chemistry
May 11, 2021
Majors: BS in chemistry, BA in art historyMinor: Studio artYear: Fourth-year When Sarah Lavin first arrived as an undergraduate student at ӰƵ four years ago, she knew she wanted to study chemistry, but couldn’t shake her love for studio art. So she decided to combine…
March 09, 2021
Blanton S. Tolbert Blanton S. Tolbert, professor of chemistry at the College of Arts and Sciences, and his research group study the basic biochemistry of viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Since he was in graduate school, he has worked on the biological molecule RNA,…
February 11, 2021
The Program in Cell Biology at the School of Medicine and the Department of Physics at the College of Arts and Sciences will host the annual “The 2020 Nobel Prizes in Science: What Were They Given For?” symposium today (Feb. 11) from 4 to 5 p.m. Attendees will learn about the research that earned…
January 28, 2021
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Gheorghe D. Mateescu passed away Friday, Jan. 22, at the age of 92. Mateescu was born in Pitesti, Romania, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1967 to receive his PhD from ӰƵ under Professor G. Olah. He spent the following 53 years in the…
September 09, 2020
ӰƵ chemists measure ‘picosecond’ speed of pre-cancer cells’ lesions that form on DNA when exposed to sunlight; could lead to more effective prevention Luis Ortiz-Rodríguez grew up on the beaches of Puerto Rico—surfing, swimming and running in the hot sand—and swears he had never…
March 31, 2020
Lab led by researcher Blanton Tolbert partners with international scientists, seeks expanded NIH support to "target virus at molecular level" A team of scientists, including Blanton Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at ӰƵ, and his research…
October 21, 2019
Two ӰƵ undergraduate students were selected as Beckman Scholars for the 2019-20 academic year to support their research endeavors. This year’s honorees were Katherine Yan and Kevin Pataroque. In January 2018, ӰƵ was among 12 institutions nationally…
May 31, 2019
Photo by Keli Schimelpfenig Blanton S. Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has accepted an appointment invitation to become a permanent member of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC). The council can advise on the…
May 10, 2019
The Polymer Initiative of Northeast Ohio (PiNO) Conference
will be held Friday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale
University Center ballroom. This student-organized conference, originally created by graduate students in the ӰƵ Department of…
April 19, 2019
Yifan Dai, a PhD candidate
in the Department of Chemistry, and Chung Chiun Liu the Wallace R. Persons Professor of Sensor
Technology & Control, Distinguished University Professor, professor of
chemical engineering and director of the Electronics Design Center, penned a
review paper titled…