Congratulations Roberto Car, awarded the Tomassoni-Chisesi Prize in Physics for co-inventing ab-initio molecular dynamics, and for further developing Deep Potential molecular dynamics, which extends ab-initio accuracy to vastly larger scales.

Story: bit.ly/4sDl4OD
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The Department of Chemistry mourns the passing of István Pelczer, beloved director of the NMR Facility and lecturer in the teaching faculty, who died on October 18 after a brief illness. He was 73.

Please see our announcement here:
bit.ly/4is4H31
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Paul Chirik with advisee Tianyi Zhang, one of four Jacobus Fellows chosen last spring by @PrincetonGrad, at Wyman House. A fourth-year GS in the @ChirikGroup, Tianyi was cited for his research in organometallic catalysis.

Congratulations, Tianyi: bit.ly/4kqQMMW
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The @PrincetonChem faculty enjoyed a great Chalk Talk from Assistant Professor Alice Kunin this afternoon on “Time-Resolved Probes of Novel Quantum and Photonic Materials: Rational Design for Efficient Catalytic Pathways.”

Well done, Alice!
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The Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Group in @JCIM_JCTC: "Nuclear–Electronic Orbital Coupled Cluster Theory with the Nuclear Hartree Product Representation for Multiple Quantum Nuclei and Application to Geometric Isotope Effects."

Nice work Rowan and Sharon: doi.org/10.1021/acs.jc…
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The Chris Chang Lab publishes: “Metalloadaptor and metallochaperone proteins reveal new chemical principles of biological metal homeostasis,” in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology this month.

Nice article Kelly and Chris: doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa…
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Kudos to the PCI Symposium postdocs who did a great job presenting this week (l to r):

Hannah (Music Dept.), Tommy (Lewis-Sigler), Marcella (MAE), PCI Director Ian Davies, Ricardo (Ludwig Princeton Branch), Danielle (Chemistry), and Difei (Chemistry). Well done, all.
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We’re ready! The first of two days of the Princeton Catalysis Initiative Symposium starts this afternoon at 2:30.

We are looking forward to greeting our campus and industry partners at Frick Laboratory!

Info: pci.princeton.edu
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We are thrilled that Jose Roque has been named to the 2026 cohort of #PackardFellows by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for his research developing more sustainable, silicon-based catalysis.

Congratulations Jose and Roque Group!

Announcement: bit.ly/4zrv5AS
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The Mo Lab discovers a new microbiome antibiotic and its mode of action: "Discovery and Characterization of Miranthins, "Trojan Horse" Antibiotic Modulators of Bacterial Composition in the Oral Microbiome,” in @PNASNews.

Nice work Brielle, Brett, and Mo: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…
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One week from today … the Annual Princeton Catalysis Initiative Symposium!

We couldn’t be happier to be hosting this two-day event!

For more information: pci.princeton.edu
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We are so pleased to announce that Leslie Schoop @SchoopLab has been named a Fellow by the American Physical Society @APSphysics for outstanding contributions to the field.

Congratulations, Leslie!

Enjoy our announcement here: bit.ly/3UkhBYC
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The Mo Lab publishes “Widespread Biosynthesis of Thiohistidine Dipeptides in Bacteria” in @J_A_C_S.

Nice work from Marissa, Jacob, Chase, Mo, and collaborators @EmoryUniversity:
doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6…
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A coupla postdocs and grad students hanging outside our "satellite" laboratory at Hoyt.
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Out this week from the @ChirikGroup: “Hydrogen Isotope Exchange Catalyzed by Pyridine Dicarbene Cobalt Complexes Using Deuterium Gas,” in ACS Catalysis.

Great work from Henry and Paul: doi.org/10.1021/acscat…
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Congrats Rob Knowles Lab on the recent paper out in @J_A_C_S: “Reimagining the Wolff-Kishner Reduction: Light-Driven Carbonyl Deoxygenation without Strong Base.”

Nice work from Andrew, Supeng, Eric, Rob: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6…
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Congratulations Ralph Kleiner Lab on: “Activity-based profiling of bacterial RNA-modifying enzymes reveals species-specific 5-methyluridine modification in Bacillus subtilis 23S rRNAn,” in @PNASNews.

Nice work Qais and Ralph. Story: bit.ly/3W7bKq4
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One of the best things about our Student Invited Lecture Series: the many small-group discussions throughout the day with the lecturer, in this week's case with @chemistryMIT’s Troy Van Voorhis.

Thank you for visiting Princeton Chemistry, Troy!
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It’s always good to have the undergraduate students back at Frick doing lab work in support of their GenChem course! Hope it's a fruitful term for all.
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David MacMillan in Seoul at the 2026 Nobel Prize Dialogue on AI’s impact:

“For chemistry, it’s not just about taking the things that we know and do already and making them faster. It’s about creating completely new questions that as humans we’re not even thinking about.”
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