UWM Chemistry Department alum Aaron Roerdink (Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry ’04) was recently appointed as Associate Dean of Learning Enrichment and Associate Professor-in-Residence of Chemistry at Central College in Pella, Iowa. After completing his Ph.D with the Chemistry Department, he eventually became a professor of Chemistry at Heidelberg University where he served as Chair. Read more about Dr. Roerdink here: Central Appoints Associate Dean of Learning Enrichment
Dr. David Petering to receive the 2023 Ernest Spaights Plaza Award at the 2023 Annual Fall Awards Ceremony
Dr. David Petering will be awarded the 2023 Ernest Spaights Plaza Award at the 2023 Annual Fall Awards Ceremony.
The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 25 at 3pm in the Helen Bader Concert Hall in the Zelazo Center for Performing Arts.
Dr. Holger Foersterling to receive the 2023 UWM Academic Staff Outstanding Performance & Service Award
Dr. Holger Foetstering will be awarded the 2023 UWM Academic Staff Outstanding Performance & Service Award at the 2023 Annual Fall Awards Ceremony.
The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 25 at 3pm in the Helen Bader Concert Hall in the Zelazo Center for Performing Arts.
Prof. Kristene Surerus to receive the 2023 UWM Faculty Distinguished University Service Award!
Prof. Kristene Surerus will be awarded the 2023 UWM Faculty Distinguished University Service Award at the 2023 Annual Fall Awards Ceremony.
The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 25 at 3pm in the Helen Bader Concert Hall in the Zelazo Center for Performing Arts.
Registration Open: 2023 Milwaukee Analytical Chemistry Conference
On behalf of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, we would like to invite you to the third annual “Milwaukee Analytical Chemistry Conference: “Mics” it up: Mass Spec for Dynamics and “Omics”” on September 7th-8th 2023. We have planned a two-day event with lectures by leaders in analytical chemistry research.
Chemistry Department Alumna Translates Research Experience into Crime Lab Expertise
Former undergraduate research student of Dr. Aldstadt, Lexie Lanphere, takes us into her fascinating journey from her start as a Chemistry student at UWM to her work as a control substance analyst at the Wisconsin State Crime Lab. Read the full article and learn more about her work here: In Focus Vol. 13, No. 7
15th Annual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium Highlights Department Research
Nineteen Chemistry & Biochemistry students presented their work at this year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium. The annual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium celebrates the collaborations of UWM undergraduate students with our larger research community. This year, over 250 UWM students, mentored by over 130 of UWM’s faculty and research staff, presented their work.
Special honors went to Abdullah Rauf and Dhivyashree Senthil Murugan who were awarded Outstanding Presentation Awards for their poster presentations. Other students presenting work at the symposium were:
Sean Ruttenberg from the Blecking Lab
Madeline Rickert from the Dietz Lab
Abigail Werry from the Benko Lab
Kimberly Osborn, Angela McGinnis, and Daniel Janssen from the Silvaggi Lab
Preston Burdett from the Murphy Lab
Ahmad Masoud from the Arnold Lab
Alexis Peterson and Jatin Pandey from the Peng Lab
Brenden Chasteen from the Woehl Lab
Molly Kiley from Arnold Lab
Reuben Fortier from the Saha Lab
Sarah Swartwout from the Arnold Lab
Grace Geiger from the Hossain Lab
Angela McGinnis from the Silvaggi Lab
Mira Beranek from the Murphy Lab
Chemistry & Biochemistry Students Earn Grants to Fund Their Undergraduate Research
Congratulations to our four students who were received Support for Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) awards this spring,
Reuben Fortier is working with Professor Saha on a project entitled “Covalent Drug Discovery through Machine Learning”
Noah Geluk is working with Professor Blecking on a project entitled “Investigation of Student Experiences in a STEM Literacy Course”
Kimberly Osborn is working with Professor Silvaggi on a project entitled “Cloning, Expression, Purification, and Crystallization of a Putative N-acetyltransferase from Streptomyces caelestis”
Abdullah Rauf is working with Professor Frick on a project entitled “NAD-Capped RNA in Metabolism”
The SURF program is designed to foster faculty-student research collaborations, and funds work through which students have the opportunity to engage in thoughtful and progressively sophisticated work central to the overall research program of the principal investigator.
SURF Application Deadline for Fall 2023 Academic Year are due: August 15th, 2023
Apply here: https://uwm.edu/our/programs/support-for-undergraduate-research-fellows-surf/application-and-instructions/