Welcome to UMCP Chemistry & Biochemistry
Chair, Professor Janice Reutt-Robey
Dear Alumni and Friends,Welcome to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry! Our department is expanding the frontiers of the molecular sciences, while educating students and the next-generation of researchers.
Customized Soap Bubbles Set to Transform Drug and Vaccine Delivery
Professors Philip DeShong and Daniel Stein develop technology which could change the way drugs and vaccines fight against bacteria, viruses and cancer.
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Congratulations to Our Newest PhD’s
Distinguished University Professor George Lorimer (center) stands with (left-to-right) Dr. Nicholas Corsepius, Dr. Xiang Ye, Dr. Dong Yang and Dr. Xue Fei (more…)
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YuHuang Wang and collaborative team receive ARPA-E Award
The Meta-cooling Textile project will develop a thermally responsive fabric that extends the skin’s thermoregulation ability to maintain comfort in office settings
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Fall 2014 Newsletter Online
Click here to view the latest newsletter: Chemistry Researchers Advance Patterning Nanotechnology and more...
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Sintim and Dayie labs’ research on bacterial riboswitches featured as cover for Molecular BioSystems
Research from Sintim and Dayie labs on bacterial riboswitches that sense cyclic dinucleotides has been featured as cover for Molecular BioSystems. (more…)
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Professor Isaacs group’s recent article cited as a “very important paper” by Angewandte Chemie
The featured paper titled, "Cucurbit[7]uril⋅Guest Pair with an Attomolar Dissociation Constant" is described as a "very important paper" and will also appear as a "frontispiece" in Angewandte. Research in Professor Isaacs' laboratory is focused on basic and applied problems in the area of self-assembly.
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Zachariah and Team Formulate New Explosives Based on Nanoaluminum
Whether they are rocket propellants or fireworks, all explosives contain a fuel and an oxidizing agent. Sometimes both are in the same molecule, like in TNT; sometimes the explosive is a mixture, like Thermite. In mixtures, the smaller the particles, the higher the explosive force. (more…)
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Major volcanic eruptions may have considerably smaller effect on global climate than commonly thought
Ross Salawitch’s group in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has published an article in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics that suggests major volcanic eruptions have considerably smaller effect on global climate than commonly thought. (more…)
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