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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.

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John 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.

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More Penn Chemistry Teaching Honors Awarded

Apr 28, 2023

Penn Chemistry personnel were lauded with a series of end of academic year honors this month.

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Penn 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.

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Penn 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. 

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Penn Chemistry Faculty Honored for Teaching

Mar 31, 2023

Two of our faculty have been recognized by Penn for their commitment to excellence in teaching.

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Dirk 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).

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Eric 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.

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Chemistry 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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