Professor Frank Keutsch was recently awarded the Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The award recognizes exceptional scholarly accomplishments and provides recipients with one year of flexible research support, funded by the …
Year: 2014
May 17 Celebration Symposium Honors Professor Hans Reich
On May 17, the Department of Chemistry will host a special symposium and retirement celebration in honor of Professor Hans Reich. The day will include lectures and presentations, as well as an evening banquet with …
Chemistry Graduate Program Ranked Highly by U.S. News & World Report
Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi Named Associate Editor for Chemistry of Materials
Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi is joining the editing team at Chemistry of Materials as a new associate editor. Choi began her academic career at Purdue University and joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in …
Professor Qiang Cui Wins Vilas Associate Fellowship
Professor Qiang Cui is among the 26 recent faculty winners of the Vilas Associates competition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Vilas award provides flexible research support for two years, and recipients are chosen on the …
Simulations in the Classroom—Computational Chemistry Makes a Lasting Impression
“Today, the computer is just as important a tool for chemists as a test tube,” the Royal Swedish Academy said in recognizing computational chemists Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel as the 2013 Nobel …
Chemistry Instrument Center Gives Students State-of-the-Art Access, Training, and Research Support
Upon arriving at the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry in 2008, recent graduate Paul White (Ph.D. ’13, Stahl) soon realized just how exceptional his level of access to all types of chemistry instruments was. Through the …
New, inexpensive production materials boost promise of hydrogen fuel
Chemistry Honorary Fellow Dr. Bill Banholzer Receives ACS National Award
Dr. Bill Banholzer, honorary fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will receive the Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management at the 247th American Chemical Society (ACS) …
Professors’ Spinoff Battery Company Gains Traction
Silatronix, a spinoff company co-founded by Professor Robert Hamers and Professor Emeritus Robert West, is gaining traction as it works to build safer lithium ion batteries. Their special electrolyte blend includes silicon, which leads to fewer …