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Celebrate Chem-O-Ween Saturday, October 22 from 1:00-3:45 p.m. with Kent State’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry! Chem-O-Ween is our spooky celebration of and the end of…
Celebrate Chem-O-Ween and Mole Day October 22
Celebrate Chem-O-Ween Saturday, October 22 from 1:00-3:45 p.m. with Kent State’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry! Chem-O-Ween is our spooky celebration of and the end of…Image

Please join us for COSMIC Kickoff, our annual undergraduate major orientation, scheduled for Friday, August 16 from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.! This special event will allow majors to meet other chemistry students and faculty and learn about career and research opportunities available to…
COSMIC Kickoff
Please join us for COSMIC Kickoff, our annual undergraduate major orientation, scheduled for Friday, August 16 from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.! This special event will allow majors to meet other chemistry students and faculty and learn about career and research opportunities available to…Image

Congratulations to Drs. Metin Eren, Department of Anthropology, Angela Neal-Barnett, Department of Psychological Sciences, and Mietek Jaroniec, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, who are 2022 recipients of the President’s Faculty Excellence Award.
Three Arts & Sciences Faculty Members Receive the President’s Faculty Excellence Award
Congratulations to Drs. Metin Eren, Department of Anthropology, Angela Neal-Barnett, Department of Psychological Sciences, and Mietek Jaroniec, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, who are 2022 recipients of the President’s Faculty Excellence Award.Image

Arla Dee McPherson was a beloved member of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry here at ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø for almost 30 years, having retired in 2012. She served as Senior Secretary to the Assistant Chair, and is remembered as a wonderful colleague and trusted friend…
Chemistry and Biochemistry fundraises for memorial bench
Arla Dee McPherson was a beloved member of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry here at ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø for almost 30 years, having retired in 2012. She served as Senior Secretary to the Assistant Chair, and is remembered as a wonderful colleague and trusted friend…Congratulations to Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., and his research group for leading an international collaboration and publishing their work in Science Advances! Their article, titled “Effects of shape and solute-solvent compatibility on the efficacy of chirality transfer:…
Hegmann Group Leads International Collaboration and Publishes Work on Chirality Transfer in Science Advances
Congratulations to Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., and his research group for leading an international collaboration and publishing their work in Science Advances! Their article, titled “Effects of shape and solute-solvent compatibility on the efficacy of chirality transfer:…Image

In a new study, Kent State Professor Hanbin Mao and other researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology – and it also explains one of nature’s intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a…
Will This New Superpower Molecule Revolutionize Science?
In a new study, Kent State Professor Hanbin Mao and other researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology – and it also explains one of nature’s intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a…Image

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
Chemistry Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.Image

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted an activity station at Spooky Science, entitled, "Matter is Molecules and Molecules Matter." The Spooky Science event is held over four days every October on the trails of Beech Creek Botanical Gardens in Alliance, Ohio.…
Chemistry and Biochemistry Participates in Spooky Science Event
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted an activity station at Spooky Science, entitled, "Matter is Molecules and Molecules Matter." The Spooky Science event is held over four days every October on the trails of Beech Creek Botanical Gardens in Alliance, Ohio.…Image

On November 29, 2018 Mietek Jaroniec, professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø received doctor honoris causa (DHC) from , Poland.
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Professor Jaroniec receives doctor honoris causa from Poznan University of Technology
On November 29, 2018 Mietek Jaroniec, professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø received doctor honoris causa (DHC) from , Poland. In…Image

Dr. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø’s College of Arts and Sciences and one of the most highly cited scientists in the fields of chemistry and materials science, recently received two more significant…