Ivan Korendovych receives Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
Korendovych is named to be one of only 30 junior faculty nationwide to receive a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. The award administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) supports innovative research across all disciplines in science and engineering.

Jaime Bernstein, chemistry and Spanish major delivers 2013 commencement speech » complete news story

Anna Kahkoska, a biochemistry senior working for Rob Doyle, was awarded Capstone Honors Thesis of the year for Science and Engineering at the Honors Convocation May 10th.

Leann Miles and Allison Roberts, (biochemistry majors doing research in Rob Doyle's lab) are two of the 35 students who have both been chosen as Remembrance Scholars for 2013-14. » complete news story

Susan Flynn receives travel grant from Eli Lilly/WCC to attend the ACS meeting in Indianapolis.

Congratulations to Korrie Mack, undergraduate biochemistry student working in Ivan Korendovych's lab! She has been awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, as well as the Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize.

Wenjie Wu, chemistry graduate student working in Dr. Maye's lab won the "IPMI Colt Refining Student Award", an international award from the International Precious Metal Institute (IPMI). This award is awarded to a top graduate student who uses precious metals in their research that have direct applications in industry. She will receive the award in June at the IPMI conference in Phoenix.

Mathew Maye to receive Teaching Recognition Award
at a reception on Monday, April 22nd along with six other faculty members at the University. "Dr. Maye has a very innovative approach to teaching both undergraduate and graduate students, making a tremendous difference for students."

Jon Zubieta to receive the 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Wasserstrom Prize Award
The prize is awarded in memory of English Professor William Wasserstrom to a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences who exemplifies outstanding success teaching graduate students. » complete news story

Colleen Alexander receives the Division of Inorganic Chemistry ACS Young Investigator Award
for her work on the use of gold nanoparticles for drug delivery in cancer chemotherapy. Colleen will present her research findings at the Young Investigator Symposium at the National ACS meeting to be held in Indianapolis in the Fall of 2013. Colleen's research project is coadvised by Profs. Maye and Dabrowiak.

Peter J. Rosado Flores
Peter received First Place for his presentation at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics in Washington, DC earlier this month. complete news story

Distinguished Professor and Chair, Karin Ruhlandt receives Fulbright award to further her research and to guest lecture in Austria.

Jaime Bernstein (Chemistry) and Anna Kahkoska (Biochemistry), undergraduate students working in Robert Doyle's lab, have been named as 2013 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate academic honor bestowed at the University.

Mathew Maye will be awarded TACNY's Young Technologist of theYear Award and Robert Doyle TACNY's College Technology Educator of the Year award on March 18th. TACNY - Technology Alliance of Central New York

Laurence A. Nafie, Emeritus Distinguished Professor to receive the Pittcon Award for Spectroscopy » complete news story

Spencer honored with Chancellor's Citation for Excellence
Prof. James Spencer along with four others will receive the Chancellor's Citation for Excellence on Monday, April 1. Spencer has been cited for his "outstanding scholarship, superlative teaching, extensive community engagement and commitment to the University community." » complete news story

2012 Beckman Scholars gain real-world research experience Korrie Mack, senior biochemistry major, is one of the 2012 Beckman Scholars. Korrie works on a collaborative project with Karin Ruhlandt and Ivan Korendovych.» for the complete news story see "From proteins to biosensors" by Judy Holmes

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*NEW* Soft Interfaces IGERT @ SU
An interdisciplinary graduate program offering competitive fellowships to train PHD scientists and engineers in the areas of biological membranes, biomaterials and nanostructured interfaces. » more info

Apply to Grad School
Completed applications should reach the Department of Chemistry no later than March 15 each year to be considered for the following fall semester.  » more info

Graduate Student Travel Grants
Travel grants are now handled directly at the department level. Download the form below, or obtain a copy from Deb Maley. Submit completed forms to Dr. Kallmerten along with proper submission attachments.  » Travel Grant Proposal