Discovery thrives when we come together. 🧪💜
In 2025, the connections we built across the department showcased the strength and collaborative spirit of our community. From all of us at #NUChemistry, we wish you a joyful and restorative holiday season.

#HappyHolidays #Chemistry #Collaboration

#NUChemistry is proud to share that Omar K. Farha is a 2025 National Academy of Inventors Fellow. With 17 patents and as founder & CSO of Numat Technologies, his innovations are shaping real-world solutions.

Congratulations, @omarfarha.bsky.social 🎉💜!

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🍁 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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#NUChemImpact #ResearchImpact

Each Tuesday, faculty come together over lunch to share research, spark ideas, and build cross-disciplinary collaborations. It looks like our #NUChemistry 1/4 zips are becoming part of the tradition. 💜

Who is wearing their 1/4 zip to tomorrow's faculty lunch? 🙋
#Collaboration #FacultyExcellence

🎉 Congratulations to the 15 #NUChemistry faculty named 2025 Highly Cited Researchers by @clarivate.com!

Their work in medicine, water purification, energy & cancer research continues to shape discoveries that impact lives worldwide.

#FacultyExcellence #HighlyCited2025 #Chemistry

Purple pride goes global! 💜

Chair @omarfarha.bsky.social is taking #NUChemistry energy beyond campus — building collaborations, celebrating innovation, and inspiring connections.

📸 Tag @nuchemistry.bsky.social to join the fun!

Molecular coating cleans up noisy quantum light Strategy boosts spectral purity by 87%, paving the way for quantum technologies

Molecular precision meets quantum light. 🔦

Mark Hersam's team improved the spectral purity of quantum light by 87% — a key step toward more reliable #quantum communication and computing. #NUChemistry #QuantumComputing
@nuinquire.bsky.social

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🎃 The #NUChemistry Halloween Demo Show is back!

A tradition dating to the 1940s, revived by our amazing grad students—for the 2nd year in a row! 👩‍🔬🧪

📅 Oct. 30 | 🕕 6–7 PM | 📍 Tech LR3
👻 Costumes encouraged + prizes!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4nrwYIa

Great historical photos in comments!

#HalloweenShow

Vital Research Feinberg School of Medicine professor Jeffrey Savas has been funded by a U.S. Department of Defense grant to advance his work in hearing loss; circadian rhythm expert Fred Turek at the Weinberg Colleg...

🚀 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.
#NUChemImpact #ResearchImpact

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Congrats Courtney Smoljan on being named 'Distinguished Graduate Researcher; by NU Chemical and Biological Engineering!

Her work shows how the collaborative spirit at #Northwestern — between omarfarha.bsky.social and randallsnurr.bsky.social — drives innovation.

#GradExcellence #NUChemistry

First ‘perovskite camera’ can see inside the human body New detector promises to lower the cost and increase the quality of nuclear medicine

🚨 Medical imaging just got a #perovskite upgrade.

Mercouri Kanatzidis + team built the first perovskite detector for SPECT scans.

“Perovskites revolutionized solar energy—now they could do the same for nuclear medicine.” – Kanatzidis #MedicalImaging #NUChemistry #ResearchImpact

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Today we honor the staff whose dedication powers every experiment, every collaboration, and every breakthrough at #NUChemistry. Your hard work makes innovation possible. #LaborDay #TeamScience

Thanks to all who celebrated our department chair, Omar Farha, at the Inorganic Nanoscience Award Symposium yesterday. A fantastic showcase of chemistry! #ACSFall2025 #NUChemistry

Congrats Mercouri Kanatzidis on winning the 2025 Albert Einstein World Award of Science from the World Cultural Council! 🎉 He is recognized for breakthroughs in solar PVs, halide perovskites & sustainable energy materials.
#FacultyExcellence #MaterialsScience #NUChemistry

Last week #NUChemistry hosted Jill Millstone (University of Pittsburgh) for the James A. Ibers Summer Lectures in Inorganic Chemistry!

An alum of Mirkin Group, Jill shared her latest work on #nanoparticle synthesis and connected with students and colleagues over her two day visit.

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!

Sugar-coated nanotherapy dramatically improves neuron survival in Alzheimer’s model New treatment traps, neutralizes toxic proteins to stop disease progression

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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New Real-Time Health Monitor Northwestern researchers have invented a device that can track inflammation in the body in real time, akin to a continuous glucose monitor. Inspired by fruit being shaken from tree branches, the devic...

🧬 Featured in Northwestern Magazine:

A groundbreaking implantable device developed by #NUChemistry faculty Shana Kelley tracks inflammation in real time—opening the door to earlier, smarter care.
#DNA #Inflammation #MedTech #WomeninSTEM

📖 Discover More: bit.ly/43ePKcT

A #NUChemistry – Stanford Medicine team has developed a “smart” #MRI technique to non-invasively detect senescent cells—key players in aging and disease. Built on Tom Meade’s work, it could transform how we track #arthritis, #Alzheimer’s & more. #NUChemCollab #FacultyExcellence

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🎉 Congratulations to Julia Kalow on receiving the 2025 ACS Macro Letters / Biomacromolecules / Macromolecules Young Investigator Award!

Discover more of Julia’s research in @pubs.acs.org: bit.ly/3Grnmww

#FacultyExcellence #NUChemistry #WomenInSTEM

At Northwestern, researchers are changing the world—and #NUChemistry is central to that mission. Through pioneering drug discovery, cutting-edge cancer detection, and clean water innovation, we tackle today’s most urgent challenges. #ResearchImpact

🔗 www.northwestern.edu/research-nu/...

We had a blast celebrating our incredible students last Friday for Grad Student Appreciation Week! Your brilliance drives research forward at #NUChemistry— thank you for all you do! 💜🔬 #StudentAppreciation #GraduatExcellence

🎉 Huge congratulations to our incredible #NUChemistry graduate students who were recently recognized for their outstanding contributions! We’re proud to celebrate your achievements! 💜🔬 #NorthwesternChemistry #GradStudentExcellence

Congratulations to Mercouri Kanatzidis on receiving the 2025 ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials at #ACSSpring2025! This honor recognizes and encourages your outstanding contributions to the field and for encouraging young scientists.
#FacultyExcellence #Chemistry #MaterialsScience #NUChemistry

Wednesday at #ACSSpring2025 (pt 2) - #NUChemistry Student Sessions:

@tempelaarteam.bsky.social | @shanakelley.bsky.social

We’re diving into another exciting day of #NUChemistry research, discussions, and networking! Here’s what’s on the agenda for Wednesday at #ACSSpring2025:

@xiaoyuzhang.bsky.social | @iinanonu.bsky.social | @trienensinst.bsky.social

Tuesday at #ACSSpring2025 - #NUChemistry Poster Sessions: Join the conversation in Hall B2/C at the San Diego Convention Center to engage with scientists from the Zhang, Mrksich, Hunter, and Tempelaar labs. Check slide for 🕐.

@tempelaarteam.bsky.social | @xiaoyuzhang.bsky.social

Tuesday at #ACSSpring2025: #NUChemistry Student Sessions! #spectroelectrochemistry #COFs #spectroscopy #recyclablerubbers

@kalowlab.bsky.social | @dichtel.bsky.social

Tuesday at #ACSSpring2025: Part 2 of the #NUChemistry lineup you won't want to miss today! #NonlinearOptics #InterlockedPolymers #Melanin

@dichtel.bsky.social | @trienensinst.bsky.social | @iinanonu.bsky.social