Katie Weber (Yoon) This national recognition honors graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who demonstrate exceptional leadership and impact in mentoring, inclusion and belonging, research safety, science outreach and engagement, and science advocacy.
Year: 2026
Tracy Drier/Lauren Aria: 2025 Southeastern Section Dana Sampson Award for the best Lamp Shop Hint published in Fusion
“Build Your Own Hole-Gauge,” was recognized by the American Scientific Glassblowers Society for its innovation and practical impact.
Tehshik Yoon: 2026 Ho-Am Prize in Chemistry and Life Sciences
https://ls.wisc.edu/news/tehshik-yoon-awarded-samsungs-prestigious-2026-ho-am-award
UW chemists find a new way around a long-established limitation to electron transfer selectivity
By Kimberly Hazen Chemists use complex compounds to create life-saving medicines, build advanced high-tech materials, and mimic natural biological systems. To make more complex compounds, synthetic chemists have relied on single-electron transfer as one of …
Governor Evers Proclaims Chemistry Education Week in Wisconsin
Governor Tony Evers has officially proclaimed July 26–August 1, 2026, as Chemistry Education Week in Wisconsin, recognizing the essential role of chemistry education in advancing science, innovation, sustainability, and economic growth throughout the state. The …
Silvia Cavagnero: 2026 WARF Named Professorship Recipient
WARF Named Professorship Recipients
Randy Goldsmith: 2026 Kellet Mid-Career Award
Past Winners Kellett Mid-Career
Exploring the interplay of molecular shape and drug activity
When many of us think of how drugs work in the body, we may first think of how a drug gets into the body, such as a pill versus an injection. In the Gellman Group …
What Professor Gil Nathanson taught us about curiosity.
On May 1, 2026, the Learning Studio at the Department of Chemistry didn’t feel like a lecture hall. It felt more like a playground where curiosity, laughter, and a little bit of water were not …
Emily Elisabeth Palmer: 2026 UW-Madison Graduate Women in Science Ruth Dickie Research Scholarship
https://www.gwisbeta.org/awards/ruth-dickie-awards/