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...
Professor Alex Jen selected as a 2012 Materials Research Society Fellow
Professor Alex Jen, Boeing-Johnson Chair professor of materials science and engineering and professor of chemistry, has been selected as a 2012 Materials Research Society Fellow. More...
Xiaosong Li Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
The Department of Chemistry congratulates Xiaosong Li on his promotion to associate professor with tenure. More...
Dustin Maly Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
The Department of Chemistry congratulates Dustin Maly on his promotion to associate professor with tenure. More...
Four Faculty Members Elected Fellows of AAAS
Professors Chiu, Gamelin, Goldberg and Robinson were elected as Fellows of AAAS. More...
Sarah Keller Elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society
Sarah Keller, Professor of Chemistry, Adjunct Professor of Physics, and Associate Dean for Research Activities, was recently elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). More...
UW team wins iGEM grand prize
The Department of Chemistry congratulates Chemistry graduate student Justin Siegel and undergraduate Chemistry and Biochemistry majors Casey Ager, Juhye An, Sydney Gordon, Elaine Lai, Seth Sagulo, Liz Stanley, Sarah Wolf, and Lei Zhang for a remarkable accomplishment. These students and 14 others were members of the UW team that won the Grand Prize in the sixth annual International Genetically Engineered Machine World Championship Competition (iGEM). More...
UW Ranked 25th Among Universities in the World
"The World University Rankings", using data provided by Thomson Reuters, ranked the UW 25th among universities world-wide. Among U.S. public institutions, UW ranked 5th in this study. More...
Wow! That's a Big Magnet
The 3-ton, 800 MHz magnet arrived in Bagley Hall recently for installation. Careful planning was needed to ensure movement and placement of the magnet went smoothly. More...
Larry Dalton wins 2011 Linus Pauling Award
The ACS Oregon, Portland, and Puget Sound Sections have named Larry R. Dalton the recipient of the 2011 Linus Pauling Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in chemistry comparable to that of its namesake and first winner, Linus Pauling. More...
Professors Campbell, Jen, and Mayer named 2011 ACS Fellows
Professors Charles Campbell, Alex Jen, and James Mayer have been named 2011 ACS Fellows and will be recognized at an induction ceremony on August 29, 2011 during the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Denver. More...
Three chemistry faculty elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
Three UW Department of Chemistry faculty members are among the 24 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing scientific achievements. More...
UW Chemistry Faculty Lead UW to Top Citation Impact in Materials Science
The University of Washington led the world in impact of publications in materials science research during the period 2001-2011 according to a recent report by Thomson-Reuters. More...
Professor Rathod receives Medicines for Malaria Venture Project Award
Pradip Rathod, Professor of Chemistry and Adjunct Professor of Global Health, was recently awarded a Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) project award. More...
Former professor Younan Xia ranked one of top materials scientists
Younan Xia, UW Professor of Chemistry from 1997 to 2007, was recently ranked number four on The Times Higher Education list of "Top Materials Scientists of the Past Decade." More...
Matthew Bush to join faculty
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Matthew Bush to the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Bush specializes in using mass spectrometry to characterize the structures of large biological assemblies. More...
Lutz Maibaum to join faculty
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Lutz Maibaum to the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Maibaum’s expertise lies in the theoretical and computational study of biophysical processes. More...
Stefan Stoll to join faculty
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Stefan Stoll to the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Stoll is a world-leading expert in the field of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. More...
Daniel Chiu honored as one of UW's most entrepreneurial faculty
Daniel Chiu is one of eight UW professors honored as the University’s most entrepreneurial faculty researchers, under the new Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellows Program. More...
Samson Jenekhe ranked among most influential materials scientists
Samson Jenekhe, professor of chemistry and chemical engineering, ranks as the world’s 39th most influential materials scientist of the past decade. More...
CPAC Gets New Home
CPAC has a new administrative home and a new name - The Center for Process Analysis and Control. More...
Jen et al. describe nanoscale molecular control in Science
Professor Alex Jen and his co-workers have reported in Science the ability to foster an extremely unlikely chemical reaction between two molecules by tethering them into the correct orientation on a gold surface. More...
Spinning Quantum Dots reported in Nature Nanotechnology
Prof. Daniel Gamelin and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Stefan Ochsenbein report the first successful coherent impurity spin manipulation within colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (also known as quantum dots) in Nature Nanotechnology. More...
Xiaosong Li awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
Xiaosong Li, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded a 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. More...