Department of Chemistry News

Professor Scott Denmark Receives 2012 Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Program Grant

Professor Scott Denmark receives this $1M award to support his research program in the discovery and development of asymmetric catalysis

Martin Gruebele and Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Professors Martin Gruebele and Hammes-Schiffer are two of three Illinois faculty members elected among the 2013 fellows

Zimmerman Group Develops New Molecule for Potential Treatment of Myotonic Dystrophy

The Zimmerman group has developed a small-molecule compound that could be used to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1

Prashant Jain Chosen to Receive 2013 Unilever Award from ACS

Professor Prashant Jain has been selected to receive the 2013 Unilever Award from the ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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• Illinois Receives NSF Grant for Merit Scholarship Program

• Martin Burke Selected to Deliver the Kavli Foundation Emerging Leaders in Chemistry Lecture at the 246th National ACS Mtg.

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• Silverman Lab Develops DNA Catalysts for Protein Dephosphorylation

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• Lu's Reversible Assembly Leads to Tiny Encrypted Messages

• Jie An Yang Wins 2013 Dissertation Award in Materials Chemsitry

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• Three Murphy Lab Students and Professor Murphy Publish a Nano Letters Article on "Nanovacuums" Research

• Stephen Miller ('74) Recognized for Key Discoveries at Chevron

• Six Chemistry at Illinois Graduate Students Receive 2013 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

• Mark Grinstaff ('92) Named a National Academy of Inventors Charter Fellow