Department News
Department News
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus C. Alden Mead (1932 – 2025)
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The Department of Chemistry mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus C. Alden Mead, who passed away on February 6th, 2025.
Boiteau and Roberts receive prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for early-career researchers
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Rene Boiteau and Courtney Roberts are two of only 126 early-career researchers who will receive a prestigious 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship.
Haynes group patents new method to fight global food insecurity
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Novel nanoparticle research from the Haynes group aims to fight global food insecurity by boosting the defenses of food-producing plants.
Raihana Afroz earns Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship from University of Minnesota Graduate School
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This highly-competitive fellowship recognizes outstanding mid-career PhD students who are engaged in interdisciplinary research.
Pomerantz awarded $3.5M from National Institutes for Health for cancer research
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William Pomerantz and his collaborators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have been awarded a $3.5M grant through the National Cancer Institute.
Seven staff celebrate Years of Service milestones
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Congratulations Chuck, Joe, Diana, Heather, Miriam, Justin, and Adam!
Assistant Professor Jessica Lamb receives Marion Milligan Mason Award
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Jessica Lamb has received the Marion Milligan Mason Award, which aims to support early-career faculty in the chemical sciences.
PhD candidate Parker Staub wins ACS Pride Merck Graduate Research Award
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The award recognizes seven outstanding LGBTQIA2S+ researchers in STEM graduate programs each year.
PhD candidate Sidharth Panda wins 2024 CSE Three-Minute Thesis competition
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Sidharth Panda took top honors with his presentation "Fixing Genes with mRNA Packages."
Bhagi-Damodaran lab receives Paul Saltman Young Investigator Award
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Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran will give an invited talk at the Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference.