Professor Mei Shen was recently featured as a 2025 Rising Star in Measurement Sciencein a special issue of ACS Measurement Science Au.The Rising Stars annual issue celebrates early-career researchers who are breaking...
The National Academy of Sciences has announced the selection of eighty-seven of the nation’s brightest young scientists from industry, academia, and government, including chemistry faculty member Mei Shen, to take part in the National Academy of Sciences’ U.S. and international Kavli Frontiers of...
Illinois faculty member Liviu Mirica, William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor of Chemistry, has recently been selected through three distinguished university programs to focus on developing collaborations toward his research group's interests in developing metal-containing imaging agents for...
Get to know some of our newest alumni from the Department of Chemistry—highlights of their journey at Illinois, some of their best student memories, their future plans and more.
Research led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Hyunjoon Kong and chemistry professor Hee-Sun Han, and performed by Ryan Miller, currently a post-doctoral fellow at Georgia Tech, has unveiled...
Teaching faculty, staff and student volunteers entertained more than 300 adults and children who attended two Holiday Magic Chemistry Demonstration Shows on Dec. 6-7 in Noyes Laboratory on the Illinois campus. The popular holiday-themed chemistry show was revived in December 2024 after...
A new study marks a significant step forward in positioning synthetic polymers as an alternative for expensive, unsustainable minerals used in the manufacture of devices such as conductors, transistors and diodes.These newly tweaked polymers — developed by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign...
