Congrats to Prof. Scott Cushing on being named a Moore Inventor Fellow! The distinction comes with three years of funding, which Cushing plans to use to advance his work on a new generation of wearable sensors. cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...

Celebrating Richard Flagan's 50 years of service to @caltech.edu! Rick arrived in 1975 intending to study combustion chemistry and ended up playing an enormously influential role in developing new instrumentation to quantify atmospheric aerosol and helping to mitigate air pollution in LA and beyond.

The American Chemical Society (@acs.org) has recognized 2 graduate students & 1 postdoc from CCE for their outstanding contributions to mentoring, inclusion, and research safety. Congrats to Chuqi Lu, Camila Suarez and Jacob Rothbaum on this honor! 🎉 Learn more about the awardees: bit.ly/46J3vDA

Alumni Spotlight: Neil Garg (PhD ’05) In this Caltech Heritage Project interview, Neil Garg shares his journey from his graduate experience in the early days of the Stoltz lab to becoming a pioneering educator, startup founder, and faculty leader at UCLA. heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-u...

Meet Allen Lee, our newest Facilities and Stockroom Manager! Allen brings 29 yrs of experience as Lab Manager in the Rees Lab. His deep knowledge of Caltech’s systems and his collaborative approach will be invaluable during this transition. He will be working alongside Joe Drew through Jan. 2026.

The Shan lab reveal that up to 20% of mitochondrial proteins begin entering the powerhouse of the cell while still being made—a process called cotranslational import. This discovery reshapes understanding of protein delivery & opens doors to therapeutic strategies. cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...

Please join us in welcoming our newest Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Johannes Morstein! Johannes grew up in Rysum and Bremen, Germany. His group is working on Lipid and Membrane Chemical Biology.

📸 A few gems from our archives—recognize any faces? These lab photos look back at the moments that helped build the foundation of where we are today. #ThrowbackThursday

Congrats to our faculty members who have been recognized with ACS 2026 National Awards! 🔶 Jonas Peters: ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry 🔷 Garnet Chan: ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry 🔶 Greg Fu: Arthur C. Cope Award 🔷 Brian Stoltz: Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products

Had a pleasure introducing REyes, a fully autonomous, open-source electron diffraction suite at #ACSFall2025. Many thanks to the organizers @olexandr.bsky.social and #CASFutureLeaders for the opportunity #ReciprocalEyes #chrmsky @caltechcce.bsky.social @hoseanelson.bsky.social @nsf-ccas.bsky.social

Last Friday, the Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Council hosted its 2nd Annual ChE Carnival. Students gathered in Tournament Park to play games, tie-dye shirts and even grilled up tasty hot dogs and burgers. We can't wait for the next one!

Some work from my postdoc in collaboration with the Reisman lab is now out in JACS! We developed Ni-catalyzed [2+2+2] homo-Diels–Alder cycloadditions guided by data science, which gives access to some really cool-looking molecules! doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

Excited to share our new @pubs.acs.org paper! We engineered cells with ~10% photolipids in the ER membrane. This enabled optical control of membrane viscosity to study its impact on ER→Golgi protein transport. @dirktrauner.bsky.social @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

On the beautiful @Caltech campus with two new professors @reisenbauerlab.bsky.social and @arianemora.bsky.social headed to start their careers in Vienna. Prospective graduate students take note! This is the future of #enzymes #proteinengineering. @caltechcce.bsky.social @caltech.edu

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Rees as the new Executive Officer for Biochemistry and Karthish Manthiram as the new Executive Officer for Chemical Engineering. We also extend our heartfelt gratitude to Shu-ou Shan and Zhen-Gang Wang for their outstanding service in this role.

Check out the stunning cover featuring recent paper from @hoseanelson.bsky.social Lab, led by our one and only @daverdude.bsky.social! He discovered an entire class of natural products using microED powered by arrayED @caltech.edu @caltechcce.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social

#FlashbackFriday to May's Spring into STEM event, hosted by Caltech Women in Chemistry! Girl Scouts gathered on the Beckman Mall to participate in science demonstrations & lab tours organized by CCE students, such as the Caltech Chemistry Club, along with other academic divisions.

I'm really proud of this work by Jae Kennemur and Yueming Long. #Enzymes rock, with some help from #directed evolution to do chemistry not known in nature (and really hard for humans, too). @caltechcce.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Happy 102nd Birthday to Nobel Laureate and the John G. Kirkwood & Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, Rudy Marcus! Today, we celebrate a renowned figure in theoretical chemistry — and the Inaugural Meeting of the Marcus Center for Theoretical Chemistry in his honor.

Alumnus Zhuoran Qiao (PhD '23) received the grand prize of the inaugural Chen Institute and SciencePrize for AI Accelerated Research for his innovative usage of artificial intelligence technology to accelerate scientific discovery in biochemistry. Congrats, Zhuoran! cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...

Happy Friday! We’re wrapping up the week with a poster session from today's Frontiers in Experimental Physical Chemistry Symposium.

The James LuValle Award recognizes outstanding service in fostering inclusivity and advancing community within CCE. This year, we honor 3 exceptional individuals whose dedication has made a lasting impact on our division: 🔸 Emily Chen 🔹 Dennis Ko 🔸 Jordan Thompson Congrats to our 2025 recipients!

Over the last five years, Hoelz, Friedman, and other scientists in the field have identified a gene that makes people more susceptible to hearing loss and started exploring ways to strengthen the inner ear hair cells to protect hearing. www.caltech.edu/about/news/p...

What if a machine could suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, run it through a series of chemical reactions, and essentially spit out industrially useful plastic? www.caltech.edu/about/news/m...

Caltech professor of chemistry Sandeep Sharma and colleagues from IBM and the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Japan are giving us a glimpse of the future of computing. www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...

On Friday, June 13th, Caltech honored its 614 graduates with 619 degrees: 250 bachelor's degrees, 148 master's degrees, and 221 doctoral degrees. www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...

That's a wrap, Class of 2025! #Caltech2025

Today is the day! Congrats CCE Class of 2025! Here’s to new beginnings, opportunities and adventures! 🎓🎉

There's been a rich connection between electron diffraction and the nature of the chemical bond over the years. Here, we've shown how you can leverage electron diffraction to discover and characterize novel natural products. @caltechcce.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Please join us in welcoming our newest Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Kara Fong (@karafong.bsky.social)! 👏 The Fong Lab aims to integrate theory and simulation across length scales to study electrochemical systems for sustainable energy storage and water treatment.

Congratulations to Professor Lu Wei on being selected as a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar! www.dreyfus.org/2025-camille...

We are saddened to announce the passing of Sunney Chan, Caltech's George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry, Emeritus. He will forever be a part of our division's legacy. He will be greatly missed. cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...

Four members of the Caltech faculty are elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this year. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest professional honors that can be bestowed upon a scientist. www.caltech.edu/about/news/f...

Join us in celebrating the election of Garnet Chan and Shu-ou Shan to the National Academy of Sciences! 🎉 Election to the academy is considered one of the highest professional honors that can be bestowed upon a scientist. cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...

Caltech’s Sarah Reisman, has been elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), one of the nation's oldest honorary societies. www.caltech.edu/about/news/R...

Congratulations to CCE Chair, Sarah Reisman on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! 🎉 She joins a class of 250 members – each distinguishing themselves in academia, the arts, industry, policy, research, and science. www.amacad.org/new-members-...

On #EarthDay, we invite you to take a tour of the Demirer Lab, led by graduate student Yunqing Wang! This lab works at the intersection of biotechnology and nanotechnology to make agriculture more sustainable. Their goal is simple: produce more food with fewer resources. 🌱 youtu.be/S-bwFUL5fp4

Eshaan Patheria is one of 30 young scientists to receive the inaugural Inflection Award, an honor celebrating early-career scientists working on solutions to address climate change. Congrats, Eshaan! cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...

Congrats to Patryk Kozlowski (Chan Lab alumnus), Daniel Tang (Shapiro Lab), and Clara Seo (Manthiram Lab), for receiving Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships! 🎉 This award recognizes the potential and contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants with up to $90,000 toward their graduate studies.

Thomas F. Rosenbaum, the ninth president of Caltech, will retire on June 30, 2026, after 12 years in the position. He will remain at the Institute as a member of the faculty. Read more here: www.caltech.edu/about/news/r...

On March 25, we celebrated our 2025 ACS National Award winners in San Diego at #ACSSpring2025! 🔶 Prof. Arnold – Priestley Medal 🔷 Prof. Fu – Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis 🔶 Prof. Stoltz – Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods Cheers to all!

Congrats, Dmitry! 🎉

Increasing energy demands and problems associated with burning fossil fuels have heightened. To address this need, scientists have been working to devise a way to generate solar-thermal heating that could then drive the chemical reaction www.caltech.edu/about/news/h...

Have you ever thought that more data may not be the answer? That feeding the algorithms with empty calories may not satiate their hunger? Check out the fruits of our collaboration with the Reisman lab - nothing beats working with smart friends. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @caltechcce.bsky.social

Congratulations to Mike Vicic on being awarded The Shirley M. Malcom Prize for Excellence in Mentoring! Vicic is a teaching professor in chemical engineering. Students who nominated Vicic praised him for helping them build confidence in themselves. cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...

Scott Cushing and Ryan Hadt have been selected to receive Sloan Research Fellowships in 2025. Recipients are awarded a two-year $75,000 stipend that can be used flexibly to advance the fellow's research. Congratulations! 🎉 cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...

It's #NationalBatteryDay! 🔋 In this video from 2021, Professor Kimberly See talks about the future of battery research as part of Caltech Science Exchange's "Conversations on Sustainability." www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE_9...

Congratulations to Zhen-Gang Wang for being elected as a member to the National Academy of Engineering, Class of 2025! 🎉 #NAE2025 Professor Wang was elected "for unifying theories of thermodynamic and transport properties of polymers to predict phase behavior, self-assembly, and nucleation."

Former Caltech professor Fred Shair, who founded Caltech's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program in 1979, died January 16. He was 88 years old. Shair was professor of chemical engineering at Caltech when he founded the SURF program. cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...

Our Winter 2025 Newsletter is now out! 📰 Read more about breaking research, meet new faces in CCE, and see what the division has been up to.