2026-11-05 - Alumna Elizabeth K. Neumann (Ph.D., '19) has received the Pittcon Achievement Award, which is an annual honor presented at the Pittcon Conference and Expo to recognize early-career scientists for outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and/or applied spectroscopy.Neumann was an NSF...Posted:
2026-11-05 - Jonathan V. Sweedler, Eiszner Family Endowed Chair Chemistry, has been selected to receive the Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of applied spectroscopy.The award was established in 1957 and is given by the Spectroscopy Society of...Posted:
2026-11-05 - The Beckman Institute has honored Jeffrey Moore with its annual Vision and Spirit Award for faculty. The award celebrates a faculty member who has fostered collaboration in their research and exemplifies founder Arnold Beckman's vision.Beckman Institute Director Steve Maren made the...Posted:
2026-11-05 - Chemistry graduate student Tathagata Chatterjee is one of five Illinois Ph.D. students awarded fellowships by the PPG Foundation to conduct research that is broadly related to coatings science...Posted:
2026-11-05 - The Laboratory Astrophysics Division (LAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) is awarding its 2027 Laboratory Astrophysics Prize to Research Associate Professor of Chemistry David E. Woon.Woon has been conducting research in...Posted:
2026-10-28 - Whether managing forty-plus students in a residence hall, assisting with Welcome Week activities, recruiting orientation leaders, or even helping design an escape room, Madison Fanning has made a difference for students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where they live,...Posted:
2026-10-21 - Illinois Chemistry Professor Stephan Link has been elected a 2026 American Physical Society Fellow, a prestigious distinction conferred by the Division of Chemical Physics.APS Fellowship...Posted:
2026-10-20 - Mayuko Isomura, an assistant professor of chemistry, has received an early-career grant from the Japan Science and Technology Agency. Isomura was selected to receive a Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) grant, which is a competitive funding program for...Posted:
2026-10-14 - The innovative research efforts of two Illinois Chemistry faculty members — Jeffrey Moore and Benjamin Snyder — were highlighted during Founders Week at the University of Illinois Urbana-...Posted:
2026-10-14 - Timothy Trinklein, a postdoctoral research associate based at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology working with chemistry Professor ...Posted:
2026-10-08 - The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for their pioneering work on nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis—the "Soai reaction". As the exact mechanisms of...Posted:
2026-10-06 - Xiaotang Lu, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award from...Posted:
2026-09-28 - The Texas A&M Local Section of the American Chemical Society and Texas A&M University Chemistry Department have awarded Wilfred A. van der Donk, Richard E. Heckert Endowed Chair in Chemistry, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the...Posted:
2026-09-14 - The Beckman Institute has recognized a new cohort of Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship recipients. These students are working on projects related to material science, chemistry, brain functions, cancer and other diseases. Read on to learn more about the three fellowship recipients in chemistry...Posted:
2026-09-10 - The protein transthyretin can unfold and dissociate in a previously unknown way, possibly contributing to a rare and deadly form of amyloidosis, new findings from Scripps Research and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign reveal.The...Posted: