<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/nsm/news-events/stories/2025/1121-may-grant.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate>11/21/2025 12:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>UH Chemist Advances Heavy Metal-Free Synthesis with $400,000 NSF Grant</title><subtitle>Professor Jeremy May’s Research Turns a Long-Standing Challenge in Synthetic Chemistry Into a Powerful Tool for Building Complex, Carbon-Based Molecules Essential to Drug Discovery and Advanced Materials</subtitle><description>Professor Jeremy May’s research turns a long-standing challenge in synthetic chemistry into a powerful tool for building complex, carbon-based molecules essential to drug discovery and advanced materials.</description><author>Kristoffer Smith, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics</author><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><categories>NSM,Chemistry</categories></item>