Happy Thanksgiving from @nuchemistry.bsky.social !
Our innovative and collaborative research is made possible by our amazing community. Today we’re thankful for the colleagues, students, alumni, and partners who make NU Chemistry what it is. #NUChemImpact #Grateful
🍁 The #NUChemistry Fall Newsletter is out! 🍁
Catch up on recent press, research highlights, event recaps, faculty & student awards, and photos from recent department events.
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🚀 Tomorrow’s technology starts at #NUChemistry
Prof. Teri Odom is exploring #polaritons — hybrid carriers made of light and matter — that could transform secure, energy-efficient #communication.
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The 2025 #BeckmanSymposium featured strong representation from Northwestern.
Chad Mirkin delivered the keynote on structural #nanomedicine, and James Gaynor was named a 2025 Beckman Young Investigator for work on #electron spin, motion, and molecular shape. #NUChemImpact #FacultyExcellence #chemsky
🚨 New Research Alert
From the @kalowlab.bsky.social - "Rheological Isotope Effects for Molecular Insight in Covalent Adaptable Networks" #Polymers #WomeninSTEM #NUChemImpact
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NU-9, a drug invented by Richard Silverman, is entering #ALS clinical trials—and may also help treat #Alzheimer’s, per a new PNAS study. Learn more on @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social's Breakthroughs podcast. #NUChemImpact #ResearchMatters
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Cancer. Diagnostics. Programmable materials.
One #Northwestern breakthrough is shaping it all.
#SNAs power cancer drugs and diagnostics at over half the world’s top hospitals—and launched structural #nanomedicine. 🧪💜 #NUChemImpact
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The Gianneschi Group at Northwestern uses smart materials chemistry to heal hearts—reversing scar tissue with breakthrough Protein-Like Polymer tech.
Science at #NUChemistry brings hope to those facing incurable diseases. #HeartHealth #PrecisionMedicine #NUChemImpact
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🎓 It’s Graduation Weekend at #NUChemistry!
Our PhDs are being hooded.
Our undergraduates are crossing the stage.
Together, they make up the newest class of brilliant #chemists—ready to change the world and make an #NUChemImpact! 🌎⚗️💜
Congrats to all the #NU2025 grads!
Congratulations Mercouri Kanatzidis, named the 2026 William H. Nichols Medal Award Winner by New York chapter of
@acs.org! The #NicholsMedal honors original, impactful chemistry research.
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Turning plastic waste into something new—again and again. ♻️
The Marks Group at Northwestern pioneers chemical recycling that breaks plastics down to monomers—enabling true reuse.
No solvents. Big impact.
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The Farha Group is using #MOFs to neutralize chemical threats—from protecting first responders to capturing carbon. This is #chemistry at work for a safer, cleaner future.
#ScienceThatMatters #ChemSky #Northwestern
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Learn about the #NUChemImpact. Our faculty are saving lives with science!
From breaking down #PFAS to probing quantum-level reactions with laser #spectroscopy, NUChemistry's faculty develop novel materials and study the chemical and physical processes shaping our world. #NUChemImpact #SciencethatMatters
Read more in the Daily Northwestern: bit.ly/4kQ4xSp
Chemistry that goes beyond the lab.
Startups. New tech. Real-world change.
Follow along as we highlight the people, labs, and innovations transforming society. 🌎 🧪
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New nanotherapy from #NUChemistry faculty member Samuel Stupp traps toxic proteins before they harm brain cells.
In #Alzheimer’s and #ALS models, it dramatically improved neuron survival—pointing to a new way to slow neurodegeneration. #NUChemImpact
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