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2018 Distinguished Alumni, Endowed Chairs, and Alumni News

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Joseph Madsen received his undergraduate degree from the University of Utah in 1976. He then went on to earn an MD from Harvard Medical School in 1981. Between 1981 and 1983, he completed an internship followed by a research fellowship with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, then completed his residency in 1989 with […]

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Humans of The U: Ming Hammond

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HUMANS OF THE U: MING HAMMOND September 17, 2018 “This past summer I joined the U as an associate professor of chemistry. I’m also excited to be a part of the Henry Eyring Center for Cell and Genome Science. My lab uses chemistry to understand how bacteria, and also immune cells, perceive and change behavior […]

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Committed to Excellence

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  Janis Louie, Professor of the Department of Chemistry, has received the 2018-19 College of Science Award for Teaching Excellence. The CoS Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes extraordinary skill in university teaching with an emphasis on outstanding accomplishments and commitments to science and/or math education. Congratulations Janis!

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Standing Out From The Crowd

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Professor Ryan Steele has been awarded the 2017 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship from the Ownership Societies and Editorial Board of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP). The lectureship was created to recognize and support an emerging scientist working in physical chemistry, chemical physics or biophysical chemistry who is making an outstanding contribution to their field and is […]

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Professor Steele Awarded

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  Professor Ryan Steele has been awarded the 2017-18 College of Science Award for Fostering Undergraduate Research Excellence. The award is in recognition of Professor Steele’s outstanding contributions to undergraduate research. Congratulations!

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2016 Distinguished Alumni, Research, & Cynthia Burrow’s Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology

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Sung Wan Kim received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry with Professor Henry Eyring in 1969. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and a Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering at the U. He was Director of the Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery from 1985-2006. Dr. Kim is a pioneer in drug delivery […]

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2016 Distinguished Alumni Awards

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Dr. Sung Wan Kim, PhD ’69 Dr. Jaqueline L. Kiplinger, PhD ’96 Dr. Milton L. Lee, BA ’71 Dr. James M. Sugihara, PhD ’47 On Monday, April 18th, the Department of Chemistry honored four former students as our 2016 Distinguished Alumni. ” Sung Wan Kim received his PhD in Physical Chemistry with Professor Henry Eyring […]

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Alumna Authors JOC Cover Article

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Judy Zhu (HBS ’15) is first author on the current cover article of The Journal of Organic Chemistry. The paper is based on her undergraduate honors thesis, covering the pH dependency of 5-guanidinohydantoin, important in research around DNA damage and resulting diseases. Judy is currently spending a gap year in Cindy Burrows‘ lab, then plans […]

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2015 Distinguished Alumni & all things Curie Club

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Professor Joseph A. Gardella, Jr. received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh and completed postdoctoral research in Physical Chemistry at the University of Utah, working with Ted Eyring in 1982. He then joined the faculty at University at Buffalo, State University of New York, where he is now a Distinguished Professor […]

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2015 Distinguished Alumni Awards

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Joseph Gardella, Postdoc ’82 Diane Parry, PhD ’89 Don Reese, BS ’73 (MD ’77) Kirk Ririe, BS ’05 On Monday, April 20th, the Department of Chemistry honored four former students as our 2015 Distinguished Alumni. Professor Joseph A. Gardella, Jr. received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh and completed postdoctoral research […]

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