News | Department of Chemistry

Graduate Student Honored by APS

Dec 1, 2016

Shi Liu, a recent graduate of Andrew Rappe's research group, has been awarded the prestigious Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics by the American Physical Society.

Gary Molander Honored by Division of Organic Chemistry

Aug 23, 2016

Department Chair Gary A. Molander has been awarded the Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award by the Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. The award was established in 1994 to recognize outstanding service to the organic chemistry community.

Neil Tomson Awarded Grant

Aug 16, 2016

Assistant Professor Neil Tomson has been awarded a New Investigator Grant by the Kauffman Foundation for research on “Coordination chemistry and catalysis using molecular-scale electric fields”. The grant is part of $1.8 million in grants awarded to support basic research in biology, chemistry and physics by the Charles E.

Ahmed Zewail (1946-2016)

Aug 2, 2016

The Department of Chemistry is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Ahmed Zewail of the California Institute of Technology. Prof. Zewail received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania while working in the group of Prof. Robin Hochstrasser.

Chris Murray Honored with ACS Nano Lecture Award

Aug 1, 2016

Chris Murray, Richard Perry University Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering, has been named as a recipient of the 2016 ACS Nano Lecture Award. Chris will deliver his lecture on August 30 at the ECOSS Meeting in Grenoble, France.

Andrew Rappe Named to Endowed Chair

Jul 6, 2016

Andrew M. Rappe has been appointed as the Blanchard Professor of Chemistry. This Professorship, previously held by Larry Sneddon, was endowed in 1907 and the first Blanchard Professor was University Provost (and ACS President) Edgar Fahs Smith.

Biochemistry Major Wins CURF Award

May 12, 2016

Biochemistry senior Wesley Peng has received the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) Rose Undergraduate Research Award for his project under the direction of Prof. William Dailey, “Discovering the Targets of Sevoflurane, a General Anesthetic: A Photolabeling Approach."

Jessica Anna Receives DOE Early Career Award

May 5, 2016

Assistant Professor Jessica Anna has been named a recipient of the U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Award. Jessica is one of 44 scientists from across the nation to be recognized with this honor. The award program is designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early career years.

Marsha Lester & Andrea Liu Elected to National Academy

May 3, 2016

Marsha I. Lester (Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor and Editor of The Journal of Chemical Physics) and Andrea Liu (Hepburn Professor of Physics and Secondary Appointment in Chemistry) have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Judith Currano honored by SLA

Apr 18, 2016

Chemistry Librarian Judith Currano has been named the recipient of the 2016 SLA Rose L. Vormelker Award by the Special Libraries Association. The Vormelker Award honors SLA members who have actively worked to teach and mentor their fellow librarians and students.