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Donna Huryn to Join Penn Chemistry
Apr 28, 2023
Dr. Donna Huryn, a graduate of the Penn Chemistry doctoral program, will be returning to Penn this summer as a full-time Professor of Practice.
Read MoreJohn G. Miller Award Announced
Apr 28, 2023
The highest honor that the Chemistry Department bestows on a graduating PhD student is the John G. Miller Award, which honors the most outstanding doctoral thesis in Chemistry every year.
Read MoreMore Penn Chemistry Teaching Honors Awarded
Apr 28, 2023
Penn Chemistry personnel were lauded with a series of end of academic year honors this month.
Read MorePenn Chemistry Students Honored by NSF
Mar 31, 2023
Several Penn Chemistry students have been honored with National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Christian Gonzalez (Murray group), Aaliyah Khan (Rappe), Mika Maenaga (Goldberg), and David Polefrone (Kozlowski) all received this award.
Read MorePenn Chemistry Hires Andrew Zahrt
Mar 31, 2023
Dr. Andrew Zahrt, currently a postdoctoral associate with Prof. Klavs F. Jensen at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will join the Penn Chemistry Department as an Assistant Professor this summer.
Read MorePenn Chemistry Faculty Honored for Teaching
Mar 31, 2023
Two of our faculty have been recognized by Penn for their commitment to excellence in teaching.
Read MoreDirk Trauner Honored in Denmark
Feb 15, 2023
Dirk Trauner, Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor & George A. Weiss University Professor, has been named an Honorary Skou Professor of Pharmacology and Biomedicine through 2027 at Aarhus University (Denmark).
Read MoreEric Schelter Receives Tantalum Prize
Oct 22, 2022
Prof. Eric Schelter has been awarded the 2022 Anders Gustaf Ekeberg Tantalum Prize. Eric accepted the prize on behalf of his research team in Geneva.
Read MoreChemistry Faculty Honored by AAAS
Feb 6, 2023
Professor Eric Schelter and Adjunct Professor Donna Huryn were both named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Formed in 1848, the AAAS is the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and publisher of journals such as Science. Its mission is to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all.
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Dirk Trauner Joins Penn
Jul 1, 2022
Dirk Trauner has joined Penn as a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, with joint appointments in the Department of Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics in the Perelman School of Medicine.
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