Chemistry has significantly improved our quality of life in the past century. As we address today’s challenges — like utilizing sustainable energy sources, targeted medications, and quantum technologies — chemistry will be critical. Yale Chemistry is a community of ~400 people dedicated to research and teaching. Our undergraduate majors, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers conduct world-leading research alongside faculty experts and subsequently pursue either graduate study in chemistry or careers in academia and industry.
News
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Summer of science: An undergraduate’s contribution to understanding nocardiosis
Sam Charney conducted independent research with a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the ACS’s Division of Organic Chemistry.
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'A knight’s chess move': Chemistry alum shares innovation game plan with incoming students
The Department of Chemistry welcomed its newest cohort of graduate students at the annual Yale Chemistry Symposium on August 22.
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Decades later, a Yale chemist’s water simulations continue to make waves
A look back at one of the most cited science studies of all time — Professor William Jorgensen’s landmark 1983 simulations of water.
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'Maximizing' protein stability for antibody drugs
As an antibody drug interacts with different surfaces, its structure changes and effectiveness dwindles. Yan receives award to study this phenomenon.
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The Department of Chemistry’s diverse research programs welcome postdoctoral scholars from around the world.
Research Spotlight
Featured Researcher: Caitlin Davis
Optical Photothermal Infrared Imaging Using Metabolic Probes in Biological Systems
Sydney O. Shuster, Anna E. Curtis, and Caitlin M. Davis
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