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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 Professor Heather Schenck, Chemistry & Biochemistry, is trying to make organic chemistry easier to understand through a new smartphone app. Organic chemistry challenges? Posted 10:36 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 There’s (soon to be) an app for that Read more about Organic chemistry challenges? As a UWL undergraduate, Gage Stuttgen received a national award for the presentation of his undergraduate research at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology conference. Today he continues to receive recognition for his research. Here he poses in 2018 with fellow students. From left, Stuttgen, Gina Wade, and Ross Soens. Then & Now Posted 3:07 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 Doctoral student shares the UWL experiences that created a competitive edge for grad school, award-winning research at the Medical College of Wisconsin Read more about Then & Now Image of red fall leaves with UWL stadium in the background. When will the fall leaves change color? Posted 8:49 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 UWL scientists explain the science behind the beauty Read more about When will the fall leaves change color? UW-La Crosse Professor of Physics Seth King has been named the Carl E. Gulbrandsen Innovator of the Year by WiSys. The award is given to UW System faculty, staff or students who make exemplary contributions as a WiSys innovator. Top innovator Posted 2:16 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, 2022 UW-La Crosse professor earns state innovation honor Read more about Top innovator
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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

Sujat Sen

Sujat Sen, Chemistry & Biochemistry, authored the article "Nickel Hydroxide Nanofluid Cathodes with High Solid Loadings and Low Viscosity for Energy Storage Applications " in Energies published on Tuesday, June 28 by MDPI. This research was part of an externally funded, industry sponsored effort in collaboration with Influit Energy LLC (https://www.influitenergy.com/). UWL student co-authors include Evan Draxler.

Submitted on: June 28, 2022

Jeff Bryan

Jeff Bryan, Chemistry & Biochemistry, presented "Radiation: Myths and Misconceptions" at San José State University on March 15 in San José, California. This interactive presentation explored common radiation myths held by the general public as well as more technical misconceptions held by professionals that work with ionizing radiation.

Submitted on: Mar. 17, 2022