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Lipid environment determines the drug-stimulated ATPase activity of P-glycoprotein
Use of a Diels-Alder reaction to modify thermal expansion properties in charge-transfer cocrystals Impact of Torsional and Conformational Flexibility on Pedal Motion and Thermal Expansion in Pyridyl Bisimine Cocrystals 
Spin-dependent reactivity and spin-flipping dynamics in oxygen atom scattering from graphite
Highly Rotationally Excited N2 Reveals Transition-State Character in the Thermal Decomposition of N2O on Pd(110)
In Situ Confocal Raman Microscopy of Redox Polymer Films on Bulk Electrode Supports Early History of the Department

Departmental News

  • Prof. A. Gorden and the team of organizers for SERMACS 2021 for which she was Co-Programming Chair, were notified that the Southeast Regional American Chemical Society SERMACS meeting held in November 2021, is one of 3 finalists for the Chemiluminary award for best regional meeting from ACS. The winner will be announced at the fall ACS meeting.
  • Prof. A. Gorden has been appointed to the editorial board for the journal Polyhedron.
  • Umut Ozuguzel gave the presentation “Calculation of resonance Raman spectra for copper-centered complexes relevant to in-situ spectral studies of bioelectrocatalysts” in the Sunday evening ANYL division poster session at the Spring 2023 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, IN with co-authors A. Aquino, S.D. Minteer and C. L. Korzeniewski.
  • Prof. Carol Korzeniewski gave the invited talk “Adapting confocal Raman microscopy for in-situ studies of electrode-supported films” in the ANYL division session Advances in Electrochemistry at the Spring 2023 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, IN with co-author J. Xu.
  • Prof. Barratt Park gave a mock presentation at the NSF Chemistry Career Workshop in Alexandria, VA, on May 22-23, 2023.
  • Hans Lischka, “The Assessment of the Polyradical Character of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Means of Multireference and Density Functional Theory Methods” May 16, 2023, Technological Institute of Aeronautics, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil
  • Prof. Bill Poirier, “Hidden symmetries in quantum mechanics—revealed, by the trajectory-based formulation”, Applied Math Seminar, TTU Department of Mathematics and Statistics, April 12, 2023.
  • Prof. Bill Poirier, “Efficient Evaluation of Exponential and Gaussian Functions on a Quantum Computer, with Applications of Quantum Computational Chemistry and Quantum Finance”, departmental seminar, TTU Department of Computer Science, April 18, 2023.
  • Richard Lombardini and Prof. Bill Poirier, “Interacting Quantum Trajectories for Particles with Spin 1/2”, National APS Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March, 2023

Departmental News

  • Prof. A. Gorden and the team of organizers for SERMACS 2021 for which she was Co-Programming Chair, were notified that the Southeast Regional American Chemical Society SERMACS meeting held in November 2021, is one of 3 finalists for the Chemiluminary award for best regional meeting from ACS. The winner will be announced at the fall ACS meeting.
  • Prof. A. Gorden has been appointed to the editorial board for the journal Polyhedron.
  • Umut Ozuguzel gave the presentation “Calculation of resonance Raman spectra for copper-centered complexes relevant to in-situ spectral studies of bioelectrocatalysts” in the Sunday evening ANYL division poster session at the Spring 2023 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, IN with co-authors A. Aquino, S.D. Minteer and C. L. Korzeniewski.
  • Prof. Carol Korzeniewski gave the invited talk “Adapting confocal Raman microscopy for in-situ studies of electrode-supported films” in the ANYL division session Advances in Electrochemistry at the Spring 2023 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, IN with co-author J. Xu.
  • Prof. Barratt Park gave a mock presentation at the NSF Chemistry Career Workshop in Alexandria, VA, on May 22-23, 2023.
  • Hans Lischka, “The Assessment of the Polyradical Character of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Means of Multireference and Density Functional Theory Methods” May 16, 2023, Technological Institute of Aeronautics, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil
  • Prof. Bill Poirier, “Hidden symmetries in quantum mechanics—revealed, by the trajectory-based formulation”, Applied Math Seminar, TTU Department of Mathematics and Statistics, April 12, 2023.
  • Prof. Bill Poirier, “Efficient Evaluation of Exponential and Gaussian Functions on a Quantum Computer, with Applications of Quantum Computational Chemistry and Quantum Finance”, departmental seminar, TTU Department of Computer Science, April 18, 2023.
  • Richard Lombardini and Prof. Bill Poirier, “Interacting Quantum Trajectories for Particles with Spin 1/2”, National APS Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March, 2023

Departmental News

  • Prof. A. Gorden and the team of organizers for SERMACS 2021 for which she was Co-Programming Chair, were notified that the Southeast Regional American Chemical Society SERMACS meeting held in November 2021, is one of 3 finalists for the Chemiluminary award for best regional meeting from ACS. The winner will be announced at the fall ACS meeting.
  • Prof. A. Gorden has been appointed to the editorial board for the journal Polyhedron.
  • Umut Ozuguzel gave the presentation “Calculation of resonance Raman spectra for copper-centered complexes relevant to in-situ spectral studies of bioelectrocatalysts” in the Sunday evening ANYL division poster session at the Spring 2023 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, IN with co-authors A. Aquino, S.D. Minteer and C. L. Korzeniewski.
  • Prof. Carol Korzeniewski gave the invited talk “Adapting confocal Raman microscopy for in-situ studies of electrode-supported films” in the ANYL division session Advances in Electrochemistry at the Spring 2023 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, IN with co-author J. Xu.
  • Prof. Barratt Park gave a mock presentation at the NSF Chemistry Career Workshop in Alexandria, VA, on May 22-23, 2023.
  • Hans Lischka, “The Assessment of the Polyradical Character of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Means of Multireference and Density Functional Theory Methods” May 16, 2023, Technological Institute of Aeronautics, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil
  • Prof. Bill Poirier, “Hidden symmetries in quantum mechanics—revealed, by the trajectory-based formulation”, Applied Math Seminar, TTU Department of Mathematics and Statistics, April 12, 2023.
  • Prof. Bill Poirier, “Efficient Evaluation of Exponential and Gaussian Functions on a Quantum Computer, with Applications of Quantum Computational Chemistry and Quantum Finance”, departmental seminar, TTU Department of Computer Science, April 18, 2023.
  • Richard Lombardini and Prof. Bill Poirier, “Interacting Quantum Trajectories for Particles with Spin 1/2”, National APS Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March, 2023

Departmental News

  • Prof. A. Gorden and the team of organizers for SERMACS 2021 for which she was Co-Programming Chair, were notified that the Southeast Regional American Chemical Society SERMACS meeting held in November 2021, is one of 3 finalists for the Chemiluminary award for best regional meeting from ACS. The winner will be announced at the fall ACS meeting.
  • Prof. A. Gorden has been appointed to the editorial board for the journal Polyhedron.
  • Umut Ozuguzel gave the presentation “Calculation of resonance Raman spectra for copper-centered complexes relevant to in-situ spectral studies of bioelectrocatalysts” in the Sunday evening ANYL division poster session at the Spring 2023 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, IN with co-authors A. Aquino, S.D. Minteer and C. L. Korzeniewski.
  • Prof. Carol Korzeniewski gave the invited talk “Adapting confocal Raman microscopy for in-situ studies of electrode-supported films” in the ANYL division session Advances in Electrochemistry at the Spring 2023 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, IN with co-author J. Xu.
  • Prof. Barratt Park gave a mock presentation at the NSF Chemistry Career Workshop in Alexandria, VA, on May 22-23, 2023.
  • Hans Lischka, “The Assessment of the Polyradical Character of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Means of Multireference and Density Functional Theory Methods” May 16, 2023, Technological Institute of Aeronautics, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil
  • Prof. Bill Poirier, “Hidden symmetries in quantum mechanics—revealed, by the trajectory-based formulation”, Applied Math Seminar, TTU Department of Mathematics and Statistics, April 12, 2023.
  • Prof. Bill Poirier, “Efficient Evaluation of Exponential and Gaussian Functions on a Quantum Computer, with Applications of Quantum Computational Chemistry and Quantum Finance”, departmental seminar, TTU Department of Computer Science, April 18, 2023.
  • Richard Lombardini and Prof. Bill Poirier, “Interacting Quantum Trajectories for Particles with Spin 1/2”, National APS Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March, 2023



Awards and Accolades

Dr. MoralesProf. Jorge A. Morales received an award from the TTU Office of the Vice President of Institutional Diversity during the Hispanic/Latin Men in The Academy Luncheon on May 1st, 2023. The award recognizes Prof. Morales efforts in teaching and research.

Dr. GeProf. Ge's Welch proposal was renewed. The project, “Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Isomerization of Alkenes,” was funded for 3 years at $300,000.

Dr. MechrefProf. Mechref was elected for a 2nd term to Chair the Steering Committee of the Alliance of Glycobiologists for Cancer Research. + More

Dr. KorzeniewskiProf. 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. Anne GordenProf. Annie Gorden won the Margaret Wilson award as the outstanding Alumna from the Lubbock Alumnae chapter of Delta Gamma fraternity.

Additional Departmental News


Student Highlights

TrophiesTwo articles from Prof. Gamez' group were selected as top finalists for the 2022 Edward Steers Memorial Award for the Best Paper in Glow Discharge Spectroscopy, + More

TrophiesJudith Nawaiwu, a Ph.D. Student in Prof. Mechref's Laboratory was awarded a James D. and Mary Hazlewood Memorial Graduate Fellowship

2023 Awards Banquet:

TrophiesSong Prize: Kevin Finch

TrophiesMing Sun Family Graduate Research Awards: Peilin Jiang, Cristian Gutierrez-Reyes, Junyao Wang, Dylan Tharp Eralie, Navkiran Juneja, Maryam Yekefallah

TrophiesOutstanding Teaching Assistant Award in: General Chemistry: Evan van Aalst, Benedicta Quainoo
Organic Chemistry: Olivia Villanueva Mazen Elsaid
Upper-Division Chemistry: Mychele Jorns, Mazen Elsaid

TrophiesCengage General Chemistry TA Awards: Evan van Aalst, Dong Zhang, Jun Jang, Jayendra Chunduru Benedicta Quainoo, Arun Bhujel, Joy Solomon,Umut Ozuguzel

TrophiesChemistry Graduate Student Organization Scholarship: Junyao Wang, Maryam Yekefallah, Nandakumar Katakam, Navkiran Juneja, Amirhossein Bakhtiiari

TrophiesGinny Shen Lin Endowed Scholarship (*Shared Division Award): Junyao Wang, Hongjia Qian,* Maryam Yekefallah,* Olivia Villanueva,* Ashley Moreno-Gongora,* Gary George, Juan Dominguez

TrophiesRichard Goodin Graduate Research Fellowship:Yao Tang

Trophies2023 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowships:Gary George, Olivia Villanueva, Sophia Sagala, Harsshit Agrawaal

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