We proudly recognize faculty, students and alumni who garnered major honors and awards this past year.
Curiosity and restlessness are the character traits on which Thomas Flores (B.S. ’92, biochemistry) built a successful career as a brewer of craft beer.
Their paper in Angewandte Chemie was designated as a “Very Important Paper” by the journal.
David Haines Freeman, former professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park, died in his sleep at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C. on October 28, 2019, where his family had gathered.
A UMD-led team chemically engineered carbon nanotubes to synthesize and trap trions—quasi-particles potentially useful in bioimaging, chemical sensing and quantum computing.
The conference (free of cost) is geared towards undergraduates doing research and graduate students with a focus on underrepresented students in STEM although postdocs and faculty are also encouraged to attend.
UMD Chemistry and Biochemistry’s YuHuang Wang Receives Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize
The award recognizes Wang’s research in fundamental chemistry and advanced materials, which led to development of a textile that automatically regulates heat exchange with the environment.
Dolores Jackson will receive a 2019 President’s Distinguished Service Award at the University of Maryland’s Faculty and Staff Convocation on September 18, 2019.
After four years of development, UMD Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Peter Nemes has produced the first instrument sensitive enough to identify and measure the protein produced by a single neuron.
The honor recognizes Wang’s groundbreaking contributions to glycoscience and his leadership in the society’s carbohydrate chemistry division.