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It was a great experience to present my research work on small-molecule photoswitches in the #FloHet2024 conference. Castellano Research Group #HappySwitching

Kudos to Parag Das and Nathan Grinalds of the Jiangeng Xue lab! Fantastic work! Dicyanorhodanine-Pyrrole Conjugates for Visible Light-Driven Quantitative Photoswitching in Solution and the Solid State | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Happy to share our recent collaborative work on Dicyanorhodanine-pyrrole photoswitches published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. . Thanks to Nathan Grinalds for the amazing solid-state investigation and my advisor Dr. Ronald Castellano for his incredible support and guidance. #HappySwitching

Dicyanorhodanine-Pyrrole Conjugates: Visible Light Quantitative Photoswitching in Solution and the Solid State | Journal of the American Chemical Society Castellano Research Group Ronald K. Castellano UF Chemistry #Dicyanorhodamine #Pyrrole #Visible #Light #Photoswitching pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Three undergraduate researchers are graduating (summa cum laude) this week and then on to exciting next steps! Each wrote a senior thesis and we couldn't be more honored to have worked with them! Best wishes to Samantha Eggleston, Faith Kern, and Francesca Apito! UF Chemistry

“Thrilled to share the big news: This Fall, Prajakatta Mulay & I are joining FLORIDA🐊as Assistant Professors!” I will lead the Narayananlab.com as Ten. Track Assistant Professor UF Chemistry and Prajakatta will start as an Instructional Assistant Professor UF Materials Science | Nuclear Engineering Program #NewPI

A group gathering to wish NSF iREU UF/France student Antonella (far left) and high school student Jaime (second from left) all the best after a great summer of research! Please keep in touch with us! UF Chemistry U.S. National Science Foundation

It was a great pleasure to present my research work on “OPV-materials inspired small-molecule photoswitches” in the 2024 Graduate Research Symposium at University of Virginia. Thank you ACS Organic Division and all organizers for organizing such an excellent conference. Castellano Research Group

Our new Dept Chair is Prof. Ron Castellano! He is a phys. org. chemist who came to UF Chemistry in '02 after earning a PhD from MIT and pursuing a postdoc at ETH Zürich. Ronald K. Castellano has a big to-do list, incl. telling the world about the great things happening here. Stay tuned!

Congratulations to three UF Chemistry faculty members who were awarded named professorships through the generosity of several donors (thank you!). First up, Professor and Chair Ronald K. Castellano is the inaugural Steven M. and Rebecca J. Scott Term Professor in Chemistry. UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Congrats to Cory Kornman, Parag Das, Lei Li, and Asmerom on this monster effort, 2-(1,1-Dicyanomethylene)rhodanine-Functionalized Oligothiophenes: A Structure–Property Investigation of Z/E Photoisomerization Behavior pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… UF Chemistry

A structure-property investigation to understand the photochemistry of dicyanorhodanine-functionalized oligothiophenes: well-behaved Z/E photoisomerization versus irreversible rearrangement in #JOrgChem by Castellano Research Group, UF Chemistry go.acs.org/aUt

Congratulations to Parag Das for being awarded the 2025 Inter-American Photochemical Society (i-aps.org) Closs Student Award! He will present his award address at the upcoming Winter Conference! UF Chemistry

UF Chemistry is looking for an assistant instructional professor in Physical and Biophysical Chemistry. Applications reviewed starting Nov 15. More info on the position and a link to apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5334…. .

Interested in a #PhD in #Chemistry? Or already plan to apply to UF Chemistry and want some more info? RSVP now for our virtual open house: Sat. Nov. 2 at 12 pm EDT. See you there! FLORIDA

We are organizing a virtual open house for UF Chemistry prospective PhD students. register here: forms.gle/H79EULyeskzirJ…

Florida #HighSchools Join us UF Chemistry for the 2025 #UFChemathon! UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Happy to share that I received the 2025 “Gerhard Closs Student Award” from the Inter-American Photochemical Society (I-APS). A great thanks to the committee for this award and giving me opportunity to present my research in the Winter conference. Special thanks Castellano Research Group

Mark your calendar for #GatorNation Giving Day! Join us on Feb 20 and make a difference for current and future FLORIDA Chemistry students. Help us unlock a $10k gift from Rob Kincart ('72) and his wife Laurel with 100 gifts to the UF Chemistry Fund: shorturl.at/ETkL4 UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

It’s #GatorNation Giving Day! Join us and make a difference for current and future UF Chemistry students. Help us unlock a $10k gift from Rob Kincart ('72) and his wife Laurel with 100 gifts to the UF Chemistry Fund: shorturl.at/ETkL4 UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences #AllForTheGators