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 …
2025 Badger Chemist
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 …
Chemistry Insider: Outreach and Community Centered Chemistry
By Peter Jaeger, Chemistry Outreach Manager As one of our core tenets, outreach at the Department of Chemistry is built to advance three priorities. First, we make the department visible through engagement with other departments …
Connection is the Catalyst: Donor Spotlight
Professor Jen Schomaker hosts endowed professorship donors Dr. Edward and Mrs. Nancy Fody This spring, Dr. Edward and Mrs. Nancy Fody visited the Department of Chemistry ahead of the College of Letters & Science 2025 …