2023-03-29 - Qian Chen, an Illinois professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Chemistry, co-led a research team with Erik Lutijen at Northwestern University that observed nanoparticles self-assembling and crystalizing into solid materials for the first time.

2023-03-30 - Research by Greg Girolami, the William and Janet Lycan Professor of Chemistry, uncovered previously unknown details about the enigmatic English scholar Margaret Bryan, including her family background and the names of her husband and two daughters.

2023-03-30 - With support from the local ACS chapter and the Department of Chemistry, WCC was officially founded in October 2005, and today, the graduate student organization continues to fulfill its mission to support the development of women in the chemical sciences through programs and events that offer professional and social opportunities for graduate students, faculty, staff, and undergraduates.

2023-03-23 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been chosen to lead the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago – a new biomedical hub – along with the University of Chicago and Northwestern University.

2023-03-17 - Chemistry professor Jonathan Sweedler is part of the CABBI team led by chemistry affiliate faculty member Huimin Zhao that is developing a versatile, automated “biofoundry” for rapidly engineering microbial strains that can efficiently produce diverse, high-value molecules such as biodiesel, organic acids, jet fuels, lubricants, and alcohols.

2023-03-01 - The Cancer Center at Illinois recently talked with Professor Jonathan Sweedler, James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair in Chemistry, who is a research member with the Cancer Center at Illinois’ JumpStart Program. He was recently awarded a ...

2023-02-18 - Chemistry professor Mei Shen is among 126 early-career researchers receiving the 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

2023-02-21 - The American Chemical Society's Physical Division selects Illinois chemistry faculty member Josh Vura-Weis for the Richard Van Duyne Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry.

2023-02-14 - Professor Olshansky will participate in the Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia of the NAS, which bring together scientists who are 45 or younger to engage in exceptional research in a variety of disciplines.

2023-02-13 - A chemistry major and undergraduate researcher in the lab of chemistry Professor Lisa Olshansky, Robert Cook will graduate in May with the Class of 2023 and to land a chemistry job, possibly in industry, but he is keeping his options open and hasn’t ruled out graduate school in the future.

2023-02-13 - A third-year PhD student in Chemistry at Illinois, Danielle Loving is a 2022 National Science Foundation Fellow, a mentor in the C2 program, and a research associate in the lab of Professor Martin Burke, who plans to become a professor at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution after her doctorate in chemistry.

2023-02-03 - Gruebele is part of the Biophysics Sonification Group at UIUC that has experimented with using data sonification – the use of sound to convey information – in his research into the physical mechanisms of protein folding.

2023-02-01 - Dr. Lance E. Rodewald is a senior advisor to the National Immunization Program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

2023-01-31 - Chemistry professor is one of seven Illinois faculty members in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Class of 2022, which also includes professor Charles Schroeder, an affiliate faculty member in chemistry.

2023-01-23 - Students can apply now for this short-term summer program that offers undergraduates the opportunity to learn about natural products in a tropical region of the world and gain a new cultural experience.