Department News
Joseph Francisco elected to the Leopoldina
Apr 20, 2021
Prof. Joseph Francisco, President’s Distinguished Professor, has been elected to the Leopoldina. The Leopoldina originated in 1652 as a classical scholarly society and now has 1,600 members from…
Read MoreChemistry Personnel Honored with Penn Awards
Apr 12, 2021
Several Chemistry Department members of have been recognized by the University of Pennsylvania and the School of Arts and Sciences for their efforts this year. Prof. Marisa Kozlowski will receive…
Read MoreJessica Anna Honored by NSF
Apr 5, 2021
Assistant Professor Jessica Anna has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award. The project, titled Elucidating the Interplay…
Read MorePenn Chemistry Students Receive NSF Fellowships
Mar 29, 2021
Jennifer DeRosa from the Subotnik group and Gianni Manginelli from the Winkler group were both offered National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships as part of the annual program…
Read MoreMarisa Kozlowski Named Editor-in-Chief of Organic Letters
Jan 27, 2021
Professor Marisa Kozlowski has been named the new Editor-in-Chief of Organic Letters, a journal published by the American Chemical Society. The journal began publication at Penn over 20 years ago…
Read MoreResearch in Andrew Rappe's Group Featured
Jan 27, 2021
Blanchard Professor Andrew M. Rappe's research group has worked with an international team of collaborators to develop new strategies for designing electroluminescent materials. The Penn team, led by…
Read MoreMadeleine Joullié Featured in OMNIA
Jan 14, 2021
The incredible career of Madeleine Joullié is featured in OMNIA, the magazine of the School of Arts & Sciences. Read the full story of one of our most inspiring Chemistry faculty.
Read MoreVirgil Percec Elected to Academia Europaea
Jan 14, 2021
Virgil Percec, the P. Roy Vagelos Professor of Chemistry, has been elected to the Academia Europaea. The Academia Europaea was established in 1988 and is the Pan-European Academy of Sciences…
Read MoreUndergraduate Researcher Calais Cronin Featured
Dec 8, 2020
OMNIA Magazine, published by Penn Arts & Sciences, features a profile of Calais Cronin, C’21 who discovered a passion for chemistry in CHEM101 with Prof. Karen Goldberg. Calais is now one of the…
Read MoreLeslie Shinn (1953 - 2020)
Sep 8, 2020
Leslie Shinn, longtime undergraduate biochemistry and Vagelos life sciences program coordinator in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, died unexpectedly on August 29.…
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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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