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M.S. in Applied Chemical Science and Technology (MSACST)
MSACST Program News
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…
In the Department of Chemistry, we believe that diversity and inclusivity are integral to excellence and acknowledge that important work is being done by our students and postdoctoral researchers in this space. It is a pleasure to introduce the recent recipients of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Awards, selected by the Chemistry Diversity and Equity Steering Committee. These awards of $500 were supported by the Martin P. Gouterman Endowed Fund in honor of Professor Gouterman’s…
These awards recognize outstanding research by master’s students in the Applied Chemical Sciences and Technology (ACST) program and carry a $500 prize. They were funded by the Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Fellowship in Chemistry which Dr. West and his wife Florence endowed to give back to the university where Dr. West cultivated the necessary tools for his distinguished career and rewarding life. Dr. West completed his Ph.D. in 1939 under the direction of Professor Rex Robinson, and it is in…
Congratulations to Qusai Alsabia who successfully defended his thesis for the Master of Science in Applied Chemical Science and Technology. His thesis work with Assistant Professor Shijing Sun (Mechanical Engineering) was titled "Controlling Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Crystallization Using High Throughput Synthesis and Computer Vision." Qusai is applying for Ph.D. programs for autumn 2025 in materials science and engineering. He plans to spend the next year working in a professional…
A year in review of honors and achievements by UW Chemistry graduate students.
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Excellence in Chemistry Graduate Awards
These fellowships were awarded in autumn 2023 and are funded by various donor-supported gift funds as indicated below each awardee’s name.
Fernando Banales…
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DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
Summer 2023, Autumn 2023, Winter 2024, and Spring 2024
Alex Bard, PhD Chemistry
Probing the Interplay Between Chemical Mechanisms and Crystal Growth in Synthesis using Sodium Yttrium Fluoride
(Professor Peter Pauzauskie, Materials Science & Engineering)
James Baumann, PhD Chemistry
Copper Boryl Heterobimetallic Complexes in the Copper-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalization of Alkynes and…
Congratulations to Christian Phillips who successfully defended his MS thesis, "Towards Molecular Dynamics as a Tool for Assessing Protein Designs for Stability and Function," on June 5, 2024. Christian collaborated with Professors Jim Pfaendtner and Dave Beck on many interdisciplinary computational studies, including protein-protein interactions, protein designs, and materials science. Through the application of large language models and molecular dynamics simulations, Christian…
As a bright student growing up in Ukraine, Vlada Olkhovych was driven to succeed by her mother, Alla.
“She was a single mother, and she didn’t have a college degree,” Vlada said. “Growing up, she always pushed me to get a good education, a good job, to have a better life than she had. She was a big inspiration for me.”
When it came time to pick an undergraduate major at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Vlada chose chemistry. A curious person, she loved how broad…
Congratulations to Mashroor Raiyan, who defended his Master's work on "Direct Solution Synthesis of Transition Metal Borides" on August 2, 2023. Mashroor Raiyan was a student in Dr. Cossairt's research group for the last two years where he worked on top-down, and bottom-up synthesis of metal borides to research their use in hydrogenation and hydrogen storage.
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DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
Summer 2022, Autumn 2022, Winter 2023, and Spring 2023
Mark Boyer, PhD ChemistryMethodologies for Solving the Vibrational Schroedinger Equation(Professor Anne McCoy)
Emily Cliff, PhD ChemistryCRISPR-Cas Tools for Engineering Genome Structure and Gene Expression(Associate Professor Jesse Zalatan)
Zachary R. Cohen, PhD…