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Penn Chemistry is composed of a dynamic community of researchers creating and disseminating new knowledge at the forefront of the chemical sciences. As an enabling science, chemistry is at the focal point of every important modern societal challenge. Our faculty and students engage these challenges daily on a local, national, and international scale.

 

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Events

Aug
18
Organic Chemsitry Seminar Dr. Corinne Gosmini,( University of Paris , ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE)

Title: Cobalt-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling reactions

 

Sep
12
Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Dr. Andrew Sutton ( Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Title: Green Gold?  Supplanting Petroleum with Renewable Carbon.

Sep
19
Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Dr. Scott Daly ( University of Iowa)

Cooperative Small Molecule Reactivity with Diphosphine and Redox-Active Tetradentate Ligands

 

News

Jennifer Matsui Honored by BMS

Jennifer Matsui, a fourth-year student in Prof. Gary Molander's research group has been selected...

Megan Matthews Joins Chemistry Department

Megan Matthews has officially joined the Department as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry....

Eric Schelter Receives EPA Green Chemistry Award

Associate Professor Eric Schelter has been selected as the academic recipient of the U.S....

David Chandler (1944-2017)
The Department of Chemistry is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Professor David Chandler...

Research Highlight

Andrew Rappe
A new paper in the journal Nature by Chemistry Professor Andrew Rappe and his group is shedding light on the use of smart materials in ultrasound technology. The Rappe group is studying the piezoelectric properties of these materials to identify how they interact with energy. Read the full coverage by Ali Sundermeier here.

 

 

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