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FSU chemist earns $2 million NIH grant to analyze molecular mechanisms of disease
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Robert Lazenby has earned the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, or MIRA, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
FSU chemist earns $2.1 million NIH grant to investigate molecular causes of disease
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Wen Zhu has received a multi-million-dollar grant to investigate the role enzymes — which influence nearly every process in the human body from digestion to communication among brain cells — play in human diseases.
FSU Chemistry students awarded prestigious NSF fellowship
Nicholas Volya has been awarded the 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a highly competitive fellowship that supports outstanding students pursuing research-focused graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Thin films, big science: FSU chemists expand imaging possibilities with new X-ray material
A team led by Florida State University Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Biwu Ma has developed a new form for X-ray materials that can meet the needs of large-area applications, changing out complex crystal structures for an adaptable and scalable thin-film detector.
FSU chemist recognized for contributions to the analysis and design of functional materials
Professor Yan-yan Hu has earned an award from the national honor society for women in chemistry for research breakthroughs in interface chemistry, a field with key applications in energy storage and human health.
Professor Frederich carries on Florida State’s legacy of drug discovery and cancer treatment development
One of the most groundbreaking and effective treatments for some of the world’s deadliest cancers wasn’t enabled in a pharmaceutical facility or in an Ivy League laboratory — it was synthesized here in the capital of the Sunshine State.
Three FSU Chemistry faculty named to Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida
Dr. Alabugin, Dr. Schurko, and Dr. Schlenoff have been named to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida in recognition of their extraordinary research accomplishments.
Remembering the MagLab’s Alan Marshall, pioneer in analytical chemistry
Alan Marshall, a renowned chemist who helped invent a technique that revolutionized analytical chemistry and who went on to lead the world’s premier facility for such research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, has died at age 81.
FSU Chemistry Alumnus named Dean at the University of Houston
Dr. Gregory Dudley, an FSU undergraduate alumnus and former faculty member, will soon become the dean of the University of Houston’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
FSU Professor Robert Holton, who helped develop a potent cancer drug, dies at 81
Robert Holton, a chemist who helped develop an easier, cost-efficient way to produce the blockbuster cancer drug Taxol, paving the way for large-scale production of a medication that has been used to treat hundreds of thousands of patients, died May 21 at his home in Tallahassee.