The Department of Chemistry at Villanova University

05/12/2026

Congratulations Dr Wang! Read more about this work here:

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c01279

Quantum Tiles: An Interactive Chemistry Board Game to Strengthen Students’ Understanding of Quantum Numbers�

Katie A. Coscia, Jillian Fader, Yiben Wang, and Lauren A. Genova�

Journal of Chemical Education�DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c01279

05/11/2026

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05/07/2026

Earlier this week we got to hear the senior thesis work of six of our amazing students! Congratulations and you all did an amazing job!

🎉 Anthony DeAngelo,
Research Mentors: Drs. Scott Kassel & Jared Paul
Thesis Title: Tuning Photocatalytic Activity: Monometallic Ruthenium Complexes for Aromatic Alcohol Oxidation

🎉 Eva Grzech,
Research Mentor: Dr. Jen Palenchar
Thesis Title: Crowded conditions, borrowed genes, and unknown activity: A tale of three haloacid dehalogenases

🎉 Sophie Malik
Thesis Title: Synthesis and characterization of N,N-bidentate ligands and associated iron (II) complexes as diene polymerization catalysts
Research Mentor: Dr. Deanna Zubris

🎉 Kristi Pham
Research Mentor: Dr. Dan Kraut
Thesis Title: Investigating the unfolding ability of the proteasome in living cells

🎉 Abbigail Snyder
Research Mentors: Drs. Scott Kassel & Jared Paul
Thesis Title: Synthesis and characterization of copper (I) complexes of methyl substituted of tris(2-pyridyl)phosphine oxides

🎉 Catherine Tobin
Research Mentor: Dr. Bryan Eigenbrodt
Thesis Title: Effects of pH on lipid production in Pseudochloris wilhelmii: Biofuel generation

05/06/2026

Amaze amaze amaze! Check out the May flyer from Chemistry's Safety & Sustainability Committee :) Seriously, though, balance your centrifuge...

05/04/2026

Celebrated one of our prestigious alumnus, Anthony Silvestri, with a seminar in his name! This years Silvestri Speaker was Dr. Claudia Turro from The Ohio State University, and Editor of JACS. The Silvestri family has also generously supports our Undergraduate research efforts, over the years, and to celebrate this we had our first student poster session/reception hour after the talk!!

04/28/2026

Congratulations to Anthony DeAngelo ('26 Biochemistry)! Anthony was one of six students honored as Falvey Scholars for the 2026 academic year in recognition of his thesis, “Tuning Photocatalytic Activity: Monometallic Ruthenium Complexes for Aromatic Alcohol Oxidation.” Anthony carried out the work in the lab of mentors Drs. Jared Paul and Scott Kassel. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor!

04/28/2026

Way to go Sebastian!

04/28/2026

Today is the day! Join our Organic Chemistry II students to see what's been synthesizing!

04/28/2026

Dr. Claudia Turro will be giving this year's Silvestri Lecture on Friday, May 1st at 3pm. Join us at the talk in Mendel 102 and then afterwards at a poster session/reception outside Mendel 102. All are welcome!

04/20/2026

Join us for the first ever poster session showcasing the syntheses of the Organic II lab students! The event is April 28th at 11:30am in the Villanova Room.

04/10/2026

Congratulations admitted students Class of 2030! We're so excited to meet you at Admitted Students Day tomorrow! Chemistry will be hosting an info session at 11:00 AM in Mendel 203 - there is a second session at 11:45, but we strongly recommend you attend the first session, as we’ll follow it up with a student-led tour of the department. Drs Dan Kraut and Joe Bausch will be presenting information about the program's curriculum and opportunities. Several of our students will be there to answer questions and share their experiences. Chemistry majors and those curious about the Chemistry major are welcome! See you tomorrow!