Karina made the Chair’s Honor List! The Chairs Honors List represents the top 3% of students in General Chemistry courses. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky

Surprise! Today, we were graced by visits from two Chow Lab alums, Anne-Cecile Duc (PhD, 2009) gave a biochemistry seminar and Sanjaya Abeysirigunawardena (PhD, 2008) dropped in for a visit. Always great to catch up with our alumni 💚💛 #wsuchemistry #chemsky

Congratulations to Kevin, recipient of the 2026 Ralph E. and Helen G. Carter Endowed Scholarship! This scholarship is awarded to a student with an outstanding academic record in chemistry coursework. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #biochemistry

The US Environmental Protection Agency will soon collect data on 30 unregulated chemicals in drinking-water systems, including ultrashort per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pesticides: #chemsky 🧪

It’s a happy and hot #WarriorWednesday! Great to see Angela, from the Pflum Lab, sharing her research at the American Physician Scientists Association (#ASPA) Joint Meeting 2026 Poster Session. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #chembio

Publication Alert🚨 “Foamable Protein-Ligand Conjugates: A Sustainable Approach to Rare-Earth Metal Harvesting and Separation by Ion Flotation” in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. #wsuchemistry #chemsky Authors: Elliot Furr, Matthew Allen, and Jeremy Kodanko doi.org/10.1021/acss...

The Final Public Oral Defense For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Hasini Medagedara will be held on Tuesday, July 7th, 11:00 am, #wsuchemistry. Good Luck! #chemsky

Please join us for a rare summer chemistry seminar with Professor Anne-Cécile Duc on Thursday, July 2, 11am. The talk title is: “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Detect Ovarian Cancers with Aptamers.” #wsuchemistry #ChemBio #ChemSky

A Departmental Citation for Excellence in Teaching Services was awarded to Estevan Colmanetti. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

Meher Prakash, a postdoc from the Kodanko Lab, presented his work at the 30th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference. It was a great opportunity to meet and interact with distinguished scientists, including Prof Paul T. Anastas, the Father of #GreenChemistry! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

#AlumniUpdate! Thiloka C. Ariyasena, (Chemistry PhD, 2014 under advisor Colin Poole) has been promoted to ‘Professor in Chemistry’ at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. We are so happy #wsuchemistry could be a part of your journey! #chemsky

Researchers discovered the mechanism that explains why line tension reversal occurs in nanodroplets of water. The process causes droplets to spread more than surface chemistry can account for. #chemsky 🧪

Sethma Wijesinghe is the recipient of the 2026 Esther & Stanley Kirschner General Chemistry Teaching Award at #wsuchemistry. Congratulations, Sethma! #chemsky

Check out the Bour Lab’s latest paper on MOF catalysis in Chem Comm. #wsuchemistry #chemsky All Authors: John Christopher Izang and James Bour doi.org/10.1039/D6CC...

The Brock Lab presented their research at the Michigan Catalysis Society Annual Spring Symposium. Himanshu gave a talk on his work and Cole, Fatima, and Faria took part in the poster session. #wsuchemistry #MCNACS #chemsky #materialschemistry

The longest day of 2026, for the Northern Hemisphere, is just around the corner, so why not make some s’mores! #TBT #wsuchemistry ##JuneSolstice #smores #ChemSky

Congratulations to Tharuka Karunarathna, recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Services award at #wsuchemistry! #ChemSky

Wayne State University has been named among the top 1.8% of universities worldwide! WSU is now ranked among the best higher education institutions on the Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings. today.wayne.edu/news/2026/06...

Nicole and Fatima made the Chair’s Honor List! The Chairs Honors List represents the top 3% of students in General Chemistry courses. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #chemistryundergrads

Our students made a trip to TSRL Inc and met the CEO and senior scientists. Thanks to Dean Hartwell of @waynestateclas.bsky.social for supporting our students’ field trip! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

Congratulations, Dr. Withorn! We are so proud of you 🎓 @withornjason.bsky.social

A Departmental Citation for Excellence in Teaching Services was awarded to Godfred Adusei. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

The ACS Bridge is offering the Career Kick-Starter Workshop! This workshop provides graduate students in the chemical sciences with the tools to conduct a successful career search and build a sense of community among those selected to participate. www.acs.org/education/gr...

Please join us in congratulating Andrew and Mehreen, recipients of the American Chemical Society, Detroit Section Award for Outstanding Chemistry Graduates! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

Solomon Effah, of the Walker Lab, has been recognized by Schrödinger, as a winner of the Molecules & Models Virtual Science Fair, an event that builds connections between researchers across institutions and career stages. Congratulations, all! #wsuchemistry #compchem #chemsky

Check out the Walker Lab’s new paper: “Librarian of Alexandria: A Modular Chemical Data Extraction Pipeline to Compare LLM Performance.” #wsuchemistry #compchem #ChemSky #machinelearning pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

WSU Chemistry alums, Shreya Ganguly and Tom Knisley in California. Both alums graduated in 2012 and now work for Applied Materials. Tom must have brought the California weather back with him to Detroit 😉 Keep cool, Warriors ☀️#wsuchemistry #WarriorWednesday #ChemSky

Estevan passed his 2nd year candidacy exam and is now a PhD candidate in the Kodanko Lab. We are so happy for you! Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #chemsky #phdjourney

The Allen Group’s Morgan Deal collaborated on a project with @eboros.bsky.social’s s lab - “Single Molecule Eu2+/3+ Complex Platform for Optical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging In Vivo. Congrats, Morgan! #wsuchemistry #chemsky pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Justina Bissett, is the recipient of the Norman A. LaBel Endowed Graduate Award in Organic Chemistry. Brava, Justina! #wsuchemistry #ochem #ChemSky

A new investigation found that none of the cold cups designated as “widely recyclable” made it from Starbucks in-store recycling bins to a recycling facility. But the problem extends far beyond the coffee giant. #chemsky 🧪

Chuck Winter was recognized at the 2026 Excellence in Research & Innovation Recognition event. He is among six faculty members who have achieved patent milestones reflecting years of innovation and contributions to research, technology development and commercialization. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky

Congrats to chemistry undergrads Mia and Emily! Mia is the recipient of a Chemistry Undergraduate Scholarship and Emily made the Chair’s Honor List. #wsuchemistry #chemsky

The Fehl Lab is excited to announce the renewal of NIH R35 grant "Spatiotemporal tools to interrogate O-GlcNAc functions in metabolic signaling and disease." O-GlcNAc is a glucose sensor that cells use to control their metabolism. #wsuchemistry #glycotime #ResearchInDetroit #ChemSky

Happy Warrior Wednesday! #wsuchemistry

Meet the 2026 Schaap-Rumble Graduate Research Fellows. Congratulations, all 💚 💛 #wsuchemistry #chemistryindetroit #studentexcellence #MotivationMonday

A Departmental Citation for Excellence in Teaching Services was awarded to Fatima Abla. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

Construction of the Chemistry Building circa 1960s. This is decades before the building was remodeled or the addition of the atrium. #wsuchemistry #TBT #chemsky

Join Gabriella Baki, Tom Kuntzleman, and John Richardson as they examine how chemists and science communicators are leveraging platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube to translate complex ideas into compelling, accessible narratives. www.acs.org/acs-webinars...

Please join us in welcoming Tom Chowdhury to Wayne State University. Tom will be joining the university an assistant professor this fall in the departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at WSU. #wsuchemistry #chemicalengineering #materialsscience #ChemSky

“Resolving Energy Transfer Dynamics at the Quantum Dot Gels–Perylene Diimide Hybrid Interface” is a collaboration between the Brock and Liu Labs at #wsuchemistry with @bostoncollege.bsky.social’s Huang Lab. #ChemSky doi.org/10.1021/acs....

The 2026 Chemistry Undergraduate Scholarship was awarded to Adam Andrews, Veer Singh, Mia Nour, Brooke Kavanaugh, and Noah Pham (not pictured). Congratulations, all! #wsuchemistry #chemistryundergrads #ChemSky

First author, Andrea Batchev’s paper: “Cyclen Tetra‐Amide Ligands as a Privileged Class of Ligands for Studying Second‐Sphere Coordination Environments The paper is a collaboration between the Allen and Walker Labs at #wsuchemistry. #ChemSky chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The recipients of the 2026 David F. Boltz Award in Analytical Chemistry are Elle Lewandowski and Joseph Gyesi. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #AnaChem #ChemSky

Our WSU NOBCChE Chapter held a celebration that recognized their #STEM outreach and the faculty and students who contribute to these inspiring events. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #scienceeducation

Please join us in congratulating Abigail Ayodele and Livia Philip - recipients of the Herbert K. Livingston Award for Excellence in Teaching! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky

Congratulations to first author Nishani Manamperi! “Luminescence of BaFBr nanoplates codoped with Eu2+/3+” describes antithermal quenching in luminescent nanoplates. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #ResearchInDetroit pubs.rsc.org/hy/content/a...

Dr. Arunkumar Thangarasu, from the Dent Lab, received the People's Choice Award for a poster presentation at the 2026 Molecular Therapeutics Symposium at Karmanos Cancer Institute. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #MondayMotivation

Brice Vanness successfully defended his thesis: "Developing Digital Quantitative PCR for Biomedical Applications” this week at #wsuchemistry. Congratulations, Dr. Vanness! #PhDdone #AnaChem #ChemSky

The 2026 K-12 Outreach Program has officially come to a close and WSU NOBCChE hosted a campus visit at #wsuchemistry, welcoming students and teachers from three partner schools with the fundamentals of computational chemistry. #ChemSky #compchem #outreach #STEM