Stanford Chemistry hosted high school students for the two-week IFSS shadowing program—thanks to grad coordinators Jordyn Smith, Hee Won Youn, and all graduate mentors for inspiring future scientists! #StanfordChem #StanfordIFSS #FutureScientists #STEM

🎉 Congrats to Jingyu Zhang, ’26, who holds a BS in chemistry, on receiving a 2026–27 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant! One of just 16 Stanford recipients, Jingyu will serve as an English Teaching Assistant in Spain’s Canary Islands. 🌍✨ brnw.ch/21x3Eha

Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi joined Stanford’s Sustainability Forum, highlighting how breakthroughs from unexpected fields can help solve global challenges. 🌎 #StanfordChem Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...

🌿 From cancer research to food allergies, Prof. Sattely and her team, which includes several Stanford Chemistry students, explore how plant chemistry can improve human health and food security. Learn more: bit.ly/4uFw2m9

🎓 We’re excited to welcome Stanford Chemistry alum Dr. Sushant Malhotra, SVP & Head of Drug Discovery at Shenandoah Therapeutics, back to campus as our 2026 Commencement Speaker! Join us June 14 as we celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2026. brnw.ch/21x3jme

Congratulations to Luis Valencia (Cui Lab), recipient of this year’s STAR Award (Safety in Training and Research)! 🌟 Recognized at our Student Awards Ceremony for his dedication to fostering a strong culture of safety in Stanford Chemistry.👏 Learn more: bit.ly/4v5mr9v

Stanford Chemistry recently gathered for our annual Student Awards Ceremony to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our graduate students and postdocs in research, teaching, leadership, and service in the 2025-2026 academic year. Congratulations to all our awardees! 🎖️ #StanfordChem #Awards

To celebrate the close of another academic year, Stanford Chem undergraduates and lecturers gathered for a sweet send-off before summer begins. Congratulations to our graduating chemistry majors - we wish you all the best as you take your next steps! #Undergrads #StanfordChem 🍨

Chem 131 students recently showcased their Spring 2026 final projects at the SAPP poster session! 🔬 Led by our Lecturer, Xinyu (Jenny) Liu & Prof. Fang Liu, the course blends theory and hands-on training with GC, LC, XPS, ICP, MS & UV–Vis. Congrats to our talented student researchers! #StanfordChem

For the last seminar of the AY, please join us for Prof. Michael Erb's (Scripps) Chem Bio talk on "Rewiring chromatin-regulated processes with proximity pharmacology" today at 3PM in STLC 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

Fang Liu's lab has received a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to explore new designs in quantum materials! Together with Ph.D. student Lianne Alson, they’ll investigate superlattice reconstructions and emergent quantum phases. Stay tuned! 🚀 #StanfordChem #QuantumMaterials #WmKeckFoundation

Professor Isaiah R. Speight (W&M) will present a ChemAIMS seminar on "Chemically and Financially Sustainable Methods for Chemical Synthesis" today at 3PM in STLC 111. (Student Host: Clara Zwanziger) Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chema...

Congratulations to the recipients of this year's CTA Award in the Dept of Chemistry: - Aaron Forman (Du Bois Lab) - Amy Laturski (DeSimone Lab) - Pournima Narayanan (Congreve Lab) - Henry Thomas (Kanan Lab) Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/2026-ce... #StanfordChemistry #ExcellenceInTeaching

Congratulations to Laura Dassama, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Microbiology and Immunology, on being awarded the 2026 American Chemical Society’s Infectious Diseases Early Career Award! Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/laura-d... #ACSEarlyCareerAward #StanfordChemistry

Today we are thrilled to share that Prof. Andrés Montoya-Castillo (CU Boulder), and former Markland Postdoc, will be presenting a seminar on "Deciphering & controlling the mechanisms of energy flow across materials" at 3PM in the Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114! chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Mafix, a Stanford startup founded by Jade Marcus in the Kanan Lab, is a game changer for #Agritech! 🌱🌍 Their fast-acting fertilizer boosts crop yields by 50% & captures 1 ton of CO2 per ton applied—all in one season. Read more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/gaining... #StanfordChemistry

A warm welcome for Professor Marissa Weichman (Princeton) who will be presenting a pchem seminar on "New Experimental Platforms for Molecular Polaritonics" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

📣 We’re hiring! The Stanford Chemistry Department is seeking an outstanding leader in Student Services to serve as a high-level administrator and strategic partner as our next Student Services Manager. Learn more: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/student... #StudentServicesManager #HiringEdCareers

Professor Jillian Dempsey (UNC-Chapel Hill) will present a Student Hosted Colloquia on "Light-driven fuel production at passivated silicon photoelectrodes." Join us today at 3PM in STLC 111. (Student Host: Julia Dressel) chemistry.stanford.edu/events/stude...

Congrats to Stanford Chem Robert M. Waymouth on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences! A well-deserved honor recognizing transformative contributions to catalysis, sustainable polymers, and modern materials chemistry. #StanfordChemistry #NAS chemistry.stanford.edu/news/robert-...

Join us for an exciting Chem Bio seminar by Prof. Xin Zhou (Harvard) on "Rewiring Cell-Surface Signaling in Cancer and Immune Systems" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

🎉We’re thrilled to share that Julia M. Dressel (Waymouth Lab) has been awarded the 2026 Jonathan L. Sessler Graduate Student Leadership Award! Her dedication to leadership service and science in our Chemistry Department is truly inspiring. Congrats, Julia! 🌟 #StanfordChem #SesslerGradStudentAward

Come join us for the Sessler Lectureship, featuring Prof. Serena De Beer (Max Planck) for her talk on "From biological to heterogeneous catalysis: Spectroscopic studies of ammonia synthesis and decomposition" today at 3PM in STLC 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/sessl...

This week's Physical Chemistry Seminar will spotlight Prof. Timothy Berkelbach (Columbia) who will present "Electronic structure theories for surface chemistry and catalysis" today at 3PM in the Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Prof. Serena DeBeer (Max Planck) presents the 2026 Sessler Lectureship on May 7, sharing X-ray spectroscopy insights into ammonia catalysis and energy conversion, advancing sustainable catalyst design. brnw.ch/21x2fAV

McConnell Lectureship, featuring Prof. Lewis Kay (University of Toronto) will be taking place today at 3PM in STLC 114. Come join to learn more about "The Essentiality of Solution NMR Spectroscopy in the Post-AlphaFold Era." chemistry.stanford.edu/events/mccon...

Join Stanford Chem for this year's McConnell Lecturer in Chem: Prof. Lewis E. Kay (Univ. of Toronto), a pioneer in biomolecular NMR. He’ll present “The Essentiality of Solution NMR Spectroscopy in the Post-Alpha Fold Era,” May 5, 3–4 PM, Sapp Center 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/mccon...

Join Stanford Chem for this year's McConnell Lecturer in Chemistry: Prof. Lewis E. Kay (Univ. of Toronto), a pioneer in biomolecular NMR. He’ll present “The Essentiality of Solution NMR Spectroscopy in the Post-Alpha Fold Era,” May 5, 3–4 PM, Sapp Center 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/mccon...

Join us for Prof. Joshua Kretchmer, Georgia Institute of Technology for a pchem seminar on "Real-time simulations of ultrafast electron relaxation dynamics" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Join us for today's pchem seminar by Prof. Lukas Muechler (Penn State) who will give a talk on "Strong Correlations and Topological Transitions in Symmetry-Forbidden Chemical Reactions" at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Congratulations to Dr. Grant Rotskoff (@grant.rotskoff.cc), @stanforduniversity.bsky.social, for being named a 2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar! @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social #DreyfusAwards

Welcome Prof. Tianquan (Tim) Lian, from UPenn, who will be giving a talk on "Electrochemical Control of Static and Ultrafast Electrode-Induction Effects: from electrochemical Stark effect to plasmon-driven mode-selective adsorbate excitation" today at 3PM. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

We were honored to host 2023 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Moungi Bawendi (MIT), for the 30th Stauffer Lectureship. Over two days, he shared his groundbreaking work on quantum dots with students and faculty. Thank you, Professor Bawendi, for an inspiring visit and series of lectures!

Congratulations to Anna Bui, who was selected to be a 2026 Stanford Science Fellow! She will be graduating from Cambridge and joining the Markland/Rotskoff Lab this Fall as a Postdoc. #StanfordChemistry #StanfordScienceFellow

Prof. Katlyn Meier, University of Miami (Former Solomon Postdoc) will give a seminar on the "Mechanistic Insights into Metal-Protein Interactions: Implications for Neurodegenerative Disease Progression and Intervention" today at 3PM! chemistry.stanford.edu/events/inorg...

Join us for the second lecture of the Stauffer Lectureship - Prof. Moungi Bawendi (MIT) will give a talk on "Quantum dots: From biology to quantum science" today at 3PM in STLC 111. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/30th-...

Congratulations to @songlin1.bsky.social on being named the 2026 Thieme–IUPAC Prize Winner! Song Lin will be officially joining the faculty here in the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University this summer! Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/song-li...

The first lecture of the Stauffer Lectureship, presented by Prof. Moungi Bawendi (MIT), will be on "Quantum dots: From curiosity to technology." Join us in STLC 111 today at 3PM. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/30th-...

The Protein Society honors Prof. Laura Dassama with the 2026 Young Investigator Award for advancing research on bacterial multidrug resistance. 🎉 Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/laura-d...

We’re excited to welcome Prof. Moungi Bawendi (MIT), 2023 Nobel Laureate, for the Stauffer Lectureship! A pioneer of quantum dots, his work enables advances in imaging and displays. Join his two-part series April 21 & 22. Learn more: brnw.ch/21x1Hdr

A highlight of Winter Quarter: a special seminar with Prof. Yan Xia (Stanford Chemistry), followed by a reception celebrating his promotion to full professor. Grateful to our community - students, faculty, alumni, and Xia Lab members - for coming together to celebrate! 🎉

Stanford Chem spotlights Prof. Martin Gruebele (UIUC) as he will give a pchem seminar on "Three Tales of Quantum Scrambling, Transition States, and Fishy Machine Learning" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Prof. Nick Jackson (UIUC) will be joining us today for a Physical Chemistry Seminar on "AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Please join us for a DWIS Seminar by Prof. Susan Solomon, MIT who will give a talk on "The Antarctic Ozone Hole: A Global Success Story of Science and Policy" today at 3PM in STLC 111. (Student Host: Robert Robert Kennedy) chemistry.stanford.edu/events/dwis-...

A warm welcome for Prof. Andrew Goodwin from Oxford University. Please join his seminar on "Correlated Disorder by Design" at 3PM today in the Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/inorg...

This week's Physical Chemistry Seminar will feature Prof. Fang Liu from Emory who will give a talk on "Synergizing Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning for Molecular Discoveries in the Condensed Phase" today at 3PM in STLC 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Join us for a Chemical Biology Seminar presented by Prof. Fleur Ferguson (UCSD) on "Interrogating the Druggable Proteome with Proximity Pharmacology" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

Following his lecture on "Synthesis of complex alkaloids and development of new anticancer agents to exploit tumor-associated DNA repair defects", Prof. Seth Herzon connected with faculty at the Lectureship dinner. We thank him for sharing his groundbreaking research.

Visiting from Missouri S&T, Prof. Shelley Minteer will be presenting a Student Hosted Colloquia on "Enzymatic Bioelectrocatalysis for Electrosynthesis" today at 3PM in STLC 111. (Student Host: Julia Dressel) Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/stude...

Joining us from ETH Zurich, Prof. Jeffrey Bode will be giving an Organic Chemistry Seminar on "Synthetic Organic Chemistry for Biologics" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/organ...