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 …
Feature Stories
Professor Judith Burstyn named director at NSF
Professor Judith Burstyn will take leave of absence from the Department of Chemistry to join the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry as its division director in January 2025. The position is a two-year …
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 …
Publication chosen as ACS Editors’ Choice
A publication from Nick Hill, Philip Lampkin, Brian Esselman, Angie Xu, Cara Schwarz, and Sam Gellman, “Energy Transfer Photocatalytic (E)(Z) Isomerization of 2-Nitrocinnamaldehyde using an Inexpensive, 3-D Printed Photoreactor Monitored by 1H NMR Spectroscopy and …
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 …
Galli awarded 2024-2025 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Awardee by the Theoretical Chemistry Institute
Professor Galli was then honored at an award banquet on October 1, 2024, where she was be presented with $15,000 in prize funds.
Summer Chem…A student’s guide
Julian Cooper joins Department of Chemistry as Assistant Professor
On July 1, 2024, Julian Cooper will join the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor to research and unlock new modes of chemical reactivity in materials.
Department of Chemistry recognizes 116 students with over $400,000 in scholarships at 2024 Awards Ceremony.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Chemistry held its annual Student Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 21, 2023, celebrating more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students.