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Faculty Profiles, Staff Profiles, Student Profiles

hUMNs of Chemistry #15

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Christy Haynes, Parker Staub, and Stephanie Stathopoulos share their stories.

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Research Highlights

Bailey Group research earns grant from ACS Petroleum Research Fund

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The Bailey Group has been awarded a new grant from the ACS to pursue their research on using copper chalcogenide clusters to support inert bond activation.

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Student Honors/Awards

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program honors nine Chemistry student community members

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Nine members of the Department of Chemistry student community were recently honored with recognition by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

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News, Research Highlights

Roberts group publishes synthetic chemistry research in Science

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The Roberts group recently published a new paper in Science that explores enabling the use of a previously inaccessible functional group for N-heteroaromatic compounds

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Faculty Profiles, News

Hannah Kenagy and Melissa Ramirez join Department of Chemistry

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Chemistry will welcome Dr. Hannah Kenagy and Dr. Melissa Ramirez to the faculty in January 2025. Both chemists will enter the department as Assistant Professors.

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Faculty Profiles, Staff Profiles, Student Profiles

hUMNs of Chemistry #14

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Ben Geisbauer, Juan Sanfiel, and Andreas Stein share their stories.

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Student Honors/Awards

Kargbo, Pham, and Tuga receive Merck Underrepresented Chemists of Color Research Award

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Three Chemistry PhD students are honored with the Merck Underrepresented Chemists of Color Research Award for their excellence in research and dedication to community & mentorship.

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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.