2026-04-22 - Three University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty members have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. Deana McDonagh, Kenneth Suslick and...Posted: 2026-04-22
2026-04-13 - Six students in the Department of Chemistry have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.Current graduate students selected as NSF Graduate Research Fellows are Giuliana Rose Judge, Sophia Yuxin Liu, Joshua McPherson, Abigail Rose Miller, Alexandru T. Niculescu, and Joshua L. Pack. And Adriana Grace Schroeder, a chemistry undergraduate student who finished her...Posted: 2026-04-13
2026-04-08 - Prof. Prashant Jain has been awarded a 2026 Langmuir Lectureship by the American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry and the Langmuir journal.Jain was selected for the honor for, among other things, "pioneering multielectron redox catalysis by plasmonic surfaces and producing new insights into surface-mediated chemical...Posted: 2026-04-08
2026-03-31 - The Great Lakes Region of The American Chemical Society honored Illinois chemistry alumna Lydia E. Moissides-Hines (M.S., ’69; Ph.D., ’71, Applequist) with the inaugural 2025 Martin Rudd Mentoring Award sponsored through the American Chemical Society Great Lakes Region. A retired chemistry lecturer from Western Michigan University, Moissides-Hines is described by one of her nominators...Posted: 2026-03-31
2026-03-27 - After 30 years as a chemistry professor at the University of Minnesota, Christopher Cramer was thoroughly enjoying his day-to-day mission as Vice President for Research at Minnesota when a tantalizing opportunity emerged in the private sector. “It was a remarkable opportunity,” said Cramer (Ph.D., ’88), an Illinois chemistry alumnus who accepted the offer to be the inaugural chief research...Posted: 2026-03-27
2026-03-27 - Theodore “Ted” Brown, the founding director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, died Tuesday, March 24, 2026. He was 97 years old.In the fall of 1956, a 28...Posted: 2026-03-27
2026-03-26 - Illinois chemistry postdoctoral researcher Jusung An is one of a select group of exceptional Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars from around the world who have been chosen as 2026 CAS Future Leaders.CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) specializing in scientific knowledge management, recently announced the 2026 CAS...Posted: 2026-03-26
2026-03-10 - The School of Chemical Sciences has announced the winners and finalists in the 2025 SCS Science Image Challenge. Three images submitted by researchers in the Department of Chemistry were selected as finalists.The three chemistry finalists are Noam Gamburg, an undergraduate student in the lab of Joomyung (Vicky) Jun, assistant professor of chemistry; Jusung An, a postdoctoral researcher, in the...Posted: 2026-03-10
2026-03-09 - By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell — from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell division — scientists have opened a new frontier of computer vision into the essential processes of life.The researchers, led by chemistry professor Zan Luthey-Schulten at...Posted: 2026-03-09
2026-03-04 - Researchers have found a way to use solar energy to power a key chemical reaction that drives many manufacturing industries. This new method can significantly reduce the energy required to run these operations, eliminate harsh oxidizing byproducts and minimize carbon emissions.Olefin epoxidation is not a process many are familiar with, but the epoxide chemicals it produces are the backbone...Posted: 2026-03-04
2026-02-15 - Alexander Scheeline, professor emeritus of chemistry, has been elected a Fellow of the International Atomic Spectrometry Association. The IASA is a membership of expert scientists dedicated to advancing the Atomic Analytical Spectrometry through Support, Communication, Advocacy, and Education. Professor Scheeline joined the chemistry faculty at Illinois in 1981 and pursued research in...Posted: 2026-02-19
2026-02-18 - The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has selected Jordan Axelson, director of undergraduate studies and senior lecturer in chemistry, as a recipient of the 2026 award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Instructional Staff.According to...Posted: 2026-02-18
2026-02-18 - Professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López has received three awards for his impact on students through his classroom teaching and through his mentorship of undergraduate researchers—two campus level awards from the Office of the Provost and a third award from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.The Office of...Posted: 2026-02-18
2026-02-05 - Prof. Eric Oldfield has thought about retiring—more than once—but his curiosity continues leading him in new directions to new research projects.“I don't really understand the concept of retiring,” said Oldfield, who just began his 51st year as a chemistry professor at Illinois.He is one of only a handful of current Illinois...Posted: 2026-02-05
2026-02-04 - After finishing his Ph.D. in chemistry at MIT, Illinois alumnus David Hays (B.S., ’93) was entering a particularly strong job market for chemists, exploring a lot of companies and industries in interviews. Enticed by the freedom to follow his curiosity and explore a huge array of technologies and markets, he accepted a job at 3M.Nearly 28 years later, Hays is still pursuing his scientific...Posted: 2026-02-04