Month: June 2018
Undergrad Spotlight: Tess Carlson
Tess Carlson, a UW-Madison chemistry major, came to the university from Hamilton High School in Sussex, WI. She received the American Chemical Society Hach-Land Grant Scholarship in 2016, designed for undergraduate students who plan on …
State Building Commission Approves Revised Budget, Expanded Scope of Chemistry Building Project
On June 6, the State Building Commission approved a revised budget ($133.1 M) and authorized the solicitation of bids to construct the chemistry building project. This action will enable completion of the full scope of …
Undergrad Spotlight: Eleanor Landwehr
“I love the idea of doing new things that no one else has ever done, and continually building on my knowledge.”
Zachary Wickens, Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor Zach Wickens arrived at UW—Madison in June 2018. His group, which currently includes postdoctoral researcher Nicholas Cowper and graduate student Oliver Williams, works to discover new ways to control reactions and selectively break …
Undergrad Spotlight: Joey Corstvet
“There are three reasons I got involved. The first was the desire to gain experience in a research setting. The second reason was to fulfill the lab credits needed to graduate, while the third reason …
Brian Ferrer
“Of course you want the reaction to work the way you’re expecting, but sometimes an unexpected reaction could be just as valuable. A lot of great discoveries in history happened by accident, so it’s not …