Department of Chemistry at UMass Amherst

Cutting Edge Research and INNOVATIVE EDUCATION
$10 million in external funding
The most Distinguished Teaching Award winning faculty
of any department at UMass
Upcoming Events
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Sep28
Prof. Chen Wang
CUNYDepartment of Chemistry"Photocatalysis mediated by the surface chemistry of perovskite nanocrystals: an exploration guided by time-resolved spectroscopy"11:30 amSeminar -
Oct5
Prof. Ren Wiscons
Amherst CollegeDepartment of Chemistry“Conformational Inversion in Heterotriangulenes for Ferroelectric Switching”11:30 amSeminar -
Oct12
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Oct19
Prof. Michelle Personick
University of VirginiaDepartment of Chemistry"Precision Engineering of Metal Nanoparticle Surfaces for Fundamental Studies of Catalytic Reactivity"11:30 amSeminar

Department News
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Building a Community of Dignity and Respect
The University of Massachusetts Amherst believes that a culturally diverse campus is integral to academic excellence and that our students, faculty, and staff should reflect the diverse world in which we live. -
Prof. Peter Lillya Passed Away
We lost a true scholar and gentleman. Peter Lillya’s passing leaves a huge hole in our hearts and a legacy of kind, intelligent collegiality that will be deeply missed. Peter came to UMass Amherst in 1963, straight from his doctoral work at Harvard, and became a linchpin of the Chemistry Department. He showed the same interest and gave the same level of support to everyone, regardless of their stature. Peter was an amazing combination of keen intellect, boundless curiosity, unlimited generosity, humbleness, and compassion. His devotion to the department, the campus, and most of all, the people he encountered in his career, was boundless and heartfelt. -
Chen Receives Manning/IALS Innovation Awards
Min Chen (SkyRayBio) for receivied the Manning/IALS Innovation award to research ‘Development of a Nanopore Platform for Selective Screening of Allosteric Inhibitors Against Protein Kinases.’ -
Skouta Receives Manning/IALS Innovation Award
Prof. Rachid Skouta’s Lab has received the Manning/IALS Innovation award to research ‘Novel Ferroptosis Inducer Drug Candidate to Target RAS-Positive Tumors.’ -
Thayumanavan Develops Liver-targeting Drug to Reverse Obesity and Lowered Cholesterol in Mice
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, S. Thai Thayumanavan, develops liver-targeting drug which has reversed obesity and lowered cholesterol in mice. -
Thompson Elected President of Biophysical Society
The Biophysical Society (BPS) community has voted UMass Chemistry Professor Lynmarie Thompson to be their next President. She will be President-Elect as of February 2024 and serve as President in 2025.
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