Focus on your future

Chemistry News

Head shot of Scott Denmark in front of a wall of books on a bookshelf

Scott Denmark elected a Center for Advanced Study professor

Scott E. Denmark, Reynold C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry, has been elected a Center for Advanced Study professor. Prof. Denmark is one of seven new CAS professors elected in November. The others are Lisa Ainsworth, Plant Biology;...

Nicholas E. Jackson wins 2024 CoMSEF Young Investigator Award

Nicholas E. Jackson has won the 2024 Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum's Young Investigator Award. Jackson, assistant professor of chemistry and Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors Scholar, was cited...

Head shot of Liviu Mirica on a grey background.

Liviu Mirica awarded an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grant

The American Chemical Society's Board of Directors has awarded Petroleum Research Fund grants to 126 researchers, including chemistry professor Liviu M. Mirica, in the second application round of 2024. Mirica said this award from the ACS...

red, yellow, blue lines across a black screen

Visible light energy yields two-for-one deal when added to CO2 recycling process

By combining visible light and electrochemistry, researchers have enhanced the conversion of carbon dioxide into valuable products and stumbled upon a surprising discovery. The team found that visible light significantly improved an important chemical attribute called selectivity, opening new...

Side by side headshots of Erik Nelson, Hashni Epa Vidana Gamage, and Paul Hergenrother

Researchers identify compound that may help immune system slow or stop tumor growth

For typical illnesses, the body’s immune system is a robust, pathogen-killing machine. It provides a general defense against harmful germs while also adapting and producing antibodies that target specific bacteria or viruses. After fighting off an infection like the flu, the body produces...

Calendar

View all events

Looking for Chemistry merchandise?

Purchase Department of Chemistry apparel. Featured items include shirts, outerwear, hats, and more.

Shop now

Spotlight: Wieckowski, Andrzej (1945-2019)

Professor Andrzej Wieckowski was born in Łódź, Poland, on February 22, 1945, the son of Andrzej and Halina (Motylewska) Wieckowski. He obtained his M.Sc. (1968), Ph.D. (1972), and D.Sc. (1981) degrees from the University of Warsaw, Poland; his Ph.D. degree was carried out under the direction of Prof. Jerzi Sobkowski. From 1973 until 1983, he held appointments initially as an associate and later as an assistant professor at the University of Warsaw. While in Poland, Andrzej stepped forward in 1980 to take a highly visible leadership role in the Solidarity Movement at Warsaw...