Six students from the department were awarded a Dean's High Impact Award for Undergraduate Research, spring 2020. These awards provide $1,200.00 to undergraduates for conducting 100 hours of research during the spring semester.
James Walker, 2017 PhD from Stanley Group, currently of Dow shares his passion for chemistry, the firm’s rotational program for early-career researchers, and volunteering in schools.
An article by ISU Chemistry (and friends!) Scott E. Julien, Ann Lii-Rosales, Kai-Tak Wan, Yong Han, Michael C. Tringides, James W. Evans and Patricia A. Thiel … was noted as one of the most popular articles in Nanoscale for 2019.
Susan Lehman, Chemistry Stores, will be among sixteen individuals from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to be honored at the 85th annual Iowa State University 25-Year Banquet on March 2, 2020.
Robbyn Anand has been named the inaugural Suresh Faculty Fellow at Iowa State University. Anand is deeply honored that she has been selected to be the first for the university, she will hold the title for five years.
In a cover article published by C&E News discussing how it is important for undergraduate educators to make chemistry tie in with the world around us, our own Dr. Thomas Holme is quoted multiple times.
New catalysis paper on hydroboration using a new grafted organolanthanum species from collaborative work with Sadow Group and Ames Laboratory appearing in JACS: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b11606.
Kovnir group published a study showing that the normally nonporous materials can be prepared as inherently tunable clathrates—crystals with cage-like cavities that trap molecules or ions
Paige Hinners, Madison Thomas and Young-Jin Lee recently published Determining Fingerprint Age with Mass Spectrometry Imaging via Ozonolysis of Triacylglycerols Analytical Chemistry
Thank you to the 3MT participants for representing the department at this year's competition. Congratulations to Alexander Volkov and Jiwoo An who were amongst the finalists and runners-up for 2019.
Sue-Lein Wang, a distinguished chair professor and researcher in the department of chemistry at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, has received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Chemistry.
Jared Anderson was named by "Analytical Scientist," a leading magazine from the United Kingdom known to all analytical chemists, as a top 100 analytical scientist worldwide. Congratulations to Anderson on this prestigious acknowledgement!