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Thanks to generous donors, the department was able to offer more than $290,000 in awards to aide student education and research in 2019.

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Coming Soon — A New Chemistry Building By John Moore and Bob McMahon, project leaders Earlier this year, the State Building Commission approved an increased budget of $133.1 million for the Chemistry Building Project, the project went out for bids, and construction is underway. That is a huge milestone in progress toward improving department facilities. The…

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    Prof. Susanna Widicus Weaver brings a love of chemistry and expertise in astronomy

    Vozza Professor of Chemistry Susanna Widicus Weaver arrived at UW–Madison in May to conduct research in prebiotic astrochemistry and on how life may form with the evolution of stars and planets. Weaver received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Illinois Wesleyan University (2000) and her Ph.D. in chemistry at California Institute of Technology (2005). She most recently was a professor of chemistry at Emory University.

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    Postdoc starts world-wide literature discussions

    Morgan Howe, a new addition to Sam Pazicni’s group at the UW–Madison chemistry department, began her postdoctoral fellowship with a bang! She initiated a popular online literature discussion group, filling a need for chemists across the world to connect and learn virtually.

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    Grad Spotlight: Princess Merenini

    Princess Merenini, a first-year graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, was one of the 2019 Pei Wang Fellowship award recipients. The Pei Wang Fellowship honors the late Pei Wang (Ph.D. 1952, chemistry) by gifting this award to honorable graduate students at UW–Madison. Merenini is an international student from Nigeria. She moved to the United States in 2016 to pursue her undergraduate education at Savannah State University (SSU). Growing up in Nigeria, Merenini was taught that there were only four “prestigious” career paths: medicine, law, engineering and pharmacy.

  • Undergrad Spotlight: Jennifer Sowin

    Jennifer Sowin is an undergraduate chemistry major, who came to UW-Madison from St. Francis Xavier High School in Appleton, WI. What led you to the University of Wisconsin-Madison? …

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    Wenqi Shen, a first-generation undergraduate majoring in biochemistry, came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison from Beijing No.80 High School in China. What led you to the University of Wisconsin-Madison? …

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    Grad Spotlight: Nicholas M. Riley

    Nicholas M. Riley is a graduate student from Louisville, KY, who attended the University of South Carolina as an undergraduate. He currently works with the Coon Research Group. Tell …

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Meet The Directors of Development

Kim Bair

Position title: Senior Director of Development

Email: Kim.bair@supportuw.org

Phone: 608.308.5233

Address:
UW Foundation
1848 University Ave
Madison, WI 53726

Nick Jaeger

Position title: Managing Senior Director of Development

Email: nick.jaeger@supportuw.org

Phone: 608.308.5321

Address:
UW Foundation
1848 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53726

Advancement Committee

Judith N. Burstyn

Position title: Professor of Chemistry

Email: burstyn@chem.wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.0328

Kim Bair

Position title: Senior Director of Development

Email: Kim.bair@supportuw.org

Phone: 608.308.5233

Kayla Driscoll

Position title: Assistant to the Chair

Email: kayla.driscoll@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.1480

Pat Egan

Position title: Department Administrator

Email: pegan@chem.wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.1487

Nick Jaeger

Position title: Managing Senior Director of Development

Email: nick.jaeger@supportuw.org

Phone: 608.308.5321

Matt Sanders

Position title: Executive Director

Email: matthew.sanders@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.263.4693