chemistry

As picturesque as winter weather can be, snowy scenes often present a less desirable, slippery companion: ice. It coats our roadways, clings to windshields and serves as a general hurdle in daily life during the coldest months of the year. Ice-melt products offer a needed solution—but choosing the ...

Case Western Reserve researcher, collaborator at University of California-Santa Cruz to study role of nutrients in ovarian cancer cells Case Western Reserve University scientist Lydia Kisley, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in physics at the College of Arts and Sciences, and a collaborator f...

This past September, “Scalable Synthesis and Characterization of Multilayer γ-Graphyne, New Carbon Crystals with a Small Direct Band Gap,” written by researchers of the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry was published in the Journal of the American Chemi...

Ohio’s largest industry is polymers, with 2,800+ polymer focused companies and more than $49 billion in shipment each year, all right here in Ohio. In addition to industry, there are numerous academic programs in and around Ohio that offer polymer-focused degrees or conduct polymer-specific research...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute taps chemistry professor, diversity leader as inaugural vice president The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced today that it has named Chemistry Professor Blanton Tolbert as its inaugural vice president of science leadership and culture—a role dedicated ...

Editor's note: This event has been postponed. The Departments of Physics and Chemistry and the Program in Cell Biology will host a lecture titled “The 2021 Nobel Prizes in Science” Thursday, Feb. 3, from 4 to 5 p.m. via Zoom. Case Western Reserve University faculty members will explain the scienc...

Research is central to Case Western Reserve University’s mission. Across the university, faculty contribute their expertise to their respective fields—from the arts and sciences to the humanities, medicine and everything in between. Each year, the Faculty Distinguished Research Awards are bestowed...

Lydia Kisley didn’t always want to be a scientist. Now the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Kisley once considered a career in music education, having considered band to be her favorite subject in high school. “I didn’t even take physics in high school...

Year: Rising junior Major: Economics, pre-med Minor: Chemistry Growing up, Case Western Reserve University rising junior Manav Midha found himself torn between focusing his career goals on medicine—having the humbling power to save lives—or economics—understanding how incentives shape our decis...

Majors: BS in chemistry, BA in art historyMinor: Studio artYear: Fourth-year When Sarah Lavin first arrived as an undergraduate student at Case Western Reserve University four years ago, she knew she wanted to study chemistry, but couldn’t shake her love for studio art. So she decided to combine th...