Month: May 2017
Makin’ Waves
Marine biologist and UF Biology alumnus Mike Gil PhD’15 has been named a TED Fellow and is one of 21 international experts who will attend and speak at this year’s TEDGlobal, TED’s annual conference, which will take place in Arusha, Tanzania in August. “I'm truly honored by the distinction,” says Gil.
From the Dean
Dean David E. Richardson introduces readers to the Spring 2017 issue of Ytori.
Crab Love in the Garbage Patch
Joseph Pfaller and Michael Gil have led several projects that culminated in an intriguing finding: crabs exhibit different mating behavior when living tucked below the carapace of a loggerhead turtle than in a nest of plastic.
Conservation Clues
Extinction detective Bob Holt tracks down the likely culprit behind ecological crises.
More than Skin Deep
Racism is real and stress is not just all in your head.
Biased? Who? Me?
Professor of Psychology and Executive Director of Project Implicit Kate Ratliff says many people do not recognize their own bias.
Global Issues — Bug Zappers
Liberal Arts and Sciences investigators at UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute are here to rid the world of dangerous microbes, wielding state-of-the-art technology with their scientific toolkits of electronic tracking, computer analysis, and petri dishes!
Extracurricular — Alinda Saintval
Alinda Saintval ’19 is a zoology and visual arts studies major, who has parlayed her passion and talent for art into an enterprise painting personalized backpacks.
We Have Great Chemistry
UF chemistry graduates go on to start businesses, invent molecules, become doctors, change people’s lives. Meet 10 of them now.
Fred Thurston ’76, DDS’79
Meet Fred Thurston '76, DDS'79.
Joy Mendez PhD’99
Get to know Joy Mendez '99.
Gene Inman PhD’82
Meet Gene Inman PhD'82.
Marilyn Black M’71
If you’re sick of housework or your job makes you crazy, it might be something in the air. So learned Marilyn Black M'71, who studied why office workers were mysteriously becoming sick in the 1980s.
Thomas Barton PhD’67
Thomas Barton PhD'67 did not intend to study chemistry.
Robert Kincart ’72
For Robert Kincart '72 a career in chemistry was almost inevitable.
Robert Grubbs ’63 M’65
A two-time Gator, Robert Grubbs ’63, M’65, switched from agricultural sciences to organic chemistry as an undergraduate and hasn’t looked back.
Dr. Kathy Fields ’79
Dr. Kathy Fields created Proactiv, the leading OTC acne medication.
A.R. Ravishankara PhD’75
UF chemistry alumnus A.R. Ravishankara played an instrumental role in helping mitigate the greenhouse effect with one discovery.
Nancy Crews ’70
Nancy P. Crews ’70 was a psychology major who discovered chemistry through a core curriculum introductory class at UF.
Right Place Right Time
Howard Sheridan ’65 donated 17 photos to the new Chemistry/Chemical Biology Building, where they are on permanent display.