Whitman Chemistry

Official account of the Chemistry Department @ Whitman College, a highly selective undergraduate liberal arts college.

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

We have been busy this summer! The faculty and dozens of student researchers who have been hard at work this summer in the chemistry labs @whitmancollege! We took a moment to celebrate at the #walawalaplaza. #Graze #EatMoreSandwich #WallaWalla

[Sarah R. Bolton @PresidentBolton]

Great to have opportunity to visit with some of the @whitmancollege students doing science research on campus this week! Many thanks to the faculty who provide these great opportunities and to all who welcomed me and explained the terrific work happening this summer !

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Hey Whitman Alumni!
A few faculty and current students will be in the Bay Area to attend the Fall ACS meeting Aug. 13-17. If you are interested in meeting up, please reach out to Prof. Marion Gotz and/or direct message us.

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Excited to have >20 students joining us for summer research in the chemistry department this year! We kicked things off yesterday with a quick break from lab work for coffee, pastries, and introductions:

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Yesterday we were able to celebrate and send off our 2023 chemistry graduates on their post-Whitman adventures. We wish you all the best! Keep in touch. (Here are a few pics from our reception.)

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Today (a beautiful spring day in Walla Walla) Chemistry faculty and students took a moment to celebrate the 2023 Chemistry(+) majors and the 2023 Chemistry Award winners with tacos, cake and good company. We are so proud of our students!

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Today we have a special #cheminar in the Wnuk Seminar Series from Dr. Joshua Wnuk ('03 Chemistry), a principal engineer in @Intel’s Logic Technology Development organization. Please join us at 11:30am in Brattain Auditorium @whitmancollege for his talk "From Whitman to Intel"!

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

@DrLauraSanchez @whitmancollege So are we! Tuesday 4/24 at 11:30am in Science 159.

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

We are thrilled to welcome @DrLauraSanchez '07 back to @whitmancollege to give a #Cheminar "Specialized metabolite production in microbes" in the Wnuk Seminar Series tomorrow at 11:30am in Science 159!

[Jonathan Collins @joncollinschem]

Always a pleasure @ballnchemist! Thanks for sharing your inspiring chemistry with @WhitmanChem. We can save the river fording for next time!

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Chem Alumni News: Barry Stoddard '85 is publishing "Baikonur Man: Space, Science, American Ambition and Soviet Chaos at the Cold War's End" about how 3 MIT students and a startup snuck the 1st American payload onto a Russian space station. Preorder now! https://t.co/jbYOvGC70A

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Whitman Chemistry is searching for TWO visiting colleagues for the next academic year! One focused on organic (https://t.co/1FHKxelehF) and one on pchem/general chemistry (https://t.co/DZGaZAv1Fs). We have an amazing department and fantastic students; please spread the word!

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Today we are excited to have Dr. Hans Renata (@hanzyduzit) from @RiceChemistry to give the Wnuk Chemistry Seminar in Walla Walla @whitmancollege to discuss strategies for preparing noncanonical amino acids using biocatalysis. #cheminar

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

We were very fortunate to have Dr. Liane Moreau from @ChemistryWSU give a talk on synthesis and x-ray characterization of uranium nanoparticles yesterday in our Wnuk Seminar Series. What a treat to hear about Dr. Moreau's powerful intersection of research interests and expertise!

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

We can’t help but feel pride for our @whitmancollege Chemistry graduate @FredMTomlin and his PhD advisor, @CarolynBertozzi’s Nobel Prize win!

[Fred Tomlin @FredMTomlin]

😭 are you kidding me?!?! I am so proud to have been trained by a brilliant chemist, an imaginative thinker, and a supportive mentor. Hats off to you, @CarolynBertozzi

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

After a brief delay, we were able to give retired Senior Lecturer and Chemistry of Art Extraordinaire Deborah Simon the send-off she deserves. After 26 years in the dept., Deb has left an indelible mark on us, our students and our curriculum. Thank you Deb and see you around!

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

.@WhitmanCollege Chemistry had a great time at #ACSChicago!

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Kathryn was invited to speak at the conference, one of the very few undergraduates giving a talk at the National #ChicagoACS meeting

[Whitman Chemistry @WhitmanChem]

Congrats to Kathryn Woodburn '23, chemistry major, who received the American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division PUI Nanomaterials Award at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society this week in Chicago!