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Aug 15, 2023
Assistant Professor Korey Carter's U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career proposal titled, "Design of Molecular Spin Qubits Featuring Clock Transitions via Encapsulation of f-Elements in Polyoxometalates" was officially selected for funding. The DOE announced the selection... -
Aug 15, 2023
Dr. Renée Cole has been awarded the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry (https://www.nesacs.org/award/james-flack-norris-award/) with two of her collaborators, Dr. Susanne Ruder... -
Aug 11, 2023
Led by Department of Chemistry lecturer Adam Brummett and Director of the Office of Sustainability and the Environment Stratis Giannakouros, Iowa STEM students recently visited various locations in France, Switzerland, and Germany to experience the applications of sustainable chemistry on a global... -
Jun 27, 2023
Iowa Energy Center has awarded Johna Leddy an Iowa Energy Center Grant in the amount of $417,137 for the project titled, "Electrical Energy from Ethanol." This grant award will be administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority. The Iowa Energy Center Grant... -
Jun 27, 2023
With the support of the Chemical Synthesis program in the Division of Chemistry and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), Scott Daly of the University of Iowa and Jason Keith of Colgate University received a $528,550 grant to study metal complexes that enable... -
Jun 15, 2023
Florence Williams was awarded the NSF CAREER $650,000 grant, a prestigious early-career scholar funding mechanism, for her work in Chemoselective Functionalization of Strong C-O, C-F and C-H Bonds Using Boron Chemistry With the support of the Chemical Synthesis Program in the... -
Jun 15, 2023
CLAS staff member and chemistry glassblower receives prestigious award Benjamin Revis, scientific glassblower in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the 2023 Helmut E. Drechsel Award.... -
Oct 21, 2022
Professor Tori Forbes of the Department of Chemistry was reconginzed with the College or Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Collegiate Scholar Award for the 2021-22 academic year. From the CLAS website: "The Collegiate Scholar award was inaugurated in 2008 to recognize mid-career faculty... -
Oct 17, 2022
Professor Tori Forbes and Dr. Sara E. Mason were awarded funds to support “Direct Air Carbon Dioxide Separation Using a Uranyl Superoxide Catalyst” as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s highly competitive... -
Oct 13, 2022
The Department of Chemistry is sad to announce the passing of Professor Darrell P. Eyman. Darrell was a long-time member of the department. His initial appointment started in 1964 as an Assistant Professor in the Inorganic Division. He retired in 2011 after 47 years of dedicated service to the...