Carl Denard, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award. His research focuses on cellular and protein engineering to develop novel strategies to diagnose, target and fight disease.… Read More
American Association for the Advancement of Science honors 19 UF faculty as Lifetime Fellows The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected 19… Read More
Charles J. Hages, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, has received the Sony Faculty Innovation Award. With this award, Dr. Hages will use machine learning to enhance the development of semiconductor materials. Characterizing… Read More
The Department of Chemical Engineering Welcomes Two New Faculty Members Starting January 2023. Joshua Moon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2019, The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Moon’s research focuses on designing advanced polymer materials for clean energy, clean water,… Read More
Three faculty at the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering received the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35 Early-Stage Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA). Each researcher was awarded a five-year, $1.8+ million… Read More
Dear alumni, friends, and members of the UF ChE community, We are delighted to share some of the news and events from this past semester and celebrate the incredible work we have done. Three faculty members received $5.46 million in NIH Maximizing… Read More
The Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) was held at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Ariz., from Nov. 13-18. UF students and faculty participated and received many distinguished awards. Undergraduate Awards The UF AIChE Student… Read More
Marissa Dockendorf, Ph.D., (Ph.D. ChE ’05), Executive Director, Head of Global Digital Analytics & Technologies at Merck & Co. Inc., presented to students in the Department of Chemical Engineering about her career progression through industry. Dr. Dockendorf has worked in… Read More
Identifying a need for female role models and mentors in Chemical Engineering at UF, Helena Hagelin-Weaver, Ph.D., an associate professor, created an informal mentoring program that has grown significantly over the last 20 years. “I realized during my postdoctoral years… Read More
After graduating from the University of Florida in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, and then earning his master’s in engineering and an MBA, Jayant Shroff worked for 10 years in R&D jobs at Fortune 500 companies including… Read More
