News: Chemistry
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Chelikowsky Receives 2025 Hill Prize in Physical Sciences
Three UT Austin scientists and engineers received high-risk high-reward awards this year from TAMEST.
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University of Texas Chemist Receives Presidential Early Career Award
Zachariah Page is among a select group of scientists and engineers to receive a 2025 PECASE award.
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Samanta Receives Packard Fellowship
Devleena Samanta is the first faculty member from the University of Texas at Austin to receive the early-career award in the chemistry category.
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Carbohydrate Polymers Could be a Sweet Solution for Water Purification
In Cassandra Callmann and her team’s proof-of-concept, the sticky materials removed heavy metals including cadmium and lead.
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Chemistry Ph.D. Student Awarded Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
UT Austin student Alexia Hartzell has been named a recipient of the prestigious Department of Energy award.
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College of Natural Sciences Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
The awards from the National Science Foundation support innovative work by earlier-career faculty.
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Bridging Chemistry and Physics on the Path to New Materials
Five questions with Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry director Michael Rose.
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Celebrating the 2024 College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Honored Graduates
Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.
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Two UT Scientists Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Chemist Eric Anslyn and molecular bioscientist Howard Ochman are among the UT faculty joining the Academy.
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New Advanced Quantum Science Institute Will Bridge Basic Research and Applied Science
Elaine Li and Xiuling Li will co-direct the new Texas Quantum Institute.
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