Department

News items about the department as a whole, e.g., lectureships, new staff, etc.

Open Postdoctoral Associate/Lecturer Position – Applications Due September 9

The Department of Chemistry at Boston University invites applications for a full-time teaching and research Postdoctoral Associate Lecturer (PAL) opening starting January 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. Candidates must be capable of supporting the teaching of first-year undergraduate General […]

Chemistry Professor Scott Schaus (CAS`95) Honors His Mother

Professor Scott Schaus has established the Irene Sophia Prado Endowed Scholarship Fund. The scholarship will provide need-based support to undergraduates pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM), with preference given to women of Mexican American or Latina backgrounds. See the inspiring story between the formation of the Scholarship Fund here: https://www.bu.edu/cas/scott-schaus-alum-and-chemistry-professor-honors-his-mother/

Fall 2021 Advising

Please be on the lookout for e-mails from your advisees looking to schedule registration advising appointments. Fall 2021 registration dates are April 18th for rising Senior/Juniors and April 25th for rising Sophomores and any spring admitted Freshmen.

Giving Day on April 7th

BU’s annual Giving Day will be on Wednesday, April 7th. Please share the link to Chemistry’s giving page on your social media: https://givingday.bu.edu/campaigns/chemistry-department#/

Congratulations to Binyomin!

Congratulation to Professor Binyomin Abrams for winning the 2021 Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching and Technology. This award recognizes the faculty member that best exemplifies innovation in teaching through the use, development, or adaptation of technology. The award reflects Binyomin’s outstanding teaching and innovative use of technology to engage and […]

Professor Elliott Published in Nature Communications: Enzymatic Discovery Cools a ‘Hot’ Intermediary

Enzymatic Discovery Cools a ‘Hot’ Intermediary In the world around us enzymes perform the wizardry of allowing reactions that should occur, to do so in a timely fashion. Enzymes that transform hydrogen peroxide often generate a highly reactive, ‘hot’ intermediate along the way, which will transform another molecule in a startling feat of chemistry. In […]