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MSU Chemistry held a night of celebration to recognize community achievements, accolades, and good news.

Get to know Dr. Elizabeth McGaw, long-time Spartan chemist and Analytical and Physical Chemistry Lab Coordinator and Lecturer.

Michigan State University chemist Tuo Wang, an associate professor in MSU’s College of Natural Science was honored as the inaugural Carl H. Brubaker, Jr. Endowed Professor at an investiture ceremony held Sept. 28 at MSU’s Wharton Center. Wang is a preeminent researcher in the application of sensitivity-enhanced solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance to biomaterials. The endowed professorship was established in 2020 by James Hoeschele, an MSU chemistry alumnus, in honor of his graduate mentor, Carl H. Brubaker.

From veterinarian medicine to Motown legends, staff member extraordinaire Chantal McWillie shares her journey to MSU Chemistry.

Professor Melanie Cooper's involvment with a national project seeking to improve students' course evaluations is featured by The Chronicle of Higher Education's Beth McMurtrie.

Get to know Dr. Steven Hurney—Academic Specialist and Co-Coordinator of MSU Chemistry's Analytical / Physical Laboratory. 

Michigan State University Research Foundation Professor James K. McCusker is the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Josef Michl American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Photochemistry. This honor recognizes outstanding experimental and theoretical research in the fields of photochemistry and photophysics as applied to organic, inorganic or biological molecules or solids. McCusker will receive a certificate and a prize of $5,000, which will be presented at the ACS Spring 2024 meeting in New Orleans.

Sixteen undergraduates joined MSU Chemistry this summer to hone their research and laboratory skills, as well as consider the many applications of "green chemistry." Students presented their work at the 2023 Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE).