Chemistry

How do you determine the age of a fingerprint?

LAS chemists used mass spectrometry tools to analyze fingerprints and found clues in the fatty oils within the prints. Read More

February 19, 2020

Aaron Rossini named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow

Iowa State chemist honored for expanding insight into the structure of molecules. Read More

February 13, 2020

Kovnir group featured in Chemical & Engineering News

Work published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society was highlighted in a recent issue of Chemical & Engineering News:… Read More

January 28, 2020

Lee and collaborators published in Analytical Chemistry

Police have long relied on the unique whorls, loops or arches encoded in fingerprints to identify suspects. However, they have no way to tell how… Read More

January 22, 2020

Aleksandra Badaczewska-Dawid selected as Bioscience Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow

Accomplished postdoc research associate from Poland will infuse her protein-modeling expertise into the Potoyan Lab in the Department of Chemistry. Read More

November 11, 2019

Anderson named in top 100 scientists

Jared Anderson, professor of chemistry, was named to Analytical Chemistry’s Top 100 list of analytical scientists, The… Read More

October 14, 2019

LAS chemist elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Iowa State Distinguished Professor and Ames Laboratory scientist Patricia Thiel receives one of the highest national honors in her field. Read More

April 18, 2019

Faculty honored with LAS Dean’s Emerging Faculty Leaders award

Anderson, Rizo and Zhou honored as emerging leaders. Read More

April 17, 2019