Professor Anastassia Alexandrova is part of the newly funded Energy Frontier Research Center, named Center for Closing the Carbon Cycle (4C).   The Center for Closing the Carbon Cycle, or “4C” […]

We are pleased to welcome alumna Mackenzie Anderson (BS ’17, MS ’19, PhD ’22, Kaner group) as the department’s new 2022-25 Willard F Libby Teacher-Scholar. Our Teacher-Scholar program allows postdoctoral […]

Led by Professor Anastassia Alexandrova, the new center’s research team will be working in a new branch of chemistry involving the creation of molecules that act as qubits. Alexandrova will […]

In a new video, Professor Keriann Backus explains her Nobel Fund project aiming to develop a new method for mapping the protein interactions that are fundamental to almost every process […]

Professor Ken Houk is co-leader of a team of researchers who have found a way to break down fluorine compounds that contribute to pollution and health problems The team includes Professor […]

Professor Amy Keating (PhD ’98 Houk/García-Garibay groups) has been named head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Biology. After graduating from Harvard University with a degree in […]

Their Nobel Fund project is to combine synthetic biology and synthetic chemistry to develop cannabinoids, both the common cannabinoids as well as rare cannabinoids for medicinal use. They have been […]

In a new video, Professor Richard Kaner explains his Nobel Fund team’s goal is to create technology for grid-level batteries that store energy from sustainable but intermittent sources such as the […]