Assistant Professor Timothy Bertram has been recommended for tenure and will be promoted to the rank of associate professor in August. This decision reflects the department, college, and university’s joint recognition of Bertram’s excellent teaching, …
Month: April 2016
Tracy Drier Honored with Academic Staff Excellence Award
Nine members of the UW-Madison’s academic staff have been selected as recipients of the 2016 Academic Staff Excellence Awards. Chancellor Rebecca Blank will present the awards at a reception on the evening of Tuesday, April 26 at the …
Madison-made electrolyte going big at global battery manufacturer
Nicolas Padilla (B.S. 2017)
Junior chemistry major Nicolas Padilla, from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, is living his college experience to the fullest. Although he’s busy with upper-level science courses and undergraduate research, Padilla still manages to display a fun-loving attitude …
Tong Wang (B.S. 2015)
When UW-Madison tour guide Tong Wang, a junior from New Berlin, Wisconsin, shows groups around campus, he advises prospective students—no matter their academic interests—to pursue undergraduate research. He speaks from experience, having worked as an undergraduate …
Milton Repollet-Pedrosa (Ph.D. 2013)
When Milton Repollet-Pedrosa, from Gurabo, Puerto Rico, began his doctorate in 2008, his Ph.D. in materials chemistry, was a relatively new track within the department. Since then, he has put in countless hours outside of …
Alison Wendlandt (Ph.D. 2015)
Breakfast with scientists who changed the world, lunch with leading researchers, and evening drinks with colleagues from other continents. That was what the schedule looked like for Alison Wendlandt, a chemistry graduate student from Golden …
Natalie Lenz (B.S. 2016)
As another semester comes to a close at UW-Madison, senior chemistry major Natalie Lenz, from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is staring down her final semester. She knows these last few months will be bittersweet, but is excited …
Jenny Laaser (Ph.D. 2013)
Jenny Laaser, a doctoral candidate in physical chemistry from Palo Alto, California, studies how chemical reactions happen at various interfaces. But this summer, she’s traded her spot at the lab station for a desk in …
20 Chemistry Students Will Present at Undergraduate Symposium
The 2016 Undergraduate Symposium on Thursday, April 14, will feature 20 outstanding undergraduate chemistry major researchers and undergraduate researchers working with chemistry faculty. The event will take place at Union South from noon to 6 p.m. This …