Sarah Specht, a Department of Chemistry graduate student in the Hermans Group, took first place in the Three-Minute Thesis contest held by the UW-Madison Graduate School. Specht studies inorganic chemistry with a focus on the kinetics …
Year: 2017
Five UW-Madison professors named AAAS Fellows
Molecular magnetism packs power with “messenger electron”
New Faculty Focus: Daniel Weix
Metal-Free Fuel Cells
In the quest for better, less expensive ways to store and use energy, platinum and other precious metals play an important role. They serve as catalysts to propel the most efficient fuel cells, but they …
Sustainable Catalysis
The second most-produced organic chemical in the world, propene is a key component of plastics found in consumer goods such as electronics, clothing and food packaging. For years, oil refineries have produced an abundance of …
New technique could slash energy use in making silicon
Abraham Nitzan is 2017-18 Hirschfelder Prize Recipient
Professor Abraham Nitzan will receive the 2017-18 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry, administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Theoretical Chemistry Institute (TCI). Nitzan is a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. …
NSF tabs UW chemist to lead Math and Physical Sciences Directorate
Robert Bergman Receives Highest UW Alumni Honor
The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) will honor four alumni with its highest distinction: the Distinguished Alumni Award. WAA is a division of the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association. The 2017 recipients are Jim Berbee ’85, …