The department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Arkansas strives for excellence in research, teaching and service in chemistry—the central science. We aspire to positions of leadership regarding the discovery of new scientific knowledge, the training of students, and the economic development of the State of Arkansas. We seek to recruit and retain a diverse group of the best faculty, students and staff to address the challenges of the future through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and education. You can learn more about the department here.

 

 

News

Mahmoud Moradi Receives Outstanding Researcher Award, Matt Gerner Receives Outstanding Instructor Award
Neil Allison Receives 2024 Di Brezzo Award
Dylan Girodat Awarded 2024 Connor Faculty Fellowship
Chemistry Undergraduate Student Ethan Batey Receives Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Graduate Student Mostafa Mahmoudi Places 1st in the the University of Arkansas 3MT® Competition
Kilyanek Group Awarded $110,000 by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund to Develop Inorganic Catalysts That Can Simultaneously Accept Protons and Electrons from C-H Bonds
Jingyi Chen Awarded Almost $500,000 by NSF to Study Novel Nanostructures
Undergraduate Chemistry and Biochemistry Major Iana Ruheta Discovers Community, Belonging as Rwandan Student at U of A
Robert Coridan and Colin Heyes Receive NSF Grant to Study Semiconducting Nanoparticles

DEPARTMENTAL EVENTS

Departmental seminars are held on Mondays from 3-4PM in CHEM 144
AUG 26 2024 | No Seminar – CHEM Graduate Student Town Hall Meeting
SEP 02 2024 | No Seminar – Labor Day Holiday
SEP 9 2024 | Jiang Wang, Eli Lilly and Company
SEP 16 2024 | Nicholas Fitzkee, Mississippi State University
SEP 23 2024 | Bo Zhang, University of Washington
SEP 30 2024 | Rob Coridan, University of Arkansas
OCT 7 2024 | Jorge L. Colón Rivera, University of Puerto Rico
OCT 14 2024 | No Seminar – Fall Break
OCT 21 2024 | Jingwei Xie, University of Nebraska Medical Center
OCT 28 2024 | Shelley Minteer, Missouri University of Science and Technology
NOV 04 2024 | David Wipf, Mississippi State University
NOV 11 2024 | Lyudmila Slipchenko, Purdue University
NOV 18 2024 | Jędrzej Piątek, Krakow Institute of Technology
NOV 25 2024 | No Seminar – Week of Thanksgiving Break