Department News

The ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry and the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry had organized a two-day Symposium (March 24 -25, 2025) honoring Professor G. K. Surya Prakash for his Pioneering Contributions in Organofluorine Chemistry and Organic Synthetic Methodology at the 2025 American Chemical Society Spring Meeting in San Diego, CA. The symposium with 25 presentations were well attended with contributions from 16 of his students and postdocs from US, Canada, China and Europe from Academia, Industry and National Labs. The Symposium was followed by a Banquet, which was also well attended. At the Banquet, USC alumnus, Dr. Pradeep Iyer established an annual $1000 Graduate Student Award in Surya Prakash’s name in the Division of Fluorine Chemistry.

The institute will use endowment funds established by chemists and entrepreneurs Massoud Arvanaghi ’82 and Ferial K. Arvanaghi to drive research aimed at building a more sustainable future and a healthier environment.
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Election by their peers recognizes four scholars for pioneering research on microbial systems, nanoscale physics and chemistry, and sensory neurobiology.
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The Department of Chemistry congratulates Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Arieh Warshel, on his recent elections to the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAAI) and the Serbian National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Willa O'Day Olsen has allocated funds from her close friend, the late Patricia Crawford Brown, to support chemistry students traveling to conferences.

Nobel laureate Arieh Warshel, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at USC Dornsife, was recognized for his academic achievements and intellectual courage.
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