Chris Turlington receives American Chemical Society award

Dr. Chris Turlington, Associate Professor of Chemistry, received a $70,000 grant from the American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund, under the Undergraduate Research program. The specific aims of the project, Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization for the Synthesis of Metallopolymers, are to synthesize poly(carbonate) metallopolymers with pendant metal groups including: 1) Substituted ferrocenes for tunable redox properties, …

Meagan Elinski named 2024 Cottrell Scholar

Dr. Meagan Elinski, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, has been named a 2024 Cottrell Scholar and awarded $120,000 by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Dr. Elinski’s proposal, Chemical-Mechanical Control Over Nanoparticle-Hydrogel Sliding Interfaces, which incorporates both research and science education, was one of 19 proposals selected for the esteemed award after a rigorous peer-review process. …