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From the Chemistry Department

Jim Chelikowsky Awarded The Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory

Professor Jim Chelikowsky has been honored with the 2022 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory for his pioneering use of computational strategies to understand and predict material properties at the nanoscale.
Zak Page Receives Teaching Excellence Award

Zak Page Receives Teaching Excellence Award

Assistant Professor Zak Page is a recipient of a 2022 College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. This award recognizes excellence among the College's many exceptional faculty who are committed to teaching at either the undergraduate or graduate level.

Hang Ren Receives MIRA Grant

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Hang Ren, recipient of a five-year NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) grant titled, “Spatially and Temporarily Resolved Precision Delivery for Quantitative Biological Studies." This $1.87M grant will support Dr. Ren's research in the area of developing nanoelectrochemistry ...
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Carlos Baiz and Mike Rose Receive DOE Office of Science Grants

  Congratulations to Associate Professors Carlos Baiz and Mike Rose who have received grants from the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences. Dr. Baiz’s grant is titled, "Ultrafast Chemistry in Confined Environments: Understanding the role of H-bond dynamics” and will support his research in the area of electrocatalytic react...

Thushani Herath, Simon Humphrey, and Matt Worden Promoted

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Thushani Herath, Simon Humphrey, and Matt Worden have been promoted, effective September 1, 2022. Thushani Herath and Matt Worden have been promoted to Associate Professors of Instruction. Herath received her PhD from Wayne State University and joined the department in 2016. Worden r...