Department of Chemistry News

April 24, 2020

Joshua Vaughan promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

The Department of Chemistry congratulates Joshua Vaughan on his promotion to associate professor with tenure, effective Autumn 2020.


April 23, 2020

Bo Zhang receives ACS Award in Electrochemistry

The ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry recognized Bo Zhang with their Award in Electrochemistry


April 3, 2020

Charlie Campbell recognized for Exceptional Achievements in Catalysis

The ACS Division of Catalysis Science & Technology honored Charlie Campbell with their award for Exceptional Achievements in Catalysis.


February 4, 2020

First-of-its-kind hydrogel platform enables on-demand production of medicines and chemicals

The Nelson group and their collaborators recently reported a hydrogel-embedded microbial biofactory platform in Nature Communications.


A Solar Energy Puzzle

Chemistry graduate student Emily Rabe discusses her research efforts to harness solar energy, life as a graduate student, and the appeal of puzzles.


December 7, 2019

Dan Fu receives 2019 Eli Lilly Young Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry

Eli Lilly and Company recently honored Dan Fu with their 2019 Young Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry.


November 9, 2019

Team uses golden ‘lollipop’ to observe elusive interference effect at the nanoscale

Direct observation of infrared plasmonic Fano antiresonances by a nanoscale electron probe was reported by the Masiello group and their collaborators in Physical Review Letters.


October 15, 2019

Ashleigh Theberge named a 2019 Packard Fellow

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation selected Ashleigh Theberge as a 2019 Packard Fellow for her research on cell signaling.


August 20, 2019

Chemistry on deck and in the classroom

Chemistry doctoral candidate Erin Jedlicka takes time out from her research to volunteer in K-12 classrooms across the state, inspiring the scientists of tomorrow.


August 19, 2019

Dan Fu receives a NIH R35 Outstanding Investigator Award

Assistant Professor Dan Fu has received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences.


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