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Rigoberto Hernandez NSF Lecture Now Online

Rigoberto Hernandez NSF Lecture Now Online
On April 25th, 2016, Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez presented a lecture as part of the NSF Distinguished Lecture Series in Mathematical and Physical Sciences.  His lecture, titled “Advancing Science Through Diversity,” […]


Rebekka Klausen Receives 2017 Marion Milligan Mason Award

Rebekka Klausen Receives 2017 Marion Milligan Mason Award
Congratulations to Professor Klausen, who was awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017 Marion Milligan Mason Awards for Women in the Chemical Sciences. First awarded in 2015 and […]


Lawrence Principe Receives 2016 Prix Franklin-Lavoisier

Lawrence Principe Receives 2016 Prix Franklin-Lavoisier
Congratulations to Dr. Principe for receiving the 2016 Prix-Franklin Lavoisier from La Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie!  The prize recognizes Dr. Principe for his outstanding contribution to the […]


2016 Graduate Awards

On behalf of the Awards Committee (Professors Dagdigian, Yarkony, and Fairbrother), I am pleased to announce the following student awards and fellowships.  Please join me in congratulating the awardees on […]


Catalyst and Discovery Award Recipients in Chemistry

Catalyst and Discovery Award Recipients in Chemistry
Congratulations to our colleagues Art Bragg and Tyrel McQueen, who are among the 2016-2017 cohort who have been selected to receive Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards, “an honor that is accompanied by […]


In Memoriam: Dr. Justine Roth

It is with deep regret that we must inform you of Dr. Justine Roth’s passing this week. She was an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Roth’s family, students, and departmental colleagues […]


Rigoberto Hernandez Receives 2016 TREE Award

Rigoberto Hernandez Receives 2016 TREE Award
Congratulations to Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez for receiving the 2016 Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) Transformative Research and Excellence in Education (TREE) Award!  His award lecture, “My Science, My Outreach, […]


Max Holl Published in Angewandte Chemie

Max Holl Published in Angewandte Chemie
Congratulations to Max Holl and his labmates in the Lectka Group for their recent paper appearing in Angewandte Chemie entitled Positioning a Carbon–Fluorine Bond over the π Cloud of an Aromatic Ring: […]