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GCA Chemistry Apparel Online Store
The Graduate Chemistry Association (GCA) is excited to announce the opening of the online GCA-UMass Chemistry Apparel Store, which is live, ready for orders, and will remain open year-round!
Order your favorite UMass Chemistry clothing and support the GCA!
PPG Foundation Fellowship Awards
The 2025/2026 Academic Year recipients of the PPG Foundation Fellowship Award are Nicholas Baker (DuChene), Priyanka Bhattacharyya (You), Xi Cheng (Lin), Elizabeth Cote (Walsh), Arnab Das (Metz), Badal Singh (Thayumanavan), and Mitchell Willsey (DV group). The PPG Foundation’s generosity supports stipends for PhD students in the Chemistry Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Dr. Haoze He's freshman lab students gain hands-on research experience in the community
In partnership with the Massachusetts Geological Survey, Dr. Haoze He works with teams of freshmen in his general chemistry lab to analyze Fort River water samples using EPA‑validated nutrient and metal assays. These analyses help to map how local land use affects water chemistry, producing data that pinpoints likely sources of bacterial contamination.
Lin receives 2026 Flygare Award Lectureship in Spectroscopy
Prof. Zhou Lin has received a 2026 Flygare Award from the International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (ISMS). Awarded biennially to early-career scientists within 10 years of their PhD, the honor recognizes outstanding contributions to molecular spectroscopy. Lin is recognized for independent work in computational spectroscopy combining quantum mechanics and machine learning and will present a Flygare Award Lecture at ISMS in Urbana, IL, in June 2026.