USF Department of Chemistry

04/23/2025

Congratulations to Department one of our Department of Chemistry faculty members: Ioannis Spanopoulos, PhD for being recognized with the Outstanding Research Achievement Award! Dr. Spanopoulos has distinguished achievements in Materials Chemistry, particularly advancements in the development of Next-generation Multifunctional Semiconductors for Medical, Energy and Environment-Related Applications.

Read the full article linked below

https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/news/2025/eleven-usf-faculty-being-recognized-with-research-achievement-and-innovation-excellence-awards.aspx?

University of South Florida

04/15/2025

Thank you to all who attended. It was an incredible evening celebrating our students.

04/08/2025

Congratulations to our Department Chair, Dr. Jim Leahy on this accomplishment!

Help us celebrate Dr. James Leahy from our Department of Chemistry! 🎉 Dr. Leahy has been inducted into the prestigious American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)'s College of Fellows. 🏅

He was selected for his groundbreaking work in drug discovery for cancer, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases, and his innovations in small-molecule leads and synthetic methodologies. AIMBE Fellows are known to be among the brightest medical and biological engineers worldwide! 🌎

Congrats Dr. Leahy, you make proud!

04/12/2024

A round of congratulations for the USF Chemistry Department!

The following faculty have been awarded at the recent 2023 USF Faculty Honors & Awards Reception:

Dr. Bill Baker for Distinguished University Professor

Dr. Kimberly Bliss-Roche and Dr. Christian Tang for Undergraduate Teaching Awards with Distinction (top-3 awardee)

03/04/2024

A round of congratulations for the USF Chemistry Department!

Dr. Mildred Acevedo-Duncan has received an award from the Leo and Anne Albert Charitable Foundation for her work on ICA-1 in prostate cancer.

02/19/2024

The Chemistry Department is proud to invite the public to two defenses.

Gabriela Suarez will be defending her masters dissertation, "Effects of Diminazene Aceturate on Drosophila melanogaster a lipidomic analysis" virtually this Friday, February 23rd at 9:30 am. Please use this link & code (Room Code: LcURYj) to attend: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MzBkZDQ2ZTQtYzA2My00OTM0LTkzZTAtOTdiZmUwZWY2ZjYw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22741bf7de-e2e5-46df-8d67-82607df9deaa%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2215ba57bd-8e71-443f-be89-461be1a98a33%22%7d

Jessica D. Young will be defending her doctoral dissertation, "Introductory Chemistry Student Success: Evaluating Peer-Led Team Learning and Understanding Describing of Belonging" virtually on Monday, March 4th at 12 pm. Please use this link to attend: http://tinyurl.com/bde26xed

02/15/2024

A round of congratulations for the USF Chemistry Department!

Dr. Ioannis Spanopoulos has been named a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IIAM): http://tinyurl.com/267m4a34

Dr. Sherrisse Bryant has been selected to be a COBA Bulls Captain for their February 25th game against Southern Methodist University!

Dr. Jianfeng Cai’s lab, in collaboration with the labs of Dr. Wayne Guida (Chemistry), Dr. Libin Ye (Molecular Biosciences) and Dr. Chuanhai Cao (Pharmacy and Byrd Alzheimer’s Center) and their students, have published their manuscript in the official journal of the United States National Academy of Sciences: http://tinyurl.com/5xsash8n

01/30/2024

Congratulations Dr. Martin!

Please help us congratulate Professor Emeritus Dr. Dean Martin from our USF Department of Chemistry, whose paper “The First African American Chemistry Doctorate Recipient” was named the Most Outstanding Paper by the American Chemical Society’s Division of the History of Chemistry!

Congratulations, Dr. Martin! Thank you for representing so well!

03/13/2023

Congratulations, Dr. Leahy.

02/23/2023

One of our graduate students, Jacob McAlpin, will be defending his dissertation: "Considerations for curricular reform in undergraduate chemistry: Cooperative adoption factors, modeling social influence, and focusing on specific populations". The public is welcome to attend the defense. Wish him luck!

02/21/2023

The 21st annual Raymond N. Castle Student Research Conference is taking place on March 4th, 2023 from 8:00am - 6:00pm in ISA (Interdisciplinary Science Building)

Breakfast and lunch are provided for free!

To learn more about the plenary speaker, Dr. Marilyne Stains, click here:https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/chemistry/documents/castle2023plenary.pdf

University of South Florida

01/31/2023

Congratulations to our Department Chair, Dr. Leahy!
https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/six-usf-faculty-members-earn-national-recognition-for-research-achievements.aspx

The faculty span multiple colleges and disciplines, bringing the total number of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows at USF to 95.