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Zahra Fakhraai Research Featured

Nov 3, 2015

Assistant Professor Zahra Fakhraai is part of an interdisciplinary team that received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop materials for multifunctional coatings on emergency tents, enabling them to manage water, prevent the spread of bacteria and capture and store solar energy.

Joullié Group Green Chemistry Proposal Makes Semi-Finals

Oct 23, 2015

Prof. Madeleine Joullié's proposal for the Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge has made it to the semi-finals.

Virgil Percec Paper in JACS

Oct 22, 2015

A new article by Virgil Percec and his research group on lectins selectively binding to different sugar structures is in the Spotlight in JACS. Read the article here.

Graduate Student Ben Partridge Honored

Oct 6, 2015

Ben Partridge of the Percec group has been awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowship. HHMI chooses 45 doctoral students to receive fellowships that will help them complete their graduate degrees in life sciences.

David Chenoweth Featured in C&E News

Sep 23, 2015

David Chenoweth and his research group were featured in Chemical & Engineering News for their work on strengthening and stabilizing collagen. Read the full article here.

Graduate Student John Tellis Wins Reaxys Prize

Sep 9, 2015

Elsevier has announced that John Tellis of the Molander Group is one of just three winners of the 2015 Reaxys PhD Prize at the annual Symposium held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The prize celebrates top research conducted by leading young chemists across the globe and recognizes innovative and original research in chemistry.

Graduate Student Stephanie Barros Honored

Aug 24, 2015

Stephanie Barros  of the Chenoweth Group is one of 10 recipients nationally of the Eli Lilly/WCC Travel Award. This highly-competitive award provides funding for female undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral fellows to travel to a national meeting and present their research. 

Eric Schelter wins ACS National Award

Aug 17, 2015

Prof. Eric Schelter has been named as the recipient of the 2016 Harry Gray Award for Creative Work in Inorganic Chemistry by a Young Investigator by the American Chemical Society. The award was created to recognize creative and impactful work by a young investigator in a forefront area of inorganic chemistry, broadly defined.

Chemistry Faculty Promoted

Jul 6, 2015

E. James Petersson, Eric J. Schelter, and Ivan J. Dmochowski have all been promoted.

James Petersson and Eric Schelter have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Ivan Dmochowski has been promoted to Professor.

Eric Schelter Interviewed on Rare Earth Metals

Jul 2, 2015

Eric Schelter appeared on the Business News Network to discuss his recent discoveries on the recycling of rare earth metals. Link to the full interview is here.