Just in time for the holiday season, Volume 6, Issue Number 5 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is ready! As always, thanks to Dr. Dean Martin for his wonderful work. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The autumn 2008 issue of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is now available! Thanks again to Dr. Dean Martin for his dedicated efforts. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The University has issued a news release about the USF-SMMARTT Center. View the page below to read the article.
The summer 2008 issue of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter has now been posted! Thanks to Dr. Dean Martin for putting together a fine publication. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The 2008 spring issue of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is now online! Thanks to Dr. Dean Martin for putting together a fine publication. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida is proud to announce the 2008 Raymond Castle Student Research Conference. The Sixth Castle Conference will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2008. Please see the conference website for possible changes or updates. Registration check-in and breakfast will begin at 8:30 AM in the NES lobby
The 21st Annual Department of Chemistry Scholarship and Undergraduate Awards Banquet was held on March 27 at the USF Alumni Center. Congratulations to all those honored!
The 2008 "end-of-winter" issue of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is now available! As always, thanks to Dr. Dean Martin for his wonderful work. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida is proud to announce the 2008 Raymond Castle Student Research Conference. The Sixth Castle Conference will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2008. Anyone wishing to present should submit an abstract by March 29, 2008. Those not presenting, but interested in attending the conference, should register online by April 12th, 2008. Please see the conference website for possible changes or updates.
The Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida invites prospective graduate students to attend one of our two 2008 Open Houses (March 28-29 and April 18-19). If you are interested, please register for one of the Open Houses.
When you have volunteers working in your lab, three forms need to be filled out. Please keep a copy of the three forms and submit a copy to the Department attention Patricia Muisener. The Department will then submit a copy to EH&S and HR. These forms are located under the heading "Forms for Volunteers in the Lab."
The winter 2007 issue of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is available for the New Year! Once again, thanks go out to Dr. Dean Martin for his efforts. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
Just in time for the holiday season, the fall 2007 issue of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is available! Thanks again to Dr. Dean Martin for his time and effort. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The USF Dept. of Chemistry is pleased to announce our upcoming Symposium on Molecular Diversity in Drug Design, Discovery and Delivery, which is scheduled for October 24-26, 2007 on the USF campus. This is the first of three annual symposia being sponsored by the Florida Center of Excellence in Biomolecular Identification and Targeted Therapeutics (FCoE-BITT). This event is open to anyone that would like to come, hear extraordinary lectures from top scientists in the world, and also present glimpses of thier own research in the poster session. This is a very notable event for the department, and the university, and we do hope you will plan to participate.
As you can see from the tentative schedule below, we have put together a very high-profile agenda for this first symposium. Registration fees are only $35 for students and postdocs, and includes two luncheons and a dinner prior to the Plenary Lecture by Nobel Laureate, Professor Barry Sharpless from Scripps Research Institute. Attached is a registration form and a call for abstracts for our poster session. Anyone presenting a poster will receive a $20 rebate on their registration fee (limit of one rebate per person, and one rebate per poster). More information can be found at the FCoE-BITT website (http://bitt.usf.edu/).
The summer 2007 issue of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is now available! Thanks again to Dr. Dean Martin for his dedicated efforts. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The summer has been a very active season for the Chemistry Department at USF! View the page below to read about recent noteworthy events happening in the Dept. of Chemistry.
The spring 2007 issue of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter has now been posted! As always, thanks to Dr. Dean Martin for his dedicated efforts. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The 2007 Department of Chemistry Scholarship and Undergraduate Awards Banquet was held on April 18 at the USF Alumni Center. Congratulations to all those honored!
The first issue of the dept. newsletter for the new year is now available! Once again, Dr. Martin has put together a fine publication. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
Just in time for the holiday season, Volume 4, Issue Number 5 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is ready! As always, thanks to Dr. Dean Martin for his wonderful work. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
Dr. Kroto will visit the Department of Chemistry on November 2 and the Department of Physics on November 3, 2006. Dr. Kroto will also give two seminars during his visit at USF.
The Autumn issue of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is here! Thanks go out to Dr. Martin for his time and effort. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
Volume 4, Issue 3 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is ready for consumption! Thanks again to Dr. Martin for his efforts. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
USF's Division of Environmental Health and Safety provides detailed information regarding Worker's Compensation on their website. Chemistry Faculty and Staff are encouraged to review this page.
The Department of Chemistry Scholarship and Undergraduate Awards Banquet 2006 was held on April 19 at the Embassy Suites, USF. Congratulations to all those honored!
Thanks to Dr. Dean Martin, Volume 4, Issues Number 1 and 2 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is complete! Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The Raymond Castle Student Research Conference was initiated as a means to encourage undergraduate and graduate students to present their scientific data in a friendly atmosphere. We are pleased to announce that the Fifth Annual Raymond N. Castle Student Research Conference will be held on Saturday, April 29th, 2006. Anyone wishing to present should submit an abstract by March 31, 2006. Those not presenting and interested in attending the conference should register online by April 21st, 2006. Please see the conference website for possible changes or updates: http://chemistry.usf.edu/castle/
Sincerely,
Jarrod F. Eubank
06 Castle Conference Chair
The Department of Chemistry invites prospective graduate students to attend one of three Open Houses this year (March 3-5, March 23-25, and April 13-15). If you are interested please register for one of the Open Houses.
The Department of Chemistry invites alumni, faculty, staff, and students to attend a Departmental Open House/Social.
The social will be held on Friday, February 10 from 4-7:30 pm in the newly renovated CHE building.
Instructions to grant a person (Student/Post Doc)
are posted in our online forms section. A direct link to the instructions is available here (PDF).
If you have any questions, please email Adrienne McCain (amccain@cas.usf.edu) or Patricia Muisener (muisener@cas.usf.edu).
We are pleased to announce Dr. John C. Polanyi, 1986 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, will be speaking as part of our Spring 2005 Seminar Series. This event is sponsored by TIAA-CREF.
Feb 17 - "Technology, Tolerance and Terror"
Seminar held at
7:00 pm in the Phyllis P. Marshall Center Ballroom, open to the general public.
Feb 18 - "Seeing Chemical Reaction, One-Molecule-at-a-Time"
Seminar
held at 11:00 am - noon (with 30 min following for questions), in EDU 115. Open to faculty and students.
For more information, please see our Seminar Page, and Dr. John C. Polanyi's home page.
The Department is moving into a leadership position in chemistry and science education at all levels. The additional instructors will contribute through classroom teaching, coordination and supervision of laboratory courses, curriculum development, and participation in long-term collaborative efforts contributing to growth and advancement of chemistry and science education in the university and through regional and statewide projects.
Position #8883
12-month instructor position. Also assume administrative responsibilities as half-time assistant chair.
(Official Advertisement)
Position #5093
12-month instructor position. Also
coordinate the undergraduate organic chemistry teaching laboratories.
(Official Advertisement)
Position #6609
9-month instructor position. Primary assignment of teaching undergraduate courses such as general chemistry, chemistry for non-majors,
etc. Summer employment is usually available.
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The Department of Chemistry invites prospective graduate students to attend one of two Open Houses this year (March 3,4 and March 24,25). Interested students should arrange to have undegraduate transcripts and one letter of recomendation forwarded to Prof. Randy W. Larsen, Dept. of Chemistry, University of South Florida SCA400, Tampa, FL 33620 -or- sent electronically to rlarsen@cas.usf.edu. These materials need to be recieved three weeks prior to the open house date.
Just in time for Christmas, Volume 2, Issue Number 4 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is ready! As always, thanks to Dr Dean Martin for his wonderful work. Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
On October 30th, 2004 the Division of Inorganic Chemistry within the Chemistry Department of the University of South Florida proudly hosted the 2nd annual 2004 Florida Inorganic Mini Symposium (FIMS). There were over 50 attendees from a variety of Florida institutions including a large contingent from our friends at the University of Florida.
Thanks to Dr. Dean Martin, Volume 2, Issue Number 3 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is complete! Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
The Division of Inorganic Chemistry in the Chemistry Department of the University of South Florida is proud to host the 2004 Florida Inorganic Mini Symposium (FIMS). The symposium will be held on October 30th 2004 (Saturday), at the Univeristy of South Florida Tampa Campus.
We would like to issue the call for abstracts of both oral (ACS format) and poster presentations. Remember this is an event where students are to present and get a chance to be in the spotlight.
Please view the Announcement below for more information about time/location and abstract submittal.
Starting this semester, the Department of Chemistry is using an online system to track graduate students' progress through the Graduate Checklist. All the checklist forms are online, and graduate students and their committee can sign them electronically.
At the moment, only students starting this semester are entered into the system. The remaining graduate students will be entered within the next couple weeks.
Where is it?
The Graduate Tracking system is available at: http://chemistry.usf.edu/operations/
You can also reach the system by clicking on the "Chem Dept DB" link on the
left-hand menu of this page.
Logins:
The Graduate Tracking system will use your USF NetID as a login. If you don't have a USF NetID, or don't remember what yours is, please visit: http://my.usf.edu
NOTE:
If you create a new USF NetID, you will need to notify either Amy or myself afterwards so that we may update your permissions in the Graduate Tracking system.
If you have any questions or problems with the system, please contact Amy Heldreth or Jason Hair.
The Integrated Interdisciplinary Nanoscience REU Program, the Department of Chemistry, and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida are pleased to host on Friday, August 6th,
"The Research Symposium on Nanoscience"
This symposium concludes the 2004 Integrated Interdisciplinary Nanoscience REU Program. Our guest speaker will be George Newkome from the Department of Polymer Science at the University of Akron.
If you would like to attend please register at the REU website by Wednesday August 4th.
Hot off the presses - Volume 3, Issue Number 1 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is ready! Past newsletters can be found in the Departmental Operations section of this site.
Volume 2, Issue Number 1 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is ready for consumption. Once again, thanks to Dr. Dean Martin for a fine job.
The Department of Chemistry Open House will be March 25-27, 2004 for students interested in our graduate program. Students will travel to the open house on March 25. Friday, March 26 will consist of activities on campus and on Saturday March 27 there will be an outing to a Tampa Bay attraction. Interested students should contact Randy Larsen, e-mail rlarsen@chuma1.cas.usf.edu . We will need a transcript and one letter of recommendation. The Department of Chemistry will then arrange the travel and hotel accommodations.
The Inorganic Division and the Department of Chemistry will host an international mini-symposium: "New Horizons in Chemistry I : Molecular Building Blocks approach to Functional Materials" on Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7, 2004. Six well established international scientists will attend as invited guest speakers.
Please contact Mohamed Eddaoudi or Patricia Muisener for more information.
Volume 1, Issue Number 3 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is complete. Thanks again to Dr. Dean Martin for all his efforts.
The Department of Chemistry would like to announce an Open House for prospective Chemistry Graduate Students on February 6 - 8 and February 27 - 29. Visit our campus, learn about student life at USF and meet the Research Faculty. To qualify for this event please send one letter of recommendation and an unofficial copy of your transcripts at least six weeks prior to the date of travel. For further information, contact Dr. Randy Larsen
Volume 1, Issue Number 2 of the USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is ready for consumption. Thanks to Dr Dean Martin for making this possible.
A growing, dynamic Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida invites applications for Director of the NMR Facility. This is a 12-month/year, non-tenure earning, Research Assistant Professor appointment, with a competitive salary, to start as soon as possible. A Ph.D. in Chemistry or related field is required. Experience with NMR maintenance and administrative experience in a University setting is preferred. For more information, please see:
There will be a Research Symposium on Nanoscience, August 7th, to culminate the 2003 Integrated Interdisciplinary Nanoscience REU Program. All the Nanonscience REU students will be presenting posters on their summer research. The seminar begins at 10 AM in BSF 100. Please see the flyer below for details.
The Integrated Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program held a Welcome Picnic for the participating students at Riverfront Park on Tuesday, June 3rd. Many of the Chemistry faculty and staff were also in attendance. Thanks to everyone who made this event a success!
In anticipation of 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Chemistry, Dr Dean Martin has begun compiling a detailed departmental history. His efforts thus far are commendable and can be viewed at the link below. More sections will be posted as they are written and approved.
The first USF Department of Chemistry Newsletter is hot off the presses. Thanks to Dr Dean Martin for spending the considerable time and effort needed to put this together!
A retirement Reception Honoring Dr. Joseph A. Stanko, April 28, 2003.
A retirement reception for Dr. and Mrs. Jesse S. Binford, April 19, 2003.
The 2003 Undergraduate Awards Banquet was held on April 15, 2003, 6:30 pm at Embassy Suites USF. Congratulations to all those honored and thanks to all the people who helped this event go smoothly.
A retirement reception was held for Dr Braman on March 26, 2003.
The Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida invites applications for a Staff position opening as an Accountant. This position performs professional accounting practices and procedures for E&G, Auxiliary, Overhead and Grant accounts within the Department of Chemistry. The deadline for application is 4/15/03.
The time is quickly approaching for the Third Annual Raymond Castle Student Research Conference. The conference will be held in the Chemistry Building and Breezeway Saturday, April 19, 2003. Abstracts may now be submitted for both oral and poster presentations. The deadline for abstract submittal is Friday April 4, 2003. If you are planning on attending the conference but will not be presenting, a registration form must be submitted.
The Second Annual Basketball Brunch was held on February 15 10:-11:30 am, SCA 431. Click below to see pictures from the event.
We are pleased to announce our 2003 Integrated Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program supported by the National Science Foundation. The ten-week REU program will begin June 1, 2003. Undergraduate students will be exposed to state-of-the-art materials science/nanotechnolgyis research in an interdisciplinary environment. The program will be housed in the Department of Chemistry and consists of faculty mentors from the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Physics. Students will receive housing, meals, travel costs and a $3,100 stipend. Juniors with a strong science background are encouraged to apply. For more information, please see:
A retirement reception was held for Dr Worrell on December 6.
The first Alexiou Award in Environmental Chemistry was given to Ms. Melissa Evans on November 21, 2002. Congratulations!
Back by popular demand... the 2002 Student-Sponsored Chemistry Department Holiday Party!
| Date: | Monday, December 16, 2002 | |
| Place: | The Dallas Bull, 8222 HWY 301 N | |
| Time: | 5:00 PM until the cows come home | |
| Cost: | $5 ticket (per-person); kids are free; Any donations would also be appreciated |
A list of helpful hints for people traveling on USF Chemistry business has been posted under the Departmental Operations section of this site.
Images for the planned Natural and Environmental Sciences and Chemistry Building are now available on the web. Keep in mind these plans are still tentative. Thanks to Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc. for providing the images.
Congratulations to all those honored at this year's Department of Chemistry Undergraduate Awards Banquet.
The daughter and son-in-law of Judge and Mrs. E. J. Salcines will be named Outstanding Chemistry Alumni this coming Tuesday, April 2, at the Annual Undergraduate Awards Banquet sponsored by the University of South Florida Department of Chemistry. The banquet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Fowler Avenue. The banquet is an annual event during which outstanding undergraduate students in various areas of chemistry are recognized and receive awards.
The time is quickly approaching for the Second Annual Raymond Castle Student Research
Conference. This year's conference will also feature an undergraduate
research competition that is broadly focused upon clays and their possible applications. The conference will be held April 12-13, 2002. Abstracts may now be submitted for both oral and poster presentations. The deadline for abstract submittal is
March 20, 2002. If you are planning on attending the conference but will not be presenting, a registration form must be submitted.
The Chemistry Department is pleased to welcome another new faculty member: Dr. Randy Larsen. Dr. Larsen is an Associate Professor and biophysical chemist, who specializes in the study of respiratory proteins.
The Department of Chemistry would like to announce an Open House for prospective Chemistry Graduate Students on Friday February 15 and Friday March 8. Visit our campus, learn about student life at USF and meet the Research Faculty. To qualify for this event please send one letter of recommendation and an unofficial copy of your transcripts at least six weeks prior to the date of travel. For further information, contact Dr. Bill Baker
Attention General Chemistry Students:
The Laboratory Practical for CHM 2045L is now available for download at the General Chemistry Homepage.
The Chemistry Department is pleased to welcome two new faculty members: Dr. Bill Baker, and Dr. Jennifer Lewis. Dr. Baker is an Associate Professor with research interests in natural products from marine microorganisms. Dr. Lewis is an Assistant Professor specializing in chemical education.
Clear Springs Land Company has generously provided funds to sponsor the 2002 Castle Research Conference. In addition to awards for the outstanding oral and poster presentations at the undergraduate and graduate level, this year's conference will feature an undergraduate research competition that is broadly focused upon clays and their possible applications. There will be a total of $19,500 in awards, with first place prize of $10,000.
Effective for the 2001-02 academic year, we will offer 25 9-month stipends of $14K for new GA's. Summer teaching or research assignments can bring 12-month stipends up to $18,600.
$20K Foundation Fellowship Awards: USF will offer 13 of these fellowships for 2001-02. Outstanding students who apply for graduate school will be nominated.