Marcos Jusino-Maldonado and Eliyagu (Eli) Sofovich, graduate students in Professor Zoe Todd’s research group, have been awarded F.5 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) funding. Six research areas at NASA …
Month: November 2025
2025 Hirschfelder Award Banquet celebrates Dr. Frank Noé
The 2025–2026 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry was awarded to Dr. Frank Noé, Partner Research Manager at Microsoft Research AI for Science on October 21, 2025 at the Hirschfelder Award Banquet held at …
2025 Badger Chemist Masthead
Professor Sam Gellman Department Chair Kimberly M. Hazen Badger Chemist Editor Ilia Guzei Photographer Will Cushman Writer Peter Jaeger Writer The Ten Thousand Things Graphic Design Pat Egan Reviewer Char Horsfall Reviewer Katie McCullough Reviewer …
From the Chair’s Office
There have been many events to celebrate in our department this year, but current difficulties and uncertainties dominate my attention. The past year has brought many challenges to our department. Universities in the U.S. are …
Chemistry of Community
A photographic round-up of happenings over the last year.
By the Numbers
53,436 chemistry credit hours taught in 2024-25 More than 150 student were recognized with over $420,000 in scholarships and grants in 2025. Chemistry groups collaborate with more than 50 schools, colleges, departments, institutes, and other …
Research: Recycling lithium from old electric vehicle batteries could be done cheaply with new electrochemical process
By Will Cushman With ever more electric vehicles on the road, regulators and automakers are considering what can be done with the millions of batteries that power EVs after they’re spent. Even when their useful …
Research: New deep learning method identifies transition states in protein conformational changes
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison introduced a deep learning method capable of automatically identifying transition states in protein conformational changes, a key process that underpins many …
Lab Notes
Cavagnero Group Graduate student Anubhab Halder was selected to deliver an oral presentation at the Biophysical Society Meeting in Los Angeles (CA) in February 2025. In his talk, Anubhab described the development of LED-enhanced nuclear …
The Secret Lives of Badger Chemists: Life Beyond the Lab
Department of Chemistry faculty have interests beyond science that include running, aviation, woodworking, cooking, travel, and many others. Some use time away from the lab to let their minds wander and explore questions related to …