Kathy Gisser, who received her Ph.D. from the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry in 1992 with advisor Art Ellis, was recently featured in the book Find Your Path: Unconventional Lessons from 36 Leading Scientists and Engineers …
Year: 2019
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri available on PBS
Watch Professor Bassam Shakhashiri’s 50th anniversary presentation of Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri: Tue, Dec 24 at 5:00 am on PBS Wisconsin Wed, Dec 25 at 11:00 am on PBS …
Mimicking enzymes, chemists produce large, useful carbon rings
December 19, 2019 By Eric Hamilton Originally published here. Drawing inspiration from nature, University of Wisconsin–Madison chemists have discovered an efficient way to wrangle long, snaking molecules to form large rings — rings that form the backbone …
Notice 12/17/2019: Driveway Inaccessible 12/19
The construction schedule has been revised, again; the driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Thu Dec 19th. A concrete pump truck will be used to pour a portion of the floor …
Construction Update 12/16/2019
From a Year Ago…to Now It has been almost exactly a year since gross demolition began on the northern part of the Daniels wing: The old lecture rooms, some classrooms, parts of some labs, and …
Construction Update 12/09/2019
New Tower. There is a lot happening in the new tower than cannot be seen from the loading dock or other locations in our existing building—and a lot that can be seen. Last week concrete …
Department symposium honors teaching excellence
The Department of Chemistry celebrated its annual Teaching Award Symposium, through which the recipient of the Taylor Award for Teaching Excellence and the Outstanding Chemistry Teaching Assistant Award winners were honored. Recipients of the Outstanding …
Graduate Student Explores Art of Science Communication
By Aaron R. Conklin L&S Communication First published here. Stephanie Blaszczyk can trace the origin of her current career trajectory straight back to her mother. But not quite in the way you’d expect. Like a …
Professor Shares Passion for Chemistry & Music
By Kaylie Greuel Department Communications Microscopes and spectrometers aren’t the only instruments used within the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry. Professor John Berry is dedicated to his scientific research at UW-Madison, but also has …
Chemist & Artist Team Up to Show How Bacteria Communicate
By Tatum Lyles Flick Communications Specialist Scientists spend countless hours at the lab bench, scrutinizing data, and working to solve problems and uncover new information. These often complicated topics can be challenging to share outside …