Alumni

Alumni Updates from 2026
February 6, 2026
ArtSci Roundup: November
ArtSci Roundup: February
January 21, 2026
Jonesy headshot
Alum Profile: Alisha Jones, PhD
January 20, 2026
Johnathan Cox with arms folded, with snowy peaked mountains of Kyrgyzstan behind him.
Through Soil Science, an Adventure in Kyrgyzstan
December 30, 2025
A group of 12 scientists in a chemistry lab
Thank you, Chemistry alumni and donors!
September 9, 2025
Noaman and Yoshino stand side by side.
74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
August 25, 2025
Omeed Yazdani in the lab
From Classics to Cures: Omeed Yazdani ’24
August 19, 2025
Two people wearing graduation regalia give a peace sign and a thumbs up
Celebrating our Graduates
July 29, 2025
A memorial bench on campus on a rainy day
In Memoriam
February 18, 2025
2025 paper cut out on a gold circle
Alumni Updates from 2025
January 13, 2025
Giving Tuesday logo. Do good, Feel good.
Support UW Chemistry this Giving Tuesday
December 2, 2024
Portrait of Munira Khalil standing in front of a flowering rhododendron
From the Chair – December 2024
November 27, 2024
A montage of giant unilamellar vesicles for which the lipids in the membrane are either uniformly mixed, or have phase separated into coexisting liquid phases. Microscopy and artwork by Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith ‘10.
Dissertation defense traditions: Keller group
August 27, 2024
Two people wearing nitrile gloves and surgical masks touch a globe with their index fingers
Dissertation defense traditions: Vaughan, Cossairt, and Khalil groups
August 27, 2024
Munira Khalil and Dianne Harris stand in front of the Legislative Building in Olympia, WA
A New Building to Enable Modern Chemical Research
August 21, 2024
The hands of two people are visible on a table top where a microphone sits between them.
Capturing Success: Oral Histories of PhD Students
August 21, 2024
A graduate partakes in the PhD hooding ceremony.
Degrees Awarded Summer 2023-Spring 2024
August 20, 2024
Lingafelter, an older white man wearing glasses and a bolo tie, stands to the left of Santarsiero, a young Latino man wearing a dark suit and red tie.
Alum Profile: Bernie Santarsiero, PhD
August 20, 2024
Gillian Shen works in the lab
The Impact of Your Support
August 19, 2024
Portrait of Munira Khalil standing in front of a flowering rhododendron
From the Chair – Autumn 2024
August 19, 2024
White flowers and a lit votive candle to symbolize a memorial. Stock image provided by Microsoft.
In Memoriam
July 2, 2024
A hand holding a mobile phone with a map
Next Steps
July 1, 2024
Colleen Craig pictured smiling, in front of a black backdrop, with long dark hair past her shoulders and bangs, wearing a grey cardigan, white top, and long necklace with chunky beads.
Collen Craig receives UW Distinguished Teaching Award
June 20, 2024
A cropped photo from 2013 of Jonesy standing among a group of people
Alisha Jones named one of C&EN's Talented 12
June 20, 2024
Stock image of a trophy
Prizes for Best PhD Thesis 2023
May 3, 2024
Two students wearing Husky gear smile for the camera holding a sign that reads "It's a great day to be a dawg."
Thank you for joining us on Husky Giving Day
April 12, 2024
Husky Giving Day badge on a purple and gold background
Husky Giving Day is April 4
March 25, 2024
Neon sign that reads Do Something Great
Alumni Updates from 2024
February 21, 2024
An illustration of a water molecule (where the hydrogen atoms are white, the oxygen atoms are red, and the electrons are gold) and a synchronized attosecond x-ray pulse pair (shown in pink and green) from an X-ray free electron laser. Nathan Johnson/PNNL
First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water
February 16, 2024
Headshot of Vlada Olkhovych
Student Experience: Vlada Olkhovych
January 11, 2024
Baccalaureates smile and wave at the audience at the departmental commencement celebration
The Impact of Your Support
November 20, 2023
Varanasi snapshot
I am First-Generation: Usha Varanasi 
October 12, 2023
White and gold text on a purple background: November 8. Celebrate First Gen. National 1st-Generation College Celebration. Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma. W.
We are First-Generation: College of Arts & Sciences Faculty and Staff
October 4, 2023
White flowers and a lit votive candle to symbolize a memorial. Stock image provided by Microsoft.
In Memoriam
September 20, 2023
Munira Khalil
From the Chair - Autumn 2023
September 5, 2023
PhD graduates dressed in UW regalia sit in a row at the commencement celebration for the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Degrees Awarded Summer 2022-Spring 2023
June 30, 2023
Photo of text: Husky Giving Day Champion, April 6, 2023 with a purple background of the Seattle skyline and a gold heart
Husky Giving Day was a tremendous success - thank you!
April 14, 2023
decorative image - a "badge" with purple and gold background and text "University of Washington Husky Giving Day April 6, 2023"
Husky Giving Day is April 6
March 17, 2023
Words stenciled on a brick wall: Live. Work. Create.
Alumni Updates from 2023
February 10, 2023
Deborah Illman seated at a desk with a joyful expression, with her hands out, palms up and elbows bent
Deborah Illman '76 elected as AAAS Fellow
February 1, 2023
Two portraits side by side: Sarah Pristash and Chetan Poudel
Poudel and Pristash receive WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships
January 13, 2023
I-5 and Downtown Seattle from a southeastern perspective, at night
Next Steps
October 12, 2022
Lewis Johnson
Lewis Johnson named to 40 Under 40 by Puget Sound Business Journal
September 16, 2022
Certificate stock image by Microsoft
Degrees Awarded Summer 2021-Spring 2022
September 12, 2022
Lucinda Liu wearing a graduation cap and gown standing behind a lectern
In Their Own Words: Class of 2022
August 23, 2022
The Velian group in front of Bagley Hall giving the peace sign
The Impact of Your Support
August 19, 2022
Colleen Craig and Andrea Carroll
Carroll and Craig promoted to Teaching Professor
August 19, 2022
Michael Enright wearing a collared shirt, with Bagley Hall out of focus in the background
Enright '19 awarded Northwest Nanotechnology Infrastructure seed grant
July 5, 2022
White flowers and a lit votive candle to symbolize a memorial. Stock image provided by Microsoft.
In Memoriam
July 4, 2022
Jacob Busche pictured outside in short sleeves
Busche ’21 receives Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
June 28, 2022