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Friday, November 21, 2025

Rales Fellow Takes Green Chemistry Personally

Growing up in rural Grant Township, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Smith saw how fracking can affect a community firsthand. Now as a Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Chemistry, she wants to help other communities.
Monday, November 10, 2025

Scientists Join Forces to Guide Early-Stage Innovation Toward Sustainability

Synthetic chemicals have fueled modern life, from food and cosmetics to medicines and textiles. But they also can pose serious risks to our health and the environment.
Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Veterans and Firefighters Have Higher Exposures to Forever Chemicals. New CMU Research Could Improve Detection.

Firefighting foam helps save lives — but can contain “forever chemicals” that can harm them. Carnegie Mellon researchers are working to understand how.
NSF Center for Computer Assisted Synthesis Creates Opportunities for Discovery
Friday, October 24, 2025

NSF Center for Computer Assisted Synthesis Creates Opportunities for Discovery

As technology evolves, researchers are finding powerful ways to integrate computation, automation and artificial intelligence into their work. At the forefront of this transformation are chemists from Carnegie Mellon University.
Thread By Thread, Lin Rethinks the Fabric of Material Design
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Thread By Thread, Lin Rethinks the Fabric of Material Design

Polymers are everywhere. They give tires their toughness, make plasticware lightweight and durable and lend nylon clothes their stretch and strength. Tina Lin is designing new ways to build and customize these materials at the molecular level.
Mazumder Turns Gold (Nanoclusters) to Tech Innovations
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Mazumder Turns Gold (Nanoclusters) to Tech Innovations

Carnegie Mellon University chemistry Ph.D. student Abhrojyoti Mazumder struck gold with nanocluster research.
CATNIP for Chemists
Wednesday, October 01, 2025

CATNIP for Chemists

Carnegie Mellon University and University of Michigan researchers have developed a new tool that makes greener chemistry more accessible. Described in Nature, the tool removes a major barrier to wider adoption of biocatalysis.
Chemists Can Discover New Materials More Quickly With AI
Monday, September 22, 2025

Chemists Can Discover New Materials More Quickly With AI

Everyday items like car tires, plastic bags and foam cushions come from materials called polymers that can take years to develop and test.
Chemical Pollution's Blind Spot: How CMU Researchers Are Filling the Gaps
Monday, July 07, 2025

Chemical Pollution's Blind Spot: How CMU Researchers Are Filling the Gaps

Carnegie Mellon experts are working to identify how troubling chemicals can transform into even more problematic compounds.
Lorna Williams-Rolley Guides Chemistry Students to New Heights
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Lorna Williams-Rolley Guides Chemistry Students to New Heights

Lorna Williams-Rolley, the graduate program coordinator and academic program manager for Carnegie Mellon's Department of Chemistry, helps grad students reach their goals.
Team Provides a Roadmap for Large Language Models in Chemical Research
Monday, June 30, 2025

Team Provides a Roadmap for Large Language Models in Chemical Research

In Nature Computational Science, Gomes and his coauthors offer a roadmap toward more strategic implementations of LLMs.
Innovator Uses CMU Education To Combat Rare Diseases
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Innovator Uses CMU Education To Combat Rare Diseases

Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Jeff Milton co-founded La Jolla Labs, which investigates potential treatments for rare and complex diseases using artificial intelligence and RNA biology.
CMU Researchers, Team Win Royal Society of Chemistry Prize
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

CMU Researchers, Team Win Royal Society of Chemistry Prize

Carnegie Mellon University’s Yisong (Alex) Guo and collaborators at the University of Minnesota and the Universitat de Girona have won a Royal Society of Chemistry’s Horizon Prize, which celebrates discoveries and innovations that push the boundaries of science.
Graduate Students Honored by Department of Chemistry
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Graduate Students Honored by Department of Chemistry

Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Chemistry honored graduate students for their work as teachers and mentors.
Enhancing Molecular Machine Learning with Quantum-Chemical Insight
Thursday, June 05, 2025

Enhancing Molecular Machine Learning with Quantum-Chemical Insight

In Nature Machine Intelligence, Gabe Gomes, Daniil Boiko and collaborators propose a new type of molecular ML representation.
Researchers Target Tire Dust Threatening Salmon
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Researchers Target Tire Dust Threatening Salmon

Recent Carnegie Mellon University graduate Camden Johnson earned the Mellon College of Science Gilman Award for his work investigating a way to safely remove toxic chemicals released from car tires.
Research Offers New Hope for Overdose Patients
Friday, May 16, 2025

Research Offers New Hope for Overdose Patients

Recent Carnegie Mellon University graduate Stella Trickett earned the university's Resnik Award for her work creating a biocompatible polymer that has the potential to treat non-opioid drug overdoses.
CMU Startup Helps Formulators with Complex Design Problems
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

CMU Startup Helps Formulators with Complex Design Problems

Working with development partner Procter & Gamble, Carnegie Mellon University startup Ansatz AI recently announced the release of Hierarchical Machine Learning software.
Koby Earns Biophysical Society Award, NIH Fellowship
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Koby Earns Biophysical Society Award, NIH Fellowship

Carnegie Mellon University Department of Chemistry Ph.D. student Ben Koby earned an NIH Fellowship and a Biophysical Society Student Research Achievement Award for his work in computational chemistry.
Chemistry Student Among CMU Goldwater Scholarship Recipients
Monday, April 21, 2025

Chemistry Student Among CMU Goldwater Scholarship Recipients

A chemistry student is one of three Carnegie Mellon University students selected o receive the Barry Goldwater Scholarship in 2025.
Colin Martin Earns Hugh D. Young Graduate Student Teaching Award
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Colin Martin Earns Hugh D. Young Graduate Student Teaching Award

Colin Martin is the 2025 recipient of the Hugh D. Young Graduate Student Teaching Award, which encourages and recognizes effective teaching by graduate students.
Sydlik, Wang Use Expertise To Make Upcycling Plastic Easier
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Sydlik, Wang Use Expertise To Make Upcycling Plastic Easier

Stefanie Sydlik and Gerald Wang have poured their resources into manipulating the properties of polymers to upcycle plastics.
MCS Graduate Student Conference Funding Spring Award Winners Announced
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

MCS Graduate Student Conference Funding Spring Award Winners Announced

Four winners have received the Mellon College of Science Graduate Student Funding Award for spring conferences.
Chemistry's Lianshun (Evan) Luo Receives IPMI Student Award 
Monday, April 14, 2025

Chemistry's Lianshun (Evan) Luo Receives IPMI Student Award 

Chemistry Ph.D. student Lianshun (Evan) Luo has received a 2025 Student Award from the International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) for his work creating gold quantum rods with unusual yet promising optical properties.
Hu Awarded the John and Nancy Harrison Legacy Graduate Fellowship
Monday, March 10, 2025

Hu Awarded the John and Nancy Harrison Legacy Graduate Fellowship

Xiaolei Hu, a fourth-year chemistry doctoral student at Carnegie Mellon University, is pioneering new techniques to create eco-friendly polymers used in industrial applications such as paints, coatings, adhesives and sealants.
Copper-Dependent Enzyme Catalyzes Unprecedented Reactions
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Copper-Dependent Enzyme Catalyzes Unprecedented Reactions

Chemists discover a new type of metal-containing enzyme from a natural fungus that can perform surprising halogenation reactions on organic molecules.
Nicole Auvil Awarded Kwolek Fellowship
Monday, February 24, 2025

Nicole Auvil Awarded Kwolek Fellowship

Nicole Auvil first became interested in chemistry and machines as a high school student working for Lusso Cosmetics in her hometown of Lakewood, Ohio.
Unbreakable Bonds
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Unbreakable Bonds

Generations of chemistry students learn from Karen Stump's guidance.
Teachers Bring Introductory Chemistry to the Digital Age
Monday, February 10, 2025

Teachers Bring Introductory Chemistry to the Digital Age

Professor David Yaron believes a hybrid approach to chemistry education brings the best of both in-person instruction and virtual learning and redefines how students learn foundational science.
From Idea to Industry
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

From Idea to Industry

Carnegie Mellon University supports MCS researchers transforming ideas into opportunities.
Studying the chemistry of cloud formation at CERN
Friday, January 17, 2025

Studying the chemistry of cloud formation at CERN

Neil Donahue is working to understand the chemistry and physics that lead to the formation of small molecular clusters that grow into particles in the atmosphere.
MCS Graduate Student Conference Funding Award Winners Announced
Thursday, January 02, 2025

MCS Graduate Student Conference Funding Award Winners Announced

Three winners have received the Mellon College of Science Graduate Student Funding Award for January, February and March conferences.
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