The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program, which supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences, recently selected Professor Zach Wickens as an award winner for 2025. The national award …
Awards & Honors
Professor Zanni elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences announced April 29, 2025, Professor Martin Zanni has been elected as a member. Professor Zanni is one of 120 members elected this year in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements …
Department of Chemistry recognizes more than 150 students and grants over $420,000 in scholarships at the 2025 Awards Ceremony.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Chemistry held its annual Student Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 24, 2025, celebrating more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students. Because of generous donations from many benefactors, the Department …
Char Horsfall receives 2025 Chemistry Department Staff Award
Char Horsfall was named the 2025 winner of the Chemistry Department Staff Award.
Department of Chemistry’s Ive Hermans Named 2024 AAAS Fellow
Professor Ive Hermans, Evan P. and Marion Helfaer Professor, and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering has been named a 2024 AAAS Fellow for distinguished contributions to the development of catalytic materials and elucidating reaction …
Department honors outstanding teaching
On Friday, March 14, 2025, the Department of Chemistry honored the 2025 James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award winner and 14 winners of the Outstanding Chemistry Teaching Assistant Award. The ceremony held in the …
2024 WARF Innovation Award Winners: Professor Song Jin and Graduate Student Katelyn Michael
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) announced today that Professor Song Jin and graduate student Katelyn Michael have won the 2024 WARF Innovation Award for their work, Inventive Electrochemical Process Breaks Down ‘Forever Chemicals. Six …
Prof. Silvia Cavagnero to receive prestigious 2025 Emily M. Gray award
The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Silvia Cavagnero, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Emily M. Gray Award. Cavagnero will be honored at the Society’s …
Professor Widicus Weaver and Assistant Professor Todd awarded Research Forward 2024 Award for a project investigating life on planets outside our solar system.
Professor Suzanna Widicus Weaver and Assistant Professor Zoe Todd from the Department of Chemistry, along with seven co-PIs have won a Research Forward 2024 Award for a project entitled “Searching for signs of life in …
Prof. Huang awarded Research Forward 2024 Award for a project using AI to identify molecular glues relevant to the development of cancer-fighting drugs.
Prof. Xuhui Huang of the Department of Chemistry, along with co-PIs Computer Faculty Sharon Li and Professor of Pharmacy Weiping Tang have won a Research Forward 2024 Award for a project entitled “A novel deep …