Thanks to Yan Yan, from Wayne State’s Biomedical Engineering Department, for kicking off our fall lecture series with his seminar on theranostics. #wsuchemistry #chemsky

#ACSFall2026 wrap up! ⬇️ Buddhika Abeysekara presented her PhD research as an oral presentation through the ACS Division of Catalysis Science & Technology. Himanshu Yadav received the Excellence and Leadership in Science Outreach and Engagement Award from the American Chemical Society.

#Festifall Recap!! Thank you to everyone who stopped by and visited with our WSU ACS and WSU NOBCChE Chapter! We hope to see you at our future events on campus as well! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

Congrats to Michael Blamoun for making the Chair’s Honor List! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

April Sweet Tapayan, of the Nguyen Lab, received the ACS Women Chemists Committee Merck Research Award at the #ACSFall2026 meeting. She presented her research on Alzheimer’s disease at the symposium. Congratulations to April and al of the award winners!#wsuchemistry #chemsky

Publication Alert from the Groysman Lab at #wsuchemistry - Bioinspired cooperative bimetallic activation of an isocyanide by a Cu(i)–Mo(vi) system #chemsky pubs.rsc.org/cc/article/d...

#PhDdone! Dr. Elliot Furr successfully defended his dissertation: "Protein Ligand Conjugates And Their Use In Rare Earth Element Separations” yesterday at #wsuchemistry. He did his work under the guidance of Professor Jeremy Kodanko. Congratulations, Dr. Furr! #chemsky

Thank you to our Gopal Lecture speakers- Dr. Ruma Banerjee (University of Michigan) and Dr. Huimin Zhao (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), we hope you enjoyed visiting #wsuchemistry. #chemsky

Today, we honored two of our alums, Brian Johns and Duleeka Wannipurage with Distinguished Alumni awards. Brian has had a celebrated career specializing in drug discovery. Duleeka is a research chemist developing materials to lower industrial emissions. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

We are proud to announce that Dr. Clementinah Oladun successfully defended her doctoral thesis yesterday. Her thesis work on was carried out under the supervision of Ed Chekmenev (advisor), Mary Kay Pflum, and Wen Li. Congratulations, Dr. Oladun! #wsuchemistry #PhDfinished #chemsky

Dr. Kartikey Singh presented his research at #ACSFall2026 in Chicago. He gave two research talks during the meeting. One at the CARB Graduate and Postdoc Symposium and the second at the Transformative Natural Polymers of the 21st Century ACS Series Symposia IV. Great research! wsuchemistry #chemsky

Please join us for the Urmila Gopal Singhal Memorial Lecture tomorrow- Friday, August 28th. Talks will begin at 1:00 pm with guest speakers - Dr. Ruma Banerjee and Dr. Huimin Zhao. There will also be an Outstanding Alumni Awards presentation and a poster session. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky

Angela Belanger is the recipient of the 2026 David D. Henry Award, a prestigious award given to recent and upcoming graduates. Angela received the award for her leadership efforts during her undergraduate career at Wayne State University. Congratulations, Angela! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

Welcome to the 2026-2027 Wayne State University NOBCChE Chapter Executive Team! #wsuchemistry #nobcche

Iswaryya and Quinn are recipients of the Uzoma Azuh Endowed Memorial Research Scholarship in Chemistry. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

The Final Public Oral Defense For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Elliot Furr will be held on Monday, August 31st, 3:30 pm, Schaap Lecture Hall, #wsuchemistry. Good Luck, Elliot! #chemsky

Congrats to Brianna James for making the Chair’s Honor List! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

The Nguyen Lab’s latest paper: “Synthetic Heparan Sulfate-like Oligosaccharides as Tools to Decipher Growth Factor Recognition” is in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. #wsuchemistry #chemsky doi.org/10.1021/acs....

Synthetic Heparan Sulfate-like Oligosaccharides as Tools to Decipher Growth Factor Recognition

Abstract. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) facilitate interactions between growth factors and their receptors, regulating signaling pathways involved

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The Final Public Oral Defense For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Clementinah E. Oladun will be held on Thursday, August 27th, 11:00 am, #wsuchemistry. Good Luck! #chemsky *This event is hybrid, to find the virtual link visit the WSU Chemistry events page.

WSU ACS students, Iswaryya and Viktor, set up the elephant’s toothpaste, alka-seltzer rockets, and oobleck demonstrations at Harms Elementary’s back to school expo! Great to see our ACS chapter doing outreach events. #wsuchemistry #chemsky

Morgan and Himanshu, are recipients of the Clifford G. Drouillard Annual Chemistry Award. Congrats! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky

Winter Lab member,Sumudu Nimasha, completed an internship with @applied-materials.bsky.social this summer and received the Best Business Impact Award—one of the highest distinctions awarded within the internship program. Congrats, Sumudu! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky

Let’s give a big Warrior welcome to the incoming Class of 2026, we are so glad you are here 💚💛 #wsuchemistry #chemsky #WarriorStrong

Save the date! The Urmila Gopal Singhal Memorial Lecture will be Friday, August 28th. Talks will begin at 1:00 pm with guest speakers - Dr. Ruma Banerjee (University of Michigan) and Dr. Huimin Zhao (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). #wsuchemistry

#PhDdone! Dr. Md Sydul Islam with his dissertation committee; Chuck Winter, Matt Allen (advisor), Meser Ali (Karmanos), and Tamara Hendrickson after a successful defense. Dr. Islam is PhD 25 to come out of the Allen Lab. Congratulations, Sydul! #wsuchemistry #chemsky

The Fehl Lab is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in medicinal chemistry and/or chemical biology for metabolic disease. Interest in working toward a biotech startup venture is a plus. #wsuchemistry #glycotime #chemsky #chemjobber waynetalent.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Congratulations to Stephanie Brock on her appointment to the rank of Distinguished Professor! The rank of distinguished professor is reserved for designated senior members of the university faculty who have made extraordinary contributions. #wsuchemistry #chemsky #materialschemistry

Congratulations to Dr. Buddhika Abeysekara! Buddhika successfully defended her the dissertation at #wsuchemistry today. She is the 13th PhD to be hatched from the Groysman Lab and will be joining Genesee Polymers Corporation as an R&D Chemist. #PhDdone #chemsky

The Hankore Lab at #wsuchemistry is hiring for the position of Postdoctoral Fellow! s.wayne.edu/hankorelab/j...