News

On Wednesday, September 4th Dr. Javier Vela was honored at the Corbett Medallion Ceremony. At the ceremony, LAS Dean Benjamin Withers presented the medallion to Javier. Congratulations, Javier! 

Sithmi Hewage and Brayden Weaver are two Undergraduates in the Department of Chemistry, who have been award the Dean's High Impact Award for Fall 2024.

Congratulations to Robbyn on her new appointment as an Associate Editor at ACS Sensors! 

Congratulations to Dr. Yan Zhao! A patent has been issued to Dr. Zhao for "Synthetic Catalysts for Carbohydrate Processing.”

Congratulations to Sara Pisolesi, who has been funded for her Emerging Leaders Academy project in low-distraction accommodations in general chemistry labs!

Congratulations to our graduate award winners!

Sara Pistolesi has been advanced to Professor of Teaching! Congratulations, Sara! 

Student Service Specialist, Adam Wade, has been accepted into the 2024-2025 Emerging Leaders Academy. 

Congratulations to Chemistry graduate student, Gayatri Viswanathan, who received two national recognitions. Gayatri was accepted to 2024 CAS Future Leaders Program (https://www.cas.org/about/futureleaders).

(Pictured: Sara (left) and Iryna (right) with Dean Beate Schmittmann)

Congratulations to our graduate award winners!

(Pictured: Daniel Howell, Henry Thomas, and Victoria Kyveryga)

Dr. Krishna K. Sharma received Postdoctoral Seed Grant 2022 from Iowa State University. This competitive grant provides research funding in the role of a principal investigator to develop an independent research program.