College of Arts and Sciences

We are sad to announce that Dr. Michael Jirousek passed away on October 30, 2025 at the age of 66. Dr. Jirousek was a dedicated educator and a strong supporter of our department, whose generosity and belief in our mission helped us grow in meaningful ways. His commitment to our...

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Case Western Reserve University chemist Divita Mathur was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant for her research in synthetic DNA nanoparticles, which have potential applications in gene therapy. Her work focuses on creating programmable DNA nanoparticles that can deliver therapeutic genes to specific cells, potentially correcting...

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Join us May 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm in Clapp Hall 201 for a short seminar and Q&A session on the basics of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and how it can drive your research forward. This will be a hybrid event, Zoom link and recording will be available to all...

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Chemistry Department Emeritus, Alfred B. Anderson, published article "How Computational Theorists Deal with Electrode Potential" in Journal of the Electrochemistry Society by IOP. The paper has over 700 downloads on the ECS journal website and according to ResearchGate has been one of the most read papers in our department. Congratulations...

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PhD in Chemistry student, Anjalee Kumarihamy, was recently featured with the Case School of Engineering's Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials (SCSAM) as a spotlighted fellow. A link to the article spotlighting Anjalee can be found here!  

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We are sad to announce that Frank Hovorka Professor of Chemistry Barry Miller passed away on February 7, 2025 at the age of 92. Dr. Miller first began his academic career as an Instructor of Chemistry at Harvard University in 1959 and eventually became Professor of Chemistry in 1993...

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