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Joseph Francisco elected to the Leopoldina
Apr 20, 2021
Prof. Joseph Francisco, President’s Distinguished Professor, has been elected to the Leopoldina.
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 the Dennis M. Deturck Award for Innovation in Teaching.
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 Between Exciton Dynamics and Symmetry-Breaking Charge Transfer Through Multidimensional Visible and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopies, will be receive five years of funding from the NSF.
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 recognizing outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines. Jonathan Nadraws of the Smith group received an honorable mention.
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 under founding Editor Professor Amos B. Smith III.
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.
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 Humanities and Letters.
More information on the Academia and this year's inductees, click here.
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 few undergraduates performing research on campus amid COVID19 lab restrictions. Click the link to read the story below.
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. She was 67.
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