Department of Chemistry News

December 2, 2009

Gamelin et al. report light-induced spontaneous magnetization in Science

A paper by Professor Daniel Gamelin, members of his research group, and collaborators at the University of Duisberg-Essen appeared in the August 21, 2009 issue of Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).


August 28, 2009

Munira Khalil receives NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor Munira Khalil has received a 2009 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award from the National Science Foundation.


July 10, 2009

Xiaosong Li receives NSF CAREER Award

Li receives a 2009 NSF CAREER Award.


June 22, 2009

Tomikazu Sasaki promoted to Full Professor

Sasaki develops multivalent carbohydrate ligands through a metal-assisted self-assembly process to study specific biomolecular recognitions behind medicinally important biological processes.


Sarah Keller promoted to Full Professor

Keller studies the inhomogeneous distributions of lipids within membranes that model cell membranes.


June 12, 2009

Kahr, Kaminsky, et al. determine structural origin of light polarizing properties of herapathite

In a recent paper in Science, a UW group led by Professor Bart Kahr and Research Associate Professor Werner Kaminsky report the atomic structure of herapathite, a historically important source of large aperture light polarizers whose optical properties have long eluded explanation.


Markus Raschke promoted to Associate Professor

Raschke’s research focuses on the linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of surfaces and on the nanoscale.


October 24, 2008

Pradip Rathod receives Gates Foundation grant

Rathod’s work to combat malaria is one of five UW projects to be funded by the new Grand Challenges Explorations in Global Health initiative.


June 26, 2008

Forrest Michael receives NSF CAREER Award

Michael is one of two Chemistry faculty to receive a 2008 NSF CAREER Award.


Markus Raschke receives NSF CAREER Award

Raschke is one of two faculty in Chemistry to receive a 2008 NSF CAREER Award.


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