May 2010
New Chemistry and Computer Science
Building "Top Out Ceremony"
Congratulations to the new graduates
from Dr. Gardea's group
Milka O. Montes, Ph. D.
Christina Gonzalez, M.S.
December 2009
Congratulations to the graduates
from Dr. Gardea's group
Alia D. Servin, B.S., Jose Angel
Hernandez Viezcas, M.S., Tenoch Benitez, M.S., Jack Arias,
Ph.D.
October 2009
Professor
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey is Honored with Distinguished
Scientist Award
To
see video click here
Professor Jorge
L. Gardea-Torresdey in Univision
Jorge Gardea- Torresdey, Ph. D, chair for The
University of Texas at El Paso’s Department of
Chemistry, has been honored with the 2009
Distinguished Scientist Award by SACNAS, the Society
for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans
in Science. SACNAS recognized Gardea-Torresdey for
his research in the field of Environmental
Chemistry. Dr. Gardea-Torresdey also was recognized
for his role as a mentor and his efforts to promote
diversity in the sciences. While at UTEP, he has
been a faculty advisor to 18 students who have
earned their Ph.D.s, 15 of whom are Hispanic.
To view complete story click here.
December 2008
2007
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Released
on- November 20, 2007: Hiram Castillo-Michel from
Dr.
Gardea's Group has won the Best Oral Presentation Award
in the Environmental Science Division at the
SACNAS National Conferences at Kansas City, MO.
Congratulations... [more..]
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Released on- July 25,
2007: The Article, "Chemistry for
a Sustainable Future" co-authored by
Dr.
Gardea-Torresdey together with distinguished
chemists makes the Cover of the July 15, 2007 issue of
Environmental Science & Technology. Congratulations
Dr. Gardea!
[more..]
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Released on-May29, 2007:
Dr. Gardea has been just awarded the College of Sciences
Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching. The Dean
of the College of Science, The University of Texas at El
Paso handed this prestigious award to Dr. Gardea on May
4, 2007 at the Graduation Ceremony.
Picture..
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Released on-April 30, 2007:
Great News! The Symposium on Chromium
in the Environment organized by Dr. Gardea-Torresdey and
his group has been selected as the highlights of the
2007 National American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting in
Chicago by Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). Please
see the cover of the C&EN issue and the
story published on April 23, 2007.
[Read
more..]
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Released on-March 9, 2007:The
research group of Dr. Gardea is very proud about his
recent appointment as an Editor to one of the
most prestigious journals,
J. of Hazardous Materials, in the environmental field.
He will start to serve April 1, 2007. Congratulations
Dr. Gardea!
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Released on-March 9, 2007:
Dr. Jose' G. Santiesteban, Director, Catalyst Technology
and Research Computing Laboratory, ExxonMobil Process
Research, visited UTEP and Dr. Gardea's Laboratory on
February, 2007.
[more..]
2006
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Released on-November 16, 2006:
Dr. Gardea was a plennary speaker in the Expo
Chem 2006 Conference in the University of Puerto Rico at
Mayaguez. This conference is organized every 10 years
and distinguished speakers from all over the world were
invited. Dr. John Fenn, 2002 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
..[more..]
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Released on-July 5, 2006:
Dr. Patrick V. Brady, Senior Scientist and Director of
the Water Research Group of Sandia National Laboratories
visited Dr. Gardea's Laboratory at UTEP on July 5, 2006.[more..]
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Released on-June 30, 2006:
Two papers from the Dr. Gardea's Research Group have
been selected as the Top Hottest Articles in the
Journals of Environmental Chemistry and Chemosphere
during the year 2005. The Articles are...[more..]
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The group
of Dr. Gardea is very happy since he has just been
appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the most
prestigious journal
in the world in the field of environmental science, "
Environmental Science and Technology". He will start
serving in the Editorial Board on September, 2006.
Congratulations to him for this great achievement; he
deserves this since he works very hard.
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A grant
for the first time from a mining company,
Phelps Dodge Corporation, has been awarded to Dr.
Gardea to carry out a project called, "Screening
the metal uptake capacity of plant species growing at
the Miami tailings reclamation project: Evaluating soil
to plant elemental ratios."
[more..]
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Dr.
Gardea-Torresdey´s latest grant-$530,000 has been
awarded from the STAR program of the University of Texas
System and our group has a brand new Laser
Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer
(LA-ICP-MS) [more..]
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Dr.
Gardea-Torresdey and his colleagues, Drs Zubia (PI),
Chianelli, Murr, and McClure have just been awarded a
grant ($570,500) from The National Science Foundation to
acquire a brand new Scanning Electron Microscope.
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2005 Microchemical Journal Issue dedicated to Dr.
Gardea-Torresdey [pdf][more..]
2005 picture of Dr. Gardea-Torresdey at the University
of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
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Dr.
Gardea-Torresdey is honored with the Prestigious 2004 A.
A. Benedetti-Pichler Award [more..]
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Announcement for Microchemical Journal
subscribers [pdf]
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2004
Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) Awards [html]
[pdf]
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Recent group highlights - article entitled "Uptake
and Reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) by Mesquite (Prosopis
spp.)"
Take a look at this article published in Environmental
Science and Technology [html
] [pdf
].
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The
National Institute of General Medical
Science(NIGMS) Highlights the Mesquite Project
in the Fall 2003 Edition of Minority Programs
Update
For more
information click on the following links:
[
NIGMS- Minority Programs Update - Fall 2003 ] [
pdf ]
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Mesquite project highlighted in the June 1
issue, Technology Solutions, of
Environmental Science and Technology.
For more information click on the
following links:
[
ES&T] [
pdf]
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Other group
highlights - article entitled "Formation and Growth
of Au Nanoparticles inside
Live Alfalfa Plants"
Take a look at this
article published in Nano
Letters [html]
[pdf]
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Gold
nanoparticle project highlighted by
ABC News and National Geographic
For more information click on the
following link:
[ ABC News] [
National Geographic ]
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UTEP's research is highlighted in the
July 2002 edition of Stanford
Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Headlines
Take a
look at the: [
Highlights Archive] [
Article]
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"Harvesting Gold
Nanoparticles from Sprouts" featured in March 25, 2002,
Science & Technology
Concentrates of Chemical & Engineering News
For more information click on the following link :[C&E
News]
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