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Open Postdoctoral Associate/Lecturer Positions – Applications Due July 1

The Department of Chemistry at Boston University invites applications for full-time teaching and research Postdoctoral Associate Lecturer (PAL) openings starting as early as August 1, 2023 and no later than September 1, 2023. This innovative program, formerly the Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow (PFF) program, is designed for recent Ph.D. recipients planning to pursue teaching-focused academic careers. Of particular interest […]

Prof. Chen Yang Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows

Chen Yang Inducted into the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows AIMBE ELECTS 2023 FELLOWS WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Chen Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Boston University to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among […]

Postdoc Dr. Neno Vuksanovic Receives NIH F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral NRSA Fellowship

Congratulations to Dr. Neno Vuksanovic, a postdoctoral researcher in the Allen Lab, on being awarded an NIH F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral NRSA Fellowship for his research proposal “Structural and Functional Characterization of Glycosyltransferases in the Campylobacter concisus N-linked Glycoconjugate Biosynthetic Pathway!”  The fellowship will fund Neno’s work on identifying the substrate binding determinants of glycosyltransferases responsible for the biosynthesis […]

2022 Graduate Student Award Winners

The Graduate Program Committee has announced the winners of the 2022 Graduate Student Awards.   The Lichtin Award, for research excellence in Chemistry, goes to Feng Yang from the Porco Group, a young scientist who has already published several papers in the area of organic synthesis, and whose nominator refers to his tenacity and curiosity. […]

BU Chemistry NSF-REU Program Awarded Three-Year Renewal of Funding

BU Chemistry is pleased to announce a three-year renewal of funding for our NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program.  This summer program, hosted by the Chemistry Department, provides students from primarily undergraduate institutions with opportunities to work in advanced research laboratories. Of the 33 students who participated in the program over the past three years, […]

Dr. Malika Jeffries-EL named a 2018 American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow

We are proud to announce that Professor Malika Jeffries-EL has been named one of the 2018 ACS Fellows. The purpose of the ACS Fellows Program is to recognize and honor members of the American Chemical Society for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to the science and the profession and for their equally exemplary service to the […]

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Karen Allen featured in C&EN

Professor Karen Allen’s work with Dr. Barbara Imperiali of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and their research groups work on the 2.7-Å-resolution crystal structure of a phosphoglycosyl transferase called PglC were featured in C&EN Structural Biology on May 23rd, 2018. As Co-PI on a National Institute of Health grant, Dr. Allen and Dr. Imperiali’s work on PglC has allowed them to […]

2018 Schlumberger Annual Materials Science Lecture with Professor Hongjie Dai

On September 22, 2017, the Division of Materials Science & Engineering hosted the first Schlumberger Annual Materials Science Lecture.  The featured speaker, Dr. Hongjie Dai, Stanford University, presented a lecture on Carbon Based Nanosciences. Dr. Hongjie Dai has made fundamental contributions to nanosciences especially to novel carbon-based nanomaterials. Dr. Dai developed widely adopted chemical vapor deposition for carbon nanotubes; invented […]

Assistant Professor Masha Kamenetska receives Patricia Mclellan Leavitt Research Fund

Masha Kamenetska, who holds joint academic appointments of Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Physics and is a member of Boston University’s Materials Science & Engineering Division, was recently awarded the Patricia Mclellan Leavitt Research Fund. This award is designed “to support research of one or more non-tenured junior faculty members, or graduate students, in chemistry or […]