KSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Kent State University offers programs at both the undergraduate (B.S.) and graduate (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.) levels.
Congratulations to doctoral student Rakan Almazrua, who successfully defended his dissertation today! His dissertation is titled, "Investigation of Co(II) and Co(III) 8-Hydroxyquinoline Complexes to Develop Potent Broad-Spectrum Metalloantibiotics.”
October 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Congratulations to doctoral student Rakan Almazrua, who successfully defended his dissertation today! His dissertation is titled, "Investigation of Co(II) and Co(III) 8-Hydroxyquinoline Complexes to Develop Potent Broad-Spectrum Metalloantibiotics.”
We're proud to be part of one of the best college towns in America! 💙💛
Kent, Ohio has been ranked #8 on MoneyLion's list of the 20 Best College Towns in America for 2026, recognized for its strong balance of academic excellence and affordability.
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Kent, Ohio has been ranked #8 on MoneyLion's list of the 20 Best College Towns in America for 2026, recognized for its strong balance of academic excellence and affordability.
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July 24, 2026 at 12:59 PM
We're proud to be part of one of the best college towns in America! 💙💛
Kent, Ohio has been ranked #8 on MoneyLion's list of the 20 Best College Towns in America for 2026, recognized for its strong balance of academic excellence and affordability.
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Kent, Ohio has been ranked #8 on MoneyLion's list of the 20 Best College Towns in America for 2026, recognized for its strong balance of academic excellence and affordability.
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Congratulations to doctoral student Michael Carrillo, who successfully defended their dissertation last Thursday! Their dissertation title is, "Rotational Spectroscopic Studies of Halogen-Containing Atmospheric Contaminant Precursor Series."
July 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Congratulations to doctoral student Michael Carrillo, who successfully defended their dissertation last Thursday! Their dissertation title is, "Rotational Spectroscopic Studies of Halogen-Containing Atmospheric Contaminant Precursor Series."
Congratulations to Dr. Diana Goncalves Schmidt on receiving a prestigious five-year NSF CAREER Award! The award recognizes early-career faculty who demonstrate exceptional potential as both researchers and educators.
Learn more about Dr. Goncalves Schmidt's research: www.kent.edu/chemistry/di...
Learn more about Dr. Goncalves Schmidt's research: www.kent.edu/chemistry/di...
July 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Diana Goncalves Schmidt on receiving a prestigious five-year NSF CAREER Award! The award recognizes early-career faculty who demonstrate exceptional potential as both researchers and educators.
Learn more about Dr. Goncalves Schmidt's research: www.kent.edu/chemistry/di...
Learn more about Dr. Goncalves Schmidt's research: www.kent.edu/chemistry/di...
Congratulations to doctoral student Fatiha Farhana, who successfully defended her dissertation last Thursday! Her dissertation title is, "Gold Nanoparticle Nanozymes for Glucose Oxidation: From Single-Molecule Kinetics to Picomolar Antibacterial Applications."
July 6, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Congratulations to doctoral student Fatiha Farhana, who successfully defended her dissertation last Thursday! Her dissertation title is, "Gold Nanoparticle Nanozymes for Glucose Oxidation: From Single-Molecule Kinetics to Picomolar Antibacterial Applications."
Congratulations to Hannah Ferguson, who successfully defended her senior Honors Thesis this past Friday! Her thesis is titled, "A New Method for a Safer Flame Test and Advancements in [3+2] Cycloaddition Chemistry."
April 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Congratulations to Hannah Ferguson, who successfully defended her senior Honors Thesis this past Friday! Her thesis is titled, "A New Method for a Safer Flame Test and Advancements in [3+2] Cycloaddition Chemistry."
Congratulations to doctoral student Sajan Shakya, who successfully passed his oral candidacy this past Tuesday! The title of his proposal is, "Mechanical quantification of molecular interactions reveals spatiotemporal fluctuations on cell surface."
March 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Congratulations to doctoral student Sajan Shakya, who successfully passed his oral candidacy this past Tuesday! The title of his proposal is, "Mechanical quantification of molecular interactions reveals spatiotemporal fluctuations on cell surface."
We are proud to celebrate Dr. Mietek Jaroniec on being named a 2025 Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science in two fields: Chemistry and Materials Science.
Highly Cited Researchers are recognized for publishing multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations in their field over the past decade.
Highly Cited Researchers are recognized for publishing multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations in their field over the past decade.
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We are proud to celebrate Dr. Mietek Jaroniec on being named a 2025 Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science in two fields: Chemistry and Materials Science.
Highly Cited Researchers are recognized for publishing multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations in their field over the past decade.
Highly Cited Researchers are recognized for publishing multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations in their field over the past decade.
Congratulations to Chamali Mudiyanselage, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam on August 15! The title of her proposal is, "Investigation of the impact of m6A nucleotide modification on FUS-dependent biological liquid-liquid phase separation."
September 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Congratulations to Chamali Mudiyanselage, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam on August 15! The title of her proposal is, "Investigation of the impact of m6A nucleotide modification on FUS-dependent biological liquid-liquid phase separation."
Congratulations to Suha Alqarni, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam on August 18! The title of her proposal is, "Engineering novel dual-fluorophore Pt(IV) complexes."
September 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Congratulations to Suha Alqarni, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam on August 18! The title of her proposal is, "Engineering novel dual-fluorophore Pt(IV) complexes."
Congratulations to Adeola Adeyemi, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam on August 15! The title of her proposal is, "Single-molecule CISS-controlled electrochemical catalysis."
September 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Congratulations to Adeola Adeyemi, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam on August 15! The title of her proposal is, "Single-molecule CISS-controlled electrochemical catalysis."
Congratulations to Yeshvir Yadav, who successfully passed his oral candidacy exam on August 7! The title of his proposal is, "Decoding Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Porphyrin-Based Supramolecular Assemblies via 2D Electronic Spectroscopy."
September 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Congratulations to Yeshvir Yadav, who successfully passed his oral candidacy exam on August 7! The title of his proposal is, "Decoding Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Porphyrin-Based Supramolecular Assemblies via 2D Electronic Spectroscopy."
Congratulations to Milan Pandey, who successfully passed his oral candidacy exam on July 29! The title of his proposal is, "'Investigating the Excited State Dynamics of Pt(IV) based Near-IR Triggered Bioactive Molecules."
September 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Congratulations to Milan Pandey, who successfully passed his oral candidacy exam on July 29! The title of his proposal is, "'Investigating the Excited State Dynamics of Pt(IV) based Near-IR Triggered Bioactive Molecules."
We’re proud to share that Dr. Jibin Abraham Punnoose, an alumnus of our doctoral program, will be joining the Department of Chemistry at SUNY New Paltz as an Assistant Professor starting this Fall! He completed his Ph.D. in Dr. Mao’s research group.
June 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We’re proud to share that Dr. Jibin Abraham Punnoose, an alumnus of our doctoral program, will be joining the Department of Chemistry at SUNY New Paltz as an Assistant Professor starting this Fall! He completed his Ph.D. in Dr. Mao’s research group.
Congratulations to Pravin Pokhrel, who successfully defended his dissertation earlier today! The title of his dissertation is, "Modulation of Phase Separation Dynamics During Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation."
June 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Congratulations to Pravin Pokhrel, who successfully defended his dissertation earlier today! The title of his dissertation is, "Modulation of Phase Separation Dynamics During Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation."
Congratulations to Arpit Sharma, who successfully defended his dissertation earlier today! His dissertation title is, "Development of Clickable Photoactive Platinum Complexes for NIR Light Triggered Bioactive Molecule Release."
June 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Congratulations to Arpit Sharma, who successfully defended his dissertation earlier today! His dissertation title is, "Development of Clickable Photoactive Platinum Complexes for NIR Light Triggered Bioactive Molecule Release."
Congratulations to Aswathy Jayachandran, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam late last month. The title of her proposal is, "Dielectric Screening for the Excited State Energy Calculations."
May 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Congratulations to Aswathy Jayachandran, who successfully passed her oral candidacy exam late last month. The title of her proposal is, "Dielectric Screening for the Excited State Energy Calculations."
Congratulations to Julia Miller, who successfully defended her master's thesis on April 3! Her thesis is titled, "Investigating Key Peptide Sequences Features Essential for m5C Recognition During Epitranscriptomic Regulation for Gene Expression."
April 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Congratulations to Julia Miller, who successfully defended her master's thesis on April 3! Her thesis is titled, "Investigating Key Peptide Sequences Features Essential for m5C Recognition During Epitranscriptomic Regulation for Gene Expression."
🎉 It’s Student Employee Appreciation Week! 🎉
A huge THANK YOU to all of our incredible student workers in the Department! 💙
Your hard work, dedication, and ability to balance academics, responsibilities, and employment do not go unnoticed. We’re so grateful to have you on our team!
A huge THANK YOU to all of our incredible student workers in the Department! 💙
Your hard work, dedication, and ability to balance academics, responsibilities, and employment do not go unnoticed. We’re so grateful to have you on our team!
April 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🎉 It’s Student Employee Appreciation Week! 🎉
A huge THANK YOU to all of our incredible student workers in the Department! 💙
Your hard work, dedication, and ability to balance academics, responsibilities, and employment do not go unnoticed. We’re so grateful to have you on our team!
A huge THANK YOU to all of our incredible student workers in the Department! 💙
Your hard work, dedication, and ability to balance academics, responsibilities, and employment do not go unnoticed. We’re so grateful to have you on our team!
Congrats to Zach Boggs, Senior Academic Laboratory Manager, on being named this year’s Flashes GROW Award recipient by Career Exploration and Development!
Thank you, Zach, for your dedication to student success!
Thank you, Zach, for your dedication to student success!
April 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congrats to Zach Boggs, Senior Academic Laboratory Manager, on being named this year’s Flashes GROW Award recipient by Career Exploration and Development!
Thank you, Zach, for your dedication to student success!
Thank you, Zach, for your dedication to student success!
Congratulations to Chemistry major Ashley Angell, who took home 3rd place at the Integration Bee, hosted by the Dept. of Mathematical Sciences! 🧠✨
Way to represent Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ashley! 🧪👏
📸: Mathematical Sciences
Way to represent Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ashley! 🧪👏
📸: Mathematical Sciences
April 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Congratulations to Chemistry major Ashley Angell, who took home 3rd place at the Integration Bee, hosted by the Dept. of Mathematical Sciences! 🧠✨
Way to represent Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ashley! 🧪👏
📸: Mathematical Sciences
Way to represent Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ashley! 🧪👏
📸: Mathematical Sciences
Meet Rebecca Stratton, a chemistry major at Kent State University, who is blending her passion for science with language. Discover how Rebecca is bridging the gap between chemistry and language in her academic journey!
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Chemistry Major Wants to Meld Her Study of Chemistry and Mandarin
An education-abroad program in Taiwan allowed senior chemistry major Rebecca Stratton to immerse herself in Mandarin, the beauty of a far-away culture and the family ties that bind universally.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Meet Rebecca Stratton, a chemistry major at Kent State University, who is blending her passion for science with language. Discover how Rebecca is bridging the gap between chemistry and language in her academic journey!
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www.kent.edu/today/news/c...
🔬🔥 Did you know? 🔥🔬 Our department has its own scientific glassblower! Taylor Kurrle expertly fabricates and repairs glassware for our academic and research labs, blending art with science to keep experiments running smoothly.
🔗 Learn more about this fascinating craft: www.kent.edu/chemistry/ne...
🔗 Learn more about this fascinating craft: www.kent.edu/chemistry/ne...
April 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🔬🔥 Did you know? 🔥🔬 Our department has its own scientific glassblower! Taylor Kurrle expertly fabricates and repairs glassware for our academic and research labs, blending art with science to keep experiments running smoothly.
🔗 Learn more about this fascinating craft: www.kent.edu/chemistry/ne...
🔗 Learn more about this fascinating craft: www.kent.edu/chemistry/ne...
Join us for the 2nd Annual Honors Symposium on Thursday, April 17, 2025!
📍 Learn more and register here: www.kent.edu/.../join-dep....
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
📍 Learn more and register here: www.kent.edu/.../join-dep....
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
April 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Join us for the 2nd Annual Honors Symposium on Thursday, April 17, 2025!
📍 Learn more and register here: www.kent.edu/.../join-dep....
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
📍 Learn more and register here: www.kent.edu/.../join-dep....
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
Congratulations to doctoral student Rupak Kharel, who successfully defended his dissertation on February 5! The title of his dissertation is, "Exploring Ent-kaurene and Grayanane Diterpene Natural Products."
February 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Congratulations to doctoral student Rupak Kharel, who successfully defended his dissertation on February 5! The title of his dissertation is, "Exploring Ent-kaurene and Grayanane Diterpene Natural Products."