Boise State Chem

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Boise State University

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After being named the top graduating senior for our Spring 2026 cohort, Tessa Sprague received the Kathryn Thomasson Award for Excellence in Chemistry by a first generation college student. The award is given by Iota Sigma Pi, the National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry.

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Congratulations to our newest Undergraduate and Graduate wizards!

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Congratulations to our faculty that have recently won awards!
Konrad Meister received the 2026 OUR Mentor of the Year Award for his excellent mentorship of undergraduate students, and Owen McDougal was awarded the 2026 Presidential Innovation Award for his work with the FDIC.

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Congratulations to Spring 2025 Chemistry grad Jasmine Baclig! She received the highly competitive 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award.

We look forward to seeing how this award advances her research as a BMOL PhD student working with Dr. Konrad Meister!

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Congratulations to Lindsey Jenkins, Rosemary Eufemio, Kaden Shaw, and Antonio Reyes for their recent publications!

Find links to their articles on our department's news post about these accomplishments.
https://t.co/qgP5iK30VS

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So far this academic year, we've celebrated one successful thesis defense for the Masters in Chemistry program, and THREE Biomolecular Ph.D. defenses from students that our faculty mentor. Congratulations...we're very proud of all your hard work towards this accomplishment!

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Chemists are Wizards! We have a long-standing tradition of presenting wizard hats to our graduates. But where do those hats come from?
Each and every one of them is made by hand! Faculty, staff, emeriti and even our department chair sit down together to create these special hats.

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Our acting chair, Dr. JoAnn Lighty, retired after an incredibily accomplishing career. Use the link below to check out the story:

https://t.co/jcZdoaSwHT

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Congratulations to the recipients of the Spring 2026 URCA Scholarships! The student awardees that our faculty mentor are:

Josue Duran, Mentor: Owen McDougal

Lauren Gold, Mentor: Jenée Cyran

Simone Gonzalez, Mentor: Don Warner

Briana Rojas, Mentor: Ken Cornell

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At the end of the Fall 2025 semester, we "swore in" 5 more chemistry wizards at our Wizard Hat Ceremony! Congrats to Matthew, Carter, Nicholas, Hailey and Greta on earning their Bachelors of Science in Chemistry!

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Join us for some holiday science fun!

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If you're interested in joining our team of dedicated faculty and staff, check out the links below:

Lecturer: https://t.co/o7vpI5M0Db

Assistant Teaching Professor: https://t.co/x2d2V91dH4

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An all-female team from the Meister Lab, led by graduate student Rosemary Eufemio, with undergrad Hailey Soule, and research tech Jayden Brandt, went on an inaugural field expedition to northern Idaho in search of lichen, liverwort, and other ice-active organisms.

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Two graduate students attended the Schmidt Sciences Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future (VIFF) community convening in Mountain View, CA. Morgan Fong and Kylie Johnson presented their research posters, toured agricultural sites, and collaborated with other researchers.

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Spring `26 graduate Beckett Sebolt is currently working at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) through the DOE’s Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program. Beckett was encouraged to apply for the program by his undergraduate mentor, Assistant Professor Jenée Cyran.

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The ACS's Society Committee on Education (SOCED) selects ACS Student Communities to receive special recognition on the basis of their programs and activities. Our Chem Club was awarded an OUTSTANDING recognition for the 2024-2025 academic year, the highest recognition possible!

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Double major (Chemistry and Applied Mathematics) Tucker Gratton was recently awarded a $5000 scholarship from the American Chemical Society (ACS) to continue his undergraduate education here at Boise State.

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Long-time Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty member Dr. Martin Schimpf retired this summer, leaving after 35 distinguished years of service to Boise State University.

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High school students worked once again with faculty across campus through the Project SEED program. They earned a stipend while participating in research projects that they presented at the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research (ICUR 2025).