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2023-11-08 - Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison report in the journal Nature that a new antifungal molecule, devised by tweaking the structure of prominent antifungal drug Amphotericin B, has the potential to harness the drug’s power against fungal infections while doing away with its toxicity.

2023-11-06 - A graduate student from India, Bandyopadhyay was drawn to the Illinois chemistry graduate program by research related to photoacoustic applications of porphyrin. In his second year, he has a first author paper under review for publication, was recognized as a teaching assistant with the Zumdahl Teaching Award and is involved in multiple graduate student organizations.

2023-11-02 - A native Yavapai from central Arizona, Carlos Montezuma was an Illinois chemistry major, who became t​​​he first Native American graduate of the University of Illinois in 1884 and one of the first Native Americans to earn a medical degree. In his honor, a recent gift has established the Carlos Montezuma Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry.

2023-10-25 - Synthetic molecules created by researchers in the lab of chemistry Prof. Lisa Olshansky could lead to more energy efficient solar energy conversion technology.

2023-10-30 - A research team at the Beckman Institute that includes several chemistry professors will conduct electrochemical reactions in microdroplets to produce clean hydrogen, sequester carbon dioxide, and store renewable energies like wind and solar inexpensively and sustainably. Their project, called DROPLETS, received $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

2023-10-17 - A PhD student in organic chemistry, Forzano focuses on developing a class of molecules called activatable photosensitizers in the lab and outside the lab, the fifth-year graduate student has been a leader in various organizations, including currently serving as co-chair of the Student Wellness Coalition.

2023-10-17 - A recent Phd graduate in Chemistry at Illinois, Lucero acknowledges hard work and the support of people who genuinely care about her growth as a scientist and as a person as the keys to her success.

2023-10-16 - The Jerry A. Walker Endowed Chair was established by Christine Walker in honor and memory of her late husband, Dr. Jerry A. Walker, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa with high honors and highest distinction from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1969 with a degree in chemistry.

2023-10-03 - The 2023 Akron American Chemical Society Award recognizes young scientists who show great promise in their professional careers.

2023-09-22 - The National Science Foundation grant will support a research team that includes Illinois chemistry Prof. Prashant Jain. They will develop new materials to separate and recover rare-earth elements and platinum group metals from waste streams of U.S. mines.

2023-09-22 - Professor Landes is being recognized with this Biophysical Society award for "exciting developments of single molecule measurement techniques, and their application to chemical and biological systems such as polymers and ion channels."

2023-09-18 - A group of undergraduate and graduate students joined Tepora Su'a, assistant director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Chemical Sciences, to represent the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biomolecular Engineering at UIUC during the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers 50th Annual Meeting Sept. 11-14, 2023, in New...

2023-09-11 - A fourth-year chemistry PhD student in Prof. Paul Braun's group, Carlos Juarez-Yescas is focusing his scientific curiosity on improving solid state batteries and becoming an experienced mentor by volunteering in three undergraduate mentoring programs in the Department of Chemistry.

2023-09-08 - The pair are recipients of the 2024 Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry, which recognizes outstanding graduate students and their preceptors in the field of chemistry.

2023-09-07 - A $30 million NSF grant supports the new center at the Beckman Institute, where Zaida Luthey-Schulten and Martin Gruebele will lead team members, who also include chemistry professors Angad Mehta and Mikael Backlund, in creating whole-cell models to transform our understanding of how cells function.