Department News
Leslie Shinn (1953 - 2020)
Sep 8, 2020
Leslie Shinn, longtime undergraduate biochemistry and Vagelos life sciences program coordinator in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, died unexpectedly on August 29.…
Read MoreChris 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 …
Read MoreJoe Subotnik Named American Physical Society Fellow
Sep 29, 2020
Professor Joe Subotnik has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. His Fellowship citation reads: For pioneering advances in understanding the nature of nonadiabatic processes and…
Read MorePenn Chemistry Research Resumption Guidelines
Oct 1, 2020
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 Pennsylvania…
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…
Read MoreGraduate 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…
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. Born on September 3, 1932, in Concord, NH, the only child of Russell P. Fitts and Elisabeth Y. Reille…
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),…
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…
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. Dr. McCallum attended the University of California, Irvine,…
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Research Highlights
Tom Mallouk
Tom Mallouk and his research group have developed microscale "rockets" powered by acoustic waves and an onboard bubble motor that may one day navigate through landscapes of cells and blood vessels inside the human body. Read all about this exciting technology at the CBC Radio website.
Andrew Rappe
A new paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society authored by Chemistry Professor Andrew Rappe and his research group describes a new approach for synthesizing organic “Legos” that can be easily connected to make new materials. This framework creates structures that are lightweight,…
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