Spotlight

Lars Plate wins Scialog Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and USDA

Aug. 23, 2023—For his work on zoonotic threat mitigation, Lars Plate was awarded $50,000 from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Three chemistry faculty win NIH MIRA grants

Aug. 23, 2023—Chemistry faculty members Nathan Schley, Allison Walker, and John Yang have each been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health to continue their groundbreaking chemistry research.

Jens Meiler elected AAAS fellow

Mar. 16, 2023—Jens Meiler distinguished research professor of chemistry been elected 2021 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his outstanding contributions to developing and disseminating methods for determining protein structure and de novo design and engineering of proteins.

Robinson named president of NOBCChE

Mar. 16, 2023—Renã A.S. Robinson, associate professor of chemistry and Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor Faculty Fellow, has been named president of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers.

McLean elected National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Mar. 16, 2023—John McLean, Stevenson Professor of Chemistry, Stevenson Chair and the director of the Center for Innovative Technologies, has been elected a 2021 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.