Group News

• Prime for publication, Webster publishes 101st peer-reviewed publication!
• NSF grant funded! "Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Pincer Catalysts Using Ruthenium and First Row Metals for Carbon Dioxide Reduction" grant funded! NSF CHE 2102552
• Nathan Frey selected to receive a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!
• Nathan Frey accepted to Graduate School at the University of Virginia to work under the tutelage of Professor Robert Gilliard.
• Matthew Figgins accepted to Graduate School at Texas A&M University, College Station.
• Laura Olive accepted to Graduate School at the University of Georgia to work under the tutelage of Professor Henry F. "Fritz" Schaefer III.
• Jacob Smith accepted to Graduate School at the University of Texas at Austin.
• Dr. Robert Lamb, awarded ORISE Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center with Dr. Manoj Shukla. Congratulations Robert!
• Dr. Guangchao Liang, accepted a post doc position at Michigan Chemistry with Professor Paul Zimmerman. Congratulations Guangchao!
• NSF grant funded! "Optimizing Next-Generation Materials for Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Applications" grant funded! NSF PFI-TT 1827686
• NSF grant funded! "Carbon Dioxide Reduction Using Earth Abundant Metals and Proton Responsive Pyridinol Based Pincer Ligands" grant funded! NSF CHE 1800201


• Editor's Choice Cover Article for Organometallics published!
• Post Doc, Dr. Gopal Akurathi, got a job at Evotec. Congratulations Gopal!
• Webster named to Benjamin F. Hilbun Faculty Leadership Program!
• Webster wins Mississippi State University, College of Arts and Sciences Research Award!
• New Post Doc, Dr. Jason Denny, joined the group!
• Post Doc, Dr. Sean Reilly gets a new job at UPenn. Congratulations Sean!
• Webster named to Organometallics Editorial Advisory Board!
• New Post Doc, Dr. Vivek Dixit, joined the group!
• NSF RII Track-2 FEC: "Feeding and Powering the World - Capturing Sunlight to Split Water and Generate Fertilizer and Fuels" grant funded! NSF OIA 1539035
• New graduate student, Fatemeh Aghabozorgi, joined the group!
• New graduate student, Robert Lamb, joined the group!
• New Post Doc, Dr. Eric Dornshuld, joined the group!
• Webster Group moved to Mississippi State University
• Dr. Webster co-organized and presented at "Making and Breaking Bonds with Light" at Telluride Science Research Center
• Katie Leigh successfully defended her dissertation! Congratulations Katie!
• Katie Leigh accepted tenure-track faculty position! Congratulations Katie!
• New graduate student, Min Zhang, joined the group!
• Alexander Bernal won $200 for best oral presentation at the 2013 University of Memphis Undergraduate Research Conference!
• New graduate student, Guangchao Liang, joined the group!
• Alexander Bernal awarded First Generation Stem Scholarship!
• Katie Leigh receives DIC Travel Award for Fall 2012 ACS meeting in Philadelphia!
• NSF REU grant funded! NSF CHE 1156738
• Alexander Bernal awarded MemphiSTEM Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
• New graduate student, James Barr, joined the group!
• NSF CAREER grant funded! NSF CHE 0955723 (transferred to NSF CHE 1543490)
• Angelique Greene receives NSF REU Chemistry Leadership Group Travel Award!
• New graduate student, Roger Letterman, joined the group!
• New Research Scientist, Dr. Nathan DeYonker, joined the group!
• NSF grant funded! NSF CHE 0911528
• NSF REU grant funded! NSF CHE 0851880
• Kristie Ruddick, awarded NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship!
• Webster and Burkey Groups in collaboration with Dr. Edwin Heiweil of NIST publish Centennial Feature Article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Funding

• NSF PFI-TT 1827686: $199,989, "Optimizing OLED devices with next-generation blue emitters"
• NSF CHE 1800201: $115,566: "Carbon Dioxide Reduction Using Earth Abundant Metals and Proton Responsive Pyridinol Based Pincer Ligands"
• NSF OIA 1539035: $6,000,000, "RII Track-2 FEC: Feeding and Powering the World - Capturing Sunlight to Split Water and Generate Fertilizer and Fuels"
• TN-SCORE, $56,053, "Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program" (sub-contract), Funding is provided by NSF EPS-1004083
• Tennessee Department of Education, $263,796, "Probing Chemistry Project (Mathematics and Science Partnership Program)"
• FedEx Institute of Technology, $80,000, "MEMVIZ: Visualization System for Teaching Enhancements and Research"
• The University of Memphis Technology Access Fee, $20,000, "MEMVIZ: Visualization System for Teaching Enhancements and Research"
• The University of Memphis Information Technology Division, $20,000, "MEMVIZ: Visualization System for Teaching Enhancements and Research"
• FedEx Institute of Technology, $85,000, "Development of catalysts"
• NSF CHE 1156738: $270,000, "University of Memphis Interdisciplinary Research in Chemistry"
• Graduate Student Katie Leigh, American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Travel Award
• NSF CAREER CHE 0955723: $650,000, "Theoretical Studies on Phosphoryl Transfer Enzymes: Transition-State Analogues and Catalysis"
• NSF CHE 0911528: $390,000, "Ultrafast dynamics, mechanism, and linkage isomerization of photosensitive organometallic manganese and chromium complexes"
• NSF CHE 0851880: $220,300, "Collaborative Chemistry Research at the University of Memphis"
• ConocoPhillips Contract: $56,964, "Computational screening of small molecules"
• ATMI Contract: $3,000, "Molecular Dimensions for Adsorptives"
• Undergraduate Student Angelique Greene, NSF REU Chemistry Leadership Group Travel Award
• Graduate Student Kristie Ruddick, $114,000, NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship
• Graduate Student Kristie Ruddick, American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee Travel Award sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company
• Graduate Student Kristie Ruddick, American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Travel Award