Exciting new study reveals the structure of SARS-CoV-2! Researchers mapped viral RNA and proteins, shedding light on replication processes and antiviral responses. These findings could lead to more effective treatments. 🦠🔍 #StanfordChemistry #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 chemistry.stanford.edu/news/moerner...

Moerner & Qi Labs: New Study Reveals Key Insights into SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Antiviral Strategies | Chemistry

A groundbreaking study by the Moerner and Qi Labs has unveiled new insights into the complex workings of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. Researchers developed a detailed 3D map of vira...

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Stanford Chemistry hosted high school students for the two-week IFSS shadowing program—thanks to grad coordinators Jordyn Smith, Hee Won Youn, and all graduate mentors for inspiring future scientists! #StanfordChem #StanfordIFSS #FutureScientists #STEM

🎉 Congrats to Jingyu Zhang, ’26, who holds a BS in chemistry, on receiving a 2026–27 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant! One of just 16 Stanford recipients, Jingyu will serve as an English Teaching Assistant in Spain’s Canary Islands. 🌍✨ brnw.ch/21x3Eha

Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi joined Stanford’s Sustainability Forum, highlighting how breakthroughs from unexpected fields can help solve global challenges. 🌎 #StanfordChem Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...

Stanford Doerr School Forum explores solutions to Urgent Sustainability Issues | Chemistry

At the Stanford Sustainability Forum, researchers presented methods for tracking wildfire pollution and restoring corals, while leaders urged action on food security and climate risks.

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🌿 From cancer research to food allergies, Prof. Sattely and her team, which includes several Stanford Chemistry students, explore how plant chemistry can improve human health and food security. Learn more: bit.ly/4uFw2m9

Elizabeth Sattely reveals the hidden talents of plants

The Stanford researcher views plants as nature’s ultimate chemists. Her work has the potential to innovate everything from food allergies to cancer treatment.

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🎓 We’re excited to welcome Stanford Chemistry alum Dr. Sushant Malhotra, SVP & Head of Drug Discovery at Shenandoah Therapeutics, back to campus as our 2026 Commencement Speaker! Join us June 14 as we celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2026. brnw.ch/21x3jme

Congratulations to Luis Valencia (Cui Lab), recipient of this year’s STAR Award (Safety in Training and Research)! 🌟 Recognized at our Student Awards Ceremony for his dedication to fostering a strong culture of safety in Stanford Chemistry.👏 Learn more: bit.ly/4v5mr9v

Stanford Chemistry recently gathered for our annual Student Awards Ceremony to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our graduate students and postdocs in research, teaching, leadership, and service in the 2025-2026 academic year. Congratulations to all our awardees! 🎖️ #StanfordChem #Awards

To celebrate the close of another academic year, Stanford Chem undergraduates and lecturers gathered for a sweet send-off before summer begins. Congratulations to our graduating chemistry majors - we wish you all the best as you take your next steps! #Undergrads #StanfordChem 🍨

Chem 131 students recently showcased their Spring 2026 final projects at the SAPP poster session! 🔬 Led by our Lecturer, Xinyu (Jenny) Liu & Prof. Fang Liu, the course blends theory and hands-on training with GC, LC, XPS, ICP, MS & UV–Vis. Congrats to our talented student researchers! #StanfordChem

For the last seminar of the AY, please join us for Prof. Michael Erb's (Scripps) Chem Bio talk on "Rewiring chromatin-regulated processes with proximity pharmacology" today at 3PM in STLC 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

Chemical Biology Seminar: Professor Michael Erb, Scripps Research Institute | Chemistry

About the Seminar"Rewiring chromatin-regulated processes with proximity pharmacology"Proximity pharmacology enables biochemical events to be rewired with temporal precision, offering privileged insigh...

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Fang Liu's lab has received a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to explore new designs in quantum materials! Together with Ph.D. student Lianne Alson, they’ll investigate superlattice reconstructions and emergent quantum phases. Stay tuned! 🚀 #StanfordChem #QuantumMaterials #WmKeckFoundation

Professor Isaiah R. Speight (W&M) will present a ChemAIMS seminar on "Chemically and Financially Sustainable Methods for Chemical Synthesis" today at 3PM in STLC 111. (Student Host: Clara Zwanziger) Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chema...

ChemAIMS Seminar: Professor Isaiah R. Speight, College of William and Mary | Chemistry

About the Seminar"Chemically and Financially Sustainable Methods for Chemical Synthesis"Sustainability has become a more prevalent topic in the chemical sciences due to increasing restrictions on solv...

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Congratulations to the recipients of this year's CTA Award in the Dept of Chemistry: - Aaron Forman (Du Bois Lab) - Amy Laturski (DeSimone Lab) - Pournima Narayanan (Congreve Lab) - Henry Thomas (Kanan Lab) Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/2026-ce... #StanfordChemistry #ExcellenceInTeaching

2026 Centennial Teaching Assistant Awards | Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry is proud to announce that four of our Teaching Assistants have been selected to receive the prestigious Centennial Teaching Assistant Award, which honors excellence in teac...

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Congratulations to Laura Dassama, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Microbiology and Immunology, on being awarded the 2026 American Chemical Society’s Infectious Diseases Early Career Award! Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/laura-d... #ACSEarlyCareerAward #StanfordChemistry

Today we are thrilled to share that Prof. Andrés Montoya-Castillo (CU Boulder), and former Markland Postdoc, will be presenting a seminar on "Deciphering & controlling the mechanisms of energy flow across materials" at 3PM in the Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114! chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Andrés Montoya-Castillo, University of Colorado Boulder | Chemistry

About the Seminar "Deciphering & controlling the mechanisms of energy flow across materials"Spectroscopy and microscopy have the potential to reveal the structure and dynamics of complex materials, ra...

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Mafix, a Stanford startup founded by Jade Marcus in the Kanan Lab, is a game changer for #Agritech! 🌱🌍 Their fast-acting fertilizer boosts crop yields by 50% & captures 1 ton of CO2 per ton applied—all in one season. Read more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/gaining... #StanfordChemistry

A warm welcome for Professor Marissa Weichman (Princeton) who will be presenting a pchem seminar on "New Experimental Platforms for Molecular Polaritonics" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Marissa Weichman, Princeton University | Chemistry

About the Seminar"New Experimental Platforms for Molecular Polaritonics"Polaritons are hybrid light-matter states that arise from strong interactions between the confined electromagnetic field of an o...

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📣 We’re hiring! The Stanford Chemistry Department is seeking an outstanding leader in Student Services to serve as a high-level administrator and strategic partner as our next Student Services Manager. Learn more: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/student... #StudentServicesManager #HiringEdCareers

Professor Jillian Dempsey (UNC-Chapel Hill) will present a Student Hosted Colloquia on "Light-driven fuel production at passivated silicon photoelectrodes." Join us today at 3PM in STLC 111. (Student Host: Julia Dressel) chemistry.stanford.edu/events/stude...

Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Jillian Dempsey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Chemistry

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Congrats to Stanford Chem Robert M. Waymouth on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences! A well-deserved honor recognizing transformative contributions to catalysis, sustainable polymers, and modern materials chemistry. #StanfordChemistry #NAS chemistry.stanford.edu/news/robert-...

Robert M. Waymouth elected to the National Academy of Sciences | Chemistry

Robert M. Waymouth, the Robert Eckles Swain Professor of Chemistry and a professor, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University, has been elected as one ...

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Join us for an exciting Chem Bio seminar by Prof. Xin Zhou (Harvard) on "Rewiring Cell-Surface Signaling in Cancer and Immune Systems" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

Chemical Biology Seminar: Professor Xin Zhou, Harvard University | Chemistry

About the Seminar "Rewiring Cell-Surface Signaling in Cancer and Immune Systems"Cell-surface proteins are crucial regulators of how cancer and immune cells sense and respond to their environment, cont...

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🎉We’re thrilled to share that Julia M. Dressel (Waymouth Lab) has been awarded the 2026 Jonathan L. Sessler Graduate Student Leadership Award! Her dedication to leadership service and science in our Chemistry Department is truly inspiring. Congrats, Julia! 🌟 #StanfordChem #SesslerGradStudentAward

Come join us for the Sessler Lectureship, featuring Prof. Serena De Beer (Max Planck) for her talk on "From biological to heterogeneous catalysis: Spectroscopic studies of ammonia synthesis and decomposition" today at 3PM in STLC 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/sessl...

Sessler Lectureship: Professor Serena DeBeer, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion | Chemistry

About the Seminar "From biological to heterogeneous catalysis: Spectroscopic studies of ammonia synthesis and decomposition"Ammonia synthesis, the conversion of inert dinitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) ...

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This week's Physical Chemistry Seminar will spotlight Prof. Timothy Berkelbach (Columbia) who will present "Electronic structure theories for surface chemistry and catalysis" today at 3PM in the Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Timothy Berkelbach, Columbia University | Chemistry

About the Seminar"Electronic structure theories for surface chemistry and catalysis"An accurate, first-principles description of chemical reactions on surfaces faces a long list of challenges, includi...

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Prof. Serena DeBeer (Max Planck) presents the 2026 Sessler Lectureship on May 7, sharing X-ray spectroscopy insights into ammonia catalysis and energy conversion, advancing sustainable catalyst design. brnw.ch/21x2fAV

McConnell Lectureship, featuring Prof. Lewis Kay (University of Toronto) will be taking place today at 3PM in STLC 114. Come join to learn more about "The Essentiality of Solution NMR Spectroscopy in the Post-AlphaFold Era." chemistry.stanford.edu/events/mccon...

McConnell Lectureship: Professor Lewis E. Kay, University of Toronto | Chemistry

About the Seminar"The Essentiality of Solution NMR Spectroscopy in the Post-AlphaFold Era"Protein dynamics are critical for function and many of nature’s molecules are highly dynamic. In this talk I w...

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Join Stanford Chem for this year's McConnell Lecturer in Chem: Prof. Lewis E. Kay (Univ. of Toronto), a pioneer in biomolecular NMR. He’ll present “The Essentiality of Solution NMR Spectroscopy in the Post-Alpha Fold Era,” May 5, 3–4 PM, Sapp Center 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/mccon...

Join Stanford Chem for this year's McConnell Lecturer in Chemistry: Prof. Lewis E. Kay (Univ. of Toronto), a pioneer in biomolecular NMR. He’ll present “The Essentiality of Solution NMR Spectroscopy in the Post-Alpha Fold Era,” May 5, 3–4 PM, Sapp Center 114. chemistry.stanford.edu/events/mccon...

Join us for Prof. Joshua Kretchmer, Georgia Institute of Technology for a pchem seminar on "Real-time simulations of ultrafast electron relaxation dynamics" today at 3PM in STLC 114. Learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/events/physi...

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Joshua Kretchmer, Georgia Institute of Technology | Chemistry

About the Seminar "Real-time simulations of ultrafast electron relaxation dynamics"The Kretchmer group develops simulation methods at the intersection of electronic structure theory and quantum dynami...

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