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Nebraska Chemistry

Graduate Program Application Major in Chemistry

Nebraska Chemistry Welcomes Four New Faculty Members

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to welcome four new Assistant Professors. Professor James Checco, Professor Catherine Eichhorn, Professor Yinsheng Guo, and Professor Joseph Yesselman began their roles at UNL in the 2019 Fall semester.
Nebraska-led team to explore DNA as tool to build graphene circuits

Graphene is a groundbreaking material in the nanotechnology field, but it has characteristics that limit its potential applications. A Nebraska-based research team is investigating ways to incorporate DNA nanotechnology as a construction tool to assemble graphene in new ways that could make the material more useful in electronic devices, among other applications.
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Research aims to prevent resistance to staph infection treatment

A collaboration of researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are working to halt resistance to an antibiotic that treats serious staph infections in humans.
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Adding boron is anything but boring …

A team of Nebraska chemists’ new research demonstrates a new way to access chiral secondary benzylic boronic esters, progressing research and expanding horizons for medicinal chemistry.
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Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng

Zeng Named a 2019 MRS Fellow

Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng has been named a 2019 MRS Fellow by the Material Research Society. This recognition is for his distinguished research accomplishments and outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research worldwide.
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