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.

 

 

News

Jingyi Chen Awarded Almost $500,000 by NSF to Study Novel Nanostructures
Undergraduate Chemistry and Biochemistry Major Iana Ruheta Discovers Community, Belonging as Rwandan Student at U of A
Robert Coridan and Colin Heyes Receive NSF Grant to Study Semiconducting Nanoparticles
Cody Brazel Selected to Receive Doctoral Research Travel Grant and Collis Geren Award
Adjoa Bonsu Selected for SEC Emerging Scholars Program
David Thompson Selected to Receive DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Award
Bin Dong and Martin Edwards Selected as 2023 Connor Faculty Fellows
Four Graduate Students Have Been Selected to Participate in the NIH Summer Clinical and Translational Research Course: Congratulations Enayah Alhshim, Nour Fatema, Ugochi Isu, and Motolani Matthew!

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS

OCT 9 2023 | Susan M. Lunte, University of Kansas – "Bioanalytical applications of microchip electrophoresis"
OCT 23 2023 | Johanna Nelson Weker, Stanford University (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
OCT 30 2023 | John Vinson, National Institute of Standards and Technology – "What computational x-ray spectroscopy can tell us about materials properties and theoretical models"
NOV 6 2023 | Michel Dupuis, University at Buffalo
NOV 13 2023 | Jie He, University of Connecticut
DEC 4 2023 | Renã A. S. Robinson, Vanderbilt University
MAR 4 2024 | Daniel Higgins, Kansas State University
MAR 11 2024 | Stephen Lodmell, University of Montana
MAR 25 2024 | Heather Desaire, The University of Kansas
APR 1 2024 | Jing Li, The University of Mississippi
APR 8 2024 | Joseph S. Francisco, University of Pennsylvania
APR 15 2024 | Justin Sambur, Colorado State University
APR 29 2024 | Joaquín Rodríguez-López, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign