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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 creating an entirely new class of "triggerable" catalyst. The Discovery Fund was established in 2018...

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 to inform, educate, and inspire.

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 announced the licensing of the novel compound TEQ103 from Systems Oncology.

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.

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.

2019-12-16 - The award is presented by the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.

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.

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 withstand extreme conditions.

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 alternative and sustainable energy.

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 power against fungal infections while doing away with its toxicity.

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 Teaching Award and is involved in multiple graduate student organizations.

2023-11-02 - A native Yavapai from central Arizona, Carlos Montezuma was an Illinois chemistry major, who became t​​​he 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 Montezuma Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry.

2023-10-25 - Synthetic molecules created by researchers in the lab of chemistry Prof. Lisa Olshansky could lead to more energy efficient solar energy conversion technology.

2023-10-30 - A research team at the Beckman Institute that includes several chemistry professors will conduct electrochemical reactions in microdroplets to produce clean hydrogen, sequester carbon dioxide, and store renewable energies like wind and solar inexpensively and sustainably. Their project, called DROPLETS, received $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

2023-10-17 - A PhD student in organic chemistry, Forzano focuses on developing a class of molecules called activatable photosensitizers in the lab and outside the lab, the fifth-year graduate student has been a leader in various organizations, including currently serving as co-chair of the Student Wellness Coalition.