UMass Amherst Chemistry

The Graduate Chemistry Association (GCA) is excited to announce the opening of their online GCA-UMass Chemistry Apparel Store, which is live, ready for orders, and will remain open year-round!

Design, color options, and shipping information are available on our website https://www.umass.edu/chemistry/chemistry-apparel-store.

Order your favorite UMass Chemistry apparel and support the GCA!

Congratulations to Prof. Richard Vachet on being selected as a 2026 American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Fellow, honoring his dedication to the ASMS community and impact on the field of mass spectrometry!

https://www.asms.org/about-asms-awards/fellows-of-asms

Congratulations to this year's PPG Foundation Fellowship Award recipients! Nicholas Baker (DuChene), Priyanka Bhattacharyya (You), Xi Cheng (Lin), Elizabeth Cote (Walsh), Arnab Das (Metz), Badal Singh (Thayumanavan), and Mitchell Willsey (DV). Thank you to PPG Foundation's commitment to supporting the next generation researchers through meaningful stipend assistance!

https://www.umass.edu/chemistry/ppg-foundation-fellowships

Congratulations to our amazing 2026 chemistry seniors!! We are so proud of you!!

Thank you for making Chemistry's 2026 UMassGives campaign so successful!!

Help support student research in chemistry!
https://umass.scalefunder.com/gday/giving-day/111216/department/111359

Professor Zhou Lin received a 2026 ACS COMP OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award and will present her work at the Fall ACS National Meeting!

OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry The ACS COMP OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award program provides $1,000 to up to four outstanding tenure-track junior faculty members to present their work in COMP division at the Fall 2026 ACS National Meeting. The Awards are designed to assist new faculty members

UMassGives continues today! Please consider a gift to help support undergraduate research. https://umass.scalefunder.com/gday/giving-day/111216/department/111359

Congratulations, Professor Trisha Andrew, for developing a photothermal dye for home insulating panels!

CNS and SBS Team Up to Develop Photothermal Fabric ‘Skin’ That Reduces Home Heating Use : College of Natural Sciences : UMass Amherst This technology is designed to address climate change, high heating bills, and the threat of “reno-viction.”