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by Victoria Pang ‘25
About Kamaya
From a young age, Kamaya knew she wanted to go into science, having her mind set on becoming a cardiac doctor. But an unforgettable moment in elementary school sparked her curiosity in a different direction: there, she watched an elephant’s toothpaste demonstration, which is an experiment where hydrogen peroxide decomposes with the help of a catalyst to create a dramatic foamy reaction. Still, it wasn’t until high school that she seriously began to… Read more
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ManYee Betty Tsang (Ph.D. 1980) won the 2025 Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry from the American Chemical Society "for exceptional research contributions… Read more
The College of Arts & Sciences is home to many distinguished researchers, faculty, and students. Their work and contributions have been featured in media outside of the UW and across the country. Take a look at some ArtSci features from this past Autumn Quarter. With everything from AI to Orca whales, ArtSci people and research in the media has something for everyone.
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Congratulations to Qusai Alsabia who successfully defended his thesis for the Master of Science in Applied Chemical Science and Technology. His thesis work with Assistant Professor Shijing Sun (Mechanical Engineering) was titled "Controlling MOF Crystallization Using High Throughput and Computer Vision." Qusai is applying for Ph.D. programs for autumn 2025 in materials science and engineering. He plans to spend the next year working in a professional setting prior to beginning his Ph.D.… Read more
Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of giving.
The University of Washington Department of Chemistry is joining the PNW community for #GivingTuesday on December 3, 2024!
Your gift to the Friends of Chemistry Fund provides unrestricted support so we can use it where it’s needed most. In the past year, your gifts have made a tangible impact on:
Support for undergraduate and graduate students in the forms of scholarships, fellowships, merit… Read more
Dear Friend of Chemistry,
It’s been an eventful start to the new academic year on campus! We recently hosted our annual colloquium on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, a newer tradition we have quite a bit of fun with. This year was especially meaningful, as UW’s own Professor of Biochemistry David Baker was recognized with half the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work in computational protein design. We were honored to have David join us at the colloquium, sharing his insights alongside… Read more
Congratulations to Jiahao "Bobby" Wan, who defended his Ph.D. work “Nitrile Imines as Peptide and Oligonucleotide Photo-Cross-Linkers in Gas-Phase Ions” on November 22, 2024. Jiahao was a student in Professor Frank Tureček’s research group. He worked on developing novel gas-phase cross-linking strategies for structural analysis of biomolecules. He will stay for a few more weeks until the end of the quarter, so come by BAG 310 to say "hi" and chat with him about fishing and soccer games!
Exciting. Confusing. Inspiring. Intimidating. Being a first-generation college student can bring many challenges and emotions. If you are a first-gen student, know that you are in good company. Here, ten UW Arts & Sciences students/alumni who've been in your shoes offer their thoughts on surviving — and thriving — as a first-generation student at the UW.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced in July that the University of Washington’s Molecular Engineering and Materials Center (MEM·C) and Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD), in collaboration with partner institutions, have been selected for four Partnerships for Research and… Read more
The Levinson Emerging Scholars Program supports promising UW students pursuing creative and advanced research projects in biosciences and related fields. Six chemistry and biochemistry students have received the 2024-2025 Levinson Emerging Scholar Award.
Lia Barrow is a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry with a minor in data science. She joined Assistant Professor Lauren Rajakovich's group in autumn 2022 to follow her passion for the gut microbiome. Her project explores… Read more