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FSU Spotlight: Chemistry Alumni Azza Ben Akacha

Azza Ben Akacha earned a doctorate in materials chemistry in Fall 2023 from FSU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research interests lie in designing hybrid materials, such as perovskites and organic metal halide hybrids for potential applications in electronic devices.

RCC Spotlight: Dr. Bin Ouyang

The FSU Research Computing Center highlights Dr. Ouyang’s research in high throughput computation, data mining, and machine learning tools to understand structural-property relationship and predictive synthesis of disordered energy materials.

Prof. Joe Schlenoff named to the National Academy of Inventors

Robert O. Lawton Professor of Chemistry Joseph Schlenoff has been named Fellows of the academy, which highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating work that has made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development and welfare of society.

FSU chemist to receive American Chemical Society Award in Surface Chemistry

Hedi Mattoussi, a Distinguished Research Professor with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been selected to receive the 2024 ACS Award in Surface Chemistry in recognition of his contributions to the advancement of surface chemistry — a branch of the field concerned with processes occurring at interfaces between phases, especially between liquid and gas forms.