- 2024-11-22 - A former staff member in the Department of Chemistry, Evelyn Carlier, 92, of Champaign, died on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. Carlier worked in the physical chemistry area office in the Department of...Posted:
2024-12-06 - In a special ceremony on Nov. 16, 2024, the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, one of the premier research institutions in the world, awarded Professor Scott E. Denmark an honorary doctorate in recognition of outstanding achievements throughout his...Posted:
2024-10-31 - The Electrochemical Society awarded the 2024 Electrodeposition Division Research Award to Professor Andrew A. Gewirth, Peter C. and Gretchen Miller Markunas Professor in Analytical Chemistry. The Electrochemical...Posted:
2024-12-04 - Markita Landry (PhD, ’12) is an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and a 2024 Blavatnik National Award winner and 2020...Posted:
2024-12-02 - A tiny, four-fingered “hand” folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly sensitive rapid detection and can even block viral particles from entering cells to infect them, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report. Dubbed the NanoGripper,...Posted:
2024-11-25 - In honor of the 80th birthday of chemistry Prof. John Katzenellenbogen, several alumni of his research group organized a scientific symposium that was held Nov. 8-9 on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus where he has been a faculty member for over 50 years. More than 70 alumni of...Posted:
2024-11-20 - Scott E. Denmark, Reynold C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry, has been elected a Center for Advanced Study professor. Prof. Denmark is one of seven new CAS professors elected in November. The others are Lisa Ainsworth, Plant Biology;...Posted:
2024-11-18 - Nicholas E. Jackson has won the 2024 Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum's Young Investigator Award. Jackson, assistant professor of chemistry and Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors Scholar, was cited...Posted:
2024-11-14 - The American Chemical Society's Board of Directors has awarded Petroleum Research Fund grants to 126 researchers, including chemistry professor Liviu M. Mirica, in the second application round of 2024. Mirica said this award from the ACS...Posted:
2024-10-16 - By combining visible light and electrochemistry, researchers have enhanced the conversion of carbon dioxide into valuable products and stumbled upon a surprising discovery. The team found that visible light significantly improved an important chemical attribute called selectivity, opening new...Posted:
2024-10-02 - For typical illnesses, the body’s immune system is a robust, pathogen-killing machine. It provides a general defense against harmful germs while also adapting and producing antibodies that target specific bacteria or viruses. After fighting off an infection like the flu, the body produces...Posted:
2024-09-30 - Two research proposals from faculty members in the Department of Chemistry have been selected for Discovery Fund awards.This sixth round of Discovery Fund support will be used as seed grants by Prof. Christina White who will pursue an AI-...Posted:
2024-09-18 - The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded a $5.6 million grant to the Neuroproteomics & Neurometabolomics Center on Cell-Cell Signaling. Established in 2005 at Illinois, the Center is a designated NIDA Center of...Posted:
2024-09-18 - In a 1994 alumni profile story, Dr. David Milligan (MS, ’65; PhD, ’67) expressed his belief that hard work and the rational application of science would continue to pay off in years to come. “In the future, industry will be scrambling to hire high quality talent. There is a tremendous need for...Posted:
2024-09-12 - Taking inspiration from enzymes, chemists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a catalyst to simplify the synthesis of ethers, key functional components of many drugs, foods, personal care items and other consumer goods. The catalyst puts the two chemical ingredients in just the...Posted: