Congratulations to Vahe Bandarian and Karsten Eastman on receiving the Founders of the Year award! Eastman completed his Ph.D. in 2023 in the lab of U Chemistry professor Vahe Bandarian. The pair launched Sethera Theraputics last year to commercialize their discoveries made at the university with funding from the National Institutes of Health. Their efforts […]
Read MoreThe 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 three of our outstanding alumni on September 29, 2025 in the Department of Chemistry. The awardees held seminars and visited faculty and students in the […]
Read MoreDr. Michael Pence, a University of Utah Chemistry postdoc co-advised by Professor Shelley Minteer and Professor Long Luo, recently received the prestigious 2025 NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NSF MPS-Ascend) to conduct a program of research and activities related to broadening participation in STEM. This fellowship awarded to Michael will support his […]
Read MoreCongratulations to Dr. Sanaz Habibi, recent Chemistry PhD graduate, on being awarded the 2025 Thomas G. Stockham Medal for Conspicuously Effective Teaching! The Stockham Medal for Conspicuously Effective Teaching is awarded to one university student a year in recognition of exceptional teaching achievement. Students are nominated by their faculty advisors or mentors and winners of […]
Read MoreResearch Corporation for Science Advancement, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation have funded seven team proposals for collaborative projects pairing advances in automation and AI to key questions in fundamental research in the second year of the Scialog: Automating Chemical Laboratories initiative. RCSA Senior Program Director Andrew Feig, who leads the initiative, reminded […]
Read MoreThis summer, Gina Frey, Ronald and Eileen Ragsdale Endowed Chair of Chemical Education, recently attended the American Chemical Society’s 2025 Great Lakes Regional Meeting, where she represented the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project (ISTP). At the meeting, ISTP was awarded the 2025 Stanley C. Israel Great Lakes Region Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences. […]
Read MoreHenry S. White, a world-renowned leader in the field of electrochemistry and distinguished professor chemistry, has been named the 2025 recipient of the University of Utah’s Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence. A former dean of the College of Science and chairman of the Department of Chemistry, White has demonstrated a deep commitment to student success and […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah Graduate School created the Distinguished Mentor Award to honor those who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the mentorship of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Nominations for this award are submitted by current and former graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, and members of the campus community, which are then reviewed by an […]
Read MoreOn April 16, 2025, we held the annual Awards Ceremony to celebrate our students, faculty, and staff. It was a celebration of hard work and the outstanding contributions of the Department of Chemistry. Guest Speaker: Dr. Jessica R. Kramer, PhD Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, John and Marcia Price College of Engineering, University of Utah In […]
Read MoreWe are proud to share that our faculty member, Dr. Bethany Buck, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Faculty Fellow Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research! This award provides faculty members one semester of full release time from teaching and administrative tasks, allowing them to dedicate their time […]
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