Brennan McBride, senior in Chemistry, is one of 30 Iowa State students selected to present their research at the 33rd annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), which takes place April 11-13 at Kennesaw Stat
Yan Zhao, professor of chemistry is the recipient of the 2019 Trapp Innovation award. The award provides funding to a faculty member who is pursuing new or unique research in chemistry or the physical sciences.
William Jenks as been renewed as Chair of the Department of Chemistry for three academic years, ending in 2022. It is with great pleasure Jenks has agreed to the continuation of the position.
Kirill Kovnir is pleased to annouce that his postdoctoral research scholar, Georgyi Akopov, has been selected to receive the 2019 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (DIC) Young Investigator Award.
There were many truly excellent posters this year presented at the open house, but the judging committee was able to arrive at 4 finalists for the Cotton-Uphaus award.
Congratulations to Joani Mato and Peng Xu, both in Mark Gordon's Group, who recieved major recoginitions at the recent Sanibel Symposium on Quantum Chemistry. Nice Work!
Jared Anderson, has been named editor for the Journal of Chromatography A, an Elsevier publication. He will be one of eight members of the journal’s editorial board, and only one of two Americans to hold the position.
A federal research project involving Ames Lab scientists, and chemistry professor, Aaron Sadow, is looking for ways to "upcycle" single-use plastics, turning them into more valuable chemicals to make recovery worthwhile.
Javier Vela is one of seven researchers at Iowa State University being recognized by The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), for his work.
Congratulations to Ann Lii-Rosales who was given the Nellie Yeoh Whetton Award, a nationally competitive award with the American Vacuum Society, which required that she give a private presentation to its awards committee.
Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate scientist Dr. Benjamin Prince was recognized as an AFRL Science and Engineering Early Career Award winner.