News | Department of Chemistry

Chemistry Faculty Honored by American Physical Socity

Nov 20, 2018

Zahra Fakhraai, Marsha I. Lester, and Abraham Nitzan have all been named as recipients of American Physical Society national awards.

HTE Center Director Position Opening

Oct 12, 2018

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.

Joe Francisco Joins Penn

Jul 19, 2018

Joseph Francisco has joined Penn as the President's Distinguished Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences. Prof. Francisco will have a secondary appointment in the Chemistry Department.

Karen Goldberg Elected to National Academy

Jul 18, 2018

Karen Goldberg, the Vagelos Professor of Energy Research, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Prof. Goldberg joined Penn in 2017 from the University of Washington, where she was the Nicole A. Boand Endowed Professor in Chemistry. She received her A.B.

Tom Mallouk Joining Penn Chemistry

Jul 9, 2018

Prof. Thomas Mallouk, who is currently the Evan Pugh University Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Physics, and Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State University will be joining the Penn Chemistry Department as the second Vagelos Chair in Energy Research in the Department of Chemistry, effective March 2019.

Megan Matthews Named Scialog CMC Fellow

Jul 9, 2018

Assistant Professor Megan Matthews has been named a Scialog Fellow on the Chemical Machinery of the Cell by the Research Corporation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. More information on the program can be found here.

David Christianson to be next Department Chair

Jun 21, 2018

David Christianson, Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, will assume the role of Department Chair effective July 1, 2018. David succeeds Gary Molander, the Hirschmann-Makineni Professor of Chemistry, who has served as Chair for the past 9 years.

James Petersson Honored by Penn Medical School

Jun 20, 2018

Associate Professor James Petersson is a co-recipient of the 2018 Jane M. Glick Graduate Student Teaching Award. The award was established in 2010 by the Glick family in remembrance of Dr. Jane Glick and her dedication to the Biomedical Graduate Studies programs.

Chemistry Students Honored by National Science Foundation

Apr 3, 2018

Jordan Compton and Mark Campbell, graduate students in Gary Molander's research group, and Hope Merens, currently an undergraduate in the Biochemistry Program and Vagelos MLS Program, have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. William Neuhaus from Marisa Kozlowski's group received Honorable Mention.

Megan Matthews Receives Alumni Award

Mar 26, 2018

Assistant Professor Megan Matthews has been awarded an Alumni Achievement Award by Pennsylvania State University. A 2011 graduate of the PSU Eberly College of Science, Megan joined the Chemistry Department in 2017. This Alumni Achievement Award program began in 2005, and Megan joins 140 other alumni in receiving this award.