Monday, Mar. 31 & Tuesday, Apr. 1 with Evan Williams Professor J. Calvin Giddings was a graduate of Brigham Young University, earned his Ph.D. under Henry Eyring at the University of Utah in 1954, and did postdoctoral work at the University of Wisconsin. He joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 1957. Among […]

Monday, Apr. 7 & Tuesday, Apr. 8 with W.E. Moerner & Julie Biteen George and Camilla Smith, generous long-time supporters of the University of Utah, funded the Henry Eyring Lectureship in Chemistry and the Bryant A. Miner Lectureship in Chemistry in 2016. These endowments memorialize two influential chemists in the Department’s history: Bryant A. Miner, […]

Monday, Apr. 14 & Tuesday, Apr. 15 with John A. Gladysz & Janet Bluemel In 2016, the Department of Chemistry hosted the inaugural Robert W. Parry Lectureship in Inorganic Chemistry. This annual lecture recognizes Distinguished Professor Bob Parry, one of our most notable former faculty members. Prof. Harry delivered the first lecture. Gray, a world-class inorganic […]

The 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 […]

We are elated to share the establishment of the Allen Foundation Presidential Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Honor of the Casarotto Family in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah. Founded in 1991, The Allen Foundation aims to continue the legacy of generosity and community involvement of their founder, Marion Mathis Allen. Marion was […]

On 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 […]

On April 12th, 2025, the University of Utah Chemistry Department unveiled a statue of Utah’s most distinguished scientist, Henry Eyring. The statue - sculpted by Mark Degraffenried, cast under the direction of Brett Wright, and funded by the Semnani Family Foundation - stands proudly in the center of the atrium of his namesake building, commemorating […]

We 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 […]

We interviewed two postdoctoral fellows, Hugo Samayoa Ovied, and Lokesh Saravanan, to gain insights into what life is like as a postdoc here at U Chem, and the fascinating discoveries they are contributing to the world of research. Hugo and Lokesh work in Scott Anderson’s lab, whose research is centered around nanoparticle surface chemistry. Tell […]

Congratulations to Professor Shumaker-Parry on being named recipient of the 2024-2025 University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award! Dr. Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah. She joined the Chemistry Department as an Assistant Professor in January 2005 before being promoted to Professor in 2016, and now also serves as […]

American Chemical Society (ACS) Applied Electronic Materials recently welcomed 8 newly appointed members from around the globe to its Early Career Board (ECB). The ECB was put together to bring fresh perspectives and new expertise to help shape the future of electronic materials research. Dr. Connor Bischack, Assistant Professor at the University of Utah Chemistry […]

The Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships announced that 12 University of Utah students have been selected as semi-finalists for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, this nationally competitive program supports academic exchanges between the United States and over 140 countries around the […]

Chemistry Students Place Third in Climate Solutions Hackathon The University of Utah’s Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy recently hosted their annual Climate Solutions Hackathon - an event where great minds come together to find creative solutions to a specific climate-related problem. This year’s hackathon was focused on finding solutions to the various aspects […]

Alum Stanton McHardy named National Academy of Inventors Fellow The Department of Chemistry is proud to share and celebrate the outstanding achievements of alumnus Dr. Stanton McHardy, who has recently been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He completed his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of Utah in 1996 and […]

The Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award is given annually to a researcher who has made a significant and independent impact in the area of analytical chemistry within the first ten years after his or her doctoral degree. The award has been presented jointly with Pittcon since 2002 and is given out each year at a special […]

The work of recent chemistry graduate Uziel Gonzalez (BS ‘24) was featured in the September 24 publication of C & E News feature “Chemistry in Pictures.” Tom Richmond said for the C & E News “While purifying tert-butylmalononitrile, a useful starting material for the synthesis of organic electronic materials, University of Utah chemistry undergraduate Uziel Gonzalez discovered […]

The University of Utah Department of Chemistry was joined by Dr. Dipa Kalyani, Principal Scientist at Merck, and Michael West, Postdoctoral Fellow at Merck, for an insightful seminar about the impact of academic-industry collaborations for pharmaceutically relevant synthetic innovations. Afterwards, during our monthly Curie Club coffee chat, our students had the opportunity to ask them […]

On April 17, 2024 we held the annual Awards Ceremony to celebrate our students, faculty and staff. It was a celebration of hard work and outstanding contributions of the Department of Chemistry. Guest Speaker: Dr. Amy M. Barrios Professor in the Department of Medicinal, Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy, University of Utah

On April 20, 2023 we held the annual Awards Ceremony to celebrate our students, faculty and staff. It was a celebration of hard work and outstanding contributions of the Department of Chemistry. Guest Speaker: Adrienne Carey, MD Assist. Professor, Infectious Diseases & Immunology. Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine, Department […]

From the College of Science article: “I am honored to receive this award and excited to join the community of researchers supported by the Simons Foundation to answer fundamental questions about microbial ecology and evolution.” says Aaron Puri, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Henry Eyring Center for Cell and Genome Science and one of five awardees […]

The research efforts of Mina Done, with Cindy Burrows and Max Austin, with Andrew Roberts, the U Chemistry’s Beckman Scholars are highlighted in highlighted in the 2023 Innovation Report from the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, David Eccles School of Business. Special tanks to Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Photo: Max Austin, curtesy of the Lassonde Entrepreneur […]