Edition 12, Fall 2022

Dear Alumni and Friends,  We are excited to bring you the Fall 2022 edition of ChemConnections!   This fall we came back to campus and classrooms as normal as possible, and by and large, we completed all scheduled courses without major issues.   In the fall semester, our undergraduate enrollment fell compared to the previous year. We… Read more »

Dr. Christina Beymer received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in 2013, working with Dr. Goodpaster in the Department of Chemistry and the Forensic and Investigative Sciences program. Her graduate research focused on developing methods for the analysis of tobacco products and human hair using GC/MS, resulting in her dissertation entitled “Identification of Tobacco Related Compounds… Read more »

On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, Professor Trisha Andrew from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst joined us on campus as our keynote speaker for the Dr. Frank J. Welcher Lecture, “Transforming Common Garments into Sensors for Human Health Monitoring”. In this talk, Prof. Andrew described how simple organic reactions led her to develop organic materials… Read more »

Chemistry and Chemical Biology Research Professor Bill Scott wanted to help Ukrainian students and scientists continue their education and research while living under bomb threats and the conditions of war. He read Ukrainian chemistry Professor Oleksandr Grygorenko’s blog discussing the terror and disruption the war had on his personal life and the life of his… Read more »

IUPUI has been my home for over 25 years, not including the time spent as a student long before many of our current buildings were here on campus. It has been incredible to witness the growth IUPUI has undergone and the opportunities it has provided for students and the community of Indianapolis. I began my… Read more »