Congratulations to our Spring 2013 Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduating Class!

We sincerely hope our graduates and their guests enjoyed the afternoon and that many memories were created. Thank you to all who attended and participated in this milestone celebration.

As promised, we are happy to provide pictures of this wonderful event for viewing and downloading at no charge to you! For best resolution and reprinting, please download the full resolution images by clicking the link under the picture where it says "Full Size Image".

All pictures were taken by Nathan Campbell, Chemistry and Biochemistry IT Director, and he is more than happy to answer any technical questions for you.

David Jonas has been awarded the 2013 Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology by the American Chemical Society. David joins a highly distinguished group of awardees. This is a relatively new award – established in 2007 – thus emphasizing David's seminal contributions to the field.

Click here for more information about the Ahmed Zewail Award.

Dr. Jona's Faculty page

Dr. Jona's Group Wepage

Gordana Dukovic has been named a 2013 Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.She is one of 13 early-career faculty in physical sciences and related fields to receive this award in 2013. Cottrell Scholars receive $75,000 each in recognition of their scientific research as well as their dedication to teaching.

Originality, feasibility, and the prospect for significant fundamental advances to science are the main criteria for judging the candidates’ research, while contributions to education, especially at the undergraduate level, aspirations for teaching, and the candidates’ proposed strategies to achieve educational objectives are factors in assessing their teaching plans.

About Gordana's Award

Gallium-Zinc oxy(nitrides) are a group of materials interesting to researchers for their ability to absorb sunlight in a novel way and transfer that energy into the work of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. Such compounds may one day be key to producing clean, renewable fuels. Dukovic is interested in understanding precisely how these materials work, and perhaps, boosting their efficiencies by developing them into nanocrystalline forms – that is, very tiny crystals. She hopes to do so because matter behaves differently – sometimes much more efficiently – at the nano, or very small, scale.

The goal of her educational project is to develop 10 instructional modules integrating solar energy research into UC Boulder’s undergraduate physical chemistry course on quantum mechanics and spectroscopy. Quantum mechanics deals with the behavior of subatomic particles such as photons and electrons – their interactions are central to the creation of electricity from sunlight. Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy such as light. By coupling these fields of study with solar energy research, Dukovic hopes to attract students interested in solving real-world problems.

Full Article: http://www.rescorp.org/news-and-publications/press-releases/detail/2013-cottrell-scholars-announced-1

For additional Information please visit the Dukovic Research Group Website: http://chem.colorado.edu/dukovicgroup