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Sirinya Matchacheep receives Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching
CCB is proud to announce that Dr. Sirinya Matchacheep has received the Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching. This prestigious award highlights Sirinya's vital role within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences teaching community. Sirinya is...
CCB Q&A: Visiting Professor Asem Abdulahad
In this interview, Asem Abdulahad, FAS Dean’s Visiting Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, reflects on his journey in science. What began with a tentative interest in chemistry—fostered by an academic advisor who spotted his potential—has evolved...
Yoichi Hoshimoto delivers Merck-Banyu Leadership Award Lecture
On Friday, October 18, Osaka University Professor Yoichi Hoshimoto delivered his Merck-Banyu Leadership Award Lecture entitled "Exploring Ways to Harness N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Triarylboranes in Organometallic and Synthetic Chemistry." Hoshimoto's...
Adrienne Waks (Dana-Farber) Kicks Off CCB's New EDIB Seminar Series with "Breast Cancer 101"
On October 9, CCB launched its first-ever Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) Seminar Series with a presentation entitled “Breast Cancer 101: What You Need to Know,” by Dr. Adrienne Waks of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The seminar...
David Liu receives 2024 A.I. Scott Medal
David R. Liu, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University and Vice-Chair of the Faculty for the Broad Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, recieved the 2024 A.I. Scott Medal for Excellence in...
Bryan Roth delivers Frank H. Westheimer Prize Lecture
On Thursday, October 10 UNC Professor Bryan Roth delivered his Frank H. Westheimer Prize Lecture entitled "Synthethic and Chemical Neurobiology." Professor Roth was awarded the 2024 Westheimer Prize. Bryan L. Roth, the Michael J. Hooker Distinguished...
CCB celebrates inaugural Foundational Undergraduate Experiences in the Laboratory program
Harvard’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Department celebrated the success of its first Foundational Undergraduate Experiences in the Laboratory (FUEL) program on Wednesday, August 7th, with a poster session and certificate presentation. The event...
CCB hosts 2024 Undergraduate Teaching Program Awards
On Tuesday, September 3, CCB hosted its 2024 Undergraduate Teaching Program awards ceremony to honor Teaching Fellows and Course Assistants for the vital role they played in shaping the chemistry educational experience at Harvard. The event included...
CCB hosts 2024 Chemistry Future Leaders Symposium
On Thursday, August 29, CCB hosted the 2024 Harvard Chemistry Future Leaders Symposium (CFLS). The mission of this symposium was to raise awareness of research opportunities at Harvard/CCB among senior graduate students and highlight a new postdoctoral...
CCB celebrates 2024 Pathways Program Interns
The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology celebrated the successful completion of the third iteration of its Pathways program, an immersive and transformative initiative designed to provide high school students with hands-on laboratory experience...
CCB celebrates Summer Undergraduate Research Program
On Wednesday, August 7, CCB community members gathered in the Bauer Cafe to celebrate the accomplshments of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program participants with food and friends. Professor Daniel Nocera, Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy...
Brian Liau receives 2025 Eli Lilly Award
Brian Liau, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at CCB, has been awarded the 2025 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry. The award is presented annually by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Biological Chemistry and recognizes...
