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News from the Department

Chemistry Awards and Scholarships for Spring and Summer 2022

Professor Heather Desaire named April 2022 Sutton Family Research Impact Award Recipient

Foundation Distinguished Professor Dr. Steven Soper among top 2% of scientists worldwide cited by others in research publications

Emma Cosner receives University-wide prestigious Class of 1913 Award

The 2021 KU Chemistry newsletter is up online!
The University of Kansas Department of Chemistry is excited to announce that our 2021 Newsletter is available online!
Professor Heather Desaire named April 2022 Sutton Family Research Impact Award recipient
The Department of Chemistry congratulates Professor Heather Desaire on receiving the April 2022 Sutton Family Research Impact Award! Her winning paper was published in the Journal of Proteome Research and is titled, "Exposing the Brain Proteomic Signatures of Alzheimer’s Disease in Diverse Racial Groups: Leveraging Multiple Data Sets and Machine Learning."

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