Recent News
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 5th, 2024. Christian collaborated with Professors Jim Pfaendtner and Dave Beck on many interdisciplinary computational studies, including protein-protein… Read more
1940s
Alvin Katsman, M.D.
‘44, Bellevue, WA, age 100, 1/20/2024
S. Roger Hevel, M.D.
‘46, Waitsburg, WA, age 98, 1/26/2024
1950s
Kenneth N. Anderson, Sr., M.D.… Read more
Welcome to our new staff colleague in the Department of Chemistry!
Mark Bentz ‘97, Grants Specialist
Started July 2024
Mark is joining Chemistry as a grants specialist working with Mark Hertle. Mark Bentz earned a B.A. in music theory and history from the University of Washington in 1997 and began working for UW in 1998. Mark has 20 years of experience working with grant applications, first in the Department of Medicine, 2004-2020, and… Read more
What will our recent graduates be doing when they leave the UW? We look forward to expanding this page quarter by quarter!
Content will be added to this page as students graduate, so check back periodically! Last update: 7/1/2024
Rahoul Banerjee Ghosh (B.S. 2024) is headed to the University of California, Berkeley, to join the Chemistry Ph.D. program, studying theoretical and computational chemistry.
Caitlin Cain (Ph.D. 2024) is an NIH-NRSA postdoctoral… Read more
Teaching Professor Collen Craig was awarded a 2024 University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award as part of this year’s UW Awards for Excellence.
The Distinguished Teaching Award was established in 1970 and is given annually to faculty members. A committee of faculty members, graduate students and staff educators appointed… Read more
The Chemical & Engineering News' Talented 12 highlights twelve early-career scientists doing research that will have a global impact. Congratulations to Alisha "Jonesy" Jones, PhD '15 on being named one of C&EN's T12, selected from nearly 450 nominations submitted by C&EN's readers!
Read the C&EN feature
Jonesy completed her doctoral work on "Development and… Read more
The Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) selected Professor Xiaosong Li as the 2024 recipient of the Jack Simons Award for Theoretical Chemistry in recognition of his long history of exemplary research contributions and involvement in the physical chemistry community.
Prof. Li will be honored at the ACS National Meeting in Denver in August 2024 and will be invited to present his research at the same meeting. McCoy will also be invited to present a plenary lecture… Read more
We are pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Alexandra Velian has been promoted to associate professor with tenure and Associate Professors Ashleigh Theberge and Joshua Vaughan have been promoted to professor. These promotions are effective September 16, 2024.
Alexandra Velian
Associate Professor
Professor Alexandra Velian’s research program targets the design of new materials that contribute to decarbonization, clean energy and… Read more
Tune in on June 13 to see Scientific Instructional Technician Hakme Lee compete on the popular TV game show, Jeopardy! Hakme's episode will air on KABC-TV on Thursday, June 13, 2024. In the Seattle metropolitan area, you can view it on KOMO-TV at 10:00 PM, or stream the episode later on Pluto TV.
Congratulations, Hakme! We can't wait to see you on Jeopardy!
We are pleased to introduce you to our undergraduate students supported by departmental scholarships and book awards!
H. K. Benson Undergraduate Tuition Scholarship
Dylan Abramson is a second-year undergraduate student studying biochemistry. He is intrigued by biological chemistry's ability to illuminate new understandings of human biology. For the past year, Dylan has been learning the ropes of chemistry research working on unstudied bacterial enzyme mechanisms. He plans to… Read more