Recent News

Eva Zurek has won the 2021 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. The award recognizes Eva’s sustained scholarship and significant, pioneering contributions in computational chemistry. Eva will be honored at the Celebration of Academic Excellence in Fall 2021. UBNow article

Alexey Akimov has won an NSF CAREER Award. The award will support the Akimov group’s development of quantum dynamics methods for condensed matter and nanoscale systems, with an emphasis on excited-state processes such as charge and energy transfer. The award will also support outreach and educational initiatives including workshops for graduate students and a virtual international seminar series on advancements in theory. UBNow article

John Richard has been awarded a five-year $2 million Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health titled, “Mechanism of Enzyme Action and for the Development of Enzyme Inhibitors.” This grant will fund studies on the mechanism of enzyme action and the development of enzyme inhibitors with potential therapeutic applications.

Jochen Autschbach has been named a UB Distinguished Professor. This award honors faculty who have achieved national or international prominence and a distinguished reputation as intellectual leaders in their discipline. Jochen’s prolific research program in computational chemistry and his exceptional record of publications were the basis of his selection. UBNow article

David Lacy has won an NSF CAREER Award. The award will support the Lacy group’s development of manganese catalysts through the synthesis of libraries of new ligands and the exploration of properties and mechanisms of Mn(I) catalyst complexes. The award will also support educational initiatives to provide hands-on experiences for K-12 students and teachers in Buffalo. UB news article