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Fran Seabright Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

The intricate task of accommodating diverse learning styles presents a considerable challenge for educators, especially within the expansive lecture classes of organic chemistry. In response to this challenge, a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project was initiated by Anna Buttell and Dr. Polina Pine. Their commendable efforts garnered recognition at the Iota Sigma Pi Symposium on February 24th, 2024, where their work was honored with the prestigious Fran Seabright Award for excellence in undergraduate research as a 2nd best poster. The accolade was specifically bestowed upon Anna for their insightful poster presentation delving into the topic of "Learning challenging chemistry concepts through cartoon representation."

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Annual Undergraduate Poster Show

Killelea group at AVS 68. (L to R) Arved (Göttingen), Faith, Dan, Liz, Maxwell, and Rachael (PhD, 2018)

Killelea group at AVS 68

The Killelea group travelled to Pittsburgh, PA for AVS 68.

2022 St. Ignatius Award

Congratulations Dr. Polina Pine

L-R: Elizabeth, Arseniy, Jaina, Adriana, Thahani, and Philip

Congratulations to our PhD graduates!

Celebration during commencement ceremony in May 2022.

2022 Departmental Awards

2022 Departmental Awards

2024 Enzyme Mechanisms Conference

Professor Moran Selected to Chair the 2024 Enzyme Mechanisms Conference

The annual Gordon Research Conference on Enzymes, Coenzymes and Metabolic Pathways and the biannual Enzyme Mechanisms Conference (EMC).

Professor Moran Awarded NSF Grant

The Moran group was awarded a NSF grant

Dariush Forouzezh Awarded the 2022-23 Schmitt Fellowship

Dariush Forouzezh Awarded the 2022-23 Schmitt Fellowship

Killelea group (Apr. 2022) (L-R: Liz, Dan, Maxwell, Faith, and Christina) Visiting the world first nuclear reactor outside Chicago

Assoc. Prof. Dan Killelea receives NSF Grant

The Killelea group was recently awards a grant from the NSF for $525,000 for 3 years.

Devery Group 2021

Assoc. Prof. Jim Devery receives NIH Grant

Devery receives NIH Grant

to use over the next three years. The award will continue to support the research the Devery lab has explored in carbonyl-olefin metathesis and Lewis acid catalysis, allowing them to explain and design catalyst behavior via synthetic, spectroscopic, kinetic, and computational techniques.

Dr. Marie Turano

Marie Turano receives the 2021 AVS Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship

Dr. Marie Turano will receive a significant award from the American Vacuum Society

2021 PhD Graduate, Marie Turano, will receive the 2021 AVS Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship.

Prof. Daniel Becker
Photo Credit Thomas J. DiPuma

Professor Daniel Becker receives the 2020 Master Teacher Award

Professor Daniel Becker receives the 2020 Master Teacher Award

The department welcomes Assistant Professor Colin Gates

Welcome to new faculty member, Dr. Colin Gates.

Dr. Colin Gates joined the Department in August 2021.

Adri wins 3-minute thesis!

Loyola’s 2021 3 minute thesis winner Adri Lugosan, a 5th year Ph.D. candidate from Dr. Wei-Tsung Lee’s lab

5th year PhD student, Adri Lugosan, won the 2021 LUC Graduate School 3-minute thesis competition.

2021 Noyce Scholar, Leah Peitzmann

Leah Peitzmann named LUC-Noyce Scholar

Leah Peitzmann named LUC-Noyce Scholar

Arseniy Butrin awarded 2021-22 Schmitt Fellowship

4th year PhD student awarded the 2021-22 Arthur Schmitt Fellowship.

Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Chair is Awarded as a Sujack Master Researcher

Carl Moore Research Chair, Dr. Graham Moran was recently honored as a 2020 Sujack Master Researcher. Dr. Moran joined the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department in 2018 and has established a vibrant research program based in the study of enzyme reaction chemistry.

Marie Turano presenting her research at the 2019

Marie Turano, a 5th year PhD student, is a finalist for the AVS Morton M. Traum Surface Science Student Award.

Marie Turano a 5th year PhD student in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, is a finalist for the 2020 AVS Surface Science Division Morton M. Traum Student Award

Schmitt fellow and 5th year PhD student, Marie Turano, is a finalist for a prominent international graduate student award.

(left) Carly Hanson with her PhD advisor, Jim Devery (right)

An update on Dr. Carly Hanson, a recent PhD graduate from Jim Devery's group.

Dr. Carly Hanson recently graduated, and is now a postdoc at The University of Ottawa. Here's a bit on her accomplishments in Jim Devery's group here at Loyola.

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry welcomes two new tenure-track faculty members!

Joerg Zimmermann and Pengfei Li are starting at Loyola in fall 2020. The department is very happy to have them onboard, and we are looking forward to hearing more about their accomplishments in the years to follow!

2019 Loyola Graduate Daniel Catlin

2019 Dumbach Medalist’s Work Featured as Journal Cover

Three minute thesis' competition

Three minute thesis winner Daniel Catlin along with participants and faculty

Daniel Catlin takes 2nd place at the Graduate School's Three Minute Thesis' Competition.

Life after Loyola: Hansol Lee (Chemistry ’15)

Hansol Lee at The University of Iowa in front of the Atomic Force Microscope

Periodic stories about what some of our alums are up to after graduation.

The College of Arts & Sciences Welcomes Professor Graham Moran

Professor Graham Moran

Professor Graham Moran recently joined Loyola Chemistry and Biochemistry, as the first Carl Moore Research Chair in Chemistry & Biochemistry.

Graduate Student Daniel Catlin Receives Prestigious Award

Daniel Catlin, a fifth year PhD student in Professor Dali Liu’s research group, received an Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation Fellowship for 2018-19. Funding from the Fellowship provides Catlin vital support to conduct research while preparing him to be a leader in his field.

Chemistry faculty inspire future scientists

In 1968, the American Chemical Society (ACS) developed Project SEED, a program geared toward economically disadvantaged, high-achieving high school students by providing them with an opportunity to work directly with professional chemists and university professors for a summer.

Dr. Jim Devery, Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry.

Organic chemistry professor receives NIH grant

Dr. Jim Devery, Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry

Dr. Jim Devery, Assistant Professor of organic chemistry, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for $404,000

Rachael Farber Awarded for Outstanding Graduate Research

Recently profiled doctoral student Rachael Farber received the 2018 Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research through IOTA SIGMA PI, a national honor society for women in chemistry.

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Biochemistry faculty receives 2018 Sujack Award

Sujack Awards recipients

The Chemistry Department is proud to congratulate Biochemistry Associate Professor, Dr. Miguel Ballicora, for receiving the 2018 Master Researcher Award.

Dr. Brazdil Receives Award for Excellence in Teaching Freshmen

Dr. Linda Brazdil

Congratulations to Dr. Linda Brazdil on being named the winner of The Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching Freshmen for Fall 2017.

First-year graduate student, Marie Turano (right), attends the AVS International Conference with fellow chemist, Rachael Farber.

Graduate Student Feature: Marie Turano's Conference Experience

First year graduate student— Marie Turano —takes us through the trip and experience of attending an international conference, and describes the research that led her there.