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2022-04-01 - A Materials Science and Engineering team at Illinois that includes chemistry graduate student Carlos Juarez-Yescas and chemistry professor Paul Braun is moving on to phase two of the three-phase competition for the U.S. Department of Energy’s American-made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize.

2022-03-30 - Novel system developed by chemistry professor Liviu Mirica and postdoctoral researcher Hanah Na could lead to catalysts based on cheaper, more abundant nickel rather than more expensive precious metals.

2022-03-28 - As the CEO of LanzaTech, a carbon capture company that recently announced plans to go public, Holmgren is guiding the company in its goal to transform waste carbon into a variety of materials, including sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and the world’s first alternative jet fuel derived from industrial waste gases.

2022-03-24 - The team — which was led by professor Charles Schroeder and included professors Jeffrey Moore and Nick Jackson — designed a molecular system to measure how electrical current leaps across the gaps between molecules. Their findings enable new opportunities to design and control organic electronic devices like batteries.

2021-07-14 - The list of faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants in the Department of Chemistry who were ranked excellent by their students has been announced from results of the Spring 2021 and Summer 2021 course evaluation processes.  

2022-03-11 - The Department of Energy has granted $2 million over three years to the research team, which includes Damien Guironnet, a professor of chemistry and of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Illinois, with the goal of developing plastic that can be recycled perpetually, reducing waste and pollution from single-use plastics. 

2022-02-28 - A multidisciplinary research team that includes Illinois chemistry professor Scott Silverman developed a new approach to 3D imaging that captures DNA methylation, a key epigenetic change associated with learning in the brain. The approach will open new avenues of research into how such changes mold the brain, allowing it to grow, learn and respond to stress.

2022-02-23 - A new paper published in 2021 in the Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, a publication of the ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, includes new information about St. Elmo Brady, the first African American in the U.S. with a doctorate in chemistry.

2022-02-22 - A chemistry major who graduated in the Class of 1995, King-McNeil was promoted last year to Senior Director of Research & Development for Olay Franchise & Packaging Innovation at Procter and Gamble where she leads a team of more than 30 scientists and engineers.

2022-02-22 - The College of LAS has named the winners of this year’s teaching and advising awards, and Kimberly Powers, an academic advisor for the School of Chemical Sciences since 2018, has been selected to receive the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising. "The College of LAS is enormously...

2022-02-21 - Abdul-Aziz (PhD, '17) has been awarded a $538,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to develop a novel approach to convert greenhouse gases into chemicals that can be used as energy sources.

2022-02-20 - A team of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that includes chemistry professor Martin Gruebele is using sonification – the use of sound to convey information – to depict biochemical processes and better understand how they happen.

2022-02-16 - Alumnus Dan Hanus honors the good work and deeds of Rebecca "Becky" Simon, his advisor in the School of Chemical Sciences at Illinois when he was a student, by establishing a scholarship in the name of Simon, who passed away in 2018.

2021-01-15 - Peter K. Dorhout holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and former president of the American Chemical Society.

2022-02-09 - This study led by Deborah Leckband, a professor in the departments of chemistry, chemical and biomolecular engineering, and bioengineering, found that cadherins that bond with growth factor receptors can sense mechanical force and respond by altering cell communication and growth.