Ensemble effects on allylic oxidation within explicit solvation environments

Flowing Atmospheric-Pressure Afterglow Drift Tube Ion Mobility Spectrometry

Comparing coordination uranyl(vi) complexes with 2-(1H-imidazo[4,5-b]phenazin-2-yl)phenol and derivatives

Asymmetric Catalytic Approach to Multilayer 3D Chirality

Making Relativistic Quantum Mechanics Simple

Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Analogs of MRE11 Breast Cancer-Associated Mutant F237C

Departmental News

Rezaei, Adineh a graduate student (Gorden, A. group) was accepted for an internship position at Bayer Crop Science, as Industrial Chemist, and is working with an industrial research and development team which supports the production of herbicides.

Maik Redigger and Bill Poirier, "On a rigorous Framework for a Quantum N-Body Theory on curved Spacetime", American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields Meeting: APS DPF21, July 14, 2021 (virtual).

Awards and Accolades

Linda Rodriguez was selected for the A&S Staff Spotlight, in July 2021. Read the Arts & Sciences Spotlight

Linda Rodriguez received a Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech Award for 2021, from the TTU Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Linda earned this honor because she was "vital to the success and health of the staff" over this past COVID year, during which she "showed true grit and leadership".

Poirier Dr. Bill Poirier received a supplement in the amount of $33,000 to his NSF Award CDS&E: Massively Parallel Quantum Dynamics: Computing many accurate quantum states for real molecular applications. Only a select number of funded proposals were eligible for these supplements.
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Unruh Daniel Unruh received the College award of Excellence in Leadership.

Quentin Quentin Vaughn received the College award of Excellence in Support.

Additional Departmental News

Student Highlights

Trophies Kevin Finch, PhD candidate in the Gamez lab, received a 2021 American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry graduate fellowship. The fellowship, sponsored by the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, recognizes "outstanding research ability and accomplishment", and is highly competitive.

Trophies Christianah Adejokun also received a Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech Award for 2021. An undergraduate chem major, Christianah received this honor for her "love for Texas Tech shown through her philanthropic work".

Trophies Xiaodan (Dannie) Ding (Hutchins group) won an award for best poster presentation at the Virtual Midwest Organic Solid State Chemistry Symposium on June 18, 2021.

Trophies Kevin Finch, PhD candidate in the Gamez lab, was selected as a recipient of the 2021 Society for Applied Spectroscopy Atomic Section Student Award. He will receive the award at the upcoming SciX 2021 conference in September where he will give an invited talk.+ More

Trophies Aldo Hernandez, undergraduate student in the Gamez lab, was selected as a recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award from the TTU Center for Transformative Undergraduate Experiences (TrUE). April 2021.

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