News

September 21, 2020
Stacy Malaker will be joining our faculty as of January 1, 2021, as Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Please see the Yale News article and the announcement on the Faculty of...
September 15, 2020
Elsevier and the editors of the leading international journal Chemical Physics Letters announced that the 8th Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences has been awarded to...
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September 4, 2020
Yale chemists are pushing forward with innovative work to develop tomorrow’s liquid fuels from sunlight. A quintet of Yale researchers — Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Nilay Hazari...
August 18, 2020
Congratulations to Professors Jonathan Ellman and Sharon Hammes-Schiffer on being awarded 2021 ACS National Awards. Jon has received the ACS Award for Creative Work in...
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August 12, 2020
A nifty move with nitrogen has brought the world one step closer to creating a range of useful products — from dyes to pharmaceuticals — out of thin air. The discovery comes...
August 7, 2020
The obituary for Prof. Charles A. Schmuttenmaer has been lovingly prepared and posted on legacy.com by his family. Please feel free to post memories or condolences. Donations...
July 31, 2020
It is with deep sorrow that the Yale Chemistry Department announces the unexpected passing of our beloved colleague, Prof. Charles A. Schmuttenmaer, at his home in New Haven...
June 24, 2020
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, John Gamble Kirkwood Professor of Chemistry, has received the 2020 Bourke Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry for the development and...
June 12, 2020
Please join us in congratulating Stavroula Hatzios, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Chemistry, on being named a Beckman Young...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to James Mayer, Charlotte Fitch Roberts Professor of Chemistry, on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Please see the article in Yale...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to Scott Miller, Irénée du Pont Professor of Chemistry, on his election to the National Academy of Sciences. Please see the article in Yale News.
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, John Gamble Kirkwood Professor of Chemistry, on being awarded the 2020-2021 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry...