Joshua Vaughan to join faculty
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Joshua Vaughan to the Department of Chemistry. His work will focus on the development of new fluorescent probes for bio-nanoimaging and the application of these tools to probe the molecular-level organization of various cellular and organelle systems. More...
David Masiello selected for the ACS Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry
The Computers in Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society has awarded Assistant Professor David Masiello the ACS COMP OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. More...
Karen Goldberg receives Hopkins Faculty Award
Professor Karen Goldberg, Nicole A. Boand Endowed Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Enabling New Technologies through Catalysis received the 2012 Hopkins Award. More...
Michael Gelb and Frantisek Turecek receive 2013 Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest
Professors Gelb and Turecek received the 2013 Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest for their work developing practical and reliable screening methodologies for the early detection of genetic diseases in newborns. More...
The absolute configurations of the bitter acids of hops determined
Werner Kaminsky, Research Associate Professor and Department Crystallographer, working with researchers at KinDex Therapeutics and the University of Washington, has recently determined the absolute configurations of the acids from hops that give beer its charactersistic bitter flavor. More...
Bo Zhang receives SEAC 2013 Young Investigator Award
The Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry has awarded the 2013 Young Investigator Award to Assistant Professor Bo Zhang. More...
Sarah Keller receives Mentor Award from UW Postdoctoral Association
Sarah Keller, professor of chemistry, adjunct professor of physics, and associate dean for research activities in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received the Mentor Award from the UW Postdoctoral Association. More...
David Masiello receives NSF CAREER Award
Assistant Professor David Masiello has received a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award from the National Science Foundation. More...
Four Faculty Members Elected Fellows of AAAS
Professors David Ginger, D. Michael Heinekey, Sarah Keller, and Frantisek Turecek were elected as 2012 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). More...
Frantisek Turecek wins 2012 Thomson Medal Award
Professor Frantisek Turecek has been awarded the 2012 Thomson Medal Award by the International Mass Spectrometry Foundation. More...
Brian Holm places first at Water Ski National Championships
Brian Holm, Program Operations Manager of the Chemistry Machine Shop recently placed first in the Men's 5 Jumping event of the 70th annual GOODE Water Ski National Championships. More...
CENTC receives NSF reauthorization for $20 million
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant over five years in reauthorizing the Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis based at the University of Washington, Department of Chemistry. More...
Open Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry is now accepting applications for tenure-track faculty positions to start in Autumn 2013. More...
Three chemistry faculty elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
Three UW Department of Chemistry faculty members are among the 37 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing scientific achievements. More...
Alvin Kwiram named 2012 ACS Fellow
Alvin Kwiram, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, has been named a 2012 Fellow of the American Chemical Society. More...
Lecturer Openings in General and Introductory Organic Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry is looking to fill full-time Lecturer positions in general chemistry and introductory organic chemistry. More...
Science paper explores proton-coupled electron transfer in metal oxide nanoparticles
A recent publication in Science by Professor James Mayer and coworkers explores the transfer of electrons and protons in titanium and zinc oxide nanoparticles. This new research indicates that the usual description of these reactions as electron transfers is incomplete - that the reactions can be more accurately described as proton-coupled electron transfers. More...
Dustin Maly named a 2012 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Assistant Professor Dustin Maly has been named a 2012 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. More...
David Ginger wins 2012 Microscopy Society of America Burton Award
Professor David Ginger received the Microscopy Society of America Burton Medal for 2012. More...
Xiaosong Li selected for the ACS Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry
Assistant Professor Xiaosong Li received the 2012 ACS COMP OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from the Computers in Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. More...
Daniel Gamelin receives 2012 Inorganic Nanoscience Award
Daniel Gamelin, the Harry and Catherine Jaynne Boand Endowed Professor in Chemistry, received the 2012 Inorganic Nanoscience Award by the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry. More...
UW documentary features four Chemistry faculty
Department of chemistry professors Michael Gelb, David Ginger, Alvin Kwiram, and Pradip Rathod, are among the notable UW scientists highlighted in a new documentary released this month. More...
Munira Khalil and Bo Zhang awarded Sloan Fellowships
Assistant Professors Munira Khalil and Bo Zhang each were recently awarded Sloan Research Fellowships, which are "given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders." More...
Brandi Cossairt to join faculty
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Brandi Cossairt to the Department of Chemistry. Her work will focus on new methods for the preparation of III-V semiconductor clusters and nanoparticles for solar energy applications, and the development of novel bifunctional catalyst systems. More...
Two New Lecturers in Chemistry
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Jasmine Bryant and Dr. Colleen Craig to the Department of Chemistry as new lecturers. More...