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Dr. Jerry Walsh was named among the Southern Conference All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff team
Posted on March 1, 2017
Dr. Jerry Walsh (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was named among the Southern Conference All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff team. Faculty members who receive…
Joseph Mwangi receives NOBCChE Grand Prize Poster Award
Posted on February 21, 2017
Joseph Mwangi receives NOBCChE (National organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers) Grand Prize Poster Award for his…
Jennifer Simpson has received research funding from the Dorothy Monroe Fund
Posted on September 19, 2016
Jennifer Simpson has received research funding from the Dorothy Monroe Fund, College of Arts and Sciences. Her research project focuses on measuring the…
Drs. Chiu and Jia receive NIH R15 grant award
Posted on August 30, 2016
Dr. Norman Chiu and Dr. Zhenquan Jia (Biology) recently received an NIH R15 grant award for their joint project entitled, “Novel Carbon Nanodots against…
Diana Kao has been awarded an NIH F31 Fellowship
Posted on August 29, 2016
Diana Kao has been awarded an NIH F31 Fellowship for her project entitled, “Pursuing Antivirulence of MRSA in Penicillium sp. with droplet-liquid microjunction-surface-sampling…
Emily Britton awarded 3 year F31NIH Fellowship Grant
Posted on March 17, 2016
Emily Britton, PhD student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was just awarded a 3 year F31 NIH Fellowship grant titled…
Dr. Nicholas Oberlies is UNCG’s inaugural member of the All-Southern Conference Faculty Team
Posted on March 8, 2016
Representatives from all 10 member schools were recognized by the league. All the recipients shared some common characteristics – demonstrated service to…
Nadjali Chung places 2nd at the UNCG Honors Symposium
Posted on February 29, 2016
Nadjali Chung, a Biochemistry Major, receives 2nd place in the category Science and Professional Schools for her presentation at the UNCG Honors Symposium
Wilson Brooks wins Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Posted on February 29, 2016
Wilson Brooks wins the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Junior Teaching Assistants
Joseph Mwangi awarded 2016 Summer Research Assistantship
Posted on February 22, 2016
Ph.D. student, Joseph Mwangi was awarded the 2016 Summer Research Assistantship from the Graduate School.
Vincent Sica wins Second Place in the Graduate School Three Minute Thesis Competition
Posted on February 19, 2016
PH.D. Student, Vincent Sica wins Second Place in the Graduate School Three Minute Thesis Competition, for his presentation “Accelerating Natural Product Drug Discovery: 6 Weeks to…
Drs. Oberlies and Nadja Cech have received an NIH U54 award
Posted on February 19, 2016
Drs. Oberlies and Nadja Cech have received an NIH U54 award from the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). This is in collaboration…
Mary Lingerfelt received an award for Outstanding Pre-Doctoral Presentation
Posted on February 19, 2016
Mary Lingerfelt received an award for Outstanding Pre-Doctoral Presentation at the International Cannabinoid Research Society meeting in Nova Scotia this summer.
Dr. Kim Petersen has received NIH R15 funding
Posted on February 19, 2016
Dr. Kim Petersen has received NIH R15 funding for her project entitled “Asymmetric Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Lactones and Lactams Using a…
Drs. Nicholas Oberlies and Nadja Cech received research funding from the NC Biotechnology Center
Posted on February 19, 2016
Drs. Nicholas Oberlies and Nadja Cech received research funding from the NC Biotechnology Center for their project entitled, “New Strategies to Combat…
Dr. Patricia Reggio receives NIH RO1 funding
Posted on February 19, 2016
Dr. Patricia Reggio has received NIH RO1 funding for years 27 to 31 of her research project entitled, “Molecular Determinants of Cannabinoid…
Tory Strider awarded the 2015 Lilian Nile Undergraduate Research Assistantship
Posted on February 19, 2016
Tory Strider, a BS Biochemistry major, was awarded the 2015 Lilian Nile Undergraduate Research Assistantship this summer. She used the assistantship to participate in…
Conquering a Hidden Kingdom
Posted on February 3, 2016
Huzefa Raja and Nick Oberlies are, to borrow a biological term, symbionts. Raja, a mycologist, and Oberlies, a natural products chemist, depend on…
Natural Science
Posted on February 3, 2016
Growing up, Dr. Nadja Cech was always around herbs on her family’s farm. Lavender.Echinacea. Comfrey. Calendula. Black cohosh. Through the years, she…
Tyra Callaway: Going Global with Research
Posted on February 3, 2016
As a junior in high school, Tyra Callaway began her college search with one non-negotiable requirement in mind: undergraduate research. She didn’t…
