Congratulations to Hannah Ferguson, who successfully defended her senior Honors Thesis this past Friday! Her thesis is titled, "A New Method for a Safer Flame Test and Advancements in [3+2] Cycloaddition Chemistry."
Congratulations to doctoral student Sajan Shakya, who successfully passed his oral candidacy this past Tuesday! The title of his proposal is, "Mechanical quantification of molecular interactions reveals spatiotemporal fluctuations on cell surface."
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We are proud to celebrate Dr. Mietek Jaroniec on being named a 2025 Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science in two fields: Chemistry and Materials Science.
Highly Cited Researchers are recognized for publishing multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations in their field over the past decade.
Congratulations to Chamali Mudiyanselage, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam on August 15! The title of her proposal is, "Investigation of the impact of m6A nucleotide modification on FUS-dependent biological liquid-liquid phase separation."
Congratulations to Suha Alqarni, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam on August 18! The title of her proposal is, "Engineering novel dual-fluorophore Pt(IV) complexes."
Congratulations to Adeola Adeyemi, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam on August 15! The title of her proposal is, "Single-molecule CISS-controlled electrochemical catalysis."
Congratulations to Yeshvir Yadav, who successfully passed his oral candidacy exam on August 7! The title of his proposal is, "Decoding Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Porphyrin-Based Supramolecular Assemblies via 2D Electronic Spectroscopy."
Congratulations to Milan Pandey, who successfully passed his oral candidacy exam on July 29! The title of his proposal is, "'Investigating the Excited State Dynamics of Pt(IV) based Near-IR Triggered Bioactive Molecules."
We’re proud to share that Dr. Jibin Abraham Punnoose, an alumnus of our doctoral program, will be joining the Department of Chemistry at SUNY New Paltz as an Assistant Professor starting this Fall! He completed his Ph.D. in Dr. Mao’s research group.
Congratulations to Pravin Pokhrel, who successfully defended his dissertation earlier today! The title of his dissertation is, "Modulation of Phase Separation Dynamics During Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation."
Congratulations to Arpit Sharma, who successfully defended his dissertation earlier today! His dissertation title is, "Development of Clickable Photoactive Platinum Complexes for NIR Light Triggered Bioactive Molecule Release."
Congratulations to Aswathy Jayachandran, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam late last month. The title of her proposal is, "Dielectric Screening for the Excited State Energy Calculations."
Congratulations to Julia Miller, who successfully defended her master's thesis on April 3! Her thesis is titled, "Investigating Key Peptide Sequences Features Essential for m5C Recognition During Epitranscriptomic Regulation for Gene Expression."
Group of student employees posing in the main lobby of Williams Hall.
🎉 It’s Student Employee Appreciation Week! 🎉
A huge THANK YOU to all of our incredible student workers in the Department! 💙
Your hard work, dedication, and ability to balance academics, responsibilities, and employment do not go unnoticed. We’re so grateful to have you on our team!
Congrats to Zach Boggs, Senior Academic Laboratory Manager, on being named this year’s Flashes GROW Award recipient by Career Exploration and Development!
Thank you, Zach, for your dedication to student success!
Congratulations to Chemistry major Ashley Angell, who took home 3rd place at the Integration Bee, hosted by the Dept. of Mathematical Sciences! 🧠✨
Way to represent Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ashley! 🧪👏
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Meet Rebecca Stratton, a chemistry major at Kent State University, who is blending her passion for science with language. Discover how Rebecca is bridging the gap between chemistry and language in her academic journey!
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🔬🔥 Did you know? 🔥🔬 Our department has its own scientific glassblower! Taylor Kurrle expertly fabricates and repairs glassware for our academic and research labs, blending art with science to keep experiments running smoothly.
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Join us for the 2nd Annual Honors Symposium on Thursday, April 17, 2025!
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We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
Congratulations to doctoral student Rupak Kharel, who successfully defended his dissertation on February 5! The title of his dissertation is, "Exploring Ent-kaurene and Grayanane Diterpene Natural Products."
Congratulations to doctoral student Kiran Agrahari, who successfully defended her dissertation this afternoon! Her dissertation title is, "Design, Synthesis, and Investigation of the Structure-Property Relationships of Nematic Liquid Crystals."