News

2019-07-26 - Twenty years in the making, a new leading-edge medical imaging research collaboration is becoming a reality.

2019-07-15 - Professor M. Christina White has been named the William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor in the School of Chemical Sciences.

2019-07-09 - On July 2, 2019, President Donald J. Trump announced the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). One of this years' recipients is Prashant Jain. Jain received the award for his work investigating artificial photosynthesis through light-matter interactions in nanoscale materials. Jain is the Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar, an...

2019-07-01 - The inorganic and materials chemistry divisions of the department have rescheduled the weekly seminar time from 4:00 PM to 3:30 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

2019-06-25 - Yuanheng (Henry) Wang, an undergraduate student in Professor Renske van der Veen’s lab, earned the 2019 ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

2019-06-24 - Beckman researchers across three labs will collaborate on a new project that will receive $400,000 from the National Institutes of Health. The Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) will fund “In Vitro Platform for Exploring Muscle-neuron Interactions” with the Rhodes Lab, led by Justin Rhodes, psychology; Sweedler Research Group, led by Jonathan Sweedler, chemistry; and the Saif...

2019-06-20 - We regret to pass along the sad news that alumnus Dr. William Gumprecht (BS, ’53) passed away on May 3, 2019 in Wilmington, Delaware.

2019-06-18 - The 2019 SCS Teaching Awards recipients are listed below. They are recognized for their excellence in the 2018-19 academic year. There are a large number of highly dedicated instructors in SCS, so the selection process is not an easy one.

2019-06-12 - During the week of May 13-17, the Department of Chemistry Joint Safety Team (JST) and Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Advisory Committee (DCGSAC) co-hosted the 3rd Annual Safety Week.

2019-06-10 - HexNest is a startup company brought to you by two Illinois undergraduate students. Rachel Circelli (chemistry and political science) and Mark Van Den Avont (mechanical engineering) are working to create a safer yet affordable sports mat.

2019-05-29 - David Sarlah, an assistant professor of chemistry, has received both the Amgen and the 2019 National Organic Symposium (NOS) Young Investigator Awards. Sarlah is one of four recipients, nationwide, to receive the Amgen Young Investigator’s Award. This award recognizes young researchers’ scientific contributions and commitment to academic excellence that greatly impact the field of organic...

2019-05-29 - Assistant Professor David Sarlah has been awarded the 2019 Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. The $75,000 in award funding will support Sarlah’s research in the discovery of new reactivities and guiding principles for organic synthesis and their application towards biologically active natural products and methods development.

2019-05-23 - Chemists at the University of Illinois have successfully produced fuels using water, carbon dioxide and visible light through artificial photosynthesis. By converting carbon dioxide into more complex molecules like propane, green energy technology is now one step closer to using excess CO2 to store solar energy – in the form of chemical bonds – for use when the sun is not shining and in times of...

2019-05-17 - Philip Kocheril, a student in the Zimmerman group, was awarded a Barry M. Goldwater scholarship for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years in recognition for his potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.

2019-05-10 - The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants, recently announced their 2019 Fellows. Among this year’s recipients is Daniel Najera a doctoral student in the Fout group.