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By Ilia A. Guzei Director of Crystallography From a Petri dish into space! Do crystals grown in space differ from the ones grown on earth? Do compounds crystallize differently in space? What hardware does one use to conduct a crystallization experiment in space? Answers to these questions are sought by the winners of the WI …
By Anthony Millevolte & Matthias Driess Colleagues and friends of Emeritus Professor Robert C. West joined to celebrate Bob’s 90th birthday during special conference sessions in 2018. It began in May with the 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference in Edmonton, Alberta, and continued in September at the Silicon Symposium in Prague and then at the 9th …
Having chosen right parents, with robust good health he celebrated his 85th birthday on January 20th. Thus, he has been taking on busy travel schedule to Korea and China for the past several years. He goes to Korea semi-annually for industrial consulting for a couple of companies within the LG Corporation, and a petrochemical company; …
By Stephanie Blaszczyk Science Communicator & Graduate Student (Tang Group) UW–Madison students are unknowingly influenced by recent 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Frances Arnold, thanks to four Ph.D. chemists and Arnold group alumni in the Madison area: Jeffrey Endelman (2005), Philip Romero (2012), and Andrew Buller (2017), all professors at UW–Madison, and Katie Brenner (2009) …
By Kaitlyn M. Moore Department Communications At the start of each fall semester, the Department of Chemistry welcomes incoming graduate students with the responsibility of choosing a research group — and creative posters have become the quintessential tool for lab group recruiting. According to Arrietta Clauss, graduate student services coordinator, this can be a demanding …
Enabling Characterization of Nanoparticles, Catalysts, Other Novel Materials, and Biochemical Systems By Charlie Fry Director of Dir NMR Lab – CIC UW–Madison ranks as a premiere institution in the world for research support involving nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, but nearly all of UW–Madison’s capabilities are directed at liquid samples. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) …
By Kaitlyn M. Moore, Department Communications Madison, WI – December 19, 2019– Each year, the Department of Chemistry chooses one outstanding staff or faculty member to honor with the James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award. This year’s recipient, senior lecturer Paul Hooker, was selected for his exceptional contributions to teaching in the chemistry department. …
From the UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Ph.D. alumnus Laurens “Andy” Anderson died on Nov. 6, 2018 at the age of 98. He was a faculty member in the department for 35 years, known as a world-renowned expert on carbohydrate chemistry and nomenclature. Anderson was born in South Dakota …
By Tatum Lyles Flick Department of Chemistry Communications Specialist Abridged version of this article published here. Hidden in the salt spray from waves crashing on the beach are clues to our planet’s future. Chemists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are turning to where the ocean meets the sky to study how our past, present and …
Alpha Chi Sigma, a professional co-ed chemistry, sold succulents in the Chem Building Atrium Monday to help the Madison Metropolitan School District purchase science supplies. For $7, those who donated received a succulent planted in a 400mL glass chemistry beaker. Pictured above, from left: Herbert Durfee IV, material science and engineering; Julie Wessel, microbiology; Yochana Kencherla, …