Department News
Joe Francisco to Receive Theodore William Richards Medal
Feb 20, 2024
Professor Joseph S. Francisco, the President's Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected to receive…
Read MorePenn Chemistry Lunar New Year Celebration
Feb 9, 2024
Penn Chemistry students, postdocs, staff, and faculty gathered in the Pit on Friday, February 9 to celebrate the Lunar New Year. We had treats from all over the globe.
Read MoreTransformative Gift from Roy & Diana Vagelos
Jan 25, 2024
The University of Pennsylvania announced today that P. Roy and Diana Vagelos have made a gift of $83.9 million to fund science initiatives across the School of Arts & Sciences. This commitment is…
Read MoreMarsha I. Lester Honored with Special Issue of JPC-A
Jan 25, 2024
The Marsha I. Lester "Festschrift" issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A has been released. Co-edited by several of Marsha's alumni and colleagues, the special issue features almost 20…
Read MorePenn Chemistry REU Program Deadline Approaching
Jan 10, 2024
The Department of Chemistry at Penn offers a summer REU program entitled “Novel Techniques and Applications in Catalyst Research Development and Molecular Dynamics” at the University of Pennsylvania…
Read MoreThree Chemistry Staff Honored
Dec 11, 2023
Three members of the Chemistry Department were honored with School of Arts & Sciences Staff Recognition Awards. They were honored at a ceremony on Thursday, December 7. Candice Adams,…
Read MoreJohn Wood Receives Penn Chemistry Distinguished Alumni Award
Nov 10, 2023
John L. Wood (GR'91), Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor, Chemistry Department Chair, and Co-Director of Synthesis & Drug-Lead Discovery Lab at Baylor University, received the 2023 Penn…
Read MorePenn Chemistry Staff Receive Bonus Awards
Nov 10, 2023
Three Penn Chemistry staff were honored with annual School of Arts & Sciences Staff Recognition Bonuses. Yvonne Kline (Business Office), Candice Adams (Undergraduate Coordinator), and Michelle…
Read MorePhiladelphia Museum of Art Researchers Visit Department
Oct 14, 2023
Drs. Kate Duffy and Aleks Popowich, scientists in the Conservation Division at Philadelphia Museum of Art, joined Dr. Charles Ross and Prof. Dave Chenoweth to tour the Penn Chemistry Department Core…
Read MoreKaren Goldberg Elected ACS Fellow
Aug 1, 2023
Karen I. Goldberg, Vagelos Professor of Energy Research and Director of the Vagelos Institute of Energy Science and Technology, has been elected to this year’s class of American Chemical Society…
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Events
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lectures in Organic Chemistry: Vy M. Dong (UC Irvine) & Elizabeth Jurica (BMS)
Choose Your Own Adventure in Metal-Hydride Catalysis & One Route Does Not Fit All: Tailored Synthetic Strategies Enable the Discovery of New Therapies for Diabetes
Vy M. Dong University of California, Irvine Choose Your Own Adventure in Metal-Hydride Catalysis
The Susan P. & Barry M. Trost Lecture in Organic Chemistry: F. Dean Toste (UC Berkeley)
Supramolecular Hosts as Enzyme Mimics
F. Dean Toste University of California, Berkeley Supramolecular Hosts as Enzyme Mimics
Research Highlights
Tom Mallouk
Tom Mallouk and his research group have developed microscale "rockets" powered by acoustic waves and an onboard bubble motor that may one day navigate through landscapes of cells and blood vessels inside the human body. Read all about this exciting technology at the CBC Radio website.
Andrew Rappe
A new paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society authored by Chemistry Professor Andrew Rappe and his research group describes a new approach for synthesizing organic “Legos” that can be easily connected to make new materials. This framework creates structures that are lightweight,…
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