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News and announcements

A Hawkeye shapes his future as a doctor

Monday, February 2, 2026
Chemistry student Tyler Draayer came to campus from Lawton, Iowa, expecting great academics. He discovered so much more.

Department of Chemistry research team publishes exceptional findings

Monday, December 29, 2025
Associate professor Scott Daly and his team of students have been honing their X-ray research methods for several years. Now, they have published their findings in the journal Chemical Science.

Welcome Patrick Dey (back) to the Department of Chemistry!

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Events

Three Month Seminar- Vinay Bapu Ramesh (Cole group)

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 12:30pm
Chemistry Building

Chemistry as a Discipline of Practice: Rubrics to Assess Science Practices in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories

Colloquium- Tim Johnstone of University of California Santa Cruz

Friday, February 6, 2026 3:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Antidotes and New Main-Group Bonding Motifs: Medicinal and Fundamental Inorganic Chemistry from the Johnstone Group

The first half of the talk will describe progress from the Johnstone Laboratory towards the development of a small-molecule iron-porphyrin-based antidote for CO poisoning. The unique suitability of an inorganic solution to this problem will be explained and data will be presented that demonstrate the ability of a proof-of-principle antidote candidate to...

P-Chem & Environmental Seminar- Professor Molly Maclnnes of Grinnell College

Monday, February 9, 2026 12:30pm
Chemistry Building

Using Electrochemistry to Understand f- and d-element Ion Adsorption at Metal Oxide Interfaces

P-Chem & Environmental Seminar- Hannah Hansen (Daly group)

Monday, February 16, 2026 12:30pm
Chemistry Building

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Investigations of Metal-Borohydride Bonding

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