UTSA Chemistry

Congratulations to UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Dr. Zachary Tonzetich on his collaborative published research article “Exposure of terrestrial birds to microplastics: Effects of functional traits” in the Journal of Hazardous Materials: Plastics. Be sure to check it out!

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Check out this published collaborative research article from UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Dr. Diana Navarrete-Carriola and Dr. Michael Doyle about “Chemical synthesis and biological activity of semisynthetic derivatives against Chagas disease and leishmaniasis composed of fragments of natural products and 1,2,3-triazine 1-oxide scaffold” in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy.

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Congratulations to UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Dr. Philipp Schmidpeter on his collaborative published research article “Model prokaryotic potassium channels: Predictive power and relevance to eukaryotic channels” in the Journal of General Physiology. Be sure to check it out!

Model prokaryotic potassium channels: Predictive power and relevance to eukaryotic channels This Review highlights how structurally simple prokaryotic potassium channels have consistently informed mechanisms in complex eukaryotic channels. By inte

Congratulations to UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Dr. Akanksha Matta on her collaborative published research article “Effects of pristine and citrate-coated zinc oxide nanoparticles on soil nitrogen cycling determined using multi-level assessment of enzyme activity, functional gene abundance and microbial community composition” in Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Be sure to check it out!

Effects of pristine and citrate-coated zinc oxide nanoparticles on soil nitrogen cycling determined using multi-level assessment of enzyme activity, functional gene abundance and microbial community composition - Environmental Science and... Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly detected in agricultural soils, yet their long-term effects on soil nitrogen cycling microorganisms, particularly how surface chemistry modulates toxicity, remain poorly understood. These nanoparticles frequently enter agricultural soils directly...

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Read the College of Science Alumni Spotlight featuring Zachary Lucio, a UT San Antonio PhD Chemistry graduate, highlighted on Awesome Alum!

Zachary Lucio | College of Sciences UT San Antonio College of Sciences alumni spotlight: Meet Zachary Lucio, PhD in Chemistry

Congratulations to UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Dr. Anthony Amaya, Dr. Hadi Arman, and Dr. Zachary Tonzetich on their published research article “Cobalt Boryl Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity Relevant to Catalytic Alkyne Hydroboration” in Organometallics! Be sure to check it out!

Cobalt Boryl Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity Relevant to Catalytic Alkyne Hydroboration The synthesis and structure of several pincer-ligated cobalt boryl complexes is reported. These compounds include the cobalt(II) species, [Co(BE2)(CyPNP)] (E2 = pinacolato (pin) or catecholato (cat); CyPNP = anion of bis(dicyclohexylphosphinomethyl)pyrrole), as well as the formally cobalt(III) speci...

Congratulations to UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Dr. Naresh Duuva, Dr. Tanjila Islam, Dr. Silvano Valandro, Dr. Habtom Gobeze, Abul Mansur Muhammed Fahim, Dr. Xiaodan Wang, Trang Le, and Dr. Kirk Schanze on their collaborative published research article “From Fundamental Photophysics to Photocatalysis: Energy Gap Law Analysis of Anion Radical Excited States” in ACS Central Science. Be sure to check it out!

From Fundamental Photophysics to Photocatalysis: Energy Gap Law Analysis of Anion Radical Excited States Excited-state ion radicals have recently attracted attention as powerful reductants or oxidants for electron-transfer photocatalysis. A key challenge in their application as photocatalysts is the short lifetime of their excited states, which directly impacts the efficiency of bimolecular photoinduce...

Congratulations to UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Ran Duan, Dr. Jiasong Li, Dr. Wendell Griffith, and Dr. Aimin Liu on their collaborative published research article “Single-atom substitution redirects KatG reactivity from cofactor biogenesis to stereoselective sulfoxidation” in Nature Communications. Be sure to check it out!

Single-atom substitution redirects KatG reactivity from cofactor biogenesis to stereoselective sulfoxidation - Nature Communications By swapping a single nitrogen atom for sulfur, researchers switched the enzyme KatG from its natural cofactor assembly to stereoselective sulfoxidation, revealing how atomic-level precision can reprogram complex enzymatic pathways.

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