“I get to create things that have never existed in the universe before, hold them in my hand and share them,” says Ryan Stolley PhD’13 an associate director of the Science Research Initiative (SRI) at the University of Utah, and adjunct assistant professor of chemistry. Our very own Alumni Ryan Stolley was recently acknowledged as one of 2024’s […]
Read MoreRyan White, a former student of the U is now the University of Cincinnati’s new Dean of Natural Sciences. White, a former student of Professor Henry White, received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the U. According to University of Cincinnati: Ryan J. White is Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in the Department of Chemistry with […]
Read MoreU 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 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 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 MoreHumans of the U featured Chemistry’s Collins Kabaira and his inspiring story about how he overcame all the hurdles that come with immigrating to the U.S. as a young person. “There were days I didn’t think I would make it.” Read the full story below: “I’m originally from Zimbabwe. I went to Snow College for […]
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