Amanda Frossard, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, was awarded an CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This is the most prestigious award given by NSF to early career faculty. This award includes five years of funding to support Dr. Frossard’s research and teaching in the field of atmospheric chemistry. Her work will focus on understanding the chemical and physical properties of surfactants in atmospheric aerosol particles and measuring the influence of surfactants on aerosol particle hygroscopic growth.

Dr. Kelly Hines, Assistant Professor in the UGA Department of Chemistry, will receive an ASMS Research Award at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.

The Department of Chemistry will host its annual Alumni Weekend event on April 14 and 15, to include tours of the new STEM facility, the Alumni Lecture, Awards Banquet, and Golf Scramble. The 2023 Chemistry Alumni Lecture will be given on Friday afternoon April 14 by Dr.

The size and composition of atmospheric aerosol particles modulate their interactions with solar radiation, and thus their influence on climate and visibility. The radiative effects of aerosol particles remain a large uncertainty in accurately modeling and predicting current and future climates. Recent work has demonstrated the presence of organic surfactant molecules in atmospheric aerosol particles, and their sources and transformations in the atmosphere are currently being studied.

Children never cease to be fascinated by toy gyroscopes, which commonly consist of (1) a rotating axis and disk, and (2) two to four spokes that connect the termini of the axis. This talk will describe syntheses of molecules that duplicate the connectivity, symmetry, and rotational ability of such gyroscopes. Complexes with trans R₃P-ML_n -PR3 linkages are first prepared, with R groups that terminate with a CH=CH₂ moiety. Then alkene metathesis followed by hydrogenation is used to construct three-spoked cage molecules.

Molecular editing has recently gained attention as an emerging strategy to diversify and enable the building of complex molecules, and it directly modifies the core of the molecular skeleton.

To What Remains is the story of Project Recover, a small team of accomplished scientists, oceanographers, archaeologists, historians, researchers, and military veterans, who have dedicated their lives to scouring the depths of the ocean and the farthest corners of the earth, to search for, recover, and repatriate the remains of the more than 80,000 Americans missing in action since WWII. 

The definition of active learning depends on who you ask.  The approaches are widely varying with different levels of student success. Today’s presentation will be a discussion of what constitutes active learning.  To help illustrate the concept, activities will be presented that are used in the presenter's classroom. It is hoped that attendees will leave with a better understanding of how active learning can be implemented in their own classrooms.