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New Tower. The main activity of the past week was the preparation for a day-long session (4:30 am – 4:30 pm) of pouring concrete on Wed July 31st. The first major section to be poured was the basement-level floor slab above the mechanical room at the sub-basement level of the new tower. This area represents …
On August 1, 2019 chemist and education researcher Ryan L. Stowe, joins the Department of Chemistry. Stowe received his B.A. in chemistry from Albion College (2010) in Michigan and his Ph.D. in chemistry from The Scripps Research Institute (2016). He most recently worked as a postdoctoral research associate with Melanie Cooper at Michigan State University, …
The closure of the chemistry loading dock, originally scheduled for 4:00am – 10:30am on Wed July 31st, has been rescheduled for 4:15am – 11:00am on Thurs Aug 1st. – Bob McMahon
Jeff Martell arrived at UW–Madison May 20, from a postdoctoral researcher position with Jeff Long at UC Berkeley’s Miller Institute. His group currently includes two first-year Ph.D. students, Edward Pimentel and Mario Cribari. Martell received his B.A. in chemistry and mathematics from Northwestern University in 2009 and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute …
On July 1, chemist and educator Sam Pazicni, joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Chemistry from his faculty position as associate professor of chemistry at the University of New Hampshire. Pazicni received his B.A. in chemistry and music in 2001 from Washington and Jefferson College, his M.S. in chemistry in 2003, and his Ph.D. …
By Stephanie Blaszczyk Science Communicator, Graduate Student (Tang Group), and 2019 AAAS Mass Media Fellow How do energetic mountains and molehills affect the folding and function of proteins? The Cavagnero Lab asked this question when investigating why bacterial proteins fold properly instead of misfolding and aggregating under physiological conditions. “If proteins in our bodies and in bacteria …
By Mary Hanson Department of Chemistry Physical Path Coordinator Professor Shaul Mukamel will receive the 2019-20 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry, administered by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Theoretical Chemistry Institute (TCI). Prof. Mukamel is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Irvine. Mukamel is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of …
May 30, 2019 By Tatum Lyles Flick For news media The University of Wisconsin–Madison and the American Chemical Society are partnering to train more underrepresented minority students in chemical research to increase the numbers of these students in chemistry doctoral programs. The ACS Bridge Program will bring talented, underrepresented minority students to the UW–Madison campus beginning this fall. These aspiring …
By Josephine Eshon Science Communicator and Graduate Student (Schomaker Group) The transition from undergraduate to graduate school can be very challenging. In undergraduate programs, students gain knowledge and apply it to problems in chemistry to which scientists have answers; however in graduate school, students obtain skills on how to solve unresolved problems in chemistry. More …
By Kaitlyn M. Moore Department Communications May 24, 2019, Madison, WI — Today, the UW–Madison Department of Chemistry celebrated the 2019 Wisconsin Crystal Growing Competition (WICGC), a middle and high school competition organized by the Molecular Structure Laboratory, where students and teachers put their crystal growing and art skills to the test. Participants were judged …