Announcements

Pradip Rathod wears round glasses and a goatee
Rathod retires
September 25, 2025
Tristan Shi
Tristan Shi joins our faculty
July 22, 2025
Julie Kovacs
Kovacs, first woman tenured in UW Chemistry, retires
June 24, 2025
The Xiao group poses together in the lab
Faculty Promotions: Xiao, Bush, Fu, Zalatan
June 13, 2025
Alshakim Nelson
Alshakim Nelson named next Chair of the Department of Chemistry
June 6, 2025
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In Memoriam
February 18, 2025
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Support UW Chemistry this Giving Tuesday
December 2, 2024
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From the Chair – December 2024
November 27, 2024
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NSF awards UW partners $13.6M to broaden access in the sciences
November 13, 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
Portrait of Munira Khalil standing in front of a flowering rhododendron
From the Chair – Autumn 2024
August 19, 2024
Alec Kroll wears glasses and has a short, tightly trimmed beard and the hair on top of his head is dyed bright pink.
Alec Kroll Joins Our Faculty
July 19, 2024
Headshot of UW Professor Xiaosong Li
Xiaosong Li Named Associate Dean for Research
July 19, 2024
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In Memoriam
July 2, 2024
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Velian Promoted to Associate Professor; Theberge and Vaughan Promoted to Professor
June 13, 2024
Jeopardy host Ken Jennings poses with Chemistry staff person Hakme Lee
Our Staff on Jeopardy on June 13
June 12, 2024
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Thank you for joining us on Husky Giving Day
April 12, 2024
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Husky Giving Day is April 4
March 25, 2024
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CEI launches graduate certificate in Clean Energy Science, Engineering, and Society
January 23, 2024
UW Chemistry
Assistant Teaching Professor in Chemistry
December 27, 2023
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In Memoriam
September 20, 2023
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Wiegand and Campbell Retired; Each Appointed Professor Emeritus
September 19, 2023
UW Chemistry
Faculty Promotions: F. Michael and S. Robinson
September 15, 2023
Munira Khalil
From the Chair - Autumn 2023
September 5, 2023
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Chemistry
August 4, 2023
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Husky Giving Day was a tremendous success - thank you!
April 14, 2023
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Husky Giving Day is April 6
March 17, 2023
Heinz Floss photographed outdoors in 1988
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Heinz Floss (1934-2022)
January 17, 2023
Munira Khalil
From the Chair - Autumn 2022
December 1, 2022
Nicholas Riley
Nicholas Riley to join faculty
October 11, 2022
Alshakim Nelson
Alshakim Nelson promoted to Professor
August 19, 2022
Ashleigh Theberge, Dan Fu in the lab, Cody Schlenker
Fu, Schlenker, and Theberge promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
August 19, 2022
Colleen Craig and Andrea Carroll
Carroll and Craig promoted to Teaching Professor
August 19, 2022
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From the Chair - Summer 2022
August 19, 2022
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In Memoriam
July 4, 2022
Doug Reed wearing glasses and a collared shirt
Douglas Reed to join faculty
June 29, 2022
Xiaosong Li stands near a stone pillar holding a molecular model
Xiaosong Li named Associate Vice Provost for Research Cyberinfrastructure
June 21, 2022
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Husky Giving Day is April 7
March 15, 2022
Theran Riedel holds a fish
In Memoriam: Theran Riedel, PhD (1983–2021)
February 28, 2022
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Chemistry staff, students donate generously to UW Pantry
January 10, 2022
Big W on Rainier Vista
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Chemistry
September 10, 2021
Munira Khalil
From the Chair - Summer 2021
August 23, 2021
White flowers and a lit votive candle to symbolize a memorial. Stock image provided by Microsoft.
In Memoriam
August 20, 2021
Chemistry Building, Bagley Hall, Johnson Hall and Drumheller Fountain
Staff Updates: New hires, promotions, retirements
August 17, 2021
Portraits of Chatterjee, Stoll, and Zalatan
Faculty Promotions: Chatterjee, Stoll, and Zalatan
August 6, 2021
Dianne Harris headshot
Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
July 15, 2021
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Lauren Rajakovich to join faculty
April 14, 2021
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Summer REU Opportunity - Clean Energy Bridge to Research at University of Washington
November 20, 2020
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Summer REU Opportunity at UW’s Molecular Engineering Materials Center (MEM-C)
November 20, 2020
Alshakim Nelson
Alshakim Nelson named MolES Director of Education
November 3, 2020