chemistry

1. October 23, 2019

   Chemistry’s green future takes root at UM-Flint

   While government agencies work to remediate PFAS in the environment, professors at UM-Flint are training the next generation of chemists to avoid making similar mistakes through an innovative subfield called Green Chemistry. 

2. March 25, 2019

   Professor builds network of underrepresented chemists in Diversify Chemistry

   When Anne McNeil attended an American Chemical Society conference a couple years ago, she was surprised to find a symposium in her field with no invited women speakers. That prompted her to launch Diversify Chemistry to help people find individuals from historically underrepresented backgrounds in chemistry. 

3. February 4, 2019

   Sanford to explain new ways to make molecules

   In her upcoming Distinguished University Professor lecture, Melanie Sanford will focus on a key aspect of her team’s research, the development of new ways to form carbon-fluorine bonds.

4. January 21, 2019

   Professor’s work focuses on molecules key to curing diseases

   Growing up in Germany, Nils G. Walter formed a positive, but secondhand, impression of the United States. His father had been a prisoner of war in Texas who often told Walter about the kindness of Americans. Still, it was Walter’s love of chemistry that ultimately led him to move to the United States.