University of Utah chemist Jessica Swanson has retooled her lab to help develop a process that would harness methane-eating bacteria, known as methanotrophs, which naturally break down methane into carbon dioxide and organic compounds. She aims to discover ways to enable methanotrophs to effectively pull methane from the air at low concentrations in next-generation bioreactors. The Swanson lab has […]
Read MoreNew research from the University of Utah, with Germany’s Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research and Idaho’s Boise State University, is shedding fresh light on the role of biological agents—produced by fungi of all things—in ice formation. Valeria Molinero, a theoretical chemist with the University of Utah’s College of Science, is at the forefront of […]
Read MoreProfessor of Chemistry and Associate Dean of Science, Vahe Bandarian, was selected as one of the 2023 ACS fellows. Vahe Bandarian is a biological chemistry Professor and has been at University of Utah since 2015. He graduated with his B.S. at California State University-Los Angeles in 1992, went on to get his Ph.D. at the […]
Read MorePhoto Credit: Todd Anderson In a recently published paper in Nature Chemistry, In a recently published paper in Nature Chemistry, Kefu Wang and Ming Lee Tang of our department described a composite material consisting of extremely small silicon nanoparticles and an organic component capable of transforming lower-energy light into higher-energy light. Read here […]
Read MoreOn July 1, 2023, Michael D. Morse was appointed to the rank of Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah. Distinguished Research Morse began his independent academic career at Utah in January 1985 and immediately set himself up as the foremost authority in his field by writing a sole-author review article for Chemical Reviews on […]
Read MoreProfessor Whittaker-Brooks participated in the Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel from May 27 – June 9. Prof. Whittaker-Brooks traveled throughout Israel, meeting Israeli professors from her respective discipline and with the same or similar research interests – all with the goal of developing collaborations, research projects, co-authoring articles, and establishing exchange programs between faculty and […]
Read MoreOn March 6, 2023, Valeria Molinero received the American Physical Society Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics. Read here about Professor Molinero’s award. Valeria Molinero is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Jack and Peg Simons Endowed Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, and Director of the Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Utah. She uses molecular simulations and theory […]
Read MoreVahe Bandarian Eric W. Schmidt Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry University of Utah professors Vahe Bandarian, Eric W. Schmidt and Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry are among the 506 newly-elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Bandarian, professor of […]
Read MoreDistinguished Professor Dr. Cynthia Burrows is the 2022 Pauling Medal awardee. Read about her research and accomplishments here. The Pauling Medal recognizes chemists who have made outstanding national and international contributions to the field. It was named for Dr. Linus Pauling and is presented by the Puget Sound and Portland sections of the American […]
Read MoreEach year, Clarivate™ identifies the world’s most influential researchers ─ the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. In 2022, fewer than 7,000, or about 0.1%, of the world’s researchers, in 21 research fields and across multiple fields, have earned this exclusive distinction. Peter Stang is among […]
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