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Research Assistant Professor, Drexel University, 2021-2023Postdoctoral Fellow, Drexel University, 2018-2021 (Yury Gogotsi)Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2013-2018 (Alexander Mukasyan)B.S.E. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 2009-2013 Biography Christopher Shuck received his bachelors degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Princeton University, where he also received a certificate in Materials Science and Engineering...

Biography Jean received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras, where he studied supramolecular chemistry in the Rivera Lab. As an undergraduate researcher, he worked on the synthesis of guanosine derivatives and studied their ability to self-assemble into G-quadruplex structures using traditional 2D H1-NMR, MS, and fluorescence techniques. Using the tools of organic chemistry to solve problems in other research fields led him to join the Atmospheric Chemistry...

The annual Chancellor-Provost Awards for Faculty Excellence recognize Rutgers–New Brunswick faculty members who have made outstanding contributions through innovative teaching; cross-disciplinary research, inquiry, or artistic expression; public engagement; and service. Awardees are nominated by their peers for  work that exemplifies the ways all of our faculty work to meet the needs of our students, communities, and the world. The list of this year's and prior years' awardees can be found here.    

Each year, the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology hosts an event to celebrate the academic achievements of our undergraduate students. This year’s event was held on April 28, 2023 in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Building. The program included a poster session, awards ceremony and a talk by Dr. Gordana Dukovic from the University of Colorado Boulder. Gordana Dukovic is a professor of chemistry and materials science and engineering and a fellow and associate director of the...

Congratulations to CCB Distinguished Professor Emerita Helen Berman, who has just been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! Below article is posted on the RCSB Protein Data Bank. Helen M. Berman, RCSB PDB Director Emerita and Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emerita of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Berman is among 120 members and 23 international members who were elected in recognition of their...

The Waldie Group received a $530,387 grant for their proposal entitled “Electrochemical Ionic Hydrogenation: Promoting Carbonyl and Imine Reduction through Electrocatalysis”. With the support of the Chemical Catalysis program in the Division of Chemistry, Professor Kate M. Waldie of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is studying strategies to prepare valuable chemical products using electricity. The goal of this project is to develop more sustainable methods for adding protons and...

Media ContactTrevor Rutledge-Leverenz(848) 445-0816trevor.rl@rutgers.edu  To mark Black History Month, the Rutgers Office for Research interviewed four prominent scholars at the university, including Michelle Stephens, English and Latino and Caribbean studies, and Gene Hall, chemistry and chemical biology. "There needs to be more visibility and recognition of the contributions that chemists of color have made to society," Hall said. Stephens urged students "to not be afraid to invest in the...

Rutgers Researchers Aim to 'Edit' Proteins in Humans and Attain Insight into IllnessWritten by John Chadwick | SAS Senior Writer Interdisciplinary team receives “high risk-high payoff” grant from NSF Rutgers researchers are seeking to develop the technology to modify or “edit” protein molecules in the body—an advance that could spur major breakthroughs in human health. While such research is in its early phases, the Rutgers team has received support from a National Science Foundation program that...

New Faculty Commencing January 1, 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, 2019-2022 (Chad A. Mirkin)Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014-2019 (Jeremiah A. Johnson)B.S., Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 2010-2014 (Huaping Xu) Biography Yuwei received his B.S. in Chemical Biology from Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he performed research in Prof. Huaping Xu’s lab on main group element-containing polymers and biomaterials. During this...

This competitive award identifies outstanding junior faculty members in the area of computational chemistry and modeling. Thus far, every previous winner of this award has gone on to receive tenure and promotion. The winners will receive a small monetary prize and will present their research at the Spring 2023 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. 

Professors Lawrence Williams, Mary Emenike, Marc Munez & Christine Altinis-Kiraz were honored at a special ceremony on October 28, 2022, as recipients of the 2022 School of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education! They were thanked for inspiring Rutgers students, and for demonstrating what it means to make a distinguished contribution to undergraduate education.

Breakthrough Energy Ventures has selected Karin Calvinho and Anders Laursen, two former Rutgers CCB researchers, among their cohort of new Breakthrough Energy Fellows. Meet all the fellows here. Former doctoral student Karin Calvinho (PhD 2020) and former research associate Dr. Anders Laursen (2021) are the CTO and CEO of RenewCO22 Inc. Karin and Anders will be supported to develop carbon negative technology for electrocatalysis of CO2 conversion to chemicals and fuels. This technology emerged from...

By: Andrew Smith848-445-1797andrew.smith3@rutgers.edu The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has earmarked $600 million to stop future pandemics before they start – and up to $3.8 million of that will go to a team led by Rutgers researcher Eddy Arnold. The plan is simple: Identify viruses with the potential to drive future pandemics and develop treatments for them now. To do this, hundreds of researchers from dozens of institutions are collaborating on cutting-edge...

An interdisciplinary team of Rutgers researchers led by Professor Sagar Khare has been awarded the NSF Molecular Foundations of Biotechnology grant in the amount of $1.5 million over 3 years. The NSF typically awards only 6 such "high-risk high-reward" grants in a year aimed at "fundamentally new approaches in molecular sciences to drive new directions in biotechnology". This year the theme was "synergistic scientific research collaborations that involve innovative machine learning (ML)...

Professor of Chemistry and Chemical BiologySchool of Arts and SciencesRutgers-New Brunswick Professor Spencer Knapp has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society which recognizes and honors members of the American Chemical Society for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to the science and the profession and for their equally exemplary service to the Society. The Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACSF) designation is awarded to a member who, in some capacity,...

Mark Lipke received a $488,730 grant for his proposal “Tuning the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of H+ and e- Transfer in Nanoconfined Environments” With the support of the Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry Program in the Division of Chemistry, Dr. Mark Lipke of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey will design and study the chemical properties of hollow molecular cages. This project aims to provide detailed insights into how the acidity and electron-transfer properties of...

Saving the Planet Charles Dismukes' quest is saving life on the planet threatened by human overpopulation and excessive consumption. Dismukes is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Rutgers University on the faculties of the Chemistry & Chemical Biology Department and the Waksman Institute of Microbiology. He is an energy scientist who has devoted his career to studying and perfecting the process of artificial photosynthesis. Field crops rely upon natural photosynthesis which has low...

Jennifer Guzman Pichardo (Waldie Group) and Iram Fatima Mansoor (Lipke Group) have been selected to receive the NSF GRFP! The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The NSF GRFP is the oldest graduate fellowship that directly supports graduate students in the STEM fields. This prestigious and competitive fellowship includes three years of financial...