UF engineers reach semi-finals in XPRIZE Contest for new COVID-19 test methods; their CRISPR-ENHANCE methodology published in Nature Communications journal THE CHALLENGE XPRIZE RAPID COVID TESTING COMPETITION TEAMS ARE LOCATED AROUND THE GLOBE. According to a survey conducted in July… Read More
Orazem and Watson Publish Ground-breaking Impedance Data Analysis Program
Originally published by ECS The Electrochemical Society Mark Orazem, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor and the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Edie Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida, and his student William Watson published their… Read More
UF/IFAS scientists to shed light on aquatic symbiosis with a squid
The Hawaiian bobtail squid is a glowing example of aquatic symbiosis. It stands out as a unique cephalopod that lives with a light organ run by a luminescent bacterium, or microbes. The bacterium allows the squid to use light as… Read More
Kopelevich Awarded Grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
Dmitry Kopelevich, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering (UF CHE) is leading a grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund titled: Investigation of Mechanisms of Shear-Induced Diffusion in non-Brownian Suspensions. Particle suspensions… Read More
Jain Awarded Grant to Develop a CRISPR-based Urine Test for Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Piyush Jain, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been awarded a grant from the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation to develop a CRISPR-based urine test for early detection of breast cancer.… Read More
Assistant Professor Develops A Rapid Point-of-Care Detection Technology for SARS-CoV-2
Piyush Jain, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of the UF Health Cancer Center, and Long Nguyen, a Ph.D. student, have developed a CRISPR-based, paper-based, rapid detection technology that can identify SARS-CoV-2 cDNA in… Read More
Hibbitts Awarded a Critical Aspects of Sustainability Collaborative Research Grant
David Hibbitts, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE), is leading a three-year, $672,000 grant from the National Science Foundation from the Chemistry Division titled: Separating Electronic and Geometric Effects in Compound Catalysts: Examining Unique Selectivities… Read More
Hibbitts Awarded Grant to Explore the Role of Water in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts
David Hibbitts, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE), was awarded a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the role of water in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) catalysis, a chemical reaction that converts carbon… Read More
Hagelin-Weaver Awarded NSF Grant to Improve Catalysts for Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Helena Hagelin-Weaver, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE), is leading a three-year, $633,000 grant from the National Science Foundation titled: Rational Design of Atomically Precise Catalysts for Parahydrogen Enhanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy.… Read More