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Welcome to the Department of Chemistry at the University of New Hampshire. We are dedicated to chemistry research and education at all levels. We have a long, proud tradition of providing a challenging and nurturing environment for our students.
Congratulations to Dr. Nick Mitchell!
On Friday, 11/22/2024 Nick Mitchell successfully defended his PHD Dissertation for his doctoral degree in Chemistry, "Rational Design of Polymers for Specific Interactions with Liquid and Solid State Water"!!!
It is with great pleasure and pride to introduce Dr. Nick Mitchell! Nick has been a pillar in the Tsavalas Lab and will be sorely missed, yet we are truly proud of his accomplishments and contributions to a variety of projects within and external to his thesis!
Congratulations, Professor Christopher Bauer!
We are pleased to share that Professor Bauer has received a 2025 ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry.
This award acknowledges substantial contributions for conducting research concerning the teaching and learning of chemistry. This is based on Professor Bauer’s record of continual publication of research in professional journals and presentation of research results at national conferences. Some work is accomplished by students earning their PhD in Chemistry Education under Professor Bauer’s mentorship. Other work involves collaborations with scientists at other universities. The work includes fundamental studies of how students visualize atoms and molecules, types of chemical bonding, and to what extent student concepts grow (or not) over time. He is also well known for research, development, and promulgation of active-learning approaches for large and small class settings, including undergraduate peer instructional leaders (Peer-Led Team Learning, PLTL), student-team learning (Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning, POGIL), and the inquiry-based demonstration course “Fire & Ice”, linked here:
Windows on the STEM Inquiry Class – A STEM Education Project, PI Prof. Chris Bauer, UNH (usnh.edu)
Information for Users | Fire and Ice | University of New Hampshire (unh.edu)
See the full article on UNH Today: https://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2024/09/bauer-recognized-research-achievem…
Current UNH Chemistry students talk about their experiences:
Tim Murphy speaks about his favorite parts of being a chemistry student at UNH!
CJ Wilson is a Ph.D. student studying here in the Chemistry Department. His research includes combating climate change with hybrid photocatalytic systems and electrocatalytic systems that turn elements such as sunlight or CO2 into clean fuel.
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