Researchers led by chemistry Professor Nancy Makri have developed an illustration technique that displays quantum features in an easy-to-read diagram called a coherence map, and they are using these maps to study the quantum mechanisms that underlay photosynthesis.
Congratulations, graduates!Chemistry at Illinois congratulates all of our 2023 graduates.
St. Elmo Brady Postdoctoral Inclusive Excellence SymposiumFour post-doctoral researchers will present at the 2023 SEBPIES symposium June 8-9, 2023.
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SCS Science Image Challenge winners and finalistsThis false colored transmission electron microscopy image of gold nanorods by graduate student Nathan Forney in the Murphy Lab was one of the finalists in the 2022 SCS Science Image Challenge.
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The vice president for research at Northwestern University, who developed new mass spectrometry technology, wanted to provide students at Illinois with the same undergraduate opportunities that changed his life. The new scholarships also honor his mentor, Illinois chemistry Professor Steve Zimmerman.
Meet some of our Chemistry at Illinois Class of 2023 doctoral degree graduates and bachelor's degree graduates and learn their future plans and their secrets to success while students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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- With more than 45 years of experience in the chemical industry, including research for Dow Chemical R&D, earning seven U.S. patents, and as a business leader for Dow Plastics, Dr. Marinda Li Wu will be honored in the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Chemical Congress in July 2023.
- Morgan Kennebeck, a graduate in the Class of 2023, received the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry's Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry, and sophomore Aidan Lindsay received the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry's Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry.
- Seven bachelor's degree graduates and two doctoral degree graduates were recognized with awards at the Department of Chemistry's Convocation ceremony on May 14, 2023.
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Since 1900, 26 alumni or faculty members from Chemistry at Illinois have served as president of The American Chemical Society (ACS), which was founded in 1876 and is one of the world’s largest scientific organizations.
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