We are grateful for support of our research by the Army Research Office in the form of a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant, which will fund a team of researchers from Cornell (Dichtel, Ralph groups), UC-Berkeley (Crommie, Wang, Yaghi groups), and Georgia Tech (Marder group), along with collaborator Jean-Luc Brédas from KAUST.…
Deepti and Jenny successfully defended their thesis research and passed their “B” exams. Congratulations Drs. Gopalakrishnan and Novotney!…
Spencer Brucks, now a graduate student with Luis Campos, won a prestigious Presidential Teaching Award at Columbia University. The award recognizes only three graduate students across the entire university, and Spencer is only the second chemist to be recognized since the award’s inception in 1996!…
Deepti’s Conjugated Polymer Networks Rapidly Detect RDX with Outstanding Sensitivity!
Deepti Gopalakrishnan’s latest paper in Chemistry of Materials [OPEN ACCESS] reports thin films of a conjugated polymer network capable of detecting RDX from the vapor phase.…
Cathy was the recipient of the Simon Bauer (pictured) Scholarship Award. With the award Cathy will be traveling to her undergraduate institution Marist College to present her thesis work. Congratulations Cathy!…
Dichtel named Kavli Emerging Lecturer for the Fall 2015 ACS National Meeting in Boston!
The ACS Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group has selected Will to give the Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture. His lecture will be titled “The Spectacular Properties of Porous Polymers” and will take place during the ACS National Meeting in Boston on Monday, August 17, 2015.…
Dichtel Group Hosts Two Workshops for Expanding Your Horizons!
The Dichtel group hosts two workshops for the Expanding Your Horizons Conference at Cornell University. “Materials in the House” workshop explores the chemistry behind everyday items, including nylon and styrofoam. “BaNa2 Bread” looks at the relationship between organic chemistry and the kitchen.…
Jenny accepts position at MIT Museum!
Jenny Novotney will be starting as the Public Programs Coordinator at the MIT museum in June 2015!…
Shake and Vent – A Chemistry Video Released
“Shake and Vent” is a music video by the Graduate Association of Chemistry at Cornell. It is a parody of Taylor Swifts “Shake it Off” Look for some great cameos by Dicthel Group members!…
Chao Advances to Candidacy!
Chao Sun passed his qualifying (“A”) exam and is now a Ph.D. candidate. Congratulations Chao!…
