News: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Professor Ashkan Salamat in his lab at U.N.L.V.
Research |

A yearlong collection of UNLV faculty making the news for their discoveries and contributions to the community.

Staff demonstrate safety procedures
People |

One of her hobbies has taught the lab safety manager that sometimes the victor is the one who just keeps moving forward.

woman smiling
Research |

Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute student researchers embrace remote learning and engage in public policy research to benefit UNLV and the region.

A hand is seen wiping a folder with a UNLV logo
Research |

As summer comes to a close and classrooms open, UNLV biochemist Ernesto Abel-Santos offers cleaning best practices.

UNLV graduate seated with decorated cap
Campus News |

An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

A woman in a labcoat manipulates a test tube
Business and Community |

Life sciences' Helen Wing and colleagues assisting Southern Nevada Health District with viral transport medium; other faculty in College of Sciences contribute protective equipment.

chalk drawing of human body with intestinal tract
Research |

New UNLV study shows promise for role of a high-carb, low-protein, and low-fat diet in fighting off C. diff infections.

A man in a labcoat sit near a computer
Research |

Rebel Grad Slam winner Nam Hoang’s research focuses on how tumors trick the body into feeding them, and how to stop it.

A woman smiles while working with scientific equipment
People |

Alumna Vanessa Sanders finding new paths for isotopes therapeutic and diagnostic at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Bradley Boe ready to play wheelchair rugby
People |

Bradley Boe finds empowerment in a new scholarship for students with spinal cord injuries.

Jun Yong Kang writes on a glass board.
People |

The most exciting thing about chemistry? The infinite failures in even the most thoroughly thought-out experiments, the biochemist says.

A scientist recoils from The Machine. (Illustration by Chris Jones)
Research |

Professor Clemens Heske's pride and joy is unique worldwide in its ability to study surface chemistry.