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Faculty Profiles, Staff Profiles, Student Profiles

hUMNs of Chemistry #13

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Gwen Bailey, John Beumer, and Emily Robinson share their stories.

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News, Student Honors/Awards

Taimeng Liang awarded ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship

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Chemistry PhD student Taimeng Liang recently received a Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Chemical Society.

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Faculty Honors/Awards, News

2023 UMN Chemistry patents

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Five Department of Chemistry faculty members were granted patents for their groundbreaking discoveries in 2023.

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Faculty Profiles, News

Jan-Niklas Boyn and Kade Head-Marsden join Department of Chemistry

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Dr. Jan-Niklas Boyn and Dr. Kade Head-Marsden will join the Department of Chemistry faculty in Fall 2024.

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Faculty Honors/Awards

William C. K. Pomerantz receives Horace T. Morse Award

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Professor William C. K. Pomerantz recently received the Horace T. Morse Award, the University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education.

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Research Highlights

MSDFT Calculations Reveal a Quantum-Switch Mechanism in Photosynthesis

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Professor Jiali Gao and his collaborators have recently published a new paper in Nature Plants that explores problems and solutions related to photosynthesis and bioengineered plants.

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Staff Profiles, Student Profiles

hUMNs of Chemistry #12

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Andrea Ligocki, Chuck Tomlinson, and Bethany Widholm share their stories.

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Faculty Honors/Awards

Regents Professor Timothy Lodge elected to National Academy of Engineering

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Timothy Lodge has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for “contributions to the understanding of the dynamic properties of multicomponent polymers and self-assembled structures."

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Faculty Honors/Awards

Professor Courtney Roberts selected for McKnight Land-Grant Professorship award

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Courtney Roberts has been awarded the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, an award created for highly-promising junior faculty members.

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Faculty Profiles, Staff Profiles

hUMNs of Chemistry #11

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Steven Diaz, Chris Douglas, and Dan MacEwan share their stories.