2023-12-20 - University of Illinois chemistry researchers reveal exactly how nickel-catalyzed reactions work and discover a surprising contributor that has the potential to make these increasingly popular chemical transformations even more useful.Posted:
2023-12-13 - Family and friends of Chuanjing “Charlie” Xu (PhD, ’92) made a gift to Chemistry at Illinois, establishing the Chuanjing Xu Memorial Scholarship in his memory, because UIUC was instrumental in the Xu family being able to start a new life in America.Posted:
2023-12-11 - The Anuj Khandelwal Memorial Fund was established in 2019 in memory of Anuj Khandelwal, who was a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of chemistry Prof. Martin Burke. Created by his friends and family, the fund supports the Anuj Khandelwal Memorial Travel Award, which provides conference...Posted:
2023-11-01 - Two research proposals in the Department of Chemistry have been selected to receive Discovery Fund awards. The funding will support electrochemistry research that could lead to improvements in the design, operation and lifetime of batteries, sensors and fuel cells and another project will explore...Posted:
2023-12-01 - The School of Chemical Sciences invites graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral associates/fellows, and staff members within the school, including the departments of chemistry and chemical and biomolecular engineering, to submit computer-assisted or traditional scientific images designed...Posted:
2023-11-28 - An anticancer compound developed in the collaborative labs of Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers Paul Hergenrother, a professor of chemistry at Illinois, and David Shapiro, a professor of biochemistry, has been licensed for pre-clinical development. The biotech company Oncoteq recently...Posted:
2023-11-28 - A new study led by professor Ying Diao brings fresh insight into the development of semiconductor materials that can do things their traditional silicon counterparts cannot – harness the power of chirality, a non-superimposable mirror image.Posted:
2023-11-28 - A team led by chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother and former graduate student Emily Geddes (PhD, '22) has discovered the physical and chemical rules for overcoming the defenses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium responsible for tens of thousands of hospital infections every year in the U.S.Posted:
2019-12-16 - The award is presented by the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.Posted:
2023-11-14 - The Chemistry at Illinois faculty member received the alumni award for contributions to sonochemistry and chemical sensing, which have advanced the field of medical imaging and facilitated lifesaving treatments for cancer and sepsis patients.Posted:
2023-11-13 - Dr. Chilton (MS, '60; PhD, '67) was presented the award by U.S. President Joe Biden in a ceremony at the White House on Oct. 24, 2023, for her work producing the first transgenic plant and for pioneering plant biotechnology that led to novel methods to improve plants’ ability to control pests and...Posted:
2023-11-09 - Chemistry professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López co-led a team of researchers in developing a cost-friendly, customizable, electrochemistry robot called the Electrolab to perform autonomous lab experiments and explore next-generation energy storage materials and chemical reactions that promote...Posted:
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...Posted:
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...Posted:
2023-11-02 - A native Yavapai from central Arizona, Carlos Montezuma was an Illinois chemistry major, who became the 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...Posted: