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Distinguished Professor Hua Guo solves 30-year ozone mystery
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 - 12:00am
A group of researchers from the University of New Mexico Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, led by Distinguished Professor Hua Guo, have teamed up with colleagues from Texas A&M University to understand more about the photochemistry of Ea... read more
CCB Newsletter
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 - 12:00am
Dear Alumni, Colleagues, and Friends, In this newsletter I would like to share a few of the many achievements within the department. Sincerely, Jeremy S. Edwards Read the newsletter here.... read more

UNM researchers discover certain materials combined with UV light can kill coronavirus and other viruses
Posted: Dec 07, 2020 - 12:00am
A team led by the Center for Biomedical Engineering faculty David Whitten, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, along with Eva Chi and Linnea Ista, faculty members in the same department, have found some ... read more
Congratulations to Godwin Amo-Kwao for successfully defending his PhD dissertation!
Posted: Dec 01, 2020 - 12:00am
Godwin Amo-Kwao, a student in the Nanoscience and Microsystems Engineering Program, and a member of the Atlas research group, successfully defended his PhD dissertation, entitled: Radial Basis Densities and the Density Functional-Based Atom-in-Mole... read more

Congratulations to Professor Brian Gold for having an article published in the American Chemical Society!
Posted: Nov 20, 2020 - 12:00am
Research Article: Unique, yet Typical Oxyanion Holes in Aspartic Proteases Mark Aldren M. Feliciano and Brian Gold Abstract From studies on pepsin nearly 200 years ago to the modern pursuit of drugs targeting renin, HIV protease, ... read more
Congratulations to Amy Overstreet and Laura Ingersol for winning the Smith/Dow award for 2020!
Posted: Nov 16, 2020 - 12:00am
Amy Overstreet has made overwhelming progress in the CCB program. She has completed two first author manuscripts, one has been accepted and the other is currently under review. Amy has been developing computational chemistry tools to study PDZ pro... read more

Congratulations to Professor Terefe Habteyes for having his Invited Perspective article published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry!
Posted: Nov 16, 2020 - 12:00am
Feature Article: Anions as Intermediates in Plasmon Enhanced Photocatalytic Reactions Terefe Habteyes Abstract Hot electron transfer to unoccupied molecular orbitals is the most popularized mechanism for plasmon enhanced photocatalytic react... read more
Gold Lab works toward improved HIV treatment
Posted: Oct 22, 2020 - 12:00am
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 37,968 people in the US were diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, during 2018. In this same year, at least 15,820 HIV-positive Americans died. Modern medicine has made imp... read more

David Whitten honored as 2020 STC UNM Innovation Fellow
Posted: Aug 18, 2020 - 12:00am
UNM Rainforest Innovations (formally STC.UNM) announced its 2020 Innovation Fellow – an individual whose work is not only driven by the pursuit of innovation and knowledge, but also by the objective of positively impacting our society. David W... read more

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology welcomes Dr. Justin Elenewski as Assistant Professor. Dr. Elenewski will join UNM Chemistry and Chemical Biology in August 2021.
Posted: Jul 02, 2020 - 12:00am
Profile: Dr. Justin Elenewski will join UNM Chemistry and Chemical Biology in August 2021 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Justin’s research addresses a range of topics in theoretical chemical physics, with an emphasis on transpor... read more

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology welcomes Dr. Dongchang Chen as Assistant Professor. Dr. Chen will join UNM Chemistry and Chemical Biology in January 2021.
Posted: Jun 22, 2020 - 12:00am
Profile: Dr. Dongchang Chen will join UNM Chemistry and Chemical Biology January 2021 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Dr. Chen’s research seeks to resolve critical chemical processes for energy storage and conversion materials via... read more

Congratulations to Dr. Sherman Garver on receiving a large anonymous donation to support his important work on the Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) gene/protein!
Posted: Jun 18, 2020 - 12:00am
William Sherman Garver Dr. Sherman Garver has been a leader in this field for over 25 years and his contributions have shown that NPC1 is not only responsible for the rare inherited disease, it is now also associated with a multit... read more

Professor Yi He is leading the study funded by UNM’s Substance Use Disorders Grand Challenge Award
Posted: Jun 16, 2020 - 12:00am
UNM professor uses computational simulations to advance substance use disorder treatment By Sarah Carpenter June 05, 2020 A research project is underway at The University of New Mexico that investigates a potentially groundbreaking wa... read more

Congratulations to Professor John Grey for having the “Feature Article” in the most recent edition of the Journal of Physical Chemistry!
Posted: Jun 15, 2020 - 12:00am
Feature Article: Triplet Population Dynamics of Single Conjugated Polymer Molecules and Nanoscale Assemblies David J. Walwark Jr., Benjamin D. Datko, and John K. Grey Abstract The formation of long-lived triplet excited electronic sta... read more
The Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology moved out of Clark Hall
Posted: Jun 15, 2020 - 12:00am
"The Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology moved out of Clark Hall May 2020. Research labs remain open. Clark Hall renovation will be completed starting June 1, 2020. The main office is temporary located in the Mechanical Engineering Building o... read more
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- #LatinXChem 2020 Twitter Conference, Sep 07 2020
- #LatinXChem 2020 Twitter Conference, Sep 07 2020
- 12th Annual Riley O. Schaeffer Lecture , Oct 18 2019
- 2019 Research Day, Sep 06 2019
- ACS National Meeting, Aug 25 2019
- 2019 Medicinal Chemistry Study Abroad Program, May 12 2019
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology Open House 2019, Feb 01 2019
- Bond D - Vote November 6th, Nov 06 2018