- From the Chair’s desk:Greetings to you all!What a wonderful semester this has been and a great start to the new academic year. I continue to be amazed and blessed by the diligent and excellent efforts of so many. It is so satisfying to be part of this team! Kristen MurphyChair, Chemistry & Biochemistry This fall, we are happy …
- Graduate Student NewsNew Graduate Student Welcome We are happy to welcome six new graduate students for the spring semester, Amanda Captain, Uttam Gomes, Jhoanna Molina, Nethyanji Premananda, Nikole Tamayo, and Munisaa Younus. We’re excited to have them join our Chemistry & Biochemistry Department and look forward to their contributions to the Department as well as research and …
- Undergraduate Student NewsChemistry Club Corner American Chemical Society Students is a club with open membership to students taking chemistry courses and those majoring in chemistry related fields. Activities are tailored to students by organizing study sessions, a science-related volunteer opportunity per semester, guest speakers from offices around campus for resource outreach, and social events. Come meet fellow …
- Department NewsPromotions Dr. Xiaohua Peng, who joined UWM in 2009, was recently promoted to full professor. Her research explores innovative ways to design tumor-targeted cancer therapies and bioorthogonal theranostic systems, with support from the National Institutes of Health. Her team recently made an exciting discovery — combining an H₂O₂-activated prodrug with vitamin C achieved complete tumor …
- Chancellor Gibson Greets with Biochemistry Major Shaun HarringtonChancellor Thomas Gibson meets with biochemistry major Shaun Harrington in the Arnold research lab on campus, in the latest installment of the Chancellor Gibson Greets video series. Harrington found his passion for research at UWM. Hear how he got started in the lab — and why opportunities like the Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) …
- Prof. Leggy Arnold Awarded Grant by the National Institute of Environmental Health ScienceCongratulations to Prof. Alexander (Leggy) Arnold who was awarded an R21 award for $416,696 by the National Institute of Environmental Health Science for their project “Medical countermeasures to chlorine exposure based on GABA(A) receptor targeting". The proposed research will demonstrate the therapeutic efficacy of one or more gamma aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABA(A)R) modulators …
- 2025 UWM University Staff Outstanding Service in a Single Year AwardChemistry & Biochemistry's Department Administrator, Kevin Blackburn, has been selected to receive the 2025 UWM University Staff Outstanding Service in a Single Year Award. Kevin, along with other faculty, academic staff, university staff, and retired faculty and staff, will be honored with their special recognition at the 2025 UWM Employee Excellence Awards ceremony. The ceremony …
- Chemistry Building honored in 2025 Mayor’s Design AwardsUW-Milwaukee's new Chemistry building was honored in 2025 Mayor's Design Awards. Read the full UWM Report article.
- Profs. Blecking and Murphy selected for Spring 2025 Student Success CollaborativeProfs. Blecking and Murphy were selected to participate in the Spring 2025 Student Success Collaborative advancing student success in the classroom. Their focus will be on Chemistry 100 and 102 with opportunities to increase student engagement and success. Only a select group of courses were invited to be part of this initiative. Read more here.
- Congratulations to our outstanding UWM Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry students!We are thrilled to announce that three of our students have excelled in the campus-wide competition for the prestigious Graduate School Fellowships: 🏆 Md Nazmul Hasan – Winner of the Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship (DGSF) 🏆 Stephen Nkwocha – Honored with the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) 🏆 Frederick Adom – Recipient of the Advanced Opportunity …
- Announcing the winners of the 2025 James Krogh Memorial Graduate Student Support AwardsWe are honored to recognize the legacy of James A. “Jim” Krogh, a brilliant mind who deeply valued education and lifelong learning. Jim earned his B.S. in Chemistry in three years from Dominican College in Racine. He continued his academic journey at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, where he obtained his M.S. in Organic Chemistry …
- UW Innovation Grant Award is awarded to Prof. Anja Blecking, Prof. Alexander Arnold, and Dr. Anna BenkoProf. Anja Blecking, Prof. Alexander (Leggy) Arnold, and Dr. Anna Benko were awarded the UW Innovation Grant for their proposal, CHARGE STEM – Creating a new, equitable pathway for high school graduates and students who discontinue a STEM program to enter the local STEM workforce. "Of the grant applicants, the review teams and I feel …