The Department of Chemistry hosted a series of quantum-themed outreach events this fall, sharing the excitement of quantum science with both high school teachers and students across Connecticut. On October 9, 2025, we hosted an ECE Chemistry Teacher Workshop focused on quantum materials. 25 Early College Experience (ECE) high school teachers spent the day on […]
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Chemistry Faculty Recognized with CASE Awards
CASE Class of 2025 Includes 12 UConn Faculty Members The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) has named 12 UConn faculty members to its Class of 2025, representing one-third of the 36 new inductees. Among them are Dr. Jie He and Dr. Jing Zhao, both professors in the Department of Chemistry . CASE, established […]
Dr. Kerry Gilmore Featured in UConn Today
Dr. Kerry Gilmore was featured in UConn Today in an article titled, “Want to Contribute to Scientific Research? There’s An App – and a Network – for that.” What we are trying to do is to open up access to being able to do research. Read the article here: https://today.uconn.edu/2024/04/want-to-contribute-to-scientific-research-theres-an-app-and-a-network-for-that/
Dr. Jessica Rouge featured in UConn Today
In honor of International Women’s Day, Dr. Jessica Rouge from UConn Chemistry was featured in UConn Today. To read the article entitled “Female Inventor Empowers Underrepresented Women in Science” please visit, https://today.uconn.edu/2024/03/headline-tk
Tailoring Synthetic Polypeptide Design
In a collaborative effort, researchers from the University of Connecticut (led by Profs. Yao Lin, VJ Kumar and Xudong Yao) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (led by Prof. Jianjun Cheng) have made an advance in the rational design of synthetic polypeptides to develop filament-based hydrogels. The work, conceptualized and realized by the graduate […]
Search for new NMR Facility Director
COR²E is searching for a new Director of the jointly managed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility. All details and link to the application site can be found here: https://jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/498031/nmr-core-facility-director-academic-assistant-3 The successful applicant will have demonstrated experience implementing multi-dimensional NMR for small and large biomolecules. The full job description and necessary qualifications can be found here: 20231121_COR2EandChemistryNMRDirector