News – MIT Department of Chemistry

Robert Guy Griffin wins Karl-Fredrich Bonhoeffer Lecture Award

This award honors the scientific achievements of outstanding international and national scientists.

Gerard Porter, wearing a lab coat and safety glasses, conducts research at a fume hood.

A launching pad towards possibility: SPISE alumni at MIT

Student Program for Innovation in Science and Engineering is an intensive summer program for high school students offered by the Caribbean Science Foundation.

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Seven headshots of the seven winners of the Mentorship Spotlight award.

Seven Exemplary Mentors honored with Fall 2024 Mentorship Spotlight Awards

The winners were nominated by students, postdocs, faculty, and staff in recognition of their exceptional commitment to mentorship.

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A exhibit panel in a gallery displaying a photo of numerous scientists in a lab as well as a small device and a large grey backpack.

Artifacts from a half-century of cancer research

Ten objects on display in the Koch Institute Public Galleries offer uncommon insights into the people and progress of MIT's cancer research community.

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Alexis Boykin participates in a shotput competition.

Champion Field Athlete’s Inspiration: “Wanting to Get Better and Better”

Chemistry and Biology Major Alexis Boykin ’25 weighs in on the benefits of being a student-athlete.

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Anna Davis smiles while wearing a Red Sox cap and holding a bouquet of flowers

Graduate Student Spotlight: Anna Davis

Chemistry Graduate Student Anna Davis describes her research and answers 20 random questions as part of the Graduate Student Spotlight series.

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Troy Van Voorhis to step down as department head of chemistry

Professor oversaw department growth, strengthened community, and developed outreach programs.

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A group of volunteers wearing light blue t-shirts smiles in a row in front of dozens of empty paper bags that they are going to fill with food donations.

Chemistry Cares: An Afternoon at East End House

Fourteen members of the Chemistry Community volunteered their time to sort Thanksgiving food donations for families in need at East End House.

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Joshua Baraban smiles in an outdoor setting.

Joshua Baraban (PhD ’13) awarded the Israel Chemical Society’s Prize for Outstanding Young Scientist Award

Baraban, an alumnus of Professor Robert W. Field's research group, is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.

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Zachary Fried smiles in front of a mountain vista.

Zachary Fried wins 2024 Rao Prize

The International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy has named Fried one of three winners of this year's Rao Prize.

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Chemistry Alumnus Guadalupe Hayes-Mota Appointed to NIH Review Board

Hayes-Mota (SB '08) is the CEO of Healr Solutions, an MIT Senior Lecturer, and a Massachusetts Rare Disease Advisory Council Member.

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Startup gives surgeons a real-time view of breast cancer during surgery

The drug-device combination developed by MIT spinout Lumicell is poised to reduce repeat surgeries and ensure more complete tumor removal.

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High-resolution images of synapses and microtubules

A new method makes high-resolution imaging more accessible

Labs that can’t afford expensive super-resolution microscopes could use a new expansion technique to image nanoscale structures inside cells.

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