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  • PIRI team led by Robbyn Anand, Department of Chemistry
    Robbyn Anand leads team that will tackle critical water challenges

    The leaders of the latest Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (PIRI), led my Associate Professor Robbyn Anand, Department of Chemistry, are leveraging the best insight and knowledge and latest technology of our time to deliver innovative and impactful solutions for improving water purification for human health and national defense purposes.

    August 20, 2025

  • Brayden Weaver
    Chemistry student wins NSF research fellowship

    Brayden Weaver ('25 chemistry) has been awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. He is one of three Iowa State students to receive the scholarship.

    April 28, 2025

  • Daniel Howell
    Chemistry for the greater good

    Daniel Howell ('24 chemistry) found his calling through chemistry, and now he hopes to make the world a better place because of it.

    June 6, 2024

  • AAAS Fellow Paul Canfield removes a sample from a flux-growth furnace.
    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

  • Yan Zhao
    Chemists build synthetic catalysts to break down biomass

    Yan Zhao, professor of chemistry, and his research team have figured out how to break down plant fibers in biomass and turn it into useful fuels and chemicals.

    August 18, 2023

  • Jeff Bremer and Javier Vela
    Two LAS faculty receive Fulbright fellowships

    Jeff Bremer, associate professor of history, and Javier Vela, University Professor of chemistry, received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar fellowship for the 2023-24 academic year.

    June 22, 2023

  • Daniel Howell and Henry Thomas
    Two LAS students receive Goldwater Scholarships

    Daniel Howell and Henry Thomas, both juniors in chemistry, are two of the four Iowa State University students who are 2023 Goldwater Scholars.

    March 31, 2023

  • Junqi Li awarded $313,600 National Institutes of Health grant

    Junqi Li, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her research “Atom-swapping reaction sequences enabled by decarbonylation and decarboxylation.” The $313,600 grant, issued by the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences, will fund Li’s…

    July 22, 2022