Northwestern Chemistry
Shaping the Future of Chemistry through Innovative, Collaborative, and Interdisciplinary Research
- Mercouri Kanatzidis, Vinayak David and collaborators across @northwesterneng.bsky.social, uncovered hidden atomic structures in a thermoelectric material—key to turning waste heat into electricity and powering real-world applications. #Collaboration #ResearchImpact 🔗 bit.ly/4sBDKhq
- Discovery thrives when we come together. 🧪💜 In 2025, the connections we built across the department showcased the strength and collaborative spirit of our community. From all of us at #NUChemistry, we wish you a joyful and restorative holiday season. #HappyHolidays #Chemistry #Collaboration
- What if Alzheimer’s could be stopped before symptoms appear? Northwestern’s NU-9, invented by Rick Silverman, targets early toxic amyloid beta. Study shows it may prevent brain damage. #Alzheimers #NU9 #Neuroscience Discover More: bit.ly/495Xxgd
- #NUChemistry is proud to share that Omar K. Farha is a 2025 National Academy of Inventors Fellow. With 17 patents and as founder & CSO of Numat Technologies, his innovations are shaping real-world solutions. Congratulations, @omarfarha.bsky.social 🎉💜! 👉 bit.ly/4rQqF3v
- There’s real energy when Northwestern scientists come together! Faculty connected and celebrated at the Biochemistry–Chemistry Holiday Party—a reminder that collaboration starts with relationships. #Collaboration #Chemistry #Biochemistry @omarfarha.bsky.social
- Happy Thanksgiving from @nuchemistry.bsky.social ! Our innovative and collaborative research is made possible by our amazing community. Today we’re thankful for the colleagues, students, alumni, and partners who make NU Chemistry what it is. #NUChemImpact #Grateful
- 🍁 The #NUChemistry Fall Newsletter is out! 🍁 Catch up on recent press, research highlights, event recaps, faculty & student awards, and photos from recent department events. 🔗 bit.ly/3XbFUFW #NUChemImpact #ResearchImpact
- Each Tuesday, faculty come together over lunch to share research, spark ideas, and build cross-disciplinary collaborations. It looks like our #NUChemistry 1/4 zips are becoming part of the tradition. 💜 Who is wearing their 1/4 zip to tomorrow's faculty lunch? 🙋 #Collaboration #FacultyExcellence
- 🎉 Congratulations to the 15 #NUChemistry faculty named 2025 Highly Cited Researchers by @clarivate.com! Their work in medicine, water purification, energy & cancer research continues to shape discoveries that impact lives worldwide. #FacultyExcellence #HighlyCited2025 #Chemistry
- 🚨 New clue in the fight against #LymeDisease! Research by #NUChemistry’s Brian Hoffman and Uniformed Services University uncovers a surprising weakness in the Lyme-causing bacterium — its dependence on manganese. 🔗 news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
- Congrats to Chair @omarfarha.bsky.social, named one of @crainschicago.bsky.social 2025 Notable Leaders in Sustainability! 🌿 His leadership across #NorthwesternChemistry and Numat Technologies is driving innovation in carbon capture and clean energy. 🔗 www.chicagobusiness.com/awards/omar-...
- Purple pride goes global! 💜 Chair @omarfarha.bsky.social is taking #NUChemistry energy beyond campus — building collaborations, celebrating innovation, and inspiring connections. 📸 Tag @nuchemistry.bsky.social to join the fun!
- Tomorrow! 🎉 Prof. Richard Kaner (UCLA) joins #NorthwesternChemistry to receive the 2025 Fred Basolo Medal hosted by @omarfarha.bsky.social Don’t miss his talk: “Energy Storage and Other Applications of Graphene.” - 4:30 p.m. | Tech LR3 #InorganicChemistry #EnergyStorage
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- 🚨New research from @kalowlab.bsky.social: “Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts as Intrinsically Photoswitchable Dynamic Covalent Bonds” Read more in @jacs.acspublications.org: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
- Congratulations to James Gaynor, named a 2025 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering! 🚨
- Molecular precision meets quantum light. 🔦 Mark Hersam's team improved the spectral purity of quantum light by 87% — a key step toward more reliable #quantum communication and computing. #NUChemistry #QuantumComputing @nuinquire.bsky.social news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
- 🎃 The #NUChemistry Halloween Demo Show is back! A tradition dating to the 1940s, revived by our amazing grad students—for the 2nd year in a row! 👩🔬🧪 📅 Oct. 30 | 🕕 6–7 PM | 📍 Tech LR3 👻 Costumes encouraged + prizes! 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4nrwYIa Great historical photos in comments! #HalloweenShow
- Show your NU Chemistry pride! 💜🧪 The Fall Merch Shop is open through Oct 24—with fan favorites and new fall styles. 🎁 Perfect holiday gifts for Wildcats everywhere! 👉 bit.ly/NUChemMerch
- 🚀 Tomorrow’s technology starts at #NUChemistry Prof. Teri Odom is exploring #polaritons — hybrid carriers made of light and matter — that could transform secure, energy-efficient #communication. #NUChemImpact #ResearchImpact magazine.northwestern.edu/features/res...
- Thrilled to see Farha Group member Duaa Ansari’s stunning science imagery featured in 'Nautilus' for her submission to the NUANCE “Art of Science” contest! 🧪🎨 #Chemistry #Art @omarfarha.bsky.social 🔗 nautil.us/a-nano-sized...
- Congrats Courtney Smoljan on being named 'Distinguished Graduate Researcher; by NU Chemical and Biological Engineering! Her work shows how the collaborative spirit at #Northwestern — between omarfarha.bsky.social and randallsnurr.bsky.social — drives innovation. #GradExcellence #NUChemistry
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- 🚨 Medical imaging just got a #perovskite upgrade. Mercouri Kanatzidis + team built the first perovskite detector for SPECT scans. “Perovskites revolutionized solar energy—now they could do the same for nuclear medicine.” – Kanatzidis #MedicalImaging #NUChemistry #ResearchImpact bit.ly/4641qBX
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- ✨ New from Roel Tempelaar's team in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters: exploring how circularly polarized molecular vibrations could one day store and control info at the nanoscale. #Theory #Chemistry (@pubs.acs.org) pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Today we honor the staff whose dedication powers every experiment, every collaboration, and every breakthrough at #NUChemistry. Your hard work makes innovation possible. #LaborDay #TeamScience
- New research from @tempelaarteam.bsky.social!
- 🎉 Congrats to Songi Han named the Mrs. Urmila Agrawal IISc Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor! This professorship honors women leading frontier research in science & engineering. #WomeninSTEM #FacultyExcellence 🔗 odaa.iisc.ac.in/urmila-agraw...
- Thanks to all who celebrated our department chair, Omar Farha, at the Inorganic Nanoscience Award Symposium yesterday. A fantastic showcase of chemistry! #ACSFall2025 #NUChemistry
- Tuesday at #ACSFall2025! 🔬 Don’t miss the Inorganic Nanoscience Award Symposium honoring @omarfarha.bsky.social + sessions on: ✨ Plasmonic alloys (@dayneswearer.bsky.social) ✨ Covalent organic frameworks (@dichtel.bsky.social) ✨ DNA nanostructures (@iinanonu.bsky.social) Details below 💜👇
- ✨ Curious what’s ahead at #ACSFall2025? ✨ #NUChem brings big ideas to the stage—from #megamolecules that push design limits, to breakthroughs on #PFAS, to advances in #plasmonics (and more!).
- #ACSFall2025 is starts tomorrow🔬 Day 1 goes digital featuring research from the Chen Group. Tag @nuchemistry.bsky.social in your highlights—we’re ready to reshare the fun! 🎉
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- The 2025 #BeckmanSymposium featured strong representation from Northwestern. Chad Mirkin delivered the keynote on structural #nanomedicine, and James Gaynor was named a 2025 Beckman Young Investigator for work on #electron spin, motion, and molecular shape. #NUChemImpact #FacultyExcellence #chemsky
- 🚨 New Research Alert From the @kalowlab.bsky.social - "Rheological Isotope Effects for Molecular Insight in Covalent Adaptable Networks" #Polymers #WomeninSTEM #NUChemImpact 🔗 Now in @MacroJrnls_ACS pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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- NU-9, a drug invented by Richard Silverman, is entering #ALS clinical trials—and may also help treat #Alzheimer’s, per a new PNAS study. Learn more on @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social's Breakthroughs podcast. #NUChemImpact #ResearchMatters 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Q6...
- Congrats Mercouri Kanatzidis on winning the 2025 Albert Einstein World Award of Science from the World Cultural Council! 🎉 He is recognized for breakthroughs in solar PVs, halide perovskites & sustainable energy materials. #FacultyExcellence #MaterialsScience #NUChemistry
- Last week #NUChemistry hosted Jill Millstone (University of Pittsburgh) for the James A. Ibers Summer Lectures in Inorganic Chemistry! An alum of Mirkin Group, Jill shared her latest work on #nanoparticle synthesis and connected with students and colleagues over her two day visit.
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- Cancer. Diagnostics. Programmable materials. One #Northwestern breakthrough is shaping it all. #SNAs power cancer drugs and diagnostics at over half the world’s top hospitals—and launched structural #nanomedicine. 🧪💜 #NUChemImpact 🔗 bit.ly/Mirkin-Impact @iinanonu.bsky.social
- Congratulations to Mercouri Kanatzidis on receiving the American Association for Crystal Growth Award! 🎉 This honor recognizes his outstanding contributions to crystal growth and epitaxy. #FacultyExcellence #CrystalGrowth #AACG
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- The Gianneschi Group at Northwestern uses smart materials chemistry to heal hearts—reversing scar tissue with breakthrough Protein-Like Polymer tech. Science at #NUChemistry brings hope to those facing incurable diseases. #HeartHealth #PrecisionMedicine #NUChemImpact 🔗 bit.ly/Gianneschi-I...
