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A graphic of BesC Initiating C–C Cleavage through a Substrate-Triggered and Reactive Diferric-Peroxo Intermediate

Recent Publication

The article explains a reactivity of BesC as being the first example of a dinuclear-iron enzyme that utilizes a diferric-peroxo intermediate to capably cleave a C–H bond as part of its native function, thus circumventing the formation of a high-valent intermediate more commonly associated with substrate monooxygenations.

Scholarship Endowment Honors Longtime Chemistry Professor

A new scholarship endowment will support graduate students in chemistry while honoring the legacy of influential longtime faculty member Kenneth Hanck.

Goodnight Spotlight: Hailey Hammonds

The Goodnight Scholars program is helping Hailey Hammonds develop into someone confident about her path in life. Learn more about this chemistry major.

The Front Cover shows the reaction network of Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange (SABRE), elucidated by density functional theory (DFT).

Research Makes Front Cover

Article by T. Theis, V. Blum, and co-workers makes front cover of ChemPhysChem 19/2021.

Photo of molecules fluorescing strongly under UV light

Colorful fiasco ends up on C&EN website

Check out how Adrienne Faulkner, an undergraduate researcher in the Castellano group, turned the unfortunate incident into “some very pretty art.”

Hellena (Hongxia) Bai, Poster Award Winner

Hellena (Hongxia) Bai won a poster award at the 3rd Imaging Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS) Conference in October 2021.

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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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