News: Chemistry
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Chemistry Professor Earns Humboldt Award
Dmitrii Makarov, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has won a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander...
Nanoparticles Make it Easier to Turn Light into Solvated Electrons
‘Green’ reducing agents could help tackle climate change and treat contaminated water.
Oden Institute News
James Chelikowsky Wins Feynman Prize
Chelikowsky, Director of the Center for Computational Materials at the Oden Institute, received the 2022 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory.
UT News
‘Smart Plastic’ Material is Step Forward Toward Soft, Flexible Robotics and Electronics
New plastic has rigid and stretchy sections inspired by living things.
Visualizing Science 2022: Illuminating the Intrinsic Beauty in Academic Research
The winners of our most recent Visualizing Science contest include an image related to “smart” material research, simulations of a meeting between a neutron star...
Baiz Earns Prestigious Research Fellowship
Carlos Baiz, associate professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the...
Scientists Encode “Wizard of Oz” in a Vanishingly Small Plastic
Can complex data be hidden inside chemical structures?
Devleena Samanta Invents Ways to Detect Molecules in Living Cells
Learn more about Devleena Samanta's decision to join UT Austin's Department of Chemistry in fall 2021 and what her research focuses on.
Undergraduate Research Played Role in Paper Tied to Early Career Award
UT Austin alumni involved in Freshman Research Initiative Labs during their time at UT later contributed to a paper that the Journal of Coordination Chemistry singled out...
