Leslie Lyons, Luther Erickson, and Jenny Erickson

Professor Leslie Lyons is awarded the Luther & Jenny Erickson Endowed Professor of Chemistry

Sep 09, 2021

An outpouring of support from the former students of Luther Erickson, a professor emeritus of chemistry, and Jenny Erickson, retired Forum director, has…

Chemistry graduates and faculty outside on commencement stage

Chemistry majors graduate in class of ’21

Jun 02, 2021
Congratulations to our chemistry majors graduating in the class of ’21!
Erick Leggans and Ariel Richards ’23 sit on limestone benches outside the Humanities and Social Studies Center.

Ariel Richards ’23 Receives Fellowship from American Society of Pharmacognosy

May 14, 2021
Ariel Richards ’23 has been selected for a competitive American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) Summer Research Fellowship (SRF). She is synthesizing molecules and evaluating their biological activity in the lab of Erick Leggans, assistant professor of chemistry at Grinnell College and member of the ASP. ASP members investigate plants and other natural products for drug discovery.
Hernandez, Hewitt, and Paek on the PNNL campus.

Hewitt Recognized as Outstanding Intern

Michael Hewitt ’20 recognized by DOE as outstanding intern.

2019 Danforth Lecture Explores Chemistry's Place As "The Central Science"

Apr 19, 2019
Jochen Autschbach will provide a personal perspective on why chemistry deserves a central place in science, and provide some important, some entertaining, and some curious facts at 11 a.m. April 30, 2019.
black and white microscopic image iron minerals slivers

Chemistry Seminar - Nov. 1 @ Noon

Oct 10, 2018
Dr. Michelle Scherer from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Iowa will present "Cleaning up Groundwater with Fe Minerals: A Scientist's Journey."
Student scooping ice cream during annual Ice Cream Social

Chemistry Student Research in Summer 2018

Jul 20, 2018
The students involved in summer research with chemistry faculty form a strong community throughout the 10-week program. Meet all our 2018 research groups.
ASC group 2018

Grinnellians Meet Moles at ACS National Meeting

Apr 11, 2018
Chemistry and biological chemistry students who have done research projects attend the Spring 2018 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
color coded vessels

Scholar to Discuss Scientific Misconduct in 2018 Danforth Lecture

Mar 01, 2018
Robert G. Bergman will present “Irreproducibility in the Scientific Literature or: How Often do Scientists Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth?” on April 5, 2018.

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