We'd love to hear what our former students and postdocs are up to! Career advancement? Retirement? Learn a new hobby? Marriage or addition to your family? Fill out the alumni update form to send us your news.
Content will be added on this page as alumni submit updates, so check back periodically! If you have an update, please let us know. Last update: 2/06/20262000sGwen Gross (Ph.D. 2004): As a new Senior Technical Fellow for the Boeing Co., I had the opportunity to testify at both the Senate Environmental and Regulatory sub-Committee and the full House Science Committee hearings on the challenges of new chemical introduction and chemical obsolescence within the current EPA process…
While February might be just 28 days, the UW College of Arts & Sciences offers an exciting lineup of more than 40 in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the UW community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University.
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Chemistry PhD alum Jonathan Cox spent most of 2025 in Kyrgyzstan, helping farmers improve their soil—and their crops—through soil testing. Continue reading on UW College of Arts & Sciences News
Our capacity for excellence in research and scholarship is a direct result of the collective efforts of friends and alumni coming together to support the department’s work.In the past year, your gifts have made a tangible impact on:Recruiting top graduate students: Your generous fellowship support attracts the brightest minds to our program.Strengthening research programs: Endowed professorships expand professional development activities, provide salary support…
Chemistry graduate student Sena Noaman was selected to participate in the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry, which took place from June 29 to July 4, 2025. Only young scientists up to the age of 35 are eligible to apply to participate and selection is a once in a lifetime opportunity, as attending a past meeting renders an applicant ineligible for future consideration. Doctoral students who are selected must show a genuine interest in science and research, show a…
Biochemistry alum Omeed Yazdani ’24 earned his master’s degree in bioengineering from the UW in June 2025.
Yazdani’s love of storytelling and medicine will take him to Columbia University this fall for medical school, where he plans to focus on narrative medicine. This intriguing discipline involves listening to and understanding patients’ stories, something that resonates with Yazdani personally.
Meet Omeed, who was featured as an outstanding 2025 UW graduate in a story by Lincoln…
Congratulations to all our graduates!
On June 12, 2025, the UW Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry honored our newest graduates with a joyful ceremony at the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. We celebrated students earning baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees, surrounded by family, friends, and faculty.
Chairs Munira Khalil (Chemistry) and Justin Kollman (Biochemistry) led the celebration, joined by faculty from both departments.
A special thank you to our…
1950sDavid L. Taylor‘56, Durham, NC, age 86, 10/4/2020Gerald Berkelhammer’57, Skillman, NJ, age 93, 12/31/2024 Robert Roy Kintner’57, Cedar Rapids, IA, age 96, 2/10/2025 Theodore Mill'57, Palo Alto, CA, age 92, 9/19/2023Thomas Felder Dorn‘58, Millburn, NJ, age 90, 3/31/2024Larry B. Anderson‘59, Columbus, OH, age 87, 3/17/2025 1960sRodney…
Content will be added on this page as alumni submit updates, so check back periodically! If you have an update, please let us know. Last update: 1/20/20261960sMargaret "Kit" Ellis (B.S. 1967, M.S. 1969) was interviewed by Jill Freidberg for HistoryLink.org on managing the 195-acre Ellis Family Forest near Gig Harbor, WA. The June 3, 2025, interview (edited for clarity and length), along with shorter audio recordings and photographs are posted as HistoryLink.org Essay 23325…
