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Brown University Department of Chemistry Unlocking the secrets of molecules, shaping tomorrow's innovators
Collaboration • Community • Excellence • Innovation • Respect program and Sc.B. and A.B.

The department maintains world-class facilities that enable scientific inquiry almost without limitations. In many cases, faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students collaboratively pursue interdisciplinary research within the Chemistry Department. Our research areas include:

- 2-D materials, clusters, and nanoscience
- Solid-state chemistry and catalysis
- Alternative and renewable energy
- Antibiotics and drug resistance
- Mechanisms of DNA damage and repair
- Organometallic, bioinorganic and bioorganic chemistry
- Structure and dynamics of reactive species
- Theory and simulation of chemical systems
- Ultrafast dynamics and advanced laser techniques

We offer a Ph.D. undergraduate concentrations. The Sc.B. program in Chemistry includes three tracks: Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Chemical Biology. We also offer Sc.B. degrees in Biochemistry (jointly with BioMed) and Chemical Physics (jointly with Physics).

The 2026 Leallyn B. Clapp lecturer Karen Wooley will present "MESSAGES OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY, COMP...
10/23/2026

The 2026 Leallyn B. Clapp lecturer Karen Wooley will present "MESSAGES OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY, COMPLEXITY AND SIMPLICITY IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF CARBOHYDRATES INTO DIVERSE FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS WITH POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSLATION AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS" on November 12, 2026, at 4:00 pm, MacMillan Hall

National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant was awarded to Professors Sarah Delaney, Jesse Morin, and Ming Xian to establi...
10/23/2026

National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant was awarded to Professors Sarah Delaney, Jesse Morin, and Ming Xian to establish a new predoctoral training program, Fostering the Next Generation of Leaders at the Chemistry-Biology Interface. The program will prepare a cohort of scientists with the skills and interdisciplinary expertise needed to pursue careers in the biomedical research workforce. Bringing together 25 faculty trainers from across Brown, the program will support eight student trainees each year from Chemistry, Engineering, and BioMed, fostering collaboration and innovation at the chemistry-biology interface. https://reporter.nih.gov/search/j-eu2gHsTUmB7dHMnXMcog/project-details/11263769

2026 Chemistry Graduate Student poster session!
10/20/2026

2026 Chemistry Graduate Student poster session!

November 12th. Registration is open
10/07/2026

November 12th. Registration is open

What a great turnout for the ChemDug LaunchOff on MacMillan Green this past Friday! Baking soda, and vinegar for the wat...
10/05/2026

What a great turnout for the ChemDug LaunchOff on MacMillan Green this past Friday! Baking soda, and vinegar for the water bottle rockets and many soggy participants! and the winners are...Nicholas Clark, Hunter Li, Jack Logsdon, and Bruno Reinhoefer.

The Chen Group has been selected to participate in the NSF I-Corps National Teams program this fall. The project will ex...
10/02/2026

The Chen Group has been selected to participate in the NSF I-Corps National Teams program this fall. The project will explore commercialization opportunities for the group’s silver nanocrystal technology. Yasutaka Nagaoka (left) will serve as the Entrepreneurial Lead, with Zhenyang Liu (right) as the Technical Lead.

Congratulations to Octavia Florent for her Constantine and Patricia Mavroyannis Scholarship by AHEPA (American Hellenic ...
09/30/2026

Congratulations to Octavia Florent for her Constantine and Patricia Mavroyannis Scholarship by AHEPA (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association). This award recognizes scholastic achievement and an interest and commitment to studying theoretical physics or physical chemistry. "The Constantine and Patricia Mavroyannis Scholarship is awarded to graduate students who are either Greek or of Greek heritage and are enrolled in a PhD program in either theoretical physics or physical chemistry in the Faculty of Science at a North American university."
https://ahepa.org/2026-mavroyannis-scholarship-application-available/

Chemistry Colloquium guest lecturer Prof. Kang-Kuen Ni, Harvard University, will be this week's guest speaker. Join us F...
09/29/2026

Chemistry Colloquium guest lecturer Prof. Kang-Kuen Ni, Harvard University, will be this week's guest speaker. Join us Friday @ 3:00 for " Quantum Phases in Chemical Reactions from Ultracold Chemistry".

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