U Chemistry Distinguished Alumni Awards 2023 The Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah established the Distinguished Chemistry Alumni Awards in 2011 to recognize and honor our most prominent and successful alumni. We celebrated four of our outstanding alumni on October 23 and 24 in the Department of Chemistry. The awardees held seminars and […]
Read MoreDakota Merriles is a graduate student in the lab of Distinguished Professor Michael Morse. The central theme of his Ph.D. research is the spectroscopic and quantum chemical characterization of the electronic structure and chemical bonding of small d- and f-block metal boride, carbide, nitride, and oxide molecules. “I have systematically probed the chemical bonding between […]
Read MoreBilly Wang grew up in Utah and attended the University of Utah in 2001. He got a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and an honors Bachelor’s degree in Finance, both in 2005. After he got his degrees he moved to New York City and did a couple of years doing investing at Goldman Sachs. After working […]
Read MoreOn May 4, 2023 we held our graduation for the College of Science graduates. Peter E. Trapa, Dean of College of Science, Matthew S. Sigman, Chair of the Department of Chemistry, and other faculty members congratulated the Chemistry students for their accomplishments. The Chemistry Department Hooding Ceremony took place at the College of Science […]
Read MoreElizabeth N. Bess, Ph.D. – Finding Catalysts of Gut Reactions: The Gut Microbiota in Disease Onset and Treatment Bess is a Professor at the University of California, Irvine. She received her bachelor’s degree in 2009 and her Ph.D. in 2015, both from the University of Utah. While a Ph.D. student, Elizabeth Bess conducted her research […]
Read MoreProfessor Lawrence Nathan, Ph.D. 1970 After graduating from the University of Utah Department of Chemistry in 1970, Professor Lawrence Nathan had 33 years of devoted career in chemistry at Santa Clara University, located in the heart of Silicon Valley in California. He retired in 2003 and currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus. Professor Nathan […]
Read MoreJerry Murry, PhD’94 and his family attended the 2023 Rose Bowl where No. 8 Utah took on No. 11 Penn State in the 109th Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena. Although the Rose Bowl didn’t end with the outcome, we all hoped for, everyone who attended had a tremendous time being in Pasadena among more than […]
Read MoreDistinguished Alum Rik Tykwinski was here from the University of Alberta to deliver his lecture, Still Chasing Carbyne. Rik Tykwinski is a physical organic chemist with a focus on structure-property relationships in conjugated molecules. He earned his PhD from the University of Utah with Peter Stang in 1994. He worked with Professor François Diederich as […]
Read MoreDouglas Henderson passed away of cancer on September 25, 2020. He was the son of Donald Ross Henderson and Evelyn Louise Scott and was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on July 28, 1934. His family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia when he was 9 and it was there that he grew up. He attended […]
Read MoreFrom Dr. Kim’s Obituary in The Salt Lake Tribune Dr. Sung Wan Kim 1940-2020 Salt Lake City, UT-Dr. Sung Wan Kim, 79, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and friends on Monday, February 24, 2020 at the University of Utah Medical Center. Born on August 21, 1940 in Busan, South Korea, Dr. Kim is survived […]
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