Join us today at 3 PM in STLC 111 for a talk by Prof. James Rondinelli from Northwestern University, titled "Symmetry Breaking and the Design of Quantum Magnets." (Host: Clara Zwanziger) chemistry.stanford.edu/events/stude...

Stanford’s Bent & Yi Cui labs developed “cryo-XPS,” freezing lithium anodes before X-ray analysis to preserve films and reveal electrolyte effects, aiding safer, higher-energy batteries. chemistry.stanford.edu/news/bent-an...

Congrats to Prof. Alice Ting, Stanford faculty member in Genetics & Bio with a courtesy appointment in Chemistry, on being elected to the National Academy of Medicine for pioneering molecular tech to observe and control biochem activity in living cells. brnw.ch/21wXh21

Prof. Stavroula Hatzios from Yale, and former Bertozzi PhD, will be sharing a Chem Bio Seminar on "Uncovering Hidden Redox Transformations by the Human Microbiome" today at 3PM in STLC 114. brnw.ch/21wXgB5

On October 21st, 24 graduate students were awarded Stanford’s competitive DARE (Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence) Fellowship - including Chemistry PhD students Jen Co, Casey Decosto, and Josh Arens. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement!

Joining us from Purdue, Prof. Gaurav Chopra will be giving a Chemical Biology Seminar on "How do Glial and Immune Cells become Dysfunctional in Aging and Neurodegeneration?" today at 3PM in STLC 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

Prof. Raúl Sánchez from Rice University will be giving an Inorganic Chemistry Seminar on "Chemistry at interfaces: macrocyclic templates facilitating strong and weak interactions" today at 3PM in Sapp Center Lecture Hall! brnw.ch/21wX4ts

This week's Organic Chemistry Seminar will feature Professor Bill Morandi from ETH Zürich. Join his talk on "New Concepts for Atom and Functional Group Transfer" today at 3PM in STLC 114. brnw.ch/21wX0oG

Stanford Chem is proud to present Merck-Banyu Lectureship Award winner - Prof. Koji Kubota, Hokkaido University. He will present a lecture on "Exploring Synthetic Mechanochemistry" today at 3PM in STLC 114! chemistry.stanford.edu/events/merck...

👻 Will-o’-the-wisp, demystified: The Zare Lab shows “microlightning” when bubbles break the water surface can ignite marsh methane, producing those eerie blue flames. The same chemistry might concentrate prebiotic organics near gas seeps. Stanford overview: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/will-o-...

This year’s Merck-Banyu Lectureship Award winner is Professor Koji Kubota from Hokkaido University. We are thrilled to welcome him to Stanford Chemistry on Thursday, October 23rd where he will give an exciting lecture on "Exploring Synthetic Mechanochemistry." chemistry.stanford.edu/events/merck...

Laura Dassama, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology and of chemistry, is developing a new therapy for patients who, like her, live with sickle cell disease. Hear her story on the Health Compass Podcast with Maya Adam. stan.md/4n8jD6y

📣 We’re hiring! The Stanford Chemistry Department is now accepting applications for a Lecturer in Chemistry, with the appointment set to begin on September 1, 2026. For more info: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/we-are-... #StanfordChemistry #ChemistryLecturer #AcademicCareers #Hiring #LecturerJobs

Celebrate National Chemistry Week with Professor Richard Zare’s talk, “Spice is Nice: Exploring the Chemistry of Nature’s Culinary Marvels,” on Oct 16 at 3PM in STLC 114! Discover how plant defenses became sources of flavor chemistry.stanford.edu/events/spice...

Kick off the Student-Hosted Colloquium Series with Stanford Chem’s Prof. Steven Banik with his talk “Induced Proximity As A Discovery Engine” on Monday, Oct. 13th in STLC 111 at 3PM. Hosted by PhD students Jen Co (Banik Lab) & Kaan Tarhan (Chen Lab). chemistry.stanford.edu/events/stude...

📣 Next Week: 2 Talks by Dept Faculty 🗓️ 10/13 (3PM | Sapp Aud) @stevenbanik.bsky.social kicks off the 25-26 SHC Series w/a chembio talk on how protein abundance shifts signal cell state/function 🧬 🔬 🗓️ 10/16 (3PM | Sapp LH) Zare will give a talk on spices—chemistry, evolution, and culture. 🌶️🌿

Stanford Chem welcomes Prof. Ted Betley, who will give an Inorganic Chemistry Seminar on "Stabilizing radical intermediates" today at 3PM in STLC 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/inorg...

Congratulations to Prof. Bianxiao Cui on receiving the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award! Her bold, high-risk, high-reward research is advancing the frontiers of chemistry and biology. Details: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/bianxia... #StanfordChemistry #NIH #TransformativeResearch

Chemical biologist Laura Dassama of @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social is on a personal mission to design a simpler, more affordable sickle cell therapy. stanmed.stanford.edu/innovations-...

🏅The Simpsons prophecy in 2010: Milhouse bet on W. E. Moerner, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2014 📺➡️🏆 The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced tomorrow. #StanfordChemistry #TheSimpsons #NobelPrize #WEMoerner #PopCulture #SpringfieldToStockholm

Returning to Stanford, Prof. Adam Jaffe (former Karunadasa PhD) from the Univ. of Norte Dame will be presenting an Inorganic Chemistry Seminar on "Hybrid Bronzes" today at 3PM in STLC 114! chemistry.stanford.edu/events/inorg...

Stanford physical chemist, W. E. Moerner, and Stanford economist, Guido W. Imbens, share their reflections on receiving the @nobelprize.bsky.social: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025... #StanfordChemistry #NobelPrize #NobelLaureates

“Chemistry is deeply involved in our everyday lives. And you can look for it in any activity, passion, or interest.” Recent Chemistry PhD graduate & CBI fellow Shoshana Williams shares her journey teaching chemistry in Bangladesh & connecting with her students: chemh.stanford.edu/news/art-che...

📣 Check out our Fall 2025 Department Highlights Reel: Announcements, Notable Achievements, and Headline Events! youtu.be/tZYCaQyp5cA #stanfordchemistry #Fall2025 #departmenthighlights

Kicking off our 25-26 Seminar Series, Prof. Dan Nomura (UC Berkeley) will be giving an exciting talk on "Reimagining Druggability using Chemoproteomic Platforms." Join us at 3PM in STLC 114! chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

Welcome back, Stanford Chemistry! 🎉Excited to launch the 2025–26 academic year with our students, postdocs, faculty & staff. Here’s to discovery, collaboration & innovation ahead.🧪🧫🧬 #StanfordChemistry #Fall2025 #Chemists #StanfordUniversity

Pollock’s mystery blue: solved. Number 1A, 1948 contains manganese blue. A MoMA–Stanford team (Abed Haddad, Ed Solomon, Alexander J. Heyer) used Raman, resonance Raman, MCD, and DFT to ID the pigment and explain its hue—big win for conservation. C&EN: cen.acs.org/analytical-c...

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! Grateful for the brilliant postdocs in Stanford Chemistry whose research, innovation, and mentorship drive discovery and inspire our community.🎉 #NPAW25 #StanfordChem

📣We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Leah Bushin as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University! 🎉 Dr. Bushin’s research focuses on discovering and engineering nature’s specialized chemistry. Welcome, Dr. Bushin! Learn more: tinyurl.com/y3ubdduv #StanfordChemistry #welcometostanford

📢 Congratulations to Prof. Justin Du Bois on his appointment as Chair of the Chemistry Department! A warm welcome as Prof. Du Bois steps into this important role, and our sincere thanks to Prof. Steven Boxer for his leadership over the last 5 years. #FacultyNews #Leadership

📢 We’re hiring! ‪Stanford Chemistry is now accepting applications for a Junior Faculty Position in Chemistry (open area), with the appointment set to begin on September 1, 2026. Learn more and apply here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job... #FacultyJobs #AcademicJobs #Hiring

This summer, 13 undergraduates completed a 10-week chemistry research fellowship. The program concluded with a poster session where fellows shared their discoveries and experiences. Many thanks to the Chem Department faculty, mentors, and Prof. Matt Kanan for leading the program.

Chemistry meets nature at Jasper Ridge!  Stanford Chem staff explored diverse geologic zones and learned how plants use chemistry—from photosynthesis to releasing VOCs that act as scented defenses when animals nibble on their leaves. 🌿🔬🧪

Stanford's Nobel Laureate Prof. W. E. Moerner joined global experts for the 80th Hiroshima anniversary @UChicago. A new declaration calls for urgent steps to reduce nuclear risk. 🕊️ #Hiroshima80 #NuclearDisarmament To learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/80-year...

Selected by the Sustainability Accelerator, Stanford Chem’s Prof. Matthew Kanan is developing a more durable alternative to plastic. His team aims to scale up a modified polylactic acid into a marketable product to help curb pollution. chemistry.stanford.edu/news/polylac...

2025 Stanford Chemistry Commencement Highlights

Peeling Scotch tape can create ⚡microlightning⚡—electric fields strong enough to drive chemical reactions without heat or solvents. From Yifan Meng, Postdoc in the Zare Lab @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social - this research could spark greener chemistry—and insights into prebiotic life. 🔗 bit.ly/3W7U3ZB

While Hoover & Wilbur served in DC, Stanford chemist Robert Swain quietly led from afar. Through letters, he steered @Stanford through the Depression with intellect, trust & care—a masterclass in long-distance leadership. stanfordmag.org/contents/the... #StanfordHistory #Leadership

Congrats to Nicole Elizete Theberath (BS '25), recipient of the 2025 Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research! 🔬🏅 Her work in @StanfordChem represents the best of undergrad research excellence. 🔗 chemistry.stanford.edu/news/nicole-... #StanfordChem #FirestoneMedal

Stanford’s IFSS program welcomed local high school students for two weeks of hands-on exploration in chemical research. By shadowing multiple grad students, participants gained a broad view of the field. Huge thanks to Andy Mitchell, Jordyn Smith, and Hee Won Youn for leading the way! #StanfordIFSS

🎓 We’re thrilled to welcome Prof. Neal Devaraj (UCSD) back to Stanford Chemistry as our 2025 Commencement Speaker! A distinguished alum & leader in chem bio and synthetic biochem, we look fwd to his commencement address and celebrating this milestone occasion later today! #StanfordChem #ClassOf2025

As the year comes to a close, we celebrate Stanford Chem’s students who earned prestigious fellowships & awards for excellence in research, teaching & leadership. Shoutout to Pournima Narayanan who received the STAR Award for outstanding contributions to lab safety.

Congratulations to Jennifer Hamad, Undergraduate Researcher in the Wender Lab, on being awarded two of the university's most distinguished honors this spring: the J. E. Wallace Sterling Award and the Firestone Medal! chemistry.stanford.edu/news/jennife...

For our last seminar, Prof. Wesley Wong (Harvard) will be presenting an exciting talk on "Mechanical Force in Nanoscale Biology: From Hemostasis to Single-molecule Centrifugation" today at 3PM in STLC 111. (Host: Allan Lee) chemistry.stanford.edu/events/stude...

Congrats to Stanford Chemistry’s Grant Rotskoff on receiving the 2025 NSF CAREER Award! Grant Rotskoff’s research utilizes generative AI to accelerate the study of flexible biomolecules linked to disease. The project will also bring innovative learning tools to students and teachers. #NSFCAREER

Join us for the 7th Annual McConnell Lectureship with Prof. Jörg Wrachtrup (Univ. of Stuttgart), a leader in quantum science, on May 22, 3–4 PM in Sapp 114 for his exciting talk on “Magnetic Resonance One Spin at a Time.” chemistry.stanford.edu/events/mccon...

This week's Student Hosted Colloquia features Prof. Julie Kornfield (Caltech) who will present a talk on "Packed with Personality: the Path to Aqueous Megasupramolecules" today at 3PM in STLC 111. (Hosts: Shoshana Williams/ Ruilin Yin) chemistry.stanford.edu/events/stude...

Today we are thrilled to share that Prof. Timothy Springer from Harvard will be presenting a Chemical Biology Seminar on "Integrins and new tools for organoids" at 3PM in the Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114! chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

Stanford Chem welcomes Prof. Jeffrey Martell from UW-Madison who will be delivering a seminar on "Merging Abiotic and Biological Catalysis for Sustainable Synthesis and Chemical Biology" today at 3PM in STLC 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

Join Dr. Gregg Beckham from NREL as he presents an exciting seminar on "Recent progress in plastics recycling and redesign" in the Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114 today at 3PM. (Hosted by: Anna Makar-Limanov/David Dumas) chemistry.stanford.edu/events/stude...