Ames Laboratory

LAS research projects selected for U.S. Department of Energy Genesis Mission

Iowa State researchers, including some in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, are part of a national initiative to build the most powerful integrated science discovery platform by uniting government, industry, academia and philanthropy. The projects will accelerate breakthroughs in energy, scientific discovery and national security through a new platform that combines artificial intelligence, supercomputing, quantum systems and advanced scientific instruments.

July 22, 2026

Chemistry professor’s research leads to improved drugs, catalysts, and semiconductors

Iowa State's Aaron Rossini has developed solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy methods that are helping design better drugs, catalysts and semiconductors. He was just part of a national panel that explained how NMR tools are "a cornerstone of modern research."

February 19, 2026

Nature, engineered  

Nature creates the blueprint – Yan Zhao reengineers it. Zhao, a professor of chemistry at Iowa State University, is using micellar imprinting to design synthetic materials that mimic the functions of natural enzymes and antibodies. His lab’s cutting-edge techniques are driving innovation in areas related to disease and plastic recycling.

August 8, 2025

Chemistry, physics faculty honored by AAAS

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring five Iowa State University researchers for “their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science."

April 18, 2024

Chemistry student’s formula for success is teamwork and experiences

Goldwater Scholar Nethmi Hewage says faculty mentors and ‘incredible opportunities at Iowa State’ shaped her undergraduate journey.

June 15, 2022

Change Agent: Aaron Sadow, finding the chemistry to add value, utility to plastic waste

This professor of chemistry and Ames Laboratory senior scientist established the Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) to transform plastic waste into renewables.

August 9, 2021

Robert McQueeney awarded inaugural John and Mary Weaver Professorship

Physics professor honored for his widely recognized expertise in condescend matter physics and achievements in neutron scattering

July 16, 2021

Researchers build structured, multi-part nanocrystals with super light-emitting properties

Alex Travesset, professor of physics and astronomy and associate scientist at Ames Laboratory, played a key role in the discovery of these new materials.

May 28, 2021