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Read article: Graduate student Chang Jiang receives Gary Schuster mentoring award
Graduate student Chang Jiang receives Gary Schuster mentoring award
This past academic year, undergraduate student researcher Santiago Castro had a lot to learn when he joined the organic chemistry lab of Prof. Jeff Chan. Despite his lack of experience in an organic chemistry research lab, Castro said his graduate student mentor, Chang Jiang, has helped him become...
Read article: Graduate student Dong Ok Kim receives Dr. Sandra Murawski mentoring award
Graduate student Dong Ok Kim receives Dr. Sandra Murawski mentoring award
A third-year graduate student, Dong Ok Kim has been a mentor for the past two years to Michelle Zorigt and Martha Kubakh, two undergraduate researchers in the electrochemistry lab of professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López, who described Kim as an outstanding mentor and female role model.He said Kim’s...
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Read article: Center for Advanced Study selects Liviu Mirica and Nick Jackson to pursue individual projects
Center for Advanced Study selects Liviu Mirica and Nick Jackson to pursue individual projects
Two chemistry faculty members, Liviu Mirica and Nick Jackson, have been selected by the Center for Advanced Study to pursue individual creative scientific projects in the 2025-26 academic year.The Center for Advanced Study (CAS) at the University of Illinois is an interdisciplinary center that...
Read article: Joaquín Rodríguez-López featured in Quadrangle magazine
Joaquín Rodríguez-López featured in Quadrangle magazine
Feature story about chemistry professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López appeared in the Spring 2025 edition of the College of LAS alumni magazine, The Quadrangle.Never saying no to scienceTo chemistry professor...
Read article: Seven graduates honored with 2025 Convocation awards
Seven graduates honored with 2025 Convocation awards
 Each year during the Department of Chemistry's May Convocation ceremony, several awards are presented to graduating undergraduate and graduate students. All of the awards were established by a gift to the department, and some are...

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Nelson Jordan Leonard (1916 – 2006)

Spotlight: Leonard, Nelson Jordan (1916-2006)

Nelson J. Leonard, one of the most important chemists of the twentieth century, was not only a master in the application of organic synthesis to the solution of important problems in chemistry, biochemistry, and plant physiology, but very highly regarded as a professional colleague. Leonard was born on September 1, 1916, grew up in Bronxville, New York, and attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, before moving to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. The beginning of World War II in September 1939 forced Leonard's return to the United States. Chemistry was not the only part...