Department of Chemistry

Janet Kavandi (PhD, Chemistry, 1990), who recently retired from a senior NASA post, went to space three times and added fairness to the astronaut selection process.

Chemistry doctoral candidate Erin Jedlicka takes time out from her research to volunteer in K–12 classrooms across the state, inspiring the scientists of tomorrow.

UW researchers report that they have designed and tested an experimental system that uses a near-infrared laser to actively heat two gold nanorod antennae to different temperatures.

Daniel Kroupa, a Washington Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute (CEI), made Forbes' "30 Under 30" list.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an expected $10.75 million, four-year grant for a new interdisciplinary research center.

Chemists from the UW Department of Chemistry are part of a team finding a way to stop cancer cells from moving around the body.

University of Washington, College of Arts & Sciences Alumnus Martin Schimpf is named Boise State University's Interim President. 

Karen Goldberg, affiliate professor of chemistry at UW, is elected to the National Academy of Sciences for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

UW chemistry professor emeritus Larry Dalton is part of the research team that has achieved an optical communications breakthrough that could revolutionize information technology.

Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and UW announced the new Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry and Technology

42nd Annual Lecture: 7:30 p.m., Kane Hall, Room 130
Reception: 8:30 p.m., Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room
The lecture is free and open to the public.

Professor of Chemistry, Daniel Gamelin, is director of the new Molecular Engineering Materials Center for research, education and training in materials science. 

The University of Washington has received a $15.6 million, six-year grant from the National Science Foundation.

The race to build a computer powerful enough to predict the future, Thom Dunning is quoted.

Future cancer patients may have Dan Fu to thank for their individualized cancer treatment.