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A group of the student winners of awards by the American Chemical Society. The background is a projection of a slide listing the winners' names and presentation titles.

Chen Wins Jeremy Knowles Award

Chen wins the 2022 Jeremy Knowles Travel Award. 
Undergraduate researcher in the Muddiman group, Olivia Dioli, shown here carrying out experiments involving the development of a system suitability strategy for mass spectrometry imaging.

The Power of Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Researchers land a 4-year $2.2 million NIH grant. 
An outdoor group photo of the Proulx Lab during APS 2022 including Quibria Guthrie, Hailey Young, Carolynn Davern, Max Bowles and Caroline Proulx

The Proulx Lab Shines at APS 2022

The Proulx Lab has been awarded multiple prizes during the American Peptide Symposium 2022. 
Multiple infusion start time coupled with IR-MALDESI mass spectrometry imaging to assess glutathione biosynthesis.

Research Makes Front Cover

Innovative research at NC State makes one step further toward the global fight against cancer. 
A Physical Chemistry journal cover by James Martin and his group of researchers

Research Makes Front Cover

An article prepared by Professor Jim Martin, Postdoctoral Researcher Shelby Pillai, and several prior graduate students, found its way to the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, issued in March 2022. 
Gavin Williams

Chemist Williams Named Head of Department of Chemistry

The college has named Professor Gavin Williams as the head of the Department of Chemistry. 

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Our two undergraduate programs prepare graduates for successful careers in industry or academia.

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Research That Matters

In our Department, everyone from faculty to undergraduates works together on research projects that tackle the world’s biggest challenges. Learn more about our research areas and opportunities.

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Research in Sombers Lab, NC State Chemistry

Erin Baker: Examining How Environmental Contaminants Affect Health

Erin Baker, an associate professor of chemistry, uses advanced instrumentation to look for environmental contaminants in substances and to find biomarkers that can signal disease.

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