Research

Formal portrait of Anne McCoy
McCoy wins Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics
November 13, 2025
Michael H. Gelb
Gelb honored for significant contributions to newborn screening in the U.S. and worldwide
November 4, 2025
UW's Ashleigh Theberge receives Schmidt Sciences Polymath honors for boundary-pushing work in cell signaling, communication
Theberge crosses disciplines for unexpected innovations
October 10, 2025
Diagram and photo of the STOMP device
A 3D-Printed Device to Model Human Tissue
September 24, 2025
A scientist uses a glove box while another scientist looks on.
Undergrad Research at the Heart of MEM-C
September 24, 2025
Brandi Cossairt
Q&A: From TVs to the future of computing, what makes quantum dots shine
September 22, 2025
Stock Image from Microsoft of blue ribbon
Meet the 2025-26 Levinson Emerging Scholars in biochemistry and chemistry
September 22, 2025
Two scientists at a bench.
Meet the 2025-26 WRF Fellows in biochemistry and chemistry
September 22, 2025
Headshot of UW Professor Xiaosong Li
Interdisciplinary team receives $2M grant to develop chiral electronics
September 10, 2025
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Meet Alec Kroll, assistant teaching professor
August 28, 2025
W on Red Square with Drumheller Fountain in distance
Graduate Program Excellence Awards 2024-25
June 17, 2025
UW chemistry professor Alshakim Nelson in his lab
Research Spotlight: Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute
June 17, 2025
Lia Barrow stands in front of a sign that reads "Proud to be a Chemist" at the ACS National Meeting
Undergraduate Research Awards
June 5, 2025
UW chemistry professor Alshakim Nelson in his lab
Through Chemistry and 3D Printing, New Materials Emerge
April 1, 2025
Five UW researchers named AAAS Fellows
Five UW researchers named AAAS Fellows
March 27, 2025
Three UW scientists named Sloan Fellows
Three UW scientists named Sloan Fellows
February 18, 2025
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ArtSci People & Research in the Media: Autumn Quarter Roundup
January 9, 2025
A group of more than 50 people pose for a photo
NSF awards UW partners $13.6M to broaden access in the sciences
November 13, 2024
W on Red Square with Drumheller Fountain in distance
Six students receive Levinson Emerging Scholar Awards
November 13, 2024
3D printed BSA/PEGDA networks that exhibit shape memory behavior
Revolutionizing sustainable materials: strain learning metamaterials inspired by nature
November 7, 2024
Stock Image from Microsoft of blue ribbon
Meet the 2024-25 WRF Fellows in chemistry and biochemistry
September 30, 2024
This image shows some of the research team’s 3D-printed pipes alongside a plastic toy shark. Sarah L. Keller/University of Washington
To make fluid flow in one direction down a pipe, it helps to be a shark
September 25, 2024
James De Yoreo
Flexible Circuits Made with Silk and Graphene on the Horizon
September 20, 2024
Nick Riley and doctoral student in his lab, in white lab coats.
The Mystery of Sugar — in Cellular Processes
August 28, 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
A group of people enter Bagley Hall. Drumheller Fountain is in the background.
Free Radicals Club Hosts Chemistry Day for High School Students
August 20, 2024
Headshot of UW Professor Xiaosong Li
Xiaosong Li Named Associate Dean for Research
July 19, 2024
Nick holds a plaque while standing next to a large sign that say ASMS (for the American Society for Mass Spectrometry)
Video interview with Nick Riley
July 1, 2024
David Ginger at the sample preparation laboratory for atomic force microscopy in the UW’s Molecular Engineering and Sciences Building.
Scientists solve chemical mystery at the interface of biology and technology
May 1, 2024
Two UW researchers named AAAS Fellows
Two UW researchers named AAAS Fellows
April 18, 2024
An illustration of a water molecule (where the hydrogen atoms are white, the oxygen atoms are red, and the electrons are gold) and a synchronized attosecond x-ray pulse pair (shown in pink and green) from an X-ray free electron laser. Nathan Johnson/PNNL
First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water
February 16, 2024
A group of two dozen people stand in front of a fountain.
Involving undergrads in chemistry research
February 16, 2024
Theberge in the lab with two students
How a Chemistry Lab is Transforming Clinical Research
January 30, 2024
Doug Reed wearing glasses and a collared shirt
Doug Reed receives Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award
January 27, 2024
Charles Campbell
Campbell receives Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis
September 8, 2023
Three students stand side by side wearing yellow leis.
MEM-C: Moonshots & Island Voyages
July 5, 2023
A composite of three potraits: Alshakim Nelson, Ayokunle Olanrewaju, and Gundula Proksch
3D-Printed Microorganisms for Sustainable Construction Materials
March 13, 2023
Ricardo Rivera-Maldonado
Rivera-Maldonado wins award for bilingual climate science fact sheet
November 30, 2022
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
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Seven UW faculty members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
July 14, 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
A scientist writes in a lab notebook
Undergraduate Research Awards
June 15, 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
Jason Fontana wearing glasses
Unlocking Biotechnology with RNA
June 6, 2022
A cartoon depiction of the light-induced ferromagnetism that the researchers observed in ultrathin sheets of tungsten diselenide and tungsten disulfide.
Lasers trigger magnetism in atomically thin quantum materials
April 25, 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
Cover image from Materials Horizon special issue in honor of Prof. Seth Marder
Theory-guided design leads to new OEO material with record performance for hybrid devices
January 19, 2022