Organized by the Molecular Structure Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Chemistry, the Wisconsin Crystal Growing Competition is now accepting registrations for its annual statewide contest among middle school, high school, and home schooled students. …
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National Academy of Inventors and American Peptide Society Honor Professor Ronald Raines
Ronald Raines, Henry Lardy Professor of Biochemistry and Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Biology, recently has earned two national awards. He was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and also received the Vincent du Vigneaud …
Tracy Drier Receives Local American Chemical Society Outreach Award
The Wisconsin Local Section of the American Chemical Society has named Master Glassblower Tracy Drier as a 2017 Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year. The award recognizes Drier’s many educational outreach efforts. Each year, …
Alumnus Robert Bergman Earns 2017 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
Robert Bergman (Ph.D. ’66, Berson) has earned the Wolf Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the activation of carbon-hydrogen bonds of hydrocarbons by soluble transition metal complexes. Bergman is Gerald E.K. Branch Distinguished Professor …
Undergraduate Office Welcomes Jessica Baran
Jessica Baran (jlbaran@wisc.edu) has joined the Undergraduate Chemistry Office as an Undergraduate Services Specialist. Jessica graduated from UW-Eau Claire in 2015 with Bachelor of Business Administration in Management, and with certificates in Organizational Communication and …
Novel Catalysts Improve Path to More Sustainable Plastics Production
The second most-produced organic chemical in the world, propene is a key component of plastics found in consumer goods such as electronics, clothing and food packaging. For years, oil refineries have produced an abundance of …
Freshman Dahlia Tesfamichael Reflects on Becoming a Badger
Dahlia Tesfamichael, who turned down Harvard to attend UW-Madison, discusses making tough choices, pursuing chemistry and looking forward to a bright future. I was born and I grew up right outside of Milwaukee in Greenfield, Wisconsin. …
Chemical & Engineering News Recognizes Professors’ Startup Company
Madison-based company Silatronix is among Chemical & Engineering News’ ‘10 ‘Start-ups to Watch’ for 2016. Professor Robert Hamers and Professor Emeritus Robert West founded the company in 2007 to develop better organosilicon solvents for batteries. …
Undergraduate Office Welcomes Erynn Zweifel
Erynn Zweifel (ezweifel@wisc.edu) has joined the Undergraduate Chemistry Office as an undergraduate services specialist. Erynn graduated from UW-Madison in 2015 with a major in mathematics. Before coming to UW-Madison, he studied at UW-Rock County, where …