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Congratulations to Anna Gonzalez who has been awarded a Bonderman Fellowship!The fellowship allows Anna to embark on a solo journey of eight months to at least two regions and six countries of the world. Fellows may not participate in a program or organization, engage in formal study at a foreign university, conduct research or other academic projects, or travel with an organized group. Bonderman…
Assistant Professor Matthew Golder has been named a 2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences. The Award, which requires an institutional nomination, is based on an independent body of scholarship attained in…
Congratulations to Emily Miura-Stempel, who defended her Ph.D. work titled “Defect Engineering in Cerium Oxide Nanocrystals: From Catalyst to Quantum Bit” on May 6, 2026. Emily was a student in Professor Brandi Cossairt’s research group and worked on cerium oxide nanocrystal synthesis and applications at UW. She has accepted a position with Applied Materials as a Process Engineer as her next…
Congratulations to the four first-year graduate students and the five graduating seniors in the Department of Chemistry who were awarded 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships! Congratulations also to the four additional students who received honorable mentions. We are also delighted to announce that four alumni were recognized with either a fellowship or honorable mention…
Chemistry professor Matthew Golder and his research team are exploring ways to alter the chemical structure of plastics to keep them out of landfills. Continue reading on UW College of Arts & Sciences News
Congratulations to Alice (Olesya) Martynova, who defended her Ph.D. work “From Fundamentals to Applications: Advancing Ion Mobility and Mass Spectrometry for Molecular Characterization” on March 20, 2026. Alice was a student in Professor Matthew Bush’s research group and worked on developing and optimizing ion mobility and mass spectrometry methods for various molecular classes. She thanks…
Congratulations to Daniel Brush, who defended his Ph.D. work "Development of chemoproteomic methods for profiling the conformational dynamics of protein kinases" on March 11, 2026. Dan was a student in Professor Dustin Maly’s research group, where he built a proteomic platform that profiles ligand-bound kinase conformations using reactivity profiling, allowing us to uncover druggable pockets. He…
Congratulations to Brian Sun who defended his Ph.D. work “Expanding Polymer Design Tools: Molecular Fluxionality and Topological Crosslinks for Novel Polymer Networks” on March 5, 2026. Brian was a student in Assistant Professor Matthew Golder’s research group and worked with the molecular ball joint Bullvalene and studied its effect on the bulk property of polymer materials. He has accepted a…
Congratulations to Chris Lowe, who defended his Ph.D. work “Inducing Chirality in CdS Nanocrystals with Biomolecules” on February 25, 2026. Chris was a student in Professor Brandi Cossairt’s research group and spent his time synthesizing and studying inorganic interfaces for inorganic-organic hybrid materials.
Congratulations to Langxuan Yang, who defended his Ph.D. work “Boron-mediated Transition-metal Catalyzed Selective Synthesis of Diverse Alkenes” on February 11, 2026. Langxuan was a student in Professor Gojko Lalic’s research group and worked on the development of advanced synthetic methodologies for complex and challenging targets in organic chemistry. He has accepted a postdoctoral position…