The Department of Chemistry is welcoming new faculty members ahead of the upcoming 2026-27 academic year that begins August 24. Two tenure-track faculty members, Megan A. Steves and Liwei Zheng, have arrived on campus and will be teaching in the fall semester while also working to launch their...
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...
