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UWL Senior Katie Peterson prepares samples. To simulate entering the stomach, samples of rubber play surface, wood chips and sand are added to acidic solutions, shaken up and heated at body temperature for two hours, the amount of time the sample would be in someone’s stomach. To simulate a being put in the mouth, a clean water solution is used instead of the acid solution. What’s in your playground? Posted 8:25 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 UWL chemistry researchers study trace metal contamination in playground surfaces Read more about What’s in your playground? image of someone holding a leaf When will fall leaves peak? Posted 3:06 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, 2023 UWL scientists explain how the recent dry spell may impact the fall color display Read more about When will fall leaves peak? Assistant Professor Sujat Sen, Chemistry, will receive the Carl E. Gulbrandsen Innovator of the Year Award at the WiSys annual SPARK Symposium at UW Oshkosh in August. Inspirational innovator Posted 8 a.m. Friday, June 9, 2023 UWL professor recognized with state honor for research, mentoring Read more about Inspirational innovator Colleen McDowell, '04, has received the Rada Distinguished Alumni Award for her work as a thought-leader in the field of glaucoma research. The right focus Posted 7:03 a.m. Thursday, May 25, 2023 Colleen McDowell is a leader in glaucoma research Read more about The right focus Jameson Bothe, ’07, and his colleagues at Merck pharmaceutical company were crucial to the development and distribution of Lagevrio, an oral drug that treats COVID-19. Fighting COVID with chemistry Posted 7:02 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 UWL alum played key role in developing COVID-19 treatment Read more about Fighting COVID with chemistry
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Chemistry & Biochemistry

Cord Brundage, Eugenia Turov and Katherine Evans

Cord Brundage, Biology; Eugenia Turov, Chemistry & Biochemistry; and Katherine Evans, Recreation Management & Therapeutic Recreation; were named Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars of UW System on May 30. Throughout the coming year, they will participate in a professional development program to examine teaching and learning issues and be guided through the process of completing a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project.

Submitted on: June 1

Recep Pekdemir, Cord Brundage, Tisha King-Heiden, Kristin Koepke, Eugenia Turov, Ashley Edwards, Jessica Welsh, Bryan Kopp, Jason Sumontha and Katherine Evans

Recep Pekdemir, Accountancy; Cord Brundage and Tisha King-Heiden, both Biology; Kristin Koepke, CATL; Eugenia Turov, Chemistry & Biochemistry; Ashley Edwards and Jessica Welsh, both Communication Studies; Bryan Kopp, English; Jason Sumontha, Psychology; and Katherine Evans, Recreation Management & Therapeutic Recreation; served by representing UWL at UW System’s Faculty College event May 30-June 2, 2023. The theme for Faculty College 2023 was Teaching & Learning with a Social Justice Lens.

Submitted on: June 1

Heather Schenck

Heather Schenck, Chemistry & Biochemistry, received the award for a winning smart phone app proposal. This idea won first prize in the APPStart Challenge from WiSys. The 2022 APPStart Challenge began in March. Three finalists presented app designs in December; the winning design, for an app intended to help organic chemistry students, was presented by Heather Schenck. A company that will be founded to own the app will receive kick-start funding from WiSys to pursue app development and marketing.

Submitted on: Dec. 8, 2022

Sujat Sen

Sujat Sen, Chemistry & Biochemistry, authored the article "Grazing incidence X-Ray diffraction: identifying the dominant facet in copper foams that electrocatalyze the reduction of carbon dioxide to formate" in Nanoscale published on Friday, Sept. 2 by Royal Society of Chemistry .

Submitted on: Sept. 2, 2022

Sujat Sen

Sujat Sen, Chemistry & Biochemistry, received the award for Collaborative Research from National Science Foundation for the project "An Engineering Design Approach for the Tandem Catalysis of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) using Nanoporous Bi-layer Structures." As part of the collaborative research effort, students from UWL will visit Purdue and learn state-of-the-art experimental techniques in thin film deposition. Sen is the lead PI on this grant between UWL and Purdue that have been collectively awarded $425,000 over the next three years.

Submitted on: Aug. 30, 2022