Recent News

Bing Gong has been selected to receive the UB Distinguished Professor Award! The UB Distinguished Professorship is awarded to faculty who have achieved national or international prominence and distinguished reputations as intellectual leaders through significant contributions in research and scholarship. In Bing’s case, the award recognizes his pioneering research and sustained record of achievement in synthetic organic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, and biomimetic chemistry. Bing will be recognized at this fall’s Celebration of Excellence. 

Steven Diver has been selected as this year’s (2018-19) recipient of the Graduate School’s Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award! The award recognizes truly exceptional faculty mentoring of graduate students at UB. Steve will be recognized at the upcoming Celebration of Faculty and Staff Excellence.

Prof. Luis Colón has been promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor. The SUNY Distinguished Professorship is awarded to faculty who have achieved national and international prominence and a distinguished reputation in research and scholarship. In Luis’s case, the distinction recognizes his extensive and groundbreaking contributions in analytical chemistry and separations science, and his career-spanning achievements in mentoring and leadership. UBNow article

Commemorating the Women Heritage Month, the UB’s Department of Chemistry presents

Former colleague David Hangauer was selected as the 2021 Schoellkopf Medalist from the WNY section of the ACS. Dave was selected for his “visionary work on the discovery of cancer therapies and his entrepreneurial impact for the advancement of the pharmaceutical industry in the region.” Dave will be honored at the Schoellkopf Award banquet, which is tentatively scheduled for April 5, 2022.