Penn State Chemistry
@pennstatechemistry.bsky.social
The official account of the Department of Chemistry at Penn State University. Science Without Boundaries.
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🖥️ https://science.psu.edu/chem
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📍 University Park, PA
🖥️ https://science.psu.edu/chem
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/penn-state-chemistry
Congrats to Phil Bevilacqua for receiving the 2025 Edward W. Morley Medal, which recognizes outstanding contributions to chemistry in research, teaching, engineering, administration, public service, and service to humanity or to industrial progress!
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4mw8U6Y
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May 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Congrats to Phil Bevilacqua for receiving the 2025 Edward W. Morley Medal, which recognizes outstanding contributions to chemistry in research, teaching, engineering, administration, public service, and service to humanity or to industrial progress!
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4mw8U6Y
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4mw8U6Y
We are now accepting applications for the 2025 Postdoc to PI Symposium!
It's a two-day professional development event for current postdocs, simulating a faculty interview with research talks, faculty meetings, and optional future research presentations
bit.ly/3YkINFC
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It's a two-day professional development event for current postdocs, simulating a faculty interview with research talks, faculty meetings, and optional future research presentations
bit.ly/3YkINFC
@pennstatescience.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We are now accepting applications for the 2025 Postdoc to PI Symposium!
It's a two-day professional development event for current postdocs, simulating a faculty interview with research talks, faculty meetings, and optional future research presentations
bit.ly/3YkINFC
@pennstatescience.bsky.social
It's a two-day professional development event for current postdocs, simulating a faculty interview with research talks, faculty meetings, and optional future research presentations
bit.ly/3YkINFC
@pennstatescience.bsky.social
🔬 Meet Vaibhav Pal! A chemistry grad student in the Ozbolat Lab specializing in the design and development of microgel-based materials for tissue engineering applications.
Outside of the lab, he's making an impact as a member of the Graduate & Professional Student Association!
Q&A bit.ly/4i07EFG
Outside of the lab, he's making an impact as a member of the Graduate & Professional Student Association!
Q&A bit.ly/4i07EFG
April 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🔬 Meet Vaibhav Pal! A chemistry grad student in the Ozbolat Lab specializing in the design and development of microgel-based materials for tissue engineering applications.
Outside of the lab, he's making an impact as a member of the Graduate & Professional Student Association!
Q&A bit.ly/4i07EFG
Outside of the lab, he's making an impact as a member of the Graduate & Professional Student Association!
Q&A bit.ly/4i07EFG
Big congratulations to Dr. Tamra Mbeuh Lahom Lot from the Booker Lab for being selected for the highly competitive 2025 CAS Future Leaders program, which offers leadership training and networking for early-career scientists! #CASFutureLeaders
@pennstatescience.bsky.social @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
@pennstatescience.bsky.social @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Big congratulations to Dr. Tamra Mbeuh Lahom Lot from the Booker Lab for being selected for the highly competitive 2025 CAS Future Leaders program, which offers leadership training and networking for early-career scientists! #CASFutureLeaders
@pennstatescience.bsky.social @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
@pennstatescience.bsky.social @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
It's been fantastic to see such strong representation of #PennState at this week's @acs.org Meeting in San Diego! A standout moment was seeing @rayschaak.bsky.social officially presented with his 2025 F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry by ACS President Dorothy Phillips! 👏
March 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It's been fantastic to see such strong representation of #PennState at this week's @acs.org Meeting in San Diego! A standout moment was seeing @rayschaak.bsky.social officially presented with his 2025 F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry by ACS President Dorothy Phillips! 👏
We are so excited for the upcoming @acs.org meeting in San Diego from March 23-27! Below is a presenter schedule highlighting key talks, posters and events featuring #PennStateChemistry researchers, making it easier for alumni and friends to meet fellow Penn Staters! 🔵⚪️
March 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We are so excited for the upcoming @acs.org meeting in San Diego from March 23-27! Below is a presenter schedule highlighting key talks, posters and events featuring #PennStateChemistry researchers, making it easier for alumni and friends to meet fellow Penn Staters! 🔵⚪️
It's our pleasuure to announce Marty Bollinger as this year's Priestley Teaching Prize winner! It is awarded annually to a @pennstatechemistry.bsky.social faculty member for excellence in undergrad chemistry instruction as measured by the increase in learning and enthusiasm for the subject!
March 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's our pleasuure to announce Marty Bollinger as this year's Priestley Teaching Prize winner! It is awarded annually to a @pennstatechemistry.bsky.social faculty member for excellence in undergrad chemistry instruction as measured by the increase in learning and enthusiasm for the subject!
Check out Professor Scott Showalter's recent first
@pnas.org publication, "Molecular insights into the interaction between a disordered protein and a folded RNA."
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@pnas.org publication, "Molecular insights into the interaction between a disordered protein and a folded RNA."
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
March 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Check out Professor Scott Showalter's recent first
@pnas.org publication, "Molecular insights into the interaction between a disordered protein and a folded RNA."
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@pnas.org publication, "Molecular insights into the interaction between a disordered protein and a folded RNA."
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Researchers uncovered how the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum regulates gene expression to progress through its complex life cycle. These findings offer new possibilities for malaria treatments, a disease affecting millions worldwide!
➡️ bit.ly/4bivN8I
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➡️ bit.ly/4bivN8I
@pennstatescience.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Researchers uncovered how the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum regulates gene expression to progress through its complex life cycle. These findings offer new possibilities for malaria treatments, a disease affecting millions worldwide!
➡️ bit.ly/4bivN8I
@pennstatescience.bsky.social
➡️ bit.ly/4bivN8I
@pennstatescience.bsky.social
"Quantum materials has emerged as a field recently as current devices are approaching their quantum limit," – Lukas Muechler, assistant professor of chemistry and physics
Read more about his recent lecture on quantum materials from the 2025 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science series ➡️ bit.ly/3QaGgJn
Read more about his recent lecture on quantum materials from the 2025 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science series ➡️ bit.ly/3QaGgJn
February 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Quantum materials has emerged as a field recently as current devices are approaching their quantum limit," – Lukas Muechler, assistant professor of chemistry and physics
Read more about his recent lecture on quantum materials from the 2025 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science series ➡️ bit.ly/3QaGgJn
Read more about his recent lecture on quantum materials from the 2025 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science series ➡️ bit.ly/3QaGgJn
We are so thrilled to share that #PennState chemist
Lauren Zarzar is among the scientists selected to receive prestigious #PECASE awards!
This award represents the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on early-career scientists and engineers 👏
➡️ science.psu.edu/news/penn-st...
Lauren Zarzar is among the scientists selected to receive prestigious #PECASE awards!
This award represents the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on early-career scientists and engineers 👏
➡️ science.psu.edu/news/penn-st...
January 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We are so thrilled to share that #PennState chemist
Lauren Zarzar is among the scientists selected to receive prestigious #PECASE awards!
This award represents the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on early-career scientists and engineers 👏
➡️ science.psu.edu/news/penn-st...
Lauren Zarzar is among the scientists selected to receive prestigious #PECASE awards!
This award represents the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on early-career scientists and engineers 👏
➡️ science.psu.edu/news/penn-st...
Please join us this Saturday, Feb. 1, at University Park campus as part of the weekly #AshtekarFrontiersofScience lecture series where our very own Dr. Lukas Muechler will be giving a talk titled:
"How Chemistry and Physics Come Together in Quantum Materials"
Details below ⬇️
"How Chemistry and Physics Come Together in Quantum Materials"
Details below ⬇️
January 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Please join us this Saturday, Feb. 1, at University Park campus as part of the weekly #AshtekarFrontiersofScience lecture series where our very own Dr. Lukas Muechler will be giving a talk titled:
"How Chemistry and Physics Come Together in Quantum Materials"
Details below ⬇️
"How Chemistry and Physics Come Together in Quantum Materials"
Details below ⬇️
We're proud to announce chem major Kueyoung Kim has received the Churchill Scholarship, which funds American students for a year-long master's study in science, math, and engineering at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social 👏
He is the third #PennStater to earn this award!
science.psu.edu/news/chemist...
He is the third #PennStater to earn this award!
science.psu.edu/news/chemist...
January 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We're proud to announce chem major Kueyoung Kim has received the Churchill Scholarship, which funds American students for a year-long master's study in science, math, and engineering at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social 👏
He is the third #PennStater to earn this award!
science.psu.edu/news/chemist...
He is the third #PennStater to earn this award!
science.psu.edu/news/chemist...
To help combat performance limitations from the silicon chips that power our everyday devices, Penn State researchers will receive $3 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Read more at bit.ly/49K93O0
#PennStateChemistry #PennStatePhysics
Read more at bit.ly/49K93O0
#PennStateChemistry #PennStatePhysics
January 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
To help combat performance limitations from the silicon chips that power our everyday devices, Penn State researchers will receive $3 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Read more at bit.ly/49K93O0
#PennStateChemistry #PennStatePhysics
Read more at bit.ly/49K93O0
#PennStateChemistry #PennStatePhysics
A $3 million grant received by #PennState researchers, including chemistry courtesy faculty members Joshua Robinson and Adri van Duin, targets integrated semiconductor for smarter, greener electronics!
science.psu.edu/news/3m-gran...
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December 12, 2024 at 9:24 PM
A $3 million grant received by #PennState researchers, including chemistry courtesy faculty members Joshua Robinson and Adri van Duin, targets integrated semiconductor for smarter, greener electronics!
science.psu.edu/news/3m-gran...
science.psu.edu/news/3m-gran...
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⚪️ Have a chemistry photo or a proud achievement you
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December 11, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Do you follow #PennStateChemistry on all our social platforms below?
🔵 Be sure to stay connected and up to date with
everything happening in our department!
⚪️ Have a chemistry photo or a proud achievement you
want to share? Tag us and we'll repost!
🔵 Be sure to stay connected and up to date with
everything happening in our department!
⚪️ Have a chemistry photo or a proud achievement you
want to share? Tag us and we'll repost!
Special thanks to Dr. Rongchao Jin of @carnegiemellon.bsky.social for giving an invigorating talk yesterday for our Russell Marker Lecture series!
It was fascinating to learn more about the Jin group's direct approach to understanding nanoparticles at the atomic level.
#PennStateChemistry
It was fascinating to learn more about the Jin group's direct approach to understanding nanoparticles at the atomic level.
#PennStateChemistry
December 6, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Special thanks to Dr. Rongchao Jin of @carnegiemellon.bsky.social for giving an invigorating talk yesterday for our Russell Marker Lecture series!
It was fascinating to learn more about the Jin group's direct approach to understanding nanoparticles at the atomic level.
#PennStateChemistry
It was fascinating to learn more about the Jin group's direct approach to understanding nanoparticles at the atomic level.
#PennStateChemistry
A team co-led by researchers at #PennState and @mitofficial.bsky.social has discovered a new nonreciprocal Hall effect where room temperature electrical control could heat up future technology development!
Read more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/room-te...
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November 25, 2024 at 6:26 PM
A team co-led by researchers at #PennState and @mitofficial.bsky.social has discovered a new nonreciprocal Hall effect where room temperature electrical control could heat up future technology development!
Read more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/room-te...
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Igor Aronson, Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Mathematics, has been co-awarded $1.05M to study the emergence of collective intelligence among simple microrobots!
Learn more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/qa-how-...
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November 25, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Igor Aronson, Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Mathematics, has been co-awarded $1.05M to study the emergence of collective intelligence among simple microrobots!
Learn more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/qa-how-...
@pennstatescience.bsky.social #PennStateChemistry
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We had a great time at our department Winter Social today! It was perfect timing for the first Pennsylvania snow of the season ❄️ @pennstatescience.bsky.social #PennState #chemistry
November 22, 2024 at 8:31 PM
We had a great time at our department Winter Social today! It was perfect timing for the first Pennsylvania snow of the season ❄️ @pennstatescience.bsky.social #PennState #chemistry
Last weekend the Central PA Local Section of @amerchemsociety.bsky.social hosted their centennial celebration at #PennState University Park campus!
Along with a student poster session, @ayusmansen.bsky.social gave his keynote lecture "Fantastic Voyage: Designing Self-Powered Nanobots."
Along with a student poster session, @ayusmansen.bsky.social gave his keynote lecture "Fantastic Voyage: Designing Self-Powered Nanobots."
November 22, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Last weekend the Central PA Local Section of @amerchemsociety.bsky.social hosted their centennial celebration at #PennState University Park campus!
Along with a student poster session, @ayusmansen.bsky.social gave his keynote lecture "Fantastic Voyage: Designing Self-Powered Nanobots."
Along with a student poster session, @ayusmansen.bsky.social gave his keynote lecture "Fantastic Voyage: Designing Self-Powered Nanobots."
We are leading the way in the discovery of a new protein, called LanD, which has the potential to revolutionize industrial mining!
Learn more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/bacteri...
#PennState @pennstatescience.bsky.social #chemistry #rareearthelements
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#PennState @pennstatescience.bsky.social #chemistry #rareearthelements
November 20, 2024 at 5:19 PM
We are leading the way in the discovery of a new protein, called LanD, which has the potential to revolutionize industrial mining!
Learn more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/bacteri...
#PennState @pennstatescience.bsky.social #chemistry #rareearthelements
Learn more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/bacteri...
#PennState @pennstatescience.bsky.social #chemistry #rareearthelements
A study demonstrated by the Freedman lab found that microplastics serve as ice-nucleating particles, tiny aerosols that promote the formation of ice crystals in clouds, potentially influencing weather patterns and climate.
Learn more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/micropl...
#PennState #EnvironmentalChem
Learn more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/micropl...
#PennState #EnvironmentalChem
November 19, 2024 at 2:27 PM
A study demonstrated by the Freedman lab found that microplastics serve as ice-nucleating particles, tiny aerosols that promote the formation of ice crystals in clouds, potentially influencing weather patterns and climate.
Learn more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/micropl...
#PennState #EnvironmentalChem
Learn more ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/micropl...
#PennState #EnvironmentalChem