News

Chemistry Students Honored

May 1, 2014

A number of exceptional Chemistry graduate and undergraduate students were honored at the Department's annual awards ceremony on April 30. The highest honor that the Chemistry Department bestows on a graduating PhD student is the John G. Miller Award. This year's award went to Jacob Goldberg of the Petersson group. 

Madeleine Joullié to Receive Honorary Degree

Apr 23, 2014

Professor Madeleine Joullié will be receiving an honorary degree by Simmons College's 109th Commencement on Friday, May 9 in Boston for her remarkable career as an internationally recognized scholar and a champion of women in the field of chemistry. Madeleine received her BA degree in chemistry from Simmons.

Chemistry Faculty Elected to Royal Society of Chemistry

Apr 18, 2014

Professors David W. Christianson and Daniel J. Mindiola were elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The Royal Society of Chemistry is the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences and traces its roots to the Chemical Society of London, established in 1841.

Chemistry Students Receive NSF Fellowships

Apr 9, 2014

Four Chemistry Department students have been awarded fellowships in the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). John Ferrie (Petersson group); Roy Malamakal (Chenoweth group), and Rachel Roesch & Mary Rose Mintzer (

Penn Chemistry hires Jessica Anna

Apr 4, 2014

Dr. Jessica Anna, currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, will join the department as an assistant professor on July 1, 2014. Dr. Anna is the first hire in the School of Arts & Sciences' Energy Cluster program in the natural sciences.

Marsha Lester and Larry Sneddon honored in Dallas

Apr 1, 2014

Marsha I. Lester, the Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor, and Larry G. Sneddon, the Blanchard Professort of Chemistry, were both honored with national awards at the ACS meeting. Marsha was awarded the Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal, which recognizes distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists. Larry received the F.

Penn Chemistry adds two new faculty members for 2015

Mar 24, 2014

Associate Professor Elizabeth Rhoades (Yale) will be joining the Department in July 2015. The Rhoades lab studies protein folding, misfolding, and dynamics.

Neil S. Tomson, currently at Los Alamos National Laboratory, will join the Department at the same time as an Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry.

Eric Schelter's Research Featured at Science on Tap

Mar 24, 2014

Assistant Professor Eric Schelter brought chemistry to the people when he took part in Philadelphia's Science on Tap series at National Mechanics.

Penn Chemistry Alumni Events

Feb 5, 2014

There will be alumni events at both the American Chemical Society and American Physical Society national meetings in March. Please join us!

APS Meeting

Penn Chemistry/Physics Alumni Social

Tuesday, March 2, 2015

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Grand Hyatt San Antonio

Bonham D Room

James Petersson Elected to ACS Biological Division Advisory Committee

Jan 26, 2014

James Petersson has been been elected to serve as an ACS Biological Division Advisory Committee Member from 2014-2016. More information can be found here.