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Fred Young, Department Facilities Maintenance Technician, is the recipient of the 2020 Chemistry Extra Mile Award.

Ramsey, who holds the Minnie N. Goldby Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, will be honored as the recipient of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Inventor of the Year Award during the 2020 UNC Celebration of Inventorship on Thursday, Sept. 10

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce Jim Jorgenson, professor emeritus, is a recipient of the 2021 ACS Award in Separations Science and Technology. 

Frank Leibfarth, assistant professor of chemistry, is a recipient of the 2020 Herman F. Mark Young Scholar Award. The Mark Scholar Awards were established in 2006 to recognize excellence in basic or applied research and leadership in polymer science by scientists of all ages.

To advance nanoscale science, engineering and technology, the National Science Foundation will invest a total of $84 million over five years. A renewal grant of $5.5 million over five years will go to the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), a partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke and NC State.

Sondrica Goines is a doctoral student in chemistry and a member of the Dick research group that studies perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are found in household and industrial products.

Aaron Teator, a postdoctoral associate in the Leibfarth Group, is a recipient of the 2020 Cottrell Fellowship.

Nita Eskew, teaching associate professor of chemistry and director of undergraduate labs at the Department of Chemistry, will present at the American Chemical Society's event titled, "Challenges & Opportunities for Inclusive Chemistry Curriculum Design."

Each year, The Department of Chemistry awards fellowships to outstanding students.

The Department of Chemistry has been preparing for a safe return to campus. The department recognizes and places priority on the importance of providing a safe and sanitary place for our students, faculty, and staff who will return to campus. 

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads the CHASE partnership, which will work to develop hybrid photoelectrodes for fuel production that combine semiconductors for light absorption with molecular catalysts for conversion and fuel production.  

Kropp was a very well organized and fastidious individual. His dedication and commitment to teaching was evident.