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2022 News

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

PSC Receives International Honors for AI-Driven, Automated Discovery of MRI Agents and Control of Fluid-Flow Heat and Stress

Thirteenth Year PSC Is Recognized by HPCwire Awards, Given to Leaders in the Global High Performance Computing Community
Tuesday, November 01, 2022

Harnessing the Building Blocks of Polymer Recycling

Carnegie Mellon University's Michael Bockstaller and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski make foundational discovery to improve the recyclability of polymers.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Marcus Schafer Looks to Clean Up Antibiotics in Wastewater

Carnegie Mellon University sophomore Marcus Schafer is using chemistry to create a way to clean up antibiotics from waterways.
Donahue Receives AAAR David Sinclair Award
Friday, October 07, 2022

Donahue Receives AAAR David Sinclair Award

The award recognizes Neil Donahue's sustained excellence in aerosol research and technology and the lasting impact his work continues to have on aerosol science.
Mingyi Wang Honored for Thesis
Thursday, October 06, 2022

Mingyi Wang Honored for Thesis

As a doctoral student, Mingyi Wang investigated the chemical mechanisms that drive particle formation throughout the atmosphere.
Stefanie Sydlik Named a 2022 Moore Inventor Fellow
Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Stefanie Sydlik Named a 2022 Moore Inventor Fellow

Stefanie Sydlik has been named Carnegie Mellon University's first Moore Inventor Fellow.
Remembering Marcel Bruchez
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Remembering Marcel Bruchez

Marcel Bruchez, professor of biological sciences and chemistry and director of the Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center at Carnegie Mellon University passed away on Aug. 27, 2022 after a four-year hard-fought and courageous battle with glioblastoma.
Donahue Earns ACS Award for Creative Research
Monday, September 12, 2022

Donahue Earns ACS Award for Creative Research

Donahue developed the "Volatility Basis Set," a powerful tool to understand the chemistry and physics of organic aerosols in the atmosphere.
Bruce Armitage Selected Head of Department of Chemistry
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Bruce Armitage Selected Head of Department of Chemistry

A CMU faculty member for 25 years, Armitage is a respected and innovative researcher and teacher.
Chemistry's Gabe Gomes Named to Chemistry & Engineering News' Talented 12
Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Chemistry's Gabe Gomes Named to Chemistry & Engineering News' Talented 12

Gabriel Gomes, an assistant professor of chemistry, has been named to Chemical & Engineering News’ “Talented 12” list of rising stars in chemistry.
NSF Center for Computer-Assisted Synthesis Named a Phase II Center for Chemical Innovation
Thursday, August 11, 2022

NSF Center for Computer-Assisted Synthesis Named a Phase II Center for Chemical Innovation

Imagine a world where the power of chemistry is used in concert with machine learning to solve problems in health care, materials science or energy research. This world is one step closer to becoming a reality with the newly formed Center for Computer Assisted Synthesis. Carnegie Mellon chemists Olexandr Isayev and Gabe Gomes are members of the center, which is funded through a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Graduate Student Orientation Is Back In Person
Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Graduate Student Orientation Is Back In Person

Carnegie Mellon University will welcome more than 3,000 incoming graduate students next week with a weeklong series of events that will help them get acquainted with their home departments and colleges, the campus community and Pittsburgh.
Chemistry’s Bailey Bowers Wins Rath Award
Thursday, June 16, 2022

Chemistry’s Bailey Bowers Wins Rath Award

Bailey Bowers, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry, has received the 2022 Bhakta and Sushama Rath Graduate Award for her research in environmental chemistry. The award supports a Ph.D. student in a STEM field whose research benefits U.S. industry or societal needs.
Carnegie Mellon Exosome Engineering Tech Licensed to Coya Therapeutics
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Carnegie Mellon Exosome Engineering Tech Licensed to Coya Therapeutics

Carnegie Mellon University has licensed a proprietary platform for bioengineering exosomes for drug delivery to Coya Therapeutics, Inc. Through the agreement, Coya has optioned the exclusive worldwide rights to research, develop, manufacture and commercialize exosome polymer hybrids using the platform developed by an interdisciplinary team of Carnegie Mellon University chemists and engineers.
Universities Partner To Make Chemistry More Equitable
Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Universities Partner To Make Chemistry More Equitable

Carnegie Mellon University and Arizona State University partner to develop more equitable general chemistry courseware with grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Xun Earns K&L Gates Award
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Xun Earns K&L Gates Award

Ruiran Xun's interests are as diverse as her experiences. The recent graduate left Carnegie Mellon University with a dual bachelor's degree in chemistry and computer science and a minor in collaborative piano. She has a love of research, teaching and musical theater, and wanted to engage in all three during her time at CMU.
Spectroscopic Studies Confirm Creation of Metalloenzyme with Novel Catalytic Functions
Friday, May 20, 2022

Spectroscopic Studies Confirm Creation of Metalloenzyme with Novel Catalytic Functions

Enzymes are nature’s catalysts. They control chemical reactions with exquisite precision and speed, something that chemists strive—but often fail—to do with catalysts they create in the lab. In new research, a team of chemists from Johns Hopkins University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Universitat de Girona bridged the worlds of biology and synthetic chemistry to harness the power of a metal-containing enzyme to perform a chemical synthesis that is faster, more enantioselective and more sustainable than the current synthetic approach.
Chemistry Senior Frank Hu Receives Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Award
Thursday, May 19, 2022

Chemistry Senior Frank Hu Receives Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Award

Carnegie Mellon University senior Frank Hu has received the College Chemistry Award from the Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh for his research using machine learning to enhance semiempirical methods of computational chemistry.
Discovery Uncovers Need for Ammonia Emission Regulations
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Discovery Uncovers Need for Ammonia Emission Regulations

A discovery by former Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. student, Mingyi Wang, leading a large collaborative team, sheds light on one way new particles are forming in the upper troposphere. The study, published in Nature, reveals an unexpected volatile reaction between nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and ammonia, synergistically creating new particles at a rapid rate. The findings suggest that in addition to carbon dioxide, there are other compounds in need of attention and regulation.
Sudoc Wins Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Award
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Sudoc Wins Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Award

Sudoc, a startup co-founded by Carnegie Mellon University chemists Terrence J. Collins and Ryan C. Sullivan, is a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. Sudoc is developing and commercializing TAML catalysts, a bio-inspired, environmentally friendly molecule that outperforms toxic chemicals in a wide range of applications and can be used to remove pollutants from the natural and built environment.
Chemistry’s Xiangsha Du Receives IPMI Award
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Chemistry’s Xiangsha Du Receives IPMI Award

Fourth year chemistry graduate student Xiangsha Du has received an International Precious Metals Institute student award for her research into metal transitions in gold. She has worked closely with Rongchao Jin, professor of chemistry, throughout her research.
Chemistry Announces Search for Next Department Head
Friday, January 28, 2022

Chemistry Announces Search for Next Department Head

The Carnegie Mellon University Mellon College of Science announces a worldwide search for the next Head of the Department of Chemistry.
AI-Driven Robotic Design of MRI Contrast Agents
Friday, January 21, 2022

AI-Driven Robotic Design of MRI Contrast Agents

Using PSC’s Bridges-2 system, scientists at Mellon College of Science (MCS) have created an “artificial chemist,” a computer program that mimics the expertise of human chemists. The artificial intelligence (AI) program, or algorithm, is capable of directing an automated laboratory to synthesize new contrast agents for medical MRI imaging. The new contrast agents, thanks to the AI, have a ratio of signal to noise as much as 50 percent higher than previous state-of-the-art, human-designed materials. This performance boost offers the possibility of improved diagnosis as well as a host of possible breakthroughs in other fields relying on new chemical compounds.
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