Angad P. Mehta has been promoted to associate professor and awarded tenure by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Mehta has also been designated by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences as an I. C. Gunsalus Scholar for 2026-2027...
Rudolph A. (Rudy) Marcus, Caltech's John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, passed away on July 16, 2026. Marcus was a faculty member in Chemistry at Illinois from 1964 to 1978. He was awarded the...
To give our faculty members the opportunity to share their innovative research with a wider audience, especially our Illinois Chemistry alumni and friends, the department regularly hosts a Faculty
Scott E. Denmark, Reynold C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry, was the recipient of the inaugural Angewandte Chemie Chair, a prestigious recognition presented during the 19th Belgian Organic Synthesis Symposium, which was held...
Willis H. Flygare, 44, of 112 W. Pennsylvania Ave., U, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois, died at 5:30 a.m. Monday (May 18, 1981) at his home.
This summer, rising senior Claire Skowronis participating in a summer program at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where she is exploring statistical approaches to studying population health trends while connecting data-driven research with patient care and disease...
The life of Theodore “Ted” Brown, the founding director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and professor emeritus of Chemistry at Illinois, will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at Copper Creek Church, 2202 W. Curtis Road, Champaign.The...
The School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) and the Department of Chemistry have recognized a group of faculty members and graduate students for their commitment to excellence in the classroom in the 2024-25 academic year.Two chemistry faculty members and four graduate students in chemistry received the...
Looking to nature for inspiration, professor Majed S. Fataftah is exploring new ways to turn carbon waste, like carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide, into chemical building blocks that can be used to make valuable materials.To...
A Chemical & Engineering News feature about new synthetic approaches that are helping chemists build and reshape molecules in entirely new ways features Martin Burke, May and Ving Lee Professor for Chemical Innovation, and Professor of Chemistry, and the blocc chemistry approach developed...
