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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 4h

Congratulations to Prof. Bianxiao Cui on receiving the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award! Her bold, high-risk, high-reward research is advancing the frontiers of chemistry and biology. Details: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/bianxia...

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Bianxiao Cui receives NIH Director's Transformative Research Award | Chemistry

This year’s awardees are researching cancer treatments, age-related disease, and much more.Six Stanford scientists have been awarded High-Risk, High-Reward Research program grants from the National In...

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Sarah CP Williams @sarahcpwilliams.bsky.social · 6h

Chemical biologist Laura Dassama of @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social is on a personal mission to design a simpler, more affordable sickle cell therapy. stanmed.stanford.edu/innovations-...

Innovations to help chronically ill people thrive

Stanford Medicine experts are developing innovative approaches to preventing, diagnosing and treating chronic diseases so people can live healthier lives.

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 1d

🏅The Simpsons prophecy in 2010: Milhouse bet on W. E. Moerner, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2014 📺➡️🏆

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced tomorrow.

#StanfordChemistry #TheSimpsons #NobelPrize #WEMoerner #PopCulture #SpringfieldToStockholm

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 6d

Returning to Stanford, Prof. Adam Jaffe (former Karunadasa PhD) from the Univ. of Norte Dame will be presenting an Inorganic Chemistry Seminar on "Hybrid Bronzes" today at 3PM in STLC 114!
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Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Adam Jaffe, University of Notre Dame | Chemistry

About the Seminar"Hybrid Bronzes"We have developed a broad family of mixed-valence hybrid organic-inorganic metal oxides as a new air- and water-stable material platform that we call hybrid bronzes. T...

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 6d

Stanford physical chemist, W. E. Moerner, and Stanford economist, Guido W. Imbens, share their reflections on receiving the @nobelprize.bsky.social: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 8d

“Chemistry is deeply involved in our everyday lives. And you can look for it in any activity, passion, or interest.” Recent Chemistry PhD graduate & CBI fellow Shoshana Williams shares her journey teaching chemistry in Bangladesh & connecting with her students: chemh.stanford.edu/news/art-che...

The art of chemistry, and the chemistry of art

Chemistry PhD student Shoshana Williams brings molecules and art into the classroom at a women’s university in Bangladesh

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Check out our Fall 2025 Department Highlights Reel: Announcements, Notable Achievements, and Headline Events!

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2025 Fall Quarter Highlights

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 8d

Kicking off our 25-26 Seminar Series, Prof. Dan Nomura (UC Berkeley) will be giving an exciting talk on "Reimagining Druggability using Chemoproteomic Platforms." Join us at 3PM in STLC 114! chemistry.stanford.edu/events/chemi...

Chemical Biology Seminar: Professor Dan Nomura, University of California, Berkeley | Chemistry

About the Seminar "Reimagining Druggability using Chemoproteomic Platforms"The Nomura Research Group is focused on reimagining druggability using chemoproteomic platforms to develop transformative med...

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 16d

Welcome back, Stanford Chemistry! 🎉Excited to launch the 2025–26 academic year with our students, postdocs, faculty & staff. Here’s to discovery, collaboration & innovation ahead.🧪🧫🧬

#StanfordChemistry #Fall2025 #Chemists #StanfordUniversity

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 18d

Pollock’s mystery blue: solved. Number 1A, 1948 contains manganese blue. A MoMA–Stanford team (Abed Haddad, Ed Solomon, Alexander J. Heyer) used Raman, resonance Raman, MCD, and DFT to ID the pigment and explain its hue—big win for conservation. C&EN: cen.acs.org/analytical-c...

Mystery solved: Jackson Pollock used manganese blue in famous 1948 painting

Scientists discover and characterize previously unidentified pigment in the artist's palette

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 22d

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! Grateful for the brilliant postdocs in Stanford Chemistry whose research, innovation, and mentorship drive discovery and inspire our community.🎉 #NPAW25 #StanfordChem

Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 27d

📣We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Leah Bushin as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University! 🎉

Dr. Bushin’s research focuses on discovering and engineering nature’s specialized chemistry.

Welcome, Dr. Bushin!

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Stanford Welcomes Dr. Leah Bushin as Assistant Professor of Chemistry | Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry at Stanford University warmly welcomes our newest faculty member, Dr. Leah Bushin, to the department as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Her appointment commenced on Mo...

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 Congratulations to Prof. Justin Du Bois on his appointment as Chair of the Chemistry Department!

A warm welcome as Prof. Du Bois steps into this important role, and our sincere thanks to Prof. Steven Boxer for his leadership over the last 5 years.

#FacultyNews #Leadership

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 We’re hiring! ‪Stanford Chemistry is now accepting applications for a Junior Faculty Position in Chemistry (open area), with the appointment set to begin on September 1, 2026.

Learn more and apply here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...

#FacultyJobs #AcademicJobs #Hiring

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor in Chemistry (Open Area)

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 24

This summer, 13 undergraduates completed a 10-week chemistry research fellowship. The program concluded with a poster session where fellows shared their discoveries and experiences. Many thanks to the Chem Department faculty, mentors, and Prof. Matt Kanan for leading the program.

Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 8

Chemistry meets nature at Jasper Ridge! Stanford Chem staff explored diverse geologic zones and learned how plants use chemistry—from photosynthesis to releasing VOCs that act as scented defenses when animals nibble on their leaves. 🌿🔬🧪

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 5

Stanford's Nobel Laureate Prof. W. E. Moerner joined global experts for the 80th Hiroshima anniversary @UChicago.

A new declaration calls for urgent steps to reduce nuclear risk. 🕊️ #Hiroshima80 #NuclearDisarmament

To learn more: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/80-year...

80 Years After Hiroshima: A Reckoning with the Nuclear Legacy | Chemistry

Six CISAC scholars joined global experts and Nobel Laureates, including Stanford's W.E. Moerner, at the University of Chicago to confront the escalating risks of nuclear war.“Now I am become Death, th...

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Jul 25

Selected by the Sustainability Accelerator, Stanford Chem’s Prof. Matthew Kanan is developing a more durable alternative to plastic. His team aims to scale up a modified polylactic acid into a marketable product to help curb pollution. chemistry.stanford.edu/news/polylac...

Polylactic Acid Project Led by the Kanan Lab is amongst 41 of the New Sustainability Accelerator Projects | Chemistry

Sustainability Accelerator selects 41 new projects with rapid scale-up potentialThe latest awards support cross-disciplinary initiatives addressing real-world sustainability challenges in food, agricu...

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Jul 19

2025 Stanford Chemistry Commencement Highlights

2025 Stanford University Department of Chemistry Commencement Highlights

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Jul 14

Peeling Scotch tape can create ⚡microlightning⚡—electric fields strong enough to drive chemical reactions without heat or solvents. From Yifan Meng, Postdoc in the Zare Lab @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social - this research could spark greener chemistry—and insights into prebiotic life.
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‘Microlightning’ released by peeling tape can drive chemical reactions

Intense localised electric fields can break bonds

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Jul 8

While Hoover & Wilbur served in DC, Stanford chemist Robert Swain quietly led from afar. Through letters, he steered
@Stanford through the Depression with intellect, trust & care—a masterclass in long-distance leadership. stanfordmag.org/contents/the...

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The Pen Pal President

When Herbert Hoover and Ray Lyman Wilbur went to Washington, they left their friend Robert Swain in charge of the university. But they never quite relinquished control.

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Jul 7

Congrats to Nicole Elizete Theberath (BS '25), recipient of the 2025 Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research! 🔬🏅

Her work in @StanfordChem represents the best of undergrad research excellence.

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Nicole Elizete Theberath, Recipient of 2025 Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research | Chemistry

Nicole Elizete Theberath, Stanford University B.S. with Honors in Chemistry and Class of 2025, is the recipient of this year's Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Nicole's thesi...

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Jun 30

Stanford’s IFSS program welcomed local high school students for two weeks of hands-on exploration in chemical research. By shadowing multiple grad students, participants gained a broad view of the field. Huge thanks to Andy Mitchell, Jordyn Smith, and Hee Won Youn for leading the way! #StanfordIFSS

Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Jun 15

🎓 We’re thrilled to welcome Prof. Neal Devaraj (UCSD) back to Stanford Chemistry as our 2025 Commencement Speaker! A distinguished alum & leader in chem bio and synthetic biochem, we look fwd to his commencement address and celebrating this milestone occasion later today! #StanfordChem #ClassOf2025

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · Jun 13

As the year comes to a close, we celebrate Stanford Chem’s students who earned prestigious fellowships & awards for excellence in research, teaching & leadership. Shoutout to Pournima Narayanan who received the STAR Award for outstanding contributions to lab safety.

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