Skip to main content
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Department of Chemistry

Search

Apply
Make a gift
Menu
    • Undergraduate
    • Graduate
    • Meet Our Undergraduates
    • Meet Our Graduate Students
    • Why Study Chemistry
    • Student Financial Aid
    • Undergraduate Application
    • Graduate Application
    • Visit Illinois
    • Undergraduate Studies
    • General Chemistry
    • Graduate Studies
    • Bylaws & Policy Manual
    • Chemistry Learning Center
    • Course Listing
    • SCS Academic Advising Office
    • Research Overview
    • Analytical Chemistry
    • Chemical Biology
    • Inorganic Chemistry
    • Materials Chemistry
    • Organic Chemistry
    • Physical Chemistry
    • Research Concentrations
    • Undergraduate Research
    • Annual Report
    • Chemistry Master Calendar
    • E-newsletter
    • Events
    • History
    • Videos
    • News
    • Public Engagement & Outreach
    • Seminars
    • Sesquicentennial Archives
    • Administration
    • Faculty & Staff
    • Student Organizations
    • History
    • Careers
    • Illini Chemists
    • In Memoriam
    • Merchandise
    • Nobel Prize Winners
    • Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students
    • Graduate Diversity and Program Climate
    • Climate and Diversity Action Plan
    • Community Values & Expectations
    • Events
    • Initiatives
    • Organizations
    • Resources
    • Welcome
    • Alumni News
    • Alumni Resources
    • Donate to Chemistry
    • History
    • Search
  • A chemistry student in lab coat and safety goggles and safety gloves is looking closely at a long thin tube she is holding.
  • This rose-like hue and pattern formed at the bottom of a flask as dichloromethane solvent evaporated from an aromatic compound sample.
  • automated droppers drop solution into vials in a batch of saliva COVID testing on campus
  • COVID-19 virus
  • two people, a man & a woman, wearing chemistry department branded shirts with text behind them saying "Been looking for Chemistry merchandise..."
  • A chemistry student in lab coat and safety goggles and safety gloves is looking closely at a long thin tube she is holding.
    Focus on your future

    Explore the endless opportunities in Chemistry at Illinois.

    Learn More
  • This rose-like hue and pattern formed at the bottom of a flask as dichloromethane solvent evaporated from an aromatic compound sample.
    Science images capture beauty, impact of research

    This winning image submitted by chemistry postdoctoral researcher Xiaolin Liu is titled "Rose in the flask" and shows a rose-like hue and pattern that formed at the bottom of a flask as dichloromethane solvent evaporated from an aromatic compound sample. 

     

    Learn More
  • automated droppers drop solution into vials in a batch of saliva COVID testing on campus
    BTN Documentary: "The New Normal"

    A Big Ten Network documentary details the 2020 journey of researchers from various disciplines across the University of Illinois campus, including the Department of Chemistry, to create a fast and inexpensive COVID-19 test to ensure that students, faculty and staff could remain safe and healthy during the pandemic.

    Learn More
  • COVID-19 virus
    Latest Research

    Chemistry researchers conduct cutting-edge research in a variety of areas

    Learn More
  • two people, a man & a woman, wearing chemistry department branded shirts with text behind them saying "Been looking for Chemistry merchandise..."
    Look no further!
    shop now
  • Yunyan Sun and Jeffrey Moore stand in front of a white board with a computational model drawn on the board between them.

    New tool could facilitate discovery of new mechanically responsive materials

    Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MIT, and Duke collaborate on the development of a simple intuitive tool that can predict the mechanochemical reactivity of C-C bonds in designing mechanophores.
    Read full story New tool could facilitate discovery of new mechanically responsive materials
  • Side by side head shots of Paul Hergenrother and Kristen Munoz

    New antibiotic kills pathogenic bacteria, spares healthy gut microbes

    A research team led by chemistry Prof. Paul Hergenrother and former PhD student Kristen Muñoz (PhD, '23) has developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis while sparing healthy microbes in the mouse gut.
    Read full story New antibiotic kills pathogenic bacteria, spares healthy gut microbes
  • Four researchers stand side by side in front of a blue wall with molecular illustrations

    Illinois chemistry team wins computational science hackathon

    A team from the Department of Chemistry took first place among 12 teams in a cross-campus computational science competition at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
    Read full story Illinois chemistry team wins computational science hackathon

More Department News

  • Winding career path led alum Daniel Heller to "dream job"
    As the head of the Cancer Nanomedicine Laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Daniel Heller (PhD, '10) has rapidly become one of the preeminent young scientists in cancer science, but after college he became a middle school science teacher, which eventually led him to discover a...
    Read full story
  • Graduate students recognized for outstanding mentorship of undergraduates
    Priti Kharel, a sixth-year graduate student in the lab of Pinshane Huang, has been awarded the Gary Schuster Mentoring Scholarship, and Prakriti Das, a fifth-year graduate student in the lab of Scott Silverman, has been awarded the Dr. Sandra Murawski Award for Mentoring Excellence.
    Read full story
  • By listening, scientists learn how a protein folds
    Chemistry professor Martin Gruebele and composer and software developer Carla Scaletti used sound to investigate hydrogen-bond dynamics during the protein-folding process.
    Read full story
More News

Calendar

More Events

Spotlight

  • Nelson Jordan Leonard (1916 – 2006)

    Leonard, Nelson Jordan (1916-2006)

    Nelson J. Leonard, one of the most important chemists of the twentieth century, was not only a master in the application of organic synthesis to the solution of important problems in chemistry, biochemistry, and plant physiology, but very highly regarded as a professional colleague. Leonard was born on September 1, 1916, grew up in Bronxville, New York, and attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, before moving to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. The beginning of World War II in September 1939 forced Leonard's return to the United States. Chemistry was not the only part...
More Spotlights

Research Areas in Chemistry

  • analytical chemistry icon with centrifuge tube
    Analytical Chemistry
  • chemical icon with DNA helix
    Chemical Biology
  • inorganic chemistry icon circles
    Inorganic Chemistry
  • materials icon molecule
    Materials Chemistry
  • organic chemistry icon with protiens
    Organic Chemistry
  • physical chemistry icon with diagram
    Physical Chemistry

Department of Chemistry
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
505 South Mathews Avenue 
Urbana, IL 61801
(map)

Phone: (217) 333-5071
Fax: (217) 244-7091
School of Chemical Sciences

Calendar
Facebook
Instagram
linkedin
Twitter
YouTube
  • Additional resources

    • About
    • Department Login
    • Emergency Phone Numbers
    • Resources

Search form

  • Copyright
  • Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility
  • ATLAS
  • Site login