Awards and Accolades
Prof. Carol Korzeniewski has been elected as a fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2023/01/Stories/Texas-Techs-Carol-Korzeniewski-Named-AAAS-Fellow
Dr. David Nes, Horn Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was granted
emeritus status by the Board of Regents in February, 2022 in recognition of his 28
years of service to Texas Tech and the Department.
Prof. Poirier's quantum startup company, Quantum Galaxies, won $5000 from the Prototype
Funding program of Lubbock Economic Development Agency. This program is designed to
promote tech startup firms in the Lubbock area.
Prof. Poirier's quantum startup company, Quantum Galaxies, received a TechConnect
Innovation Award, given only to the top 15% of submissions, at the recent DefenseTech
Innovation Summit in Washington DC.
Prof. Kristin Hutchins has been named the 2022 Emerging Inventor of the Year for Texas
Tech University. The award is sponsored by the Office of Research Commercialization.
Prof. Hutchins will be honored at the Inventor Celebration on October 19th.
Additional Departmental News
Student Highlights
Tessa Hoang, an undergraduate student in the Gorden group, has been selected for
a Travel Award from the Division of Inorganic Chemistry (DIC) of the American Chemical
Society. This will provide her funding for presenting her poster at the Indianapolis
ACS meeting at the end of March.
Sophia Sagala (graduate student in Prof. Quitevis's group) was selected to receive a Texas Tech University Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation
Completion Fellowship for Fall 2023.
Dylan Gardner won the EHS safety button contest.
Tessa Hoang, an undergraduate student in the Gorden group, won an Undergraduate Research
Experience Award from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Tessa Hoang, an undergraduate student in the Gorden group, won a TRUE Undergraduate
Travel Funding Award as part of the TTU Center for Transformative Undergraduate Research
Experiences Program.
Our Vision
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is committed to providing high quality
education in the chemical and biochemical sciences for undergraduate and graduate
students, producing research contributions that are recognized nationally and internationally,
and making service contributions at all levels.

Bill Hase Memorial Scholarship
The Bill Hase Memorial Scholarship continues to receive a steady flow of donations,
with 21 new non-anonymous donors having contributed since November, 2021. These come
from around the country and around the world—and of course, from TTU. Click here for more details.
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