Department of Chemistry News


March 24, 2014

Munira Khalil selected for 2014 Journal of Physical Chemistry B Lectureship

Assistant Professor Munira Khalil has been named one of the 2014 Journal of Physical Chemistry lecturers by the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society.


March 7, 2014

AJ Boydston named a 2014 Cottrell Scholar

AJ Boydston, University of Washington assistant professor of chemistry, has been selected as one of 12 Cottrell Scholar Awardees for 2014.


February 19, 2014

Matthew Bush named Sloan Research Fellow

Matthew Bush has been selected as one of 126 Sloan Research Fellows for 2014.


December 20, 2013

Clean Energy Institute Launches

A new University of Washington institute to develop efficient, cost-effective solar power and better energy storage systems launched December 12 with an event attended by UW President Michael K. Young, Gov. Jay Inslee and researchers, industry experts and policy leaders in renewable energy.


October 18, 2013

Sarah Keller receives Thomas E. Thompson Award

Sarah Keller has received the Thomas E. Thompson Award from the Biophysical Society.


September 30, 2013

Two Chemistry faculty elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences

Chemistry Professor Charles Campbell and Chemical Engineering Professor Sam Jenekhe are among the 25 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing scientific achievements.


September 13, 2013

New research published in Nature explores organic solar cells

Professors David Ginger and Alex Jen, along with other researchers, have recently reported on the role of electron spin in creating efficient organic solar cells. Their findings were recently published in the journal Nature.


Karen Goldberg appointed as a UW Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellow

Karen Goldberg, Nicole A. Boand Endowed Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Enabling New Technologies through Catalysis, is one of eight UW professors appointed as Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellows.


August 27, 2013

Exploring the origins of life

Sarah Keller and affiliate professor Roy Black have helped to unravel some of the mystery surrounding the origin of cells in Earth’s ancient oceans. Their work describes the unexpected interaction of the chemical components of RNA and fatty acids and their role in stabilizing the precursors to cellular membranes.


August 26, 2013

Charles Campbell is the recipient of the 2013 Robert Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis

Charles Camp­bell, Professor and B. Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Chair in Chemistry, is the recip­i­ent of the 2013 Robert Bur­well Lec­ture­ship in Catal­y­sis of the North Amer­i­can Catal­y­sis Soci­ety, spon­sored by John­son Matthey.



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