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In Memoriam George Crabtree

In Memoriam, Physics Colleague George Crabtree

The dept. of Chemistry sends condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Prof. George Crabtree, who passed on January 23. Prof. Crabtree was a member of the physics department and collaborated with…

A new fluorescent material has been invented at UIC.

UIC-Princeton consortium reports new fluorescent material

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago and Princeton University have reported a new fluorescent material, called a type II “giant” quantum dot, that has shattered existing records on emission…

UIC rises in rankings again.

UIC rises (again) in rankings!

The University of Illinois Chicago’s status among the country’s top public national universities continues to grow as the institution rose four spots to tie for 42nd in the 2022-2023 U.S. News & World…

Mike Trenary has won the 2022 Outstanding Researcher Award.

Prof. Trenary Wins 2022 Outstanding Researcher Award!

Michael Trenary has won the 2022 Outstanding Researcher Award from the Prairie Chapter of the American Vacuum Society, which was conferred at the chapter’s annual symposium held at the University of Notre Dame…

Prof. Gao has won the 2022-23 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award

Gao wins McKnight Award

Ruixuan Gao, UIC assistant professor of chemistry and biological sciences, has been named the recipient of the 2022-23 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award! He will lead a project to chemically engineer a…

Prof. Nguyen has been highlighted by Nature Chemistry for his recent article in JACS

Nguyen group's JACS article receives Nature highlight!

The Nguyen group has developed a new class of porous materials (called UIC-1) that can remarkably mimic protein active sites to a much higher degree than previous porous frameworks as recently reported in…

Hu receives $1.9M NIH MIRA award

Hu receives $1.9M NIH MIRA award

UIC faculty member Ying S. Hu is a recipient of the prestigious Maximizing Investigator Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Hu, an assistant professor of chemistry in the…

Cologna has won a Scialog competition!

Cologna wins Scialog Competition.

Stephanie Cologna is among 13 researchers from seven cross-disciplinary teams from the United States and Canada to receive funding in the second year of Scialog: Microbiome, Neurobiology and Disease, an initiative to catalyze advances in understanding of…

Desire Ortiz Torres has won the Second Place Award at the Three Minute Thesis Competition

Desire Torres Wins at 3MT Competition!

Desire Ortiz Torres has won the Second Place Award at the Three Minute Thesis Competition at the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Conference that was held in Milwaukee Wisconsin on Friday April 8,…