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David Dumas, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry (Kanan Lab/Waymouth Lab), has been selected as one of ten finalists for Stanford’s Three Minute Thesis competition(3MT), where they will have three minutes…

Michael Ziebel and Song Lin

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the forthcoming addition of two esteemed chemists to our faculty this fall.

Dr. Michael Ziebel will be joining us from Columbia University, where he is completing his postdoctoral…

Michelle Kueppers and W.E. Moerner | Courtesy Michelle Kueppers

In briefA new microscope blends two imaging approaches to reveal tiny parts of living cells and allow nearly unlimited observation time, without labels.The method provides greater context, allowing researchers to view movement of organelles and…

Credit: Yilei Wu

Stanford Chemistry Department Hosts Stanford Science Olympiad

The Stanford Chemistry Department welcomed more than 600 students and 40 high school teams to campus on February 21, 2026, for the 3rd Annual Stanford Science Olympiad Invitational.…

A new study finds that as climate changes, dewdrops are forming on plants’ leaves earlier in the spring, triggering a chemical cascade that hastens flowering. | Credit: JOGCHUM REITSMA/MINDEN PICTURES

Water droplets set off a chemical cascade that tells a plant it’s time to blossom, a new study finds.

Around the world, plants are flowering earlier in the year than they used to. Climate change seems the obvious culprit, yet warming temperatures…