Department of Chemistry News


January 8, 2013

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.


December 7, 2012

David Masiello receives NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor David Masiello has received a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award from the National Science Foundation.


November 30, 2012

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).


October 9, 2012

Frantisek Turecek wins 2012 Thomson Medal Award

Professor Frantisek Turecek has been awarded the 2012 Thomson Medal Award by the International Mass Spectrometry Foundation.


September 25, 2012

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.


September 21, 2012

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.


August 6, 2012

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.


July 24, 2012

Alvin Kwiram named 2012 ACS Fellow

Alvin Kwiram, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, has been named a 2012 Fellow of the American Chemical Society.


June 14, 2012

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.


May 17, 2012

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.



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