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Dr. Al Schwab

Dr. Al Schwab has paper published in Journal of Chemical Education
Mar 25, 2024

Last summer, Dr. Al Schwab created a new physical chemistry lab experiment for our students based on differential scanning calorimetry. His paper is "...

Dr. Brooke Christian

Dr. Brooke Christian receives UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching award
Mar 20, 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Brooke Christian! She was selected as the UNC Board of Governors 2024 awardee for Excellence in Teaching from AppState. This is...

Kate Huffman

SAFE Student Spotlight: Kate Huffman
Mar 19, 2024

Huffman received a Spring 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) grant to synthesize Syn-Ake “Tripeptide-3,” a polypeptide cosmeceutical that ...

Dr. Mike Hambourger

Dr. Mike Hambourger and collaborators receive NC Department of Agriculture funding
Mar 12, 2024

Dr. Mike Hambourger and his Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment collaborators received 2-year funding for a "Slaughterhouse Waste-to-Nutr...

CAS Corps member Luke Darney is a junior chemistry major from Cary. Photo submitted

CAS Corps Feature: Luke Darney
Mar 1, 2024

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Corps are chosen to serve as representatives to all constituents of CAS and to create, promote and execute oppo...

Dr. Brett Taubman

Fermentation Sciences program featured in radio interview
Feb 9, 2024

Dr. Brett Taubman was featured in a radio interview recently. WAMC (Northeast Public Radio) asked him about our Fermentation Sciences program and the ...

CAS Corps member Emily Baker is a junior chemistry major from Kernersville. Photo submitted.

CAS Corps Feature: Emily Baker
Feb 9, 2024

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Corps are chosen to serve as representatives to all constituents of CAS and to create, promote and execute oppo...

Dr. Claudia Cartaya-Marin

Dr. Claudia Cartaya-Marin Leads Student Chemistry Activity at Hickory's Centro Latino
Nov 29, 2023

In celebration of this year's National Chemistry Week, Dr. Claudia Cartaya-Marin, professor in Appalachian State University's Department of Chemistry ...

Dr. Robert Swarthout, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences and Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, is the principal investigator on the project. Department of Physics and Astronomy professors Dr. Chris Thaxton and Dr. James Sherman serve as co-investigators.

Drs. Robert Swarthout, Chris Thaxton and James Sherman Receive $531,902 NSF Grant
Sep 25, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — A group of faculty members from the Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a three-year grant from...

Dr. Jefferson Bates, associate professor in Appalachian State University's Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences, is the co-recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Award. Photo by Chase Reynolds.

Dr. Jefferson Bates receives NSF RUI award to study new chemical compounds
Aug 11, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Jefferson Bates, associate professor in Appalachian State University's Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences...