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Prof. Anne Kelley named a 2018 Fellow of the Optical Society of America

February 26, 2018
Professor Anne Kelley has been named a 2018 Fellow of the Optical Society of America. Founded in 1916, The Optical Society (OSA) is the leading professional organization for scientists, engineers, students and business leaders who fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate...

Prof. Christine Isborn's work in JCP is chosen as an Editor's Pick

January 24, 2018
Professor Christine Isborn's recently published paper in the Journal of Chemical Physics describing a new method for modeling absorption spectra for molecules in solution has been chosen as an Editor's Pick.  

Chemistry graduate student receives National lab fellowship

December 5, 2017
Xi Chen, a graduate student working with Aleksandr Noy, recently received a graduate fellowship for his work on carbon nanotube-based devices for biosensing. More details on the fellowship can be found on the UCOP website.

Five Students Score Big at SACNAS Conference

November 29, 2017
Five UC Merced students brought home awards for their research at this year’s Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Diversity in STEM conference. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) at UC Merced sent 26 scholars to present their...

Prof. Anne Kelley highlighted in Marie Curie issue of JPC

November 6, 2017
The Journal of Physical Chemistry highlights the research of 66 distinguished women scientists in their Marie Curie Virtual Issue. Professor Anne Myers Kelley's work on Raman spectroscopy is included as one of the highlights: Anne B. Myers: Absorption, fluorescence and resonance Raman...

Graduate student Zach Petrek interns at NASA

October 1, 2017
Zach Petrek, a graduate student in Tao Ye's group, interned at NASA over the summer. Read more about it here.    

‘Genius’ Award Winner and TED Lecturer to Speak at UC Merced

September 20, 2017
On Sept. 22, MacArthur "Genius" Award winner and Stanford University bioengineering Professor Manu Prakash will deliver the keynote lecture at the first annual open house for UC Merced’s Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines (CCBM), a National Science Foundation Center of Research...

Researcher Continues Progress Toward Effective HIV Inhibitor

June 19, 2017
Patricia LiWang was at an impasse. It was 2011 and the UC Merced professor’s research group had figured out how to make some of the most potent HIV inhibitors even more powerful. LiWang was thrilled by these findings; funding agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) weren’t. “Our...

Professor Anne Kelley serving as Chair-Elect / Chair of the APS’s Division of Laser Science

June 16, 2017
Anne Kelley is currently serving as Chair-Elect of the American Physical Society’s Division of Laser Science.  She will move up to Chair for a one-year term starting in October, 2017.

Chemistry faculty awarded CETL Fellowship to develop computational teaching tools

June 1, 2017
Chemistry professors Erik Menke and Hrant Hratchian have been awarded a Faculty Fellowship by the UC Merced Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning. This CETL award supports work by Profs. Menke and Hratchian developing, implementing, and assessing new computational chemistry based learning...

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