Faculty Voice in the News

9 years ago

UCLA chemistry lecturer & philosopher of science Eric Scerri writes about the nature of science for the Los Angeles Times. Dr. Eric Scerri is an author and editor of several […]

Faculty Voice in the News
February 21

2017 Senior Foote Fellows

9 years ago

Graduate students Marco Messina (Maynard Group), Lucas Morrill (Garg Group), and Adam Simon (Houk Group) have been named the 2017 Senior Foote Fellows.   The Christopher S. Foote fellowship in Organic […]

2017 Senior Foote Fellows
February 17

Professor Neil Garg’s popular BACON learning tool featured in Nature Reviews Chemistry

9 years ago

An article by Professor Neil Garg and former graduate student Dr Tejas Shah appeared in the “In the Classroom” section of the newest Nature journal.   BACON stands for Biology […]

Professor Neil Garg’s popular BACON learning tool featured in Nature Reviews Chemistry
February 15

Inaugural Inorganic Nano-Materials Seminar

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Professor Catherine Murphy (University of Illinois) gave the first Inorganic Nano-Materials Seminar on Friday, February 10th. The seminar, titled “Gold Nanocrystals: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Ecology” was sponsored by MilliporeSigma […]

Inaugural Inorganic Nano-Materials Seminar
February 14

Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholar.

9 years ago

Chemistry undergraduate researcher Paul Chong (Spokoyny group) has been named a Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholar.  The prestigious program matches chemistry and chemical engineering students to internships at Fortune […]

Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholar.
February 13

Fulbright Specialist Grant

9 years ago

Professor Heather Maynard awarded a Fulbright Specialist grant, allowing her to visit New Zealand to provide her expertise in biohybrid polymeric materials. “I am thrilled to be awarded a Fulbright […]

Fulbright Specialist Grant
February 9

2017 Eli Lilly Travel Award Winner

9 years ago

Graduate student Elaine Qian (Spokoyny lab) is one of ten female students nationally to receive the ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Travel Award. “I’m very grateful to the WCC and […]

2017 Eli Lilly Travel Award Winner
February 9

2017 Daniel Kivelson Lecture

9 years ago

Renowned theoretical chemist Professor James Skinner (University of Chicago) gave the 2017 Daniel Kivelson Lecture on February 6th.  Skinner’s lecture titled “Supercooled Water: Three-Body Interactions, IR Spectra in No Man’s […]

2017 Daniel Kivelson Lecture
February 7