Faculty and Staff

UW Chemistry
Assistant Teaching Professor in Chemistry
December 27, 2023
I am First-Generation: Brandi Cossairt
October 12, 2023
Nicholas Riley
Opinion: The day my supervisor won the Nobel prize in chemistry
October 10, 2023
Portrait of Chad Hoyer
I am First-Generation: Chad Hoyer
October 6, 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
Doug Reed wearing glasses and a collared shirt
Meet Prof. Doug Reed
September 20, 2023
Two purple mylar balloons with white Ws
Wiegand and Campbell Retired; Each Appointed Professor Emeritus
September 19, 2023
UW Chemistry
Faculty Promotions: F. Michael and S. Robinson
September 15, 2023
Charles Campbell
Campbell receives Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis
September 8, 2023
W on Red Square with Drumheller Fountain in distance
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Chemistry
August 4, 2023
Three students stand side by side wearing yellow leis.
MEM-C: Moonshots & Island Voyages
July 5, 2023
Stock Image from Microsoft of blue ribbon
Fellowships, Awards & Honors: Faculty, Staff & Postdocs
June 30, 2023
UWHS Chemistry 110 teachers participate in a low-cost and non-toxic activity that they can easily use to expose their students to polymer science.
Expanding Access to UW in the High School
June 27, 2023
Matthew Golder
Golder granted Army Research Office Young Investigator Award
June 21, 2023
Alexandra Velian
Alexandra Velian wins 2023 ACS Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship
June 20, 2023
Diana Knight, Jolyn Mason, and Cassie Davis stand in front of Drumheller Fountain with Bagley Hall behind them.
Chemistry CFD coordinators among 2022 campaign award winners
May 9, 2023
A composite of three potraits: Alshakim Nelson, Ayokunle Olanrewaju, and Gundula Proksch
3D-Printed Microorganisms for Sustainable Construction Materials
March 13, 2023
Stefan Stoll portrait
Stefan Stoll awarded 2023 Bruker Prize
March 10, 2023
Anne McCoy
Anne McCoy receives Jack Simons Award for Theoretical Chemistry
February 15, 2023
Alexandra Velian
Alexandra Velian receives Marion Milligan Mason Award
February 14, 2023
Heinz Floss photographed outdoors in 1988
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Heinz Floss (1934-2022)
January 17, 2023
Two portraits side by side: Sarah Pristash and Chetan Poudel
Poudel and Pristash receive WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships
January 13, 2023
A father holds his young daughter who is touching his face while the mother watches their interaction
A medical first: successful in utero treatment of rare genetic disorder
November 28, 2022
Pink lilies
A stalled project blooms: Ripples at edges of lily petals
November 16, 2022
Dianne Xiao
Dianne Xiao receives Packard Fellowship
October 21, 2022
Nicholas Riley
Nicholas Riley to join faculty
October 11, 2022
Lewis Johnson
Lewis Johnson named to 40 Under 40 by Puget Sound Business Journal
September 16, 2022
Inlaid text on a sidewalk that says "Passion Led Us Here"
Fellowships, Awards & Honors: Faculty, Staff & Postdocs
September 12, 2022
Brandi Cossairt speaks with Munira Khalil (whose back is toward the camera); both are wearing academic regalia
Intentional Steps Toward DEI
September 12, 2022
Three people stand in front of a large fountain on a sunny day
Meet Prof. Lauren Rajakovich
September 12, 2022
a white dog with one ear up and one ear folded wearing goggles, a white lab coat, and yellow booties for protection in the chemistry lab
In Their Own Words
August 23, 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
Portrait of Joshua Vaughan
Vaughan Awarded $1.3M Grant from W. M. Keck Foundation
July 14, 2022
Seven UW faculty members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
July 14, 2022
Diversity, Inclusion, Equity
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Awards
July 12, 2022
Doug Reed wearing glasses and a collared shirt
Douglas Reed to join faculty
June 29, 2022
Ashleigh Theberge
Blood Draws, To Go: COVID and Wildfire Studies by the Theberge Lab
June 22, 2022
Xiaosong Li stands near a stone pillar holding a molecular model
Xiaosong Li named Associate Vice Provost for Research Cyberinfrastructure
June 21, 2022
Madison Monahan stands between her mentors Brandi Cossairt and Jim De Yoreo in front of a banner that reads "Doctor in the House"
Exploring New Materials Through Collaboration
June 14, 2022
Portrait of Munira Khalil
Munira Khalil receives prestigious Brown Investigator Award
June 13, 2022
Usha and Rao Varanasi at the UW Club in 2016
Usha and Rao Varanasi honored for Distinguished Service by College of Engineering Diamond Award
June 7, 2022
Pride flag flying under the American flag on the War Memorial Flagpole at the University of Washington
We are here; you have an ally
June 3, 2022
Portrait of Tam'ra-Kay Francis outside near a pond, with curly hair
‘Incredible impact’: Bolstering STEM students and inspiring DEI efforts
May 13, 2022
Diana Knight holds a certificate and the Spirit of Service Award - a tear drop shaped glass sculpture.
UW CFD honors Diana Knight with Spirit of Service Award
March 24, 2022
Portrait of Tam'ra-Kay Francis outside near a pond, with curly hair
BlackPast-PR2ISM Science Communication Interns contribute STEM content to BlackPast.org
February 16, 2022
Jenekhe and De Yoreo
Jenekhe and De Yoreo elected to National Academy of Engineering
February 11, 2022
Kovacs and Stoll
Kovacs and Stoll elected as AAAS Fellows
January 26, 2022
This fluorescence microscopy image shows yeast vacuoles that have undergone phase separation. Credit: Luther Davis/Alexey Merz/University of Washington
Hungry yeast are tiny, living thermometers
January 25, 2022