Chemistry

The University of New Mexico Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology is hosting this year’s Milton Kahn Annual Lectureship on Friday, Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. in SMLC 102. Professor Mark Johnson The lecture will feature Mark Johnson, the Arthur T. Kemp...

Throughout her academic career, Lina Cui has always been interested in the chemistry of disease in the human body. Now, as a University of New Mexico Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cui is using her knowledge and...

After more than four decades at The University of New Mexico, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professor Richard Holder is saying goodbye after a long and distinguished career.

The Association of General Contractors (AGC) of New Mexico announced that The University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Chemistry building renovation, completed last year, was deserving of the best “Construction Management-at-Risk” award for 2017. 

Six current and former University of New Mexico students have been selected to receive this year’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.

A young company developing technology created at the University of New Mexico (UNM) is on a mission to disrupt the landscape of DNA sequencing.

The University of New Mexico Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology presents the Milton Kahn Annual Lectureship on Friday, March 3 at 4 p.m. The talk features Todd Martinez, a David Mulvane Ehrsam and Edward Curtis Franklin Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University.

After a 2012 trip to Germany shed light on the history of her discipline, University of New Mexico Senior Lecturer Lisa Whalen knew she wanted to share a similar experience with her chemistry students. Now, more than four years later, Whalen, along with another UNM professor, is getting ready to take a group of undergrads to the other side of the world as part of a rare and unique learning experience.

Growing up in rural Ethiopia, in a village with no running water or electricity, University of New Mexico Assistant Professor Terefe Habteyes says he was always fascinated by light. Now, as a faculty member in UNM’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, his research into the interaction between light and material has earned him one of the most celebrated science awards for junior faculty in the nation.

Women faculty in The University of New Mexico's STEM fields can now apply for a variety of grants as part of the 2017 Women In STEM awards. The awards are supported by an anonymous gift made to UNM to support research by, and professorships for, women...