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Jessie Rivers stands behind a table at a school career fair, conducting an experiment.

Jan 7, 2021

Thriving in Industry

Alumna Jessie Rivers '76 earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and went on to a career with two major N.C. companies.

Joshua Pierce works in his lab

Dec 18, 2020

NC State Chemist Awarded $2.4M for Research on Bioactive Natural Products

Joshua Pierce will investigate potential treatments for bacterial infections, cancer and other diseases.

Biofilm research collaboration

Dec 15, 2020

New NC State Research Partnership Fighting Biofilm-Associated Infections

Chemist Joshua Pierce is working with researchers in the College of Veterinary Medicine to develop new classes of antibiotics to fight drug-resistant infections complicated by bacterial biofilms. 

Bram Frohock

Dec 8, 2020

Chemistry Student Wins 2020 Three Minute Thesis Competition

Chemistry graduate student Bram Frohock took first place in this year's virtual Three Minute Thesis competition.

Nov 17, 2020

Alum Cultivates a Career Strengthening Native American Agriculture

NC State opened doors for chemistry alumnus Karli Moore that led her to a career supporting Native American agriculture.

Thomas Theis and his lab group

Sep 30, 2020

Chemistry Lab Receives Exploratory Grant From the National Institutes of Health

The Theis Hyperpolarization Lab received an exploratory grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study metabolic pathways in the brain.

Holladay Hall at NC State

Sep 18, 2020

Meet the 2020-21 Provost’s Faculty Fellows: Laura Sremaniak

Laura Sremaniak of the Department of Chemistry has been selected for the second cohort of the Provost’s Faculty Fellows Program.

Low energy green light starts polymerization process

Sep 16, 2020

Researchers Discover New Photoactivation Mechanism for Polymer Production

Researchers have demonstrated a way to use low-energy, visible light to produce polymer gel objects from pure monomer solutions.

Three lemurs crawl on and around a small stool in a forest

Sep 2, 2020

Envisioning Research Contest Winners Show Artistic Exploration

Six entries from the College of Sciences earned honors in the university's annual Envisioning Research Contest.

Phil Castellano in his laser lab

Aug 14, 2020

Chemistry Researchers Receive $3.3M as Part of New Solar Energy Center

Three Department of Chemistry faculty are part of the new Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE).