The Department of Chemistry at Villanova University

Congratulations Dr. Eigenbrodt!!

Join us for PDS today from 3:00-3:50pm! Our speaker is Professor Anne J. McNeil from the University of Michigan. The title of her talk is, "(Part 1) Synthetic Approaches to Sustainable Materials at Michigan AND (Part 2) Diversifying Chemistry." The talk will be via Zoom. Those of you currently in the Department (students, faculty, staff) should have received a Zoom link in your Villanova email. To those outside, you are welcome to attend and please email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Check out this read from Livestrong.com https://www.livestrong.com//13729343-reusing-plastic-wate/ Dr. Marta Guron shares her expertise on reusing plastic water bottles!

We got to refresh on safety and paint pumpkins!

We are pleased to welcome back two of our alumni for Professional Development Seminar this Friday! (Tomorrow, October 30th) Ryan Allen (BS Chemistry) and Laura Madigan (BS Biochemistry) will be joining us. Their seminar is entitled, The Path from Villanova to Ph.D. Lessons Learned from Recent Chemistry Department Graduates, and will run from 3:00- 3:50pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you are a current Biochem or Chem student or faculty, you should have received an email with the Zoom link. If you would like the Zoom link, please email [email protected]. We hope to see you at this seminar!

All are welcome to join us for Chemistry's Professional Development Seminar this Friday, October 23rd at 3pm. Our speaker is Elon Ison, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, North Carolina State University. The title of Professor Ison's talk is, "Transition-metal oxos and Nitridos as frustrated Lewis pairs." If haven't received a Zoom link in your email or are outside of Villanova, please email [email protected] for the Zoom link. All are welcome to attend!

Join us tomorrow for a Professional Development Seminar featuring several of our alumni! Drew Brandt, Danielle Lovett, Dave Manion, and Jack Stehman (all Villanova Chemistry Master's graduates) from Chemours will be giving a talk entitled, "From Nova to ChemoursOur Personal Journeys!" The event is from 3:00-3:50 on Zoom. Current students and faculty should have received a Zoom link in their email. The talk is open to the public. If you need a Zoom link, please email us at [email protected] We hope to see you there!

Dr. Jared Paul has been awarded the American Chemical Society Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Chemical Science from the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society! Congratulations on the well-deserved award!

Well done Marissa and Dr. Eigenbrodt!

We are pleased to announce that our speaker for Professional Development Seminar this week is Emily Cherney, Ph.D., Senior Research Investigator I, Bristol Myers Squibb. The title of the talk is, IDO1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Cancer. The talk is open and free for everyone to attend. Time: Time: Friday, Sept 18th, from 3:00-3:50pm. Place: Zoom. Please email [email protected] for the Zoom link. Current Villanova students and faculty, you should have a Zoom link in your email. Please join us!

Congrats to the Kraut lab on their new publication! Undergraduate Biochemistry major Chris Braganca and Dr. Kraut are the authors of the work entitled, 'Mode of Targeting to the Proteasome Determines GFP Fate.' Read more here: https://www.jbc.org///2020/09/10/jbc.RA120.015235.abstract Well done!

Sharing another great resource we have on campus and free to students - tutoring at the Learner's Studio. They have tutors for many different courses, including math and science. Their website is here: https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova//tutoringservices.html

Students, there are some great workshops happening through the Office for Undergraduate Students this fall, e.g. self care, studying for math & science, connecting in a disconnected way, and more. We encourage you to take advantage of these workshops! More information can be found here:https://www1.villanova.edu//u/ous/Retention/Workshops.html