{"id":11693,"date":"2025-12-09T10:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=11693"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:08:11","slug":"chemistry-biochemistry-newsletter-current-issue-online","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/about\/newsletters-online\/chemistry-biochemistry-newsletter-current-issue-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry Newsletter: Current Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">From the Chair <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/from-the-chairs-desk\/\">From the Chair\u2019s desk:<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Greetings to you all!What a wonderful semester this has been and a great start to the new academic year. I continue to be amazed and blessed by the diligent and excellent efforts of so many. It is so satisfying to be part of this team! Kristen MurphyChair, Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry This fall, we are happy to report &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"uwm-block-otp-nav \"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-undergraduate-student-news\">Undergraduate Student News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--1\"><li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/undergraduate-student-news\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/194\/2025\/12\/Student-News_group-of-students-in-library.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"students gathered in library\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/194\/2025\/12\/Student-News_group-of-students-in-library.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/194\/2025\/12\/Student-News_group-of-students-in-library-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/undergraduate-student-news\/\">Undergraduate Student News<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Chemistry Club Corner American Chemical Society Students is a club with open membership to students taking chemistry courses and those majoring in chemistry related fields. Activities are tailored to students by organizing study sessions, a science-related volunteer opportunity per semester, guest speakers from offices around campus for resource outreach, and social events. Come meet fellow &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-graduate-student-news\">Graduate Student News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--1\"><li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/graduate-student-news\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/194\/2025\/12\/Faculty-News_hand-writing-on-board.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"hand writing on white board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/194\/2025\/12\/Faculty-News_hand-writing-on-board.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/194\/2025\/12\/Faculty-News_hand-writing-on-board-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/graduate-student-news\/\">Graduate Student News<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">New Graduate Student Welcome We are happy to welcome six new graduate students for the spring semester, Amanda Captain, Uttam Gomes, Jhoanna Molina, Nethyanji Premananda, Nikole Tamayo, and Munisaa Younus. We\u2019re excited to have them join our Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry Department and look forward to their contributions to the Department as well as research and &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-department-news\">Department News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--1\"><li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-news\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/194\/2025\/12\/General-News_phone-viewing-news.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"mobile phone showing &quot;news&quot; on screen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/194\/2025\/12\/General-News_phone-viewing-news.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/194\/2025\/12\/General-News_phone-viewing-news-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-news\/\">Department News<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Promotions Dr. Xiaohua Peng, who joined 51ÁÔÆæ in 2009, was recently promoted to full professor. Her research explores innovative ways to design tumor-targeted cancer therapies and bioorthogonal theranostic systems, with support from the National Institutes of Health. Her team recently made an exciting discovery \u2014 combining an H\u2082O\u2082-activated prodrug with vitamin C achieved complete tumor &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":19040,"featured_media":0,"parent":960,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/centered.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-11693","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/about\/newsletters-online\/chemistry-biochemistry-newsletter-current-issue-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chemistry &amp; 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