The department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Arkansas strives for excellence in research, teaching and service in chemistry—the central science. We aspire to positions of leadership regarding the discovery of new scientific knowledge, the training of students, and the economic development of the State of Arkansas. We seek to recruit and retain a diverse group of the best faculty, students and staff to address the challenges of the future through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and education. You can learn more about the department here.

 

 

News

Professor Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam Receives $435,226 DHHS-NIGMS Grant Award for Hyperstable FGF1-FGF2 Based Therapeutic Formulation for Wound Care

Assistant Professor Bin Dong Receives $40,000 SACP Starter Grant and $110,000 ACS PRF Grant

Professor Jack Lay Receives $634,526 MRI Grant for New Mass Spectrometer

Graduate Student Eugene Agyemang Awarded Travel Grant to Present Research in Kigali, Rwanda

Graduate Student Rudy Acosta Awarded Two-Year NSF Research Traineeship Program Fellowship

Graduate Student Mostafa Mahmoudi Awarded Barrett S. and Peggy S. Duff Doctoral Fellowship in Chemistry

Assistant Professor Maggie He Receives $238,845 NIH R21 Grant for Graphene Covalent Grids for Single-particle Cryo-EM

DEPARTMENTAL EVENTS

Departmental seminars are held on Mondays from 3-3:55PM in CHEM 144
FEB 10 2025 | Sarah Hesse – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
FEB 17 2025 | Zhenhua Zeng, Purdue University
FEB 24 2025 | R. Kip Guy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
MAR 3 2025 | Lyle Isaacs, University of Maryland – "Molecular Container Compounds: From Basic Science to Biomedical Applications"
MAR 10 2025 | Peter Njoki, Hampton University
MAR 17 2025 | Mike Johnson, University of Kansas
MAR 24 2025 | No Seminar – Spring Break/ACS Meeting
MAR 31 2025 | Shutang Chen, Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
APR 7 2025 | Adam Nielander – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
APR 14 2025 | Pulay Lecture Series: Harry F. King, University at Buffalo
APR 21 2025 | No Seminar – Honors Day Symposium
APR 28 2025 | Tim Arthur, Toyota Research Institute of North America