes eight LEAD Scholars, eight President’s Leadership […]
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UCF Gets $1.3 million to Fight Zika
University of Central Florida scientists, including three Department of Chemistry faculty members, received a total of nearly $1.3 million in state funds Wednesday to research the Zika virus with the goal of understanding its effects on human health and developing a vaccine for the mosquito-borne illness. The funding was part of Gov. Rick Scott’s authorization of $25 […]
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Fighting Crop Disease
Story by Mark Schlueb, UCF Today An international agricultural company has licensed a formula for fighting crop disease that a UCF scientist spent more than five years perfecting. Gowan Co. recently signed an agreement with the University of Central Florida to obtain exclusive rights to the anti-fungal and anti-bacterial formulation developed by researcher Swadeshmukul Santra, Ph.D. The […]
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UCF Chemistry Student Receives National Honor
University of Central Florida undergraduate chemistry student Samantha Mensah won the Winifred Burks-Houck Undergraduate Award scholarship from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. The award is only presented to one undergraduate student in the United States every year. Mensah also attended NOBCChE’s annual conference in November in Raleigh, […]
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Grant to Aid Sexual Assault Investigations
Story courtesy of Gabriel PR Candice Bridge, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF), was awarded a $324,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to develop new forensic science techniques to aid in sexual assault investigations. “This grant will enable us to conduct research into a unique new means of identifying […]
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Professor Dedicates Career to UCF
Associate Professor Frank Kujawa has been a part of the University of Central Florida family for 47 years and counting. The office of Associate Professor Frank Kujawa, Ph.D., is full of memories. The shelf space is packed with catalogs, books and miscellaneous texts spanning decades. An overhead projector sits on top of a full filing […]
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Bonded By Chemistry
Story by Jenna Marina, UCF Alumni Fate, and a dash of chemistry, brought together two-time UCF alumna Cynthia McCurry and current College of Sciences student Lauren Gandy. McCurry has supported a scholarship for the College of Sciences since 2001. Students of various science majors have received the scholarship over the years, but until this fall, […]
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Grad Students Lead Science Summer Camps
The UCF Department of Biology and the Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA) have collaborated with the UCF Chemistry Department and the Uknighted Chemistry Graduate Student Association (UCGSA) for the second annual Biology Integrated Orlando Training and Enrichment Camp (BIOTEC) and fifth annual Orlando Chemistry Tutoring, Enrichment and Training Camp (OCTET). BIOTEC, held June 27 – July 2, and OCTET, held […]
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First Annual ACS Florida Chemistry Conclave
The American Chemical Society (ACS) student chapters at the University of Central Florida (UCF), Rollins College, Stetson University, and the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) hosted the first-annual Florida Chemistry Conclave at the UCF main campus on Saturday April 2, 2016. The Conclave is a professional-development workshop that brought 75 chemistry undergraduates together from across […]