Student News

A two-step method for converting carbon dioxide into carbohydrates has potential applications in agriculture and biotech.

MOSAIC, a Yale-developed AI platform, offers experimental protocols and procedures across a range of chemistry, including drug design.

Modifi Biosciences, a Yale startup, develops a novel compound for glioblastoma through interdisciplinary research, and a little girl’s brave battle.

The Department of Chemistry welcomed its newest cohort of graduate students at the annual Yale Chemistry Symposium on August 22.

Yale researchers have completed a challenging synthesis of a molecule that may have potent anti-cancer effects.

Prof. Mark Johnson and team set measurable parameters on the movement of protons in water— shedding new light on a basic science enigma.

Graduate student chosen for the 2025 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship for his outstanding skills in advanced chemistry

Graduate student Nia Harmon was recently named a 2025 CAS Future Leader by the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Abstracts Service.

The National Science Foundation has selected seven Yale Chemistry students for its prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Chemistry graduate student Lindsey Baker has been awarded the Heyl Yale Graduate Fellowship to support her graduate training and research.

We checked in with a few of our recent Ph.D. graduates to learn about their plans after Yale. Read their profiles.

On Monday, May 19, Chemistry graduate and undergraduate students received their degrees at the university-wide commencement proceedings on Old Campus.

Congratulations to Kathy Huynh, Jackie Gu, Ximena Leyva Peralta, Valentina Rangel-Angarita, Risha Chakraborty, Conor Rooney, and Nicole Piekut. 

Chemistry students Zach Boyer and Dalaney Westbroek have been selected for the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Prospective students admitted to Yale’s chemistry Ph.D. program visited New Haven to learn about the Chemistry Department during Visiting Days.

Sheu, a graduate student from the Newhouse Group, received what is considered among the most important honors that Yale bestows upon grad students.

In a new study, Yale chemists describe an unusual method for converting carbon dioxide into the industrial compound formate.

Aurora Miranda, a second-year PhD student from the Davis Lab, shares her journey to graduate school in Yale’s student-run journal Yale Symposia.

Grad students presented a lab experiment at a conference for teachers. The lesson plan is available at their site for all to replicate in classrooms.

Graduate students Grayson Hoy and Alexa Williams were awarded 2023-24 Prize Teaching Fellowships, considered a significant Yale honor.

The newest cohort of graduate students learned lab safety at the Yale Chemistry Safety Day on Aug. 27 in the teaching labs of Sterling Chemistry Lab.

The Chemistry Department welcomed the newest cohort of graduate students in a celebration of community and research at the Yale Chemistry Symposium.

Venturella was chosen for the 2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship for his exceptional aptitude in advanced chemistry.

A graduate student from the Herzon Lab was named a 2024 CAS Future Leader by the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Abstracts Service.

Noreen Gentry ‘22 PhD and Claire Cody ‘23 PhD created the website Energy Basics to help teach the fundamentals of energy systems.

The trainee-led symposium brings together trainees, faculty and staff from across the West Campus to present and share the latest research.