What's New Jonas C. Peters returned to Caltech as Bren Professor of Chemistry on January 1, 2010. Ahmed Zewail, Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry and Physics, has been named by President Barack Obama to the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). For more details, please click here.

Upcoming Events

Ernest H. Swift Lecture Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 4:00 PM Linus Pauling Lecture Hall (22 Gates) "Chemistry on the Brain: Understanding the Nicotine Receptor," by Dennis A. Dougherty, the George Grant Hoag Professor of Chemistry.

Schlinger Lab Dedication The dedication of the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering will take place on March 9, 2010. Festivities will start at 9:30 am.

Resnick Institute Lecture Monday, April 5, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. (Coffee and dessert reception to follow) Hameetmam Auditorium, Cahill "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air," by David MacKay, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Cambridge University; Chief Scientific Advisor, UK Department of Engery and Climate Change; Author of "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air."

The chemical sciences and engineering have critical roles to play in making the advances we need in developing alternative energy strategies, in discovering new medicines and diagnostic tools, and in bettering our environment.   In each of these efforts, synthetic chemists, physical chemists, biochemists and chemical engineers will be required to develop the new tools, new molecules, new materials and new processes that are essential for revolutionary advance. Strategic areas for research in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering include (i) energy and sustainability; (ii) atmospheric chemistry and climate change; (iii) biological circuitry; (iv) nanomaterials for functional design;  and (v) theory. CCE is home to more than 40 professors and three degree programs. The Faculty's students and post-doctoral colleagues have access to many educational resources, as well as opportunities for both basic and applied research.

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