Our Department of Chemistry and Physics examines the fundamental sciences that impact every aspect of our lives. In pursuit of solutions to real world problems, we study matter’s chemical and physical properties, the changes it undergoes, and the energy changes that accompany those processes.
A global helium shortage is impacting everything from party balloons to scientific research. The effects are beginning to be felt here in Maine. Amy Deveau, Ph.D., associate professor and assistant...
Eve Rose Balog with the state-of-the-art Atomic Force Microscope
Students at the University of New England are getting an upper hand on research projects by having access to an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). UNE is the only school in...
Members of the UNE Chemistry Club at the Maine Science Festival
A group of students and faculty members representing a wide range of disciplines led educational talks and activities at the Maine Science Festival in Bangor, Maine. The festival, which attracted...
(Photo by Kathryn Chalmers): Jessica White (Biochemistry and Applied Mathematics, ’19) and Audrie Langlais (Biochemistry, ’18) demonstrate eco-friendly packaging materials as an example of green chemistry. The students trained as Green Chemistry Outreach Fellows at Beyond Benign this past fall and are members of the award-winning UNE Chemistry Club.
UNE became the first institution in Northern New England to adopt the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) at a signing event on February 15. Members of the UNE Community joined the...
A visual display of the Earth at Rheinaue Park, where one of the two conference venues, the Bonn zone, was held. Each of the various segments of the white ring surrounding the Earth represent a U.N. climate change goal for sustainable development.
UNE student Jessica White (Biochemistry and Applied Mathematics, ’19) attended the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, from November 13...
Erica Bonitatibus, Katie Chalmers, Jessica White, Brea Rivard, and Cassandra Ray represented the UNE Chemistry Club at the Student Leaders’ Workshop on September 23rd. (Photo by Natalie Machamer)
Amy Keirstead, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, recently published a news item in Chemical & Engineering News , the weekly publication of the American Chemical...
The University of New England Chemistry Club, a student chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS), was recently recognized by the ACS Society Committee on Education Student Chapters Awards program...
Eva Rose Balog, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, co-authored an article titled “Genetically Engineered Elastomeric Polymer Network through Protein Zipper Assembly,” which was published in June 2017 in the journal...
Rebecca Sherrier, winner in the Art Display category
On May 5, 2017, the University of New England held its 18th annual College of Arts and Sciences Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium. This year’s symposium featured eight art displays, 60...
Molly Wright, Brea Rivard and Jessica Woolf perform green chemistry activities at the American Chemical Society national meeting's Chem Demo Exchange. The UNE Chemistry Club received an Outstanding Student Chapter Award and a Green Chemistry Chapter Award at the meeting.
Three members of the UNE Chemistry Club, President Molly Wright (Biochemistry, ’17), Vice President Jessica Woolf (Biochemistry, ’17) and Brea Rivard (Chemistry and Applied Mathematics, ’19) recently traveled to San...
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