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- 2026
- 10/07/26 NSM Chemist Thomas Teets Appointed to Prestigious Welch Chair
- 09/25/26 Naihao Chiang Receives 2026 Peter Mark Memorial Award
- 09/15/26 91视频 Awarded $1.26M NIH Grant to Outsmart Superbugs
- 09/01/26 Department of Energy Awards UH-led Team $2.88M to Use AI to Strengthen America鈥檚 Critical Mineral Supply Chain
- 07/13/26 New Imaging Technology Tracks Cellular Roots of Alzheimer鈥檚, Parkinson鈥檚 and ALS
- 05/14/26 NSM Celebrates 909 Graduates at Spring 2026 Commencement
- 03/03/26 Shoujun Xu Appointed Chair of the Department of Chemistry
- 02/26/26 Three NSM Faculty Members Among UH鈥檚 Seven Senior Members Named to the National Academy of Inventors
- 02/09/26 Tai-Yen Chen Named 2026 ACS Rising Star for Pioneering Work in Cellular Imaging and Copper Biology
- 2025
- 12/19/25 NSM Celebrates 677 Graduates at Fall 2025 Commencement
- 12/18/25 91视频 Chemist Awarded Nearly $2M to Decode Light-Activated Chemistry
- 12/11/25 UH Chemistry Professor Earns Prestigious Honor from National Academy of Inventors
- 11/21/25 UH Chemist Advances Heavy Metal-Free Synthesis with $400,000 NSF Grant
- 10/27/25 Graduate Students Showcase Cutting-Edge Research at NSM鈥檚 Three-Minute Thesis Competition
- 09/01/25 UH Chemist Named Associate Editor for Chemistry of Materials
- 06/09/25 New Dean Named for College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- 05/05/25 Prize Winners Announced at 60th TCSUH Student Research Symposium
- 04/23/25 UH Doctoral Student Muhammad Arslan Honored with ACS POLY Travel Award
- 02/28/25 NOBCChE Establishes UH Student Chapter
- 2024
- 10/04/24 Chemistry Alumnus Kang Min Ok Selected for 2024 MSIT Global Leader Research Project
- 08/29/24 Chemistry Professor Receives Prestigious Cottrell Plus SEED Research Award
- 06/17/24 Halasyamani and Poeppelmeier Paper Reaches 1,000 Citations; Named to Chemistry of Materials 1k Club
- 05/09/24 Chemistry Alumna, Shruti Hariyani, Named Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow
- 05/06/24 Chemistry Postdoc Said Jalife Jacobo Named Research Corporation for Science Advancement Fellow
- 03/28/24 UH Chemist Receives CAREER Award to Advance Development of Biodegradable Plastics
- 03/14/24 Summer Program Builds Next-Generation Cardiovascular Researchers
- 2023
- 12/15/23 American Chemical Society Honors UH Chemist for Work to Promote STEM
- 10/30/23 UH Chemist Melissa Zastrow Receives Saltman Award for Research in Bioinorganic Chemistry
- 09/14/23 UH Research Team Awarded $4M to Convert Plastic Waste into Useful Materials
- 09/13/23 With $5 Million Grant, The Welch Center for Advanced Bioactive Materials Crystallization is Formed at 91视频
- 08/24/23 Inside NSM: Microscope Lab
- 07/19/23 Unlocking the Power of Molecular Crystals: A Possible Solution to Nuclear Waste
- 06/29/23 Chemistry Alumna, Thao Tran, Receives Beckman Young Investigator Award
- 06/08/23 Daugulis Receives EROS Best Reagent Award
- 06/07/23 Croix Laconsay Chosen for American Chemical Society CAS Future Leaders Program
- 05/24/23 CAREER Award Benefits UH Chemist鈥檚 Research into Brain Cells and Degenerative Diseases
- 05/16/23 Chemistry Ph.D. Graduate Shruti Hariyani Receives Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation Award
- 05/03/23 Two Chemistry Graduate Students Win First and Second Prizes at TcSUH Student Research Symposium
- 02/02/23 CAREER Award Opens New Opportunities for Chemist to Study the Roles of Metals in the Gastrointestinal Tract
- 01/31/23 UH Scientist Eric Bittner Elected as AAAS Fellow
- 2022
- 07/11/22 Shruti Hariyani, Chemistry Ph.D. Student, Receives P.E.O. Scholar Award
- 05/26/22 Bittner Named Ulam Scholar at Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 04/12/22 Inside NSM: Glass Shop
- 03/08/22 New Imaging Technique Could Lead to Better Treatment of Cancers, Viral Infections
- 03/07/22 Chemistry Faculty Member Aims to Develop Precise Cell Delivery Technology
- 01/12/22 Hariyani: A Shining Star at UH鈥檚 Chemistry Department
- 2021
- 12/22/21 UH Researchers Publish Study on Student Engagement Before and After Pandemic
- 12/06/21 Chemist and Biologist Develop Technique to Measure Molecular Binding Strength
- 09/17/21 Harth Named American Chemical Society Fellow
- 08/19/21 Chemistry Ph.D. Grad Ponnapati Recognized as OTC Emerging Leader
- 07/19/21 May Receives Chemical Synthesis NSF Grant for Carbon Bond Forming Research
- 06/02/21 Farmer and Chen Honored with Butler Excellence in Teaching Award
- 05/25/21 Building a Better Bulb
- 05/18/21 Ya Zhuo Receives Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation Award
- 05/12/21 Hariyani and Brgoch Receive 2021 Chemistry of Materials Lectureship and Best Paper Award
- 03/08/21 Chemistry Student Awarded NSF Grant to Explore Large Crystal Growth
- 03/02/21 Chemistry Associate Professor Finds Fundamental Behavioral Difference in Methanol Thin Films
- 01/25/21 Riddhiman Medhi Receives Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation Award
- 01/14/21 Destination: United States Space Force
- 2020
- 12/17/20 Machine Learning Boosts the Search for 鈥楽uperhard鈥� Materials
- 09/09/20 UH Receives Funding from NSF to Create Center for Integrated Catalysis
- 09/03/20 Jakoah Brgoch Wins 2020 NSM Junior Faculty Award
- 08/26/20 Welch Foundation Provides Thousands in Research Grants to Chemistry Department
- 08/19/20 Inventing New Tools to Peer into the Gastrointestinal Tract
- 07/06/20 In Memoriam: Dr. James Reed Cox, Jr.
- 05/05/20 Project Will Expand Use of Metal Catalysts for Drug Discovery
- 04/13/20 Ph.D. Student Makes Strides in Understanding Photostability of Molecules
- 04/09/20 Associate Chemistry Professor Finds New, Unexpected Result in 2D Material
- 03/09/20 鈥楧eceptively Simple鈥� Process Could Boost Plastics Recycling
- 02/12/20 Two UH Chemists Are Named 2020 Sloan Research Fellows
- 2019
- 11/20/19 New Hybrid Device Can Both Capture and Store Solar Energy
- 10/23/19 Changing How Chemists Think About Textbook Chemical Concepts
- 10/11/19 Chemists Shine a Light on Well-Known Chemical Reactions
- 09/16/19 Is Copper a Cause of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease?
- 08/20/19 Inside Research: Welch-UH Center Director Sets Sights on 鈥楤roader Scope鈥� of Polymer Research
- 08/15/19 Porous Molecular Crystals: Applications in Storage, Recycling and Sensing
- 07/05/19 Teets Receives Two NSM Faculty Awards
- 06/26/19 UH Researcher Reports the Way Sickle Cells Form May be Key to Stopping Them
- 05/15/19 Visualizing Different Protein Forms in Cells
- 03/11/19 NSF CAREER Awards:聽A聽Track Record of Success in the聽Chemistry Department
- 02/20/19 UH Chemist Earns CAREER Award for Work in Luminescence
- 02/11/19 Peer Writing Group: Student-Led Success
- 01/25/19 UH Chemists Report New Class of Polyethylene Catalyst
- 2018
- 12/21/18 Daugulis and Ren Recognized for Influential Work
- 12/13/18 UH Chemist Focuses on Materials for LED Lighting
- 11/27/18 Three 91视频 Chemists Elected to AAAS
- 10/22/18 New Algorithm Can More Quickly Predict LED Materials
- 09/21/18 Chiral Oxygen Heterocycles: New Avenues for Drug Synthesis
- 09/04/18 Miljanic Awarded Humboldt Foundation Fellowship
- 08/28/18 Brgoch Receives ACS-GHS Younger Chemist Award
- 07/30/18 Experimental and Theoretical: Pushing Boundaries in Solid-State Chemistry
- 06/28/18 Miljanic Awarded Max Kade Foundation Fellowship
- 06/18/18 Bittner Receives Leverhulme Award
- 06/04/18 Loi Do Awarded 2018 NSM Junior Faculty Award
- 05/02/18 Chemistry Graduate Student Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- 04/17/18 Organic Thin Films: Teflon-like Properties
- 04/02/18 Harth Receives Gutenberg Chair Award
- 03/21/18 Nanomaterials Hold Promise for Producing Hydrogen from Water
- 03/02/18 Recycling Anesthetics: Applications for Porous Molecular Crystals
- 02/23/18 UH Chemist Judy Wu Receives NSF CAREER Award for Hydrogen Bond Research
- 02/20/18 Researcher Focuses on Environmentally Friendly Plastics
- 02/09/18 Luminescent Materials: Learning to Glow
- 01/03/18 Samsung Funds Exploratory Research
- 2017
- 11/06/17 $450K NSF Grant Funds Fundamental Research in Quantum Physics
- 10/25/17 UH Chemist to Oversee New Journal for Nanomaterials
- 10/12/17 Teets Awarded ACS-GHS Younger Chemist Award
- 09/20/17 Lubchenko Wins ACS-GHS Hightower Award
- 08/17/17 Daugulis Awarded 4-Year $1.2 Million NIH Grant
- 08/01/17 Kadish Wins Inaugural SCF French-American Prize
- 07/11/17 Gilbertson Selected as ACS Fellow
- 03/29/17 Algorithm Offers Predictive Power for Electron Transfer Theory
- 02/15/17 Jerry Yang: NSF CAREER Award Recipient
- 02/08/17 ACS Student Chapter Recognized as Outstanding
- 01/25/17 Bittner Named American Physical Society Fellow
- 2016
- 11/16/16 Ph.D. Student in Chemistry Awarded Inaugural Axalta Achievement Scholarship
- 10/26/16 Hanah Na: On Path to Becoming Independent Researcher
- 10/25/16 College Mourns Passing of John Bear, NSM Dean 1992-2010
- 10/03/16 Fuel for the Future: Using Sunlight to Split Water
- 2015
- 12/21/15 ACS Student Chapter Recognized as Outstanding
- 12/10/15 ACS Younger Chemist Award
- 11/09/15 UH Researchers Design Material with Potential Use in Solid-State Lasers
- 09/24/15 National Academy Member Maurice Brookhart Joins UH Chemistry
- 2014
- 10/23/14 Clinical Trials of Anti-Cancer Drug PT-112 Begin in U.S.
- 10/22/14 Halasyamani Wins Roy-Somiya Award
- 10/21/14 UH Chemists Develop Porous Molecules that Bind Greenhouse Gases
- 09/02/14 Daugulis Named Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry
- 08/29/14 Chemist Jakoah Brgoch Works to Develop Energy-Efficient Materials
- 07/31/14 Dr. Daugulis Named 2014 ACS Cope Scholar
- 07/08/14 Chemistry Grad Tho Tran Receives Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
- 06/13/14 UH Business Plan Team Wins Big at National Contest
- 05/29/14 Jeremy May: NSF CAREER Award Recipient
- 05/14/14 Three Chemistry Faculty Honored at UH Faculty Excellence Luncheon
- 04/17/14 Ognjen Miljanic: Featured in CrystEngComm
- 01/29/14 New Theory May Lead to More Efficient Solar Cells
- 2013
- 12/10/13 Graduate Student Arati Kohlatkar Lead Author of Published Review
- 09/24/13 Award Recognizing Excellence in Organic Chemistry
- 09/19/13 University Receives $4 Million to Launch New Chemistry Initiative
- 09/04/13 Yang Awarded Welch Professorship by TcSUH
- 07/16/13 Daugulis' Research Highlighted in C&E News and JACS Spotlight
- 03/15/13 UH Chemist, Ognjen Miljanic, Selected as a Cottrell Scholar
- 02/18/13 91视频 Chemist Devises Effective Methods for Creating Useful Compounds
- 02/15/13 UTMB, UH Team Up to Study Brain Chemistry
- 2012
- 10/18/12 Daugulis' New Way to Make 2-Arylphenols Published in Chemical Science
- 08/02/12 Microscope provides an improved technique for chemical imaging of surfaces.
- 07/17/12 Achieving Superconductivity Near Room Temperature Goal of Collaborative Effort
- 07/11/12 Kadish Receives Hans Fischer Career Award in Porphyrin Chemistry
- 05/31/12 May's Research Highlighted in Nature Chemistry
- 02/16/12 Award Honors Promising Junior Faculty Members
- 02/03/12 Sun Woo Kim Receives Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship
- 2011
- 09/02/11 Miljanic's Research Highlighted in Nature Chemistry
- 05/09/11 UH Chemist Investigates Material for Next-Generation Computer Memory
- 05/06/11 Two Students Named Goldwater Scholars, Two Receive Honorable Mention
- 2010
- 08/24/10 Seal of Approval: UH in Exclusive Company With High ACS Marks
- 08/24/10 Two UH Chemists Receive National Recognition
- 05/01/10 UH Chemist Wins Accolades For Pioneering Nanoparticle Research
- 2009
- 01/05/09 Prof. Halasyamani Received Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award
- 01/04/09 Prof. Daugulis Received Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award
- 01/02/09 Prof. Guloy Received Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award
- 01/02/09 Prof. Bittner Received John and Rebecca Moores Professor
- 2008
- 08/02/08 Prof. Bittner Received Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award
- 04/15/08 UH Chemist is One of America's Rising Stars in Science
- 04/14/08 Simplifying Manufacture of Drugs, Plastics Earns UH Chemist Top Honor
- 01/01/08 Prof. Bott Received Provost Faculty Advising Award