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Fall 2024 Graduate Applications Are Open!

The Department of Chemistry's Fall 2024 Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemistry applications are open! Interested applicants are invited to start their application through Slate today. Our graduate students enjoy a highly individualized program of study, learning from our world-class faculty and state-of-the-art facilities. Ph.D. students receive financial assistance through a...

Chemistry Graduate Student Association Welcomes New Chemistry Graduate Students!

On August 25, the Chemistry Graduate Student Association welcomed the incoming Fall 2023 Chemistry graduate students with Rascal House Pizza and good company. It was the final event in our week-long New Student Orientation, allowing our new students to mingle with current graduate students and unwind before classes began....

CWRU Chemistry Research Symposium Held on August 22

On August 22, the Department of Chemistry held its first annual CWRU Chemistry Research Symposium. This half-day, student-led event celebrated our Ph.D. students' ongoing research and allowed them the opportunity to present to and take questions from their peers. The symposium was hosted by Drs. Metin Karayilan and Shane...

Chemistry Professor Acquires MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer

Chemistry professor Geneviève Sauvé, on behalf of 15 investigators from 8 departments across the university, will be acquiring a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer Fall of 2023. This is made possible by an NSF MRI: Track 1 grant recommended for funding by the Division of Chemistry. This...

Chemistry Department Holds Project SEED Program Poster Session on July 28

On July 28, 2023, the Chemistry Department wrapped up its Project SEED summer program with a lively poster session and ice cream social. Our SEED scholars, along with students from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, presented their summer research projects to graduate students and faculty and answered...

Chemistry Department Chair Attends AAASE Summer Academy

Chemistry Department Chair, Dr. Anna Samia, recently attended the Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (AAASE) Summer Academy at Princeton University. The Summer Academy program was held from June 26 to July 1 and emboldens high school students interested in the fields of science and engineering to develop...

Highlights

Crespo Group paper selected as one of the top in P&P

The recent paper, “The Triplet State of 6-thio-2′-deoxyguanosine: Intrinsic Properties and Reactivity Toward Molecular Oxygen” by Crespo Group members, Marvin Pollum and Luis Ortiz-Rodriguez was selected as one of the top papers published in Photochemistry and Photobiology for P&P’s virtual issue celebrating the publications 55th anniversary.