Department of Chemistry

NEWS

Andrea Goforth
February 26th 2025

PSU professor honored as ‘emerging inventor’ by national academy

A Portland State chemistry professor is being recognized as an emerging inventor...
Student in chemistry lab feels a ziplock bag filled with salts and distilled water.
July 29th 2024

Breaking Barriers

On a recent Saturday morning in a Portland State chemistry lab, the smell...
Professor and students in chemistry lab
March 7th 2024

PSU researchers named to National Academy of Inventors

Three Portland State professors are being recognized by the National Academy...
Faculty and graduates at Portland State’s Commencement.
January 12th 2024

Sloan grant will help PSU graduate more diverse STEM doctorate students

Portland State is home to Oregon’s most diverse undergraduate student population...
Vaping electronic cigarette
July 15th 2022

PSU study shows vaping cannabinoid acetate leads to formation of deadly gas

A new study by Portland State University’s Robert Strongin and doctoral...
Skybridge with Portland State University
January 21st 2022

ReImagine projects address DEI, workforce development

Initiatives ranging from enhancing environmental education and research at...
Medicinal Chemist Jane Kelly
July 7th 2021

NIH grants support the development of treatments for major diseases

Portland State University Researchers Jane Kelly and Papireddy Kancharla...
July 6th 2021

With NSF grant, PSU to do internal deep dive to identify systemic inequalities among STEM faculty

The numbers don't lie: Women and minorities have historically, and continue to be, underrepresented in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — and it's no different at Portland State. Beyond the numbers is a more complicated picture of why some faculty stay...
Lead apron
June 22nd 2021

STARK STREET MATERIALS: BETTER RADIATION SHIELDING MATERIALS

Stark Street Materials, a Portland State University Business Accelerator...
Water coming out of pipe
April 30th 2021

Aquastry: Treating Water Right

For much of history, humanity has looked to the skies for provision. Where...
Mapping the Memory Molecule
October 7th 2020

Mapping the Memory Molecule

Memory is critical to how we learn, form identities, and interact with...
MRI
October 7th 2020

Developing Next Generation MRI Contrast Agents

Significant social, technological, or scientific breakthroughs rarely happen...