Faculty Helen Blackwell 2024 Vilas Distinguished Achievement A.J. Boydston 2025-26 Vilas Associates Competition Awardee Andrew Buller 2025 Romnes Award Josh Coon 2025 Donald F. Hunt Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award from the Human Proteome …
Month: November 2025
Awards: Department celebrates Professor Zanni’s election to the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced on April 29, 2025, that Professor Martin Zanni had been elected as a member. Professor Zanni is one of 120 members elected this year in recognition of distinguished …
New Faculty: Assistant Professor Frank Y. Gao
Assistant Professor Frank Gao will join UW–Madison as a Department of Chemistry Assistant Professor in Fall 2026. Phd. in Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) B.S. in Chemical Physics from University of Toronto Professor …
Retirement: Professor Robert Hamers
Retired August 2025 Professor Hamers received his Bachelors of Science degree from UW–Madison and earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University. After five years at IBM’s main research center in Yorktown Heights, NY, he joined the …
Retirement: Professor David C. Schwartz
Retired January 2025 Professor Schwartz joined the department in the analytical and biochemistry paths in 1999. He received his B.A. from Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York, NY. Previous …
New Faces, New Changes
New Staff Tammy Comber, Financial Specialist Neil Foegen, Chemistry Learning Center Instructor Nate Onopa, Financial Specialist Emily Otto, Financial Specialist Sabrina Miner, Research Administrator Emily Schjoth, Accountant Change Emily Bennin, Financial Specialist to Research Administrator
The Newest Badger Chemists: Baccalaureate
Congratulations to our recent graduates. Bachelor of Science, Chemistry Major December 2024 Mason Bohn Qianyu He Ian Herman Yung-Hsu Lee Yura Merikan Owen Odegard Lexi Sun May 2025 Nicole Aigner Maryam AlJawad Kaleb Anderson Courtney …
The Newest Badger Chemists: Masters of Science
Congratulations to our recent graduates. December 2024 Leslie Acevedo (Martell) May 2025 Jãán Andrews (Jin) Katherine Conrad (Pazicni) Morgan Dierolf Michael Jones (Todd) Emma Potter (Wang) Herman Recendiz (Weix) Simruthi Subramanian Sierra Thein (Schomaker) August …
The Newest Badger Chemists: Ph.D.
Congratulations to our recent graduates. December 2024 Nishit Banka (Romero) High Throughput Screening and ML-Aided Engineering of Transcription Factor-Based Biosensors William Breining (Lynn) Design and Synthesis of Novel Azlactone-Functionalized Materials Thomas Derrah (Bertram) Heterogeneous …
From the World Trade Center to microbial bacteria DNA Bruce McCord ’86 puts analytical chemistry into real-world practice.
Bruce McCord, Ph.D. ‘86 has fond memories of his time at the University of Wisconsin. He remembers the morning sailing excursions with students through Hoofers, the cinnamon buns from Ovens of Brittany, and playing hockey …