About the Department of Chemistry
- 300+ chemistry graduate students
- 13 UW-Madison Distinguished Teaching Award recipients
- 13+ percent of chemistry graduate students are funded as fellows or trainees (Spring 2018)
- 46+ percent of chemistry graduate students are funded as research assistants (Spring 2018)
- 5.3 average years to Ph.D. completion
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American Chemical Society - Past Presidents with Ties to the Department
- 1953 | Farrington Daniels | Faculty*
- 1961 | Arthur C. Cope | Alumnus*
- 1980| James D. D’Ianni| Alumnus*
- 1984 | Warren D. Niederhauser | Alumnus *
- 2004 | Charles P. Casey | Emeritus Faculty
- 2008 | Bruce E. Bursten | Alumnus
- 2012 | Bassam Z. Shakhashiri | Current Faculty
- 2018 | Peter K. Dorhout | Alumnus
* deceased
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows
Current Faculty & Year Elected
- Berry, John | 2017
- Blackwell, Helen | 2010
- Burstyn, Judith | 2009
- Hamers, Robert | 2004
- McMahon, Robert | 2003
- Moore, John W. | 1993
- Nathanson, Gilbert | 2004
- Record, M. Thomas | 1991
- Rienstra, Chad | 2016
- Shakhashiri, Bassam | 1986
- Smith, Lloyd | 2010
- Weix, Daniel | 2016
- Yoon, Tehshik | 2013
Emeritus Faculty & Year Elected
- Dahl, Lawrence | 1980
- Weinhold, Frank | 2009
- Weisshaar, James C. | 2009
National Academy of Science Members
Current Faculty & Year Elected
- Gellman, Samuel H. | 2014
Emeritus Faculty & Year Elected
- Casey, Charles P. | 1993
- Crim, F. Fleming | 2001
- Dahl, Lawrence F. | 1988
- Skinner, James L. | 2012

UW-Madison by the Numbers
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