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  • Head shot of graduate student Dinumol Devasia
    Graduate student Dinumol Devasia wins TechnipFMC Fellowship
    2020-03-24 - A doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry, Dinumol Devasia, has been awarded a TechnipFMC Fellowship for 2020-21 for her research focusing on the spectroscopic investigation of carbon dioxide reduction reaction.
     Posted: 2020-03-24
  • Illustration of a new catalyst replaces a hydrogen atom with a methyl group, which can dramatically increase a drug’s potency.
    Researchers finding ways to rapidly access the “magic methyl” effect
    2020-03-24 - A breakthrough by an Illinois Chemistry team of researchers could enable medicinal chemists to more easily harness “magic methylation,” a transformation that can significantly boost the potency of some drugs.
     Posted: 2020-03-24
  • Head shots of Professor Martin Gruebele, left and Research Professor Stephen Sligar, right
    Two Illinois Chemistry professors have received awards from The Protein Society for their individual research
    2020-03-20 - Professor Martin Gruebele and Research Professor Stephen G. Sligar are winners of the 2020 Protein Society Awards.
     Posted: 2020-03-20
  • Rodríguez-Lopéz to collaborate with Beckman postdoctoral fellow on polymers for energy use
    2020-03-20 - Saadia Chaudhry, one of five recently announced 2020 postdoctoral fellows at The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, will be collaborating with Joaquín Rodríguez-Lopéz, an associate professor of chemistry and the Ray and Beverly Mentzer Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
     Posted: 2020-03-20
  • Photo of Paul Selvin
    Affiliate faculty member Paul Selvin recognized for fluorescence work
    2020-03-10 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Physics Professor Paul Selvin has been awarded the 2020 Gregorio Weber Award for Excellence in Fluorescence Theory and Applications of the Biological Fluorescence Subgroup of the Biophysical Society.
     Posted: 2020-03-18
  • Photo of Hao Yu, Jeff Moore, Charles Schroeder and Songsong Li
    The Schroeder and Moore groups' study shows how monomer sequence affects conductance in ‘molecular wires’
    2020-03-13 - A new study from the Schroeder and Moore groups at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provides an unprecedented look at how monomer sequence affects charge transport in precisely defined chain molecules.
     Posted: 2020-03-13
  • Head shot of Professor Nancy Makri
    Makri develops theoretical quantum dynamics method to simulate complex systems
    2020-03-12 - Scientists are striving to understand quantum phenomena, with hopes of designing materials and structures that could capture light and turn it into chemical energy, or even make reliable quantum computers.
     Posted: 2020-03-12
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    Chemistry researchers conduct variety of cutting-edge research
    2020-05-13 - The university and Department of Chemistry are closely monitoring developments related to COVID-19. Click on the heading above to find a link to the campus website with the latest updates, information and other resources in the campus community.
     Posted: 2020-03-11
  • Professor M. Christina White speaking
    White discovering the impossible in organic chemistry
    2020-03-10 - Professor M. Christina White does not fear a challenge, like delving into a difficult area of synthetic organic chemistry with ideas that test conventional wisdom.
     Posted: 2020-03-10
  • Head shot of Professor Paul Hergenrother
    Professor Paul J. Hergenrother appointed the Deputy Director of the Cancer Center at Illinois
    2020-03-05 - Paul J. Hergenrother, the Kenneth L. Rinehart Endowed Chair in Natural Products Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry, has been appointed the deputy director of the Cancer Center at Illinois. The appointment of Hergenrother, who currently co-leads the center's research program, Cancer Discovery Platforms Across the Engineering-Biology Continuum, was effective March 1, 2020. “...
     Posted: 2020-03-05
  • Postdoctoral researcher Jamila Hedhli and professor Wawrzyniec Dobrucki doing work into PAD recovery.
    Professor Jefferson Chan part of research identifying major landmarks of peripheral artery disease recovery
    2020-03-05 - Illinois researchers used a suite of imaging methods to create the first holistic picture of peripheral artery disease recovery. Novel biomedical advances that show promise in the lab often fall short in clinical trials.
     Posted: 2020-03-05
  • Head shot of Joaquín Rodríguez-López
    Rodríguez-López chosen to receive ACS young scientist award
    2020-03-04 - The American Chemical Society’s division of Analytical Chemistry has chosen Professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López as the recipient of the 2020 Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achievements by a Young Analytical Scientist.
     Posted: 2020-03-04
  • Photo of Dr. Steven Govoni talking during the event
    Dr. Steven Govoni delivers Alumni in Industry lecture
    2020-03-03 - The Vice President of Research, Development and Engineering at Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, recently visited the Department of Chemistry for the Alumni in Industry lecture and discussed how his company helps its customers conserve vital resources, like water, and explained the critical role chemistry plays in finding solutions.
     Posted: 2020-03-03
  • Head shot of Dr. Jeanne Hankett
    Chemistry alumna’s investigative drive leads to new scientific grant foundation
    2020-03-02 - As an undergraduate in chemistry at the University of Illinois, Dr. Jeanne Hankett (BS, ’10, chemistry) found her drive for analytical chemistry working in the lab of Professor Andy Gewirth, doing investigative work on oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis in relation to fuel cell development.
     Posted: 2020-03-02
  • Image from an infrared-optical hybrid microscope.
    Hybrid microscope could make digital biopsies more accessible to labs, clinics
    2020-02-13 - By adding infrared capability to the standard optical microscope, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hope to bring cancer diagnosis into the digital era. Pairing infrared measurements with high-resolution optical images and machine learning algorithms, the researchers created digital biopsies that closely correlated with traditional pathology techniques and...
     Posted: 2020-02-13

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