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2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase
Annual Undergraduate Poster Show
Dr. Sandra Helquist awarded the 2022 Iota Sigma Pi Centennial Award
Congratulations Dr. Sandra Helquist
Killelea group at AVS 68
The Killelea group travelled to Pittsburgh, PA for AVS 68.
Dr. Amy Balija, Instructor of Chemistry, Represents Loyola University Chicago at Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society
Dr. Balija at SERMACS
Professor Becker Awarded NIH R01 Grant
2022 NIH R01 Grant
2022 St. Ignatius Award
Congratulations Dr. Polina Pine
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry welcomes two new faculty members
Drs. Manisha Ray and Mausumi Mahapatra
Congratulations to our PhD graduates!
Celebration during commencement ceremony in May 2022.
2022 Departmental Awards
2022 Departmental Awards
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
Assoc. Prof. Dan Killelea receives NSF Grant
The Killelea group was recently awards a grant from the NSF for $525,000 for 3 years.
Assoc. Prof. Jim 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.
Marie Turano receives the 2021 AVS Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship
2021 PhD Graduate, Marie Turano, will receive the 2021 AVS Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship.
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
Dr. Colin Gates joined the Department in August 2021.
Adri wins 3-minute thesis!
5th year PhD student, Adri Lugosan, won the 2021 LUC Graduate School 3-minute thesis competition.
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, a 5th year PhD student, is a finalist for the AVS Morton M. Traum Surface Science Student Award.
Schmitt fellow and 5th year PhD student, Marie Turano, is a finalist for a prominent international graduate student award.
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
Daniel Catlin takes 2nd place at the Graduate School's Three Minute Thesis' Competition.
Life after Loyola: Hansol Lee (Chemistry ’15)
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 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.
Organic chemistry professor receives NIH grant
Dr. Jim Devery, Assistant Professor of organic chemistry, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for $404,000
Student Award

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. LEARN MORE
Biochemistry faculty receives 2018 Sujack Award
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
Congratulations to Dr. Linda Brazdil on being named the winner of The Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching Freshmen for Fall 2017.

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