Ronald K. Castellano
@rkcastellano
Professor and Chair, University of Florida Department of Chemistry, and self-assembly lover. #firstgen Group tweets: @CastellanoLabUF
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Thrilled to receive the promotion to full professor and a Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Term Professorship at UF Chemistry! I am extremely grateful for my family, students, colleagues, and collaborators!
Our new Dept Chair is Prof. Ron Castellano! He is a phys. org. chemist who came to UF Chemistry in '02 after earning a PhD from MIT and pursuing a postdoc at ETH ZĂĽrich. Ronald K. Castellano has a big to-do list, incl. telling the world about the great things happening here. Stay tuned!
Congratulations to three UF Chemistry faculty members who were awarded named professorships through the generosity of several donors (thank you!). First up, Professor and Chair Ronald K. Castellano is the inaugural Steven M. and Rebecca J. Scott Term Professor in Chemistry. UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
.UF Chemistry has 3 new assistant profs joining us this year! First intro is Prof. Kaibo Feng. Kaibo received his Ph.D. University of Illinois with WhiteGroup and completed a postdoc with Buchwald MIT Chemistry. The group will develop reactions using transition-metal and organocatalysts
Next assistant prof UF Chemistry to introduce is Prof. Feng Tang. Feng completed his PhD at Wuhan Univ. Wuhan University with Bi-Feng Yuan and postdoc UC Riverside with Yinsheng Wang. The Tanglab leverages mass spectrometry and next-gen seq techs to study DNA damage and repair ...
I had an amazing experience to present my graduate research work on “OPV-materials inspired visible-light-driven photoswitching molecules” at the International Symposium of Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA), 2024, in Toronto! A hub for organic materials chemistry! Castellano Research Group
Last but not least! Our 3rd new assistant prof. intro is for Prof. Amal Narayanan. Amal received his Ph.D. under the supervision of Abraham Joy @JoylabUAkron and was an #HHMI-LSRF postdoc with Cliff Brangwynne brangwynnelab Princeton University. Welcome to UF Chemistry! Amal Narayanan
UF Chemistry is looking for an assistant instructional professor in Physical and Biophysical Chemistry. Applications reviewed starting Nov 15. More info on the position and a link to apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5334…. .
We had a great time at the 4th Annual Analytical Division Chili Cook-Off!! All the chilis were delicious! Congrats to all of the winners! Kari Basso
Florida #HighSchools Join us UF Chemistry for the 2025 #UFChemathon! UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mark your calendar for #GatorNation Giving Day! Join us on Feb 20 and make a difference for current and future FLORIDA Chemistry students. Help us unlock a $10k gift from Rob Kincart ('72) and his wife Laurel with 100 gifts to the UF Chemistry Fund: shorturl.at/ETkL4 UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Truly honored to be among those selected for a Sloan Research Fellowship! It's humbling to be included in such an amazing group of early-career scientists. Thanks to Sloan Foundation for your support of young investigators, UF Chemistry, and Prentice Lab UF for all your hard work!
Our work on the facile synthesis of an atomically precise CdTe nanocluster has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations to Sam and the team Zeng Lab @UF UF Chemistry for their hard work that led to this discovery! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
It’s #GatorNation Giving Day! Join us and make a difference for current and future UF Chemistry students. Help us unlock a $10k gift from Rob Kincart ('72) and his wife Laurel with 100 gifts to the UF Chemistry Fund: shorturl.at/ETkL4 UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences #AllForTheGators
