03/04/2021 - An internationally acclaimed organic chemist and UIUC professor for nearly 60 years, Peter Beak made fundamental contributions to organic chemistry that included unifying concepts and new areas of...
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02/26/2021 - In a study led by affiliate faculty member Huimin Zhao, researchers have developed a direct cloning method that aims to accelerate large-scale discovery of novel natural products.
02/25/2021 - Several Cancer Center at Illinois members, including chemistry Professor Paul Hergenrother, are joining forces with scientists from the Mayo Clinic and Georgetown University on an expansive project...
02/25/2021 - An affiliate faculty member in chemistry, Rohit Bhargava was selected as the 2021 recipient of The Optical Society (OSA) Ellis R. Lippincott Award. Co-presented by the OSA, the Coblentz Society and...
02/24/2021 - Professor Mei Shen has received the 2021 Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achievements by a Young Analytical Scientist from the American Chemical Society's Division of Analytical Chemistry. The award...
02/23/2021 - Using a PET imaging agent designed by chemistry Professor John Katzenellenbogen, a new clinical study shows the ability to identify which breast cancer patients are likely to benefit from a hormone...
02/18/2021 - As a senior manufacturing engineer at Abbott, Illinois chemistry alumnus Nicholas Ndiege (PhD, ’08, Shannon, Masel) is responsible for manufacturing engineering activities related to production of...
02/09/2021 - Several chemistry faculty members are among the dozens of professors in the College of LAS who rank among the top 100,000 most-cited researchers since the mid-1990s, according to a new study based on...
02/04/2021 - The UIUC chapter of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers has organized the Feb. 19-20, 2021, virtual conference that features Professor...
01/28/2021 - A research team that included affiliate chemistry faculty members Huimin Zhao and Paul Selvin used single-molecule imaging to compare the genome-editing tools CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN. Their experiments...
01/27/2021 - A doctoral student in the Fout group, Daniel Najera was born in Chicago, grew up in Mexico and moved to El Paso, Texas, at age 16 to escape economic hardship and pursue educational opportunities that...
01/26/2021 - A teaching laboratory coordinator in the Department of Chemistry, Serenity Desmond is one of seven staff and academic professionals being recognized for outstanding contributions to the College of...
01/25/2021 - The Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society has named Nancy Makri the recipient of the 2021 Award in Theoretical Chemistry, recognizing her research into long-time numerical path...
01/19/2021 - A theoretical chemist, Nick Jackson joins the Chemistry at Illinois faculty from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago where he was an assistant scientist in the Materials Science Division and...
01/15/2021 - Peter K. Dorhout holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and former...
