Shreyas Rajagopal, whose family immigrated to Texas from India, chose a double major in chemistry and religion to learn both scientific and social theories about how the world works.Continue readingChemistry major Shreyas Rajagopal receives 2024 Bobby Jones Scholarship
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Alexis Blake is about to earn her Emory PhD. She plans a career in patent law “a beautiful tango of logic and feelings.”Continue readingAlexis Blake shares career journey
Fourth-year chemistry PhD candidate Kristen Patterson explores interconnected research interests in the environment, sustainability, and environmental racism. Continue readingLGS Student Spotlight: Kristen Patterson
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $640,000 to William Wuest, Emory professor of chemistry, to further his lab’s development of agrochemicals inspired by compounds found in nature. The goal is to find novel and sustainable ways to combat bacterial and fungal plant pathogens that cause blight, destroying major quantities of food crops.Continue readingNSF funds Emory quest to develop agrochemicals inspired by nature
Emory professor of chemistry Bill Wuest started the Emory Biotech Consulting Club (EBCC). The club, now in its fourth year, offers students hands-on experience with the business side of science by working with biotech startups to help develop business plans and strategies.Continue readingEmory Biotech Consulting Club highlights alternative career paths for life science PhDs
Senior Chemistry Unbound major Ayjha Brown received a travel award to attend and present at the annual ABRCMS conference.Continue readingAyjha Brown receives ABRCMS travel award
https://inchemistry.acs.org/student-chapters/emory-university-hosts-community-events.htmlContinue readingChEmory featured in ACS inChemistry student magazine
The American Physical Society has named Emory biophysicist Laura Finzi and physical chemist Michael Heaven as among its 2023 Fellows, a distinction given to researchers who have made significant contributions to the application of physics to science and technology and advanced physics through original research.Continue readingEmory professors Laura Finzi and Michael Heaven named American Physical Society Fellows
“We’re opening a promising pathway for the development of new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant infections,” says Christine Dunham, co-corresponding author of the paper and a professor in Emory’s Department of Chemistry and the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center.Continue readingDunham lab explores antimicrobial that shuts down bacterial growth without harming human cells
The Catalysis Innovation Consortium (CIC) held its first annual meeting September 21-23 on the Emory Campus. The CIC is the legacy of the NSF Center for Selective C-H Functionalization.Continue readingCatalysis Innovation Consortium holds first annual meeting at Emory
Emory Wheel reported on a recent grant made to chemistry’s Khalid Salaita to establish a research center focused on Molecular Mechanobiology.Continue readingEmory Wheel features Center for Molecular Mechanobiology led by Khalid Salaita
Graduate alum Misael Romero-Reyes, currently a professor at Georgia Gwinnett College, is featured in a new Science ATL campaign, “Science Lives Here!”Continue readingGraduate alum Misael Romero-Reyes featured by Science ATL