We proudly recognize faculty, staff, students and alumni who recently garnered major honors, awards and promotions.

What it takes to build an instrument thousands of times more sensitive than anything that came before.

Professor and Alumnus John Ondov’s departure marks the end of an era at UMD.

We proudly recognize faculty, students and alumni who garnered major honors and awards this past year.

Curiosity and restlessness are the character traits on which Thomas Flores (B.S. ’92, biochemistry) built a successful career as a brewer of craft beer.

Posey is a senior tech director in the Center for Machine Learning at Capital One and Silver-Isenstadt is graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a University Honors citation.

Their paper in Angewandte Chemie was designated as a “Very Important Paper” by the journal.

Biological sciences major Maïgane Diop and Nipun Kottage (B.S. ’19, biochemistry; B.S. ’19, anthropology) were among the finalists for the world’s most prestigious award for international study.

Sankar Das Sarma, Christopher Monroe, Ian Spielman, Dennis vanEngelsdorp and Chunsheng Wang received the honor.

David Haines Freeman, former professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park, died in his sleep at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C. on October 28, 2019, where his family had gathered.