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Two distinguished alum with connections to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have recently been honored and featured by The Ohio State University. 

Theodore (Ted) Kuwana, PhD

Aug 3, 1931–Jan 1, 2022

Dr. Ted Kuwana, 90, of Seattle, WA, died at Northwest Hospital after several weeks of pneumonia.…

As a Latvian immigrant, during a time when women were not widely accepted in the fields of math and science Inara Brubaker excelled in her academics. She earned her BS from Ohio Northern…

PhD Candidate, Devin Swiner and Assistant Professor Travis White have been quoted in an article for C&EN. Swiner, a cofounder of the #BlackinChem movement, part of the greater #BlackinSTEM…

Former OSU undergraduate researcher Patrick Veres (B.S., 2005) earned his Ph.D. in Atmospheric-Analytical Chemistry from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2011, and has recently discovered a…

On Feb 14, 2020 the S.S. Robert H. Lawrence, named for the first African American astronaut, headed to the International Space Station. Major Robert H. Lawrence Jr. earned his doctorate in…

R. B. Sunoj, a postdoctoral alum of Christopher Hadad was awarded the 2019 Shanti
Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in the area of Chemical Science by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research…

Chemistry alumna of 1934 Margaret Brennecke worked at NASA on the mighty Saturn rockets that made up the backbone of the space age, including the rocket that brought humans to the moon 50 years…

Congratulations to chemistry alumnus Dennis Liotta (1974-76) for receiving the 2019 Heroes of Global Health Award by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his dedication and…