Department of Chemistry

Michael C. Leopold, professor and Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair of Chemistry, along with undergraduate students Charlie Sheppard, '26, Joyce Stern, '26, Arielle Vinnikov, '27, Holly Wemple, '25, and Ben Edelman, '27, published “Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Analysis of Xylazine within Fouling-Resistant and Nanomaterial-Enhanced Modified Electrode Sensors" in the journal Sensors. This latest publication continues the group's work in developing sensors for the fast, on-site detection of common "date rape" drugs that may be found in adulterated beverages.

Emma Goldman, associate professor of chemistry, and Raymond N. Dominey, associate professor of chemistry, along with students Will Carrick, '21, Emily Kluball, '12, Kaleigh Hall, '12, Bret Adams, '05, and Adam Greenblatt, '05, published "Stereoselective Synthesis of Unsymmetrical 3,3-Diarylpropenals by a Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction of (Z)-3-Aryl-3-chloropropenal Intermediates" in the European Journal of Organic Chemistry.

Miles Johnson, associate professor of chemistry, received the 2025 Distinguished Educator Award from the University of Richmond at Colloquy.

Carol Parish, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, received the 2025 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the University of Richmond at Colloquy.