News StoriesNews Stories by Date2024OctoberChemistry Alumnus Kang Min Ok Selected for 2024 MSIT Global Leader Research ProjectAugustChemistry Professor Receives Prestigious Cottrell Plus SEED Research AwardJuneHalasyamani and Poeppelmeier Paper Reaches 1,000 Citations; Named to Chemistry of Materials 1k ClubMayChemistry Postdoc Francisco Martins Honored by Merck with National AwardChemistry Alumna, Shruti Hariyani, Named Beckman Postdoctoral FellowChemistry Postdoc Said Jalife Jacobo Named Research Corporation for Science Advancement FellowMarchUH Chemist Receives CAREER Award to Advance Development of Biodegradable PlasticsSummer Program Builds Next-Generation Cardiovascular Researchers2023DecemberAmerican Chemical Society Honors UH Chemist for Work to Promote STEMOctoberUH Chemist Melissa Zastrow Receives Saltman Award for Research in Bioinorganic ChemistrySeptemberUH Research Team Awarded $4M to Convert Plastic Waste into Useful MaterialsWith $5 Million Grant, The Welch Center for Advanced Bioactive Materials Crystallization is Formed at University of HoustonAugustInside NSM: Microscope LabJulyUnlocking the Power of Molecular Crystals: A Possible Solution to Nuclear WasteJuneChemistry Alumna, Thao Tran, Receives Beckman Young Investigator AwardDaugulis Receives EROS Best Reagent AwardCroix Laconsay Chosen for American Chemical Society CAS Future Leaders ProgramMayCAREER Award Benefits UH Chemist’s Research into Brain Cells and Degenerative DiseasesChemistry Ph.D. Graduate Shruti Hariyani Receives Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation AwardTwo Chemistry Graduate Students Win First and Second Prizes at TcSUH Student Research SymposiumFebruaryCAREER Award Opens New Opportunities for Chemist to Study the Roles of Metals in the Gastrointestinal TractJanuaryUH Scientist Eric Bittner Elected as AAAS Fellow2022JulyShruti Hariyani, Chemistry Ph.D. Student, Receives P.E.O. Scholar AwardMayBittner Named Ulam Scholar at Los Alamos National LaboratoryAprilInside NSM: Glass ShopMarchNew Imaging Technique Could Lead to Better Treatment of Cancers, Viral InfectionsChemistry Faculty Member Aims to Develop Precise Cell Delivery TechnologyJanuaryHariyani: A Shining Star at UH’s Chemistry Department2021DecemberUH Researchers Publish Study on Student Engagement Before and After PandemicChemist and Biologist Develop Technique to Measure Molecular Binding StrengthSeptemberHarth Named American Chemical Society FellowAugustChemistry Ph.D. Grad Ponnapati Recognized as OTC Emerging LeaderJulyMay Receives Chemical Synthesis NSF Grant for Carbon Bond Forming ResearchJuneFarmer and Chen Honored with Butler Excellence in Teaching AwardMayBuilding a Better BulbYa Zhuo Receives Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation AwardHariyani and Brgoch Receive 2021 Chemistry of Materials Lectureship and Best Paper AwardMarchChemistry Student Awarded NSF Grant to Explore Large Crystal GrowthChemistry Associate Professor Finds Fundamental Behavioral Difference in Methanol Thin FilmsJanuaryRiddhiman Medhi Receives Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation AwardDestination: United States Space Force2020DecemberMachine Learning Boosts the Search for ‘Superhard’ MaterialsSeptemberUH Receives Funding from NSF to Create Center for Integrated CatalysisJakoah Brgoch Wins 2020 NSM Junior Faculty AwardAugustWelch Foundation Provides Thousands in Research Grants to Chemistry DepartmentInventing New Tools to Peer into the Gastrointestinal TractJulyIn Memoriam: Dr. James Reed Cox, Jr.MayProject Will Expand Use of Metal Catalysts for Drug DiscoveryAprilPh.D. Student Makes Strides in Understanding Photostability of MoleculesAssociate Chemistry Professor Finds New, Unexpected Result in 2D MaterialMarch‘Deceptively Simple’ Process Could Boost Plastics RecyclingFebruaryTwo UH Chemists Are Named 2020 Sloan Research Fellows2019NovemberNew Hybrid Device Can Both Capture and Store Solar EnergyOctoberChanging How Chemists Think About Textbook Chemical ConceptsChemists Shine a Light on Well-Known Chemical ReactionsSeptemberIs Copper a Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease?AugustInside Research: Welch-UH Center Director Sets Sights on ‘Broader Scope’ of Polymer ResearchPorous Molecular Crystals: Applications in Storage, Recycling and SensingJulyTeets Receives Two NSM Faculty AwardsUH Researcher Reports the Way Sickle Cells Form May be Key to Stopping ThemMayVisualizing Different Protein Forms in CellsMarchNSF CAREER Awards: A Track Record of Success in the Chemistry DepartmentFebruaryUH Chemist Earns CAREER Award for Work in LuminescencePeer Writing Group: Student-Led SuccessJanuaryUH Chemists Report New Class of Polyethylene Catalyst2018DecemberDaugulis and Ren Recognized for Influential WorkUH Chemist Focuses on Materials for LED LightingNovemberThree University of Houston Chemists Elected to AAASOctoberNew Algorithm Can More Quickly Predict LED MaterialsSeptemberChiral Oxygen Heterocycles: New Avenues for Drug SynthesisPhysical Polymer Tenure-track Miljanic Awarded Humboldt Foundation FellowshipAugustBrgoch Receives ACS-GHS Younger Chemist AwardJulyExperimental and Theoretical: Pushing Boundaries in Solid-State ChemistryJuneMiljanic Awarded Max Kade Foundation FellowshipBittner Receives Leverhulme AwardLoi Do Awarded 2018 NSM Junior Faculty AwardMayChemistry Graduate Student Receives NSF Graduate Research FellowshipAprilOrganic Thin Films: Teflon-like PropertiesHarth Receives Gutenberg Chair AwardMarchNanomaterials Hold Promise for Producing Hydrogen from WaterRecycling Anesthetics: Applications for Porous Molecular CrystalsFebruaryUH Chemist Judy Wu Receives NSF CAREER Award for Hydrogen Bond ResearchResearcher Focuses on Environmentally Friendly PlasticsLuminescent Materials: Learning to GlowJanuarySamsung Funds Exploratory Research2017November$450K NSF Grant Funds Fundamental Research in Quantum PhysicsOctoberUH Chemist to Oversee New Journal for NanomaterialsTeets Awarded ACS-GHS Younger Chemist AwardSeptemberLubchenko Wins ACS-GHS Hightower AwardFaculty Opening: Synthetic Polymer ChemistryAugustDaugulis Awarded 4-Year $1.2 Million NIH GrantKadish Wins Inaugural SCF French-American PrizeJulyGilbertson Selected as ACS FellowMarchAlgorithm Offers Predictive Power for Electron Transfer TheoryFebruaryJerry Yang: NSF CAREER Award RecipientJanuaryBittner Named American Physical Society Fellow2016NovemberPh.D. Student in Chemistry Awarded Inaugural Axalta Achievement ScholarshipOctoberHanah Na: On Path to Becoming Independent ResearcherCollege Mourns Passing of John Bear, NSM Dean 1992-2010Fuel for the Future: Using Sunlight to Split Water2015DecemberACS Student Chapter Recognized as OutstandingACS Younger Chemist AwardNovemberUH Researchers Design Material with Potential Use in Solid-State LasersOctoberFaculty Position Available in Experimental Biophysical ChemistrySeptemberNational Academy Member Maurice Brookhart Joins UH Chemistry2014OctoberClinical Trials of Anti-Cancer Drug PT-112 Begin in U.S.Halasyamani Wins Roy-Somiya AwardUH Chemists Develop Porous Molecules that Bind Greenhouse GasesSeptemberDaugulis Named Robert A. Welch Chair in ChemistryAugustChemist Jakoah Brgoch Works to Develop Energy-Efficient MaterialsJulyDr. Daugulis Named 2014 ACS Cope ScholarChemistry Grad Tho Tran Receives Phi Kappa Phi FellowshipJuneUH Business Plan Team Wins Big at National ContestMayJeremy May: NSF CAREER Award RecipientThree Chemistry Faculty Honored at UH Faculty Excellence LuncheonUH Chemical Engineering Faculty Wins Department of Energy Early Career AwardAprilOgnjen Miljanic: Featured in CrystEngCommJanuaryNew Theory May Lead to More Efficient Solar Cells2013DecemberGraduate Student Arati Kohlatkar Lead Author of Published ReviewSeptemberAward Recognizing Excellence in Organic ChemistryUniversity Receives $4 Million to Launch New Chemistry InitiativeYang Awarded Welch Professorship by TcSUHJulyDaugulis' Research Highlighted in C&E News and JACS SpotlightBott Selected for NSM's Excellence in Teaching AwardsMarchUH Chemist, Ognjen Miljanic, Selected as a Cottrell ScholarFebruaryUniversity of Houston Chemist Devises Effective Methods for Creating Useful CompoundsUTMB, UH Team Up to Study Brain Chemistry2012DecemberNSF Gives UH $985K Grant to Boost Science Education in HoustonOctoberDaugulis' New Way to Make 2-Arylphenols Published in Chemical ScienceAugustMicroscope provides an improved technique for chemical imaging of surfaces.JulyAchieving Superconductivity Near Room Temperature Goal of Collaborative EffortKadish Receives Hans Fischer Career Award in Porphyrin ChemistryMayMay's Research Highlighted in Nature ChemistryPrestigious Piper Professor Title Bestowed Upon Chemistry Department's Simon BottNSM Faculty Honored with 13 Awards at UH Evening of Faculty ExcellenceFebruaryAward Honors Promising Junior Faculty MembersSun Woo Kim Receives Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship2011SeptemberMiljanic's Research Highlighted in Nature ChemistryJulyMoy Recognized for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical SciencesMayUH Chemist Investigates Material for Next-Generation Computer MemoryTwo Students Named Goldwater Scholars, Two Receive Honorable MentionJanuarySensors to Detect Explosives, Monitor Food Being Developed at UH