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The Rice University Department of Chemistry provides a uniquely stimulating environment for scientific discoveries: we are world leaders in nanotechnology, home to two Nobel laureates and three members of the National Academy of Sciences, and one of only six centers funded by the Natural Science Foundation for nanoscale science and engineering.

Through outstanding research and collaboration,
Rice Chemistry produces innovation in progress...

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Congratulations in order! Please join us in congratulating Eugene Zubarev on his promotion to Associate Professor effective July 1, 2009. Read More...

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Lab-on-a-Chip Technology to Arrive at the BRC. John T. McDevitt joins the Rice University faculty as the Brown-Wiess Professor of Chemistry and Bioengineering starting July 1, 2009. Read More...

 Landes News Mug Christy F. Landes joins the Chemistry Department. Christy F. Landes joins the Rice University faculty as Assistant Professor of Chemistry effective July 1, 2009.  Read More...


ZHK Alumni 
Featured Chemistry Alumna,
Dr. Zakya H. Kafafi is currently the Division Director for Materials Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate for the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia.
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Rice Graduate Students journey to Germany to meet laureates  
Any young scientist will tell you it's a thrill to talk shop with a Nobel Prize laureate. So what must it be like to encounter 20 of them at once?
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