Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison report in the journal Nature that a new antifungal molecule, devised by tweaking the structure of prominent antifungal drug Amphotericin B, has the potential to harness the drug’s power against fungal infections while doing away with its toxicity.
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BTN Documentary: "The New Normal"A Big Ten Network documentary details the 2020 journey of researchers from various disciplines across the University of Illinois campus, including the Department of Chemistry, to create a fast and inexpensive COVID-19 test to ensure that students, faculty and staff could remain safe and healthy during the pandemic.
Latest ResearchChemistry researchers conduct cutting-edge research in a variety of areas
Anisotropic ArtThis false colored transmission electron microscopy image of gold nanorods was selected a finalist in the SCS Science Image Challenge and was submitted by chemistry graduate student Nathan Forney in the Murphy Lab.
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Discovering natural products with speedGraduate students and postdoctoral researcher explain their interdisciplinary, collaborative project that integrates AI and machine learning with automation.
A graduate student from India, Bandyopadhyay was drawn to the Illinois chemistry graduate program by research related to photoacoustic applications of porphyrin. In his second year, he has a first author paper under review for publication, was recognized as a teaching assistant with the Zumdahl Teaching Award and is involved in multiple graduate student organizations.
A research team at the Beckman Institute that includes several chemistry professors will conduct electrochemical reactions in microdroplets to produce clean hydrogen, sequester carbon dioxide, and store renewable energies like wind and solar inexpensively and sustainably. Their project, called DROPLETS, received $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
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- The Chemistry at Illinois faculty member received the alumni award for contributions to sonochemistry and chemical sensing, which have advanced the field of medical imaging and facilitated lifesaving treatments for cancer and sepsis patients.
- Dr. Chilton (MS, '60; PhD, '67) was presented the award by U.S. President Joe Biden in a ceremony at the White House on Oct. 24, 2023, for her work producing the first transgenic plant and for pioneering plant biotechnology that led to novel methods to improve plants’ ability to control pests and...
- Chemistry professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López co-led a team of researchers in developing a cost-friendly, customizable, electrochemistry robot called the Electrolab to perform autonomous lab experiments and explore next-generation energy storage materials and chemical reactions that promote...
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Herbert Sander Gutowsky's pioneering work made nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy one of the most effective tools in chemical and medical research. Born November 8, 1919, on a produce farm in Bridgman, Michigan, Gutowsky was the son of Otto and Hattie Meyer Gutowsky. He claimed that his childhood experiences taught him the importance of hard work, which carried over to his scientific life. An avid bicyclist and bird-watcher who later became very interested in growing roses, he was a quiet man who focused on science. Gutowsky received a bachelor's degree from Indiana University in 1940,...
Research Areas in Chemistry
- Analytical Chemistry
- Chemical Biology
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
