NOVERON RESEARCH GROUP
Dr. Juan Noveron is the Ralph & Kathleen Ponce de Leon Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso. His research focuses on the development of advanced materials with applications in (1) water treatment and environmental sustainability, (2) clean energy and storage, and (3) medical localized therapeutics and prevention. We have a special emphasis in developing innovative low-cost solutions and methods that facilitate potential global deployment and utilization in low-resource areas.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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2023 Fulbright Scholar Award
2017 Member of the UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers
2015 Endowed with the Ralph & Kathleen Ponce de Leon Professorship
2015 Member of the UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers
2014 Provost’s Faculty Fellow for the Office of Undergraduate Studies
2013 COURI Faculty Mentor with the Most Student Posters Presented
2009 UT Regents' Oustanding Teaching Award
2008 National Science Foundation, CAREER Grant Award
2006 National Science Foundation, Biocatalyst Grant Award
2006 American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Grant Award
2005 Lizanell & Colbert Coldwell Foundation Grant Award
2005 University of Texas at El Paso Graduate Assembly Member
2005 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Research Fellow
2005 University of Texas at El Paso SEED Grant Award
2003 University of Texas at El Paso University Research URI Award
2003 Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society Fellow
2000 National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
1998 Department of Education GAANN Research Fellowship
1998 University of California Santa Cruz Distinguished Service Award
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