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Chris Murray Named 2020 Citation Laureate
Sep 28, 2020
Christopher B. Murray, the Richard Perry University Professor in Chemistry and in Materials Science and Engineering, has been selected as a Citation Laureate for 2020. The honor is awarded by Clarivate, the analytics company that operates the citation index Web of Science.
Read MoreJoe Subotnik Named American Physical Society Fellow
Sep 29, 2020
Professor Joe Subotnik has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Read MorePenn Chemistry Research Resumption Guidelines
Jan 26, 2021
The School of Arts & Sciences approved Phase I research resumption on June 8, 2020. The Department Reopening Process Guidelines of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Penns
Read MoreStatement on Recent Tragic Events
Jun 4, 2020
Dear Members of the Penn Chemistry Community,
In light of the most recent tragic acts of violence against Black persons, I am writing to denounce racial injustice and reaffirm our steadfast commitment: whoever you are and wherever you are on your journey of scholarship, you are welcome here in Penn Chemistry.
Graduate Students Receives SAS Teaching Awards
Apr 24, 2020
Zach Zimmerman of the Baumgart Group has been selected to receive a School of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students for the 2019-2020 academic year. These awards are presented annually to graduate students to recognize their contributions to teaching. The awards seek to recognize teaching that is intellectually rigorous, exceptionally coherent, and has h
Read MoreProf. Donald Fitts Passes Away
Apr 2, 2020
Dr. Donald D. Fitts, Professor of Physical Chemistry, died on March 25, 2020 at the age of 87.
Read MoreFour Graduate Students Receive NSFGRP Awards
Apr 2, 2020
Four of our graduate students have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Olivia Werba (Lester/Subotnik groups), Sam Giannakoulias (Petersson group), Hanna Roenfanz (Kozlowski group), & Yueli Chen (Fakhraai group) will all receive support next academic year.
Read MorePenn Chemistry Coronavirus Response
Mar 16, 2020
Effective 5:00pm on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, Penn Chemistry is officially shut down. Please ensure that everything in your lab is shut down — turn your instrumentation off, unplug your hot plates and bench equipment, ensure that there are back up gas tanks for gloveboxes in the event of loss of nitrogen, etc.
Read MoreMonica E. McCallum Joining Penn Chemistry
Feb 24, 2020
Dr. Monica McCallum, currently a postdoctoral associate at Harvard University, will be joining the faculty of Penn Chemistry in 2021.
Read MorePosition opening: High Throughput Facility Director
Dec 17, 2019
The University of Pennsylvania is seeking a Director of High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) responsible for designing and developing reactions for micro-scale parallel reaction optimization and developing parallel synthesis designs and workflows for the fee-for-service center, and support ongoing efforts of the academic groups at UPenn and other external colleges.
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