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Student Awarded Prestigious Department of Energy Fellowship

Chemistry major edges out applicants from the nation’s most elite universities for his research in clean energy.

Student Testimonial: Matthew Too

Hear alum Matthew Too’s ’22 speech at given at Commencement. Too was the University’s President Citation Winner in 2022, the highest award bestowed to a graduating student.

Alumni Spotlight: Grace Crowe

Biochemistry alum Grace Crowe ’23 shares her thoughts on what helped her to be a biochemistry graduate student at The Ohio State University.

Alumni Spotlight: Hunter Czajkowski

Read about Biochemistry alum Hunter Czajkowski ’22 and current Medical School student at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX 

Physical Chemistry Professor Reaches Publication Milestone

Professor Markus Hoffmann (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) reached a milestone of 75 peer reviewed scholarly work with recent back-to-back two articles published in the Journal “Molecules.”

Getting to the Root of an Invasive Plant

Undergraduate research project seeks to identify the reason Japanese Knotweed halts the growth of surrounding flora.

Chemistry Professor Reaches Pubishing Milestone with Help from Undergraduate Students

Professor Markus Hoffmann (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) published two peer-reviewed articles in short succession, alongside undergraduate co-authors, reaching 50 peer-reviewed works at SUNY Brockport.

Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Serves as General Chair of the American Chemical Society Northeast Regional Meeting

Dr. Mark Heitz presented a talk titled “Coumarin 153 Solvation Dynamics in Methanol-Water Binary Mixtures: Are There Implications for Ionic Liquid Solutions?”

Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor’s Grant Proposal Funded by the NSF

Dr. Mark Heitz and co-PIs submitted a grant proposal to the NSF-Major Research Instruments program that was selected for funding. The proposal for $310,000 was awarded for the purchase of a state-of-the-art femtosecond laser and detection system to study ultrafast molecular dynamics in novel solvent systems.

Chemistry Professors Publish Research in the Journal of Chemical Education

Dr. Robert LeSuer and Dr. Carly Reed (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) published their research on the use of technology to increase student engagement during hybrid instruction in the Journal of Chemical Education.

Biochemistry Students Earn Top College Honors

Hunter Czajkowski and Matthew Too receive the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence.

Biochemistry Students Earn Top College Honors

Hunter Czajkowski and Matthew Too receive the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence.

Central Africa’s Next Healthcare Hero

International student Joahn Marwin Okoumba is heading to pharmacy school determined to improve health care back home.

Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Publishes Article with Undergraduate Students

Dr. Mark Heitz, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and two recent Brockport graduates published an article that describe molecular solvation dynamics in an ionic liquid solvent in the journal ‘Sustainable Chemistry’.

Biochemistry & Mathematics Double Major Receives Undergraduate Research Award

Matthew Too, a double major in biochemistry and mathematics, received an undergraduate research award at the 2021 Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition at the Crowne Plaza Princeton Conference Center, Plainsboro, NJ.

Department Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry Publishes Review Article

Markus Hoffmann, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, published a review article in Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science (Vol. 57, article number 101537), a respected journal of current impact factor of 6.448.

Research Collaboration of Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry with Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, Continues to be Fruitful.

Research Collaboration of Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry with Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, Continues to be Fruitful with two articles published in the peer-reviewed literature

Professor & Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry Publishes Two Articles

Markus Hoffmann, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, published two articles in the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, one co-authored by undergraduate student Rachel Horowitz.

SUNY Brockport Double Major Earns Student Research Award

Matthew Too (double major in Biochemistry and Mathematics) won the Student Research Award from the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS).

Dr. Hoffmann Chairs Session at spring ACS

Markus Hoffmann, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, chaired the Session “Basic Research in Colloids, Surfactants, and Interfaces” at the spring National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.