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Kymberlee Osbourne receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Monday April 1, 2013
Kymberlee Osborne, who will be receiving her B.S. in Chemistry in May, 2013 was selected to receive a 2013 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship.
David Becker was recently appointed to the editorial board of the journal Symmetry.
Monday February 11, 2013
David Becker of FIU's Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry was recently appointed to the editorial board of the journal Symmetry.
FIU Chemist David Becker helps celebrate 12/12/12 with surprising research.
Wednesday December 12, 2012
FIU Chemist David Becker helps celebrate 12/12/12 with research on the surprising significance of the number 12.
Drs. Kavallieratos and Miksovska were awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
Friday September 28, 2012
Drs. Kavallieratos and Miksovska were awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for the establishment of a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site on "Sensing, Monitoring and Detection: From Molecules to Applications". The University has committed an additional $100,000 to the success of this new program, which involves 11 faculty and aims to increase participation of women and underrepresented minorities in interdisciplinary research in our department.
Ph.D students from Poland will spend EU sponsored internships in our department.
Friday September 21, 2012
Ph.D students from Poland will spend EU sponsored internships in our department. Ms. Justyna Nagaj and Ms. Kamila Stokowa-Soltys, the third year doctorate students of Bioinorganic and Biomedical Chemistry at University of Wroclaw, Poland, are visiting FIU on three-month internship program founded by European Union. The project goal is "Development of potential and educational offer of University of Wroclaw as a chance to increase the competitiveness of the University". The purpose of their i
Dr. DeCaprio's research tackles designer drug craze
Tuesday July 17, 2012
Dr. Anthony DeCaprio of IFRI is featured in FIU News for his current research in detecting bath salts and other designer drugs
FIU General Chemistry students use YouTube to teach each other
Friday July 13, 2012
Students in Dr. Lichter's CHM1045 course have been developing YouTube videos to teach solubility rules (i.e. which ions combine to form precipitates). Check out the following article in the Journal of Chemical Education highlighting this activity
NSF grants 6-year, $5.88M renewal for FCE LTER Program operated by SERC
Tuesday June 5, 2012
The FCE LTER Program began in 2000 as part of the LTER Network established in 1980 by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Based at FIU, the FCE LTER Program is operated by the Southeast Environmental Research Center and led by co-PIs E. Gaiser (Biology), M. Heithaus (Biology), R. Jaff (Chemistry), L. Ogden (Anthropology) and R. Price (Earth & Environment).
Dr. Jose Almirall receives the UGS Provost Award for Outstanding Mentorship of Graduate Students.
Tuesday March 20, 2012
Dr. Jose Almirall receives the UGS Provost Award for Outstanding Mentorship of Graduate Students.
Dr. Fenfei Leng publishes ground-breaking research on DNA structure and topology
Wednesday February 22, 2012
FIU Professor of Biochemistry Fenfei Leng and co-workers recently discovered and confirmed the existence of DNA topological barriers that are able to block supercoil diffusion along the DNA double helix.
