Welcome to UMCP Chemistry & Biochemistry
Chair, Professor Janice Reutt-Robey
Dear Alumni and Friends,Welcome to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry! Our department is expanding the frontiers of the molecular sciences, while educating students and the next-generation of researchers.
Alumnus Tobin Marks Receives 2017 Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society’s Highest Honor
“I am deeply honored to receive this most important recognition from the American Chemical Society, and likewise am deeply honored to join the ranks of all the previous
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Senior Iowis Zhu, Double Degree Candidate in Biochemistry and Biological Sciences, Named University Medalist
He is, quite simply, a “force of nature,” says Associate Professor Jason D. Kahn, who supervised Zhu in his Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry lab.
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Professor Christopher Jarzynski has been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
With this honor, Professor Jarzynski joins some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academic, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts.
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Jack Tossell, emeritus Professor of Chemistry, passed away on April 25 after a long battle with cancer
Jack was born in Norwalk, Ohio and attended the University of Chicago, where he was selected for Phi Beta Kappa and earned a B.S. in chemistry in 1966. (more…)
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Sintim and Dayie labs’ research on bacterial riboswitches featured as cover for Molecular BioSystems
Research from Sintim and Dayie labs on bacterial riboswitches that sense cyclic dinucleotides has been featured as cover for Molecular BioSystems. (more…)
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Professor Isaacs group’s recent article cited as a “very important paper” by Angewandte Chemie
The featured paper titled, "Cucurbit[7]uril⋅Guest Pair with an Attomolar Dissociation Constant" is described as a "very important paper" and will also appear as a "frontispiece" in Angewandte. Research in Professor Isaacs' laboratory is focused on basic and applied problems in the area of self-assembly.
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Zachariah and Team Formulate New Explosives Based on Nanoaluminum
Whether they are rocket propellants or fireworks, all explosives contain a fuel and an oxidizing agent. Sometimes both are in the same molecule, like in TNT; sometimes the explosive is a mixture, like Thermite. In mixtures, the smaller the particles, the higher the explosive force. (more…)
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Major volcanic eruptions may have considerably smaller effect on global climate than commonly thought
Ross Salawitch’s group in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has published an article in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics that suggests major volcanic eruptions have considerably smaller effect on global climate than commonly thought. (more…)
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