Chemistry

Dr Ran Zhao, winner of the 2025 Environment Division Mehran Alaee Early Career Research Award Community News Article, June 2025, Dalia Nardolillo

Wesley Chalifoux and Nico Gois

Wesley Chalifoux and Nicolai Gois with one of the ‘highly red' fluorescent materials used in their lab. Photo supplied.

Vivian Mushahwar

Vivian Mushahwar, director of the U of A’s iSMART and ST Innovations, leads a large interdisciplinary research team that received $24 million from the New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation program to develop smartwear clothing that will assist with joint injury repair, posture, balance, arm movements, and even standing and walking. (Photo: Laughing Dog)

Newly minted Killam Annual Professor Yunjie Xu’s research into chirality and chiral recognition could lead to new and improved strategies for drug design.

Photo Caption: Dr. Dennis Hall is receiving the ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award frame from Dr. Amy Howell, Chair-Elect, American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry. Photo credit to: EPNAC.com

Motor Mouth: The breakthrough that hydrogen has been waiting for. Photo: Dark Matter Materials Team taken by Toyota Canada.

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Shyam Parshotam and Ryan Johannson are too exhausted to wrestle any more at the W. E. Harris Teaching Workshop.

Clearing the air about wildfire smoke and air quality on our campuses

Four DAAD rise undergraduate students

Chemistry Students RISE to the occasion

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A new initiative, in partnership with the Gilead Foundation, aims to dismantle barriers to STEM education for underrepresented students

Department Rankings

Cutting-edge research boosts Chemistry program to second in Canada, according to the latest Shanghai rankings. Determined by published papers, literature citations, and awards received, this ranking reflects the dedicated work of our faculty and students and the passion they bring to the Department of Chemistry every day. Congratulations!

Research & Teaching News

Seeing both sides: leading researcher explores the double-edged nature of chirality

October 30, 2024

Yunjie Xu, who was recently awarded a Killam Annual Professorship, focuses her research on better understanding a scientific property integral to drug design.
New study yields significant insight into a major driver of Alzheimer’s Disease

August 28, 2024

CD33 isoforms on the surface of the brain’s microglia can have opposing effects, providing protection or increased susceptibility to Alzheimer’s Disease.
2024 Celebration of Excellence in Research and Teaching

May 28, 2024

Meet the recipients of our annual awards, highlighting excellence and honouring our exceptional faculty and staff.
A new initiative, in partnership with the Gilead Foundation, aims to dismantle barriers to STEM education for underrepresented students

May 9, 2024

Gilead Foundation’s investment in IDChem provides instrumental support to accelerate the development of a more inclusive and diverse STEM talent pipeline
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Department News

From Hazy Skies to Clear Discoveries: Dr. Ran Zhao's Passion for Clean Air

June 10, 2025
In Memoriam - "Marty" Cowie

April 15, 2025
Meet Wesley Chalifoux

March 26, 2025
Department of Chemistry: Celebration of Excellence 2024

November 7, 2024
Motor Mouth: The breakthrough that hydrogen has been waiting for?

September 4, 2024
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