Department of Chemistry News

Nelson


April 24, 2020

Alshakim Nelson promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

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


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.


May 26, 2018

Alshakim Nelson receives NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor Alshakim Nelson has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.


August 6, 2017

Recent work by Alshakim Nelson published in The Economist

Recent work by Assistant Professor Alshakim Nelson and colleagues was published in the July 6 print edition of The Economist.


April 3, 2015

Alshakim Nelson to join faculty

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Alshakim Nelson to the Department of Chemistry. His program will focus on the synthesis, characterization, and patterning of polymeric and supramolecular materials for the bio-interface.