FoC Alumni News

Wake Forest Chemistry students are gaining more opportunities to experience the uncertainty, problem-solving, and discovery of authentic scientific research through a redesigned laboratory course developed by John Lukesh, associate professor and director of Graduate Studies, and graduate assistant Devin Weaver (PhD ’27). The six-week course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE), part of the Medicinal Chemistry and …

Andrew Riggs (‘27) Advances Cancer Research Through Chemistry Wake Forest undergraduate Andrew Riggs (‘27) is spending his summer exploring how chemistry can contribute to more targeted approaches to cancer treatment. As a URECA Scholar, Riggs is working alongside graduate student David Halatek and Professor Uli Bierbach in the Department of Chemistry at Wake Downtown. Their …

ANNOUNCEMENT:2025 Wake Forest University Chemistry Department Young Alumni Award Alec H. Christian, Ph.D. The winner of the 2025 Young Alumni Award is Dr. Alec H. Christian. Congratulations to him! In just over a decade since he graduated from Wake Forest with a BS in Chemistry with Honors (‘14), Alec has gone on to establish his …

pictured: Dr. Larry Hopkins, Oprah Winfrey, Professor Maya Angelou, and Professor Beth Hopkins Wake Forest University is honoring two trailblazing alumni and beloved leaders by renaming South Hall to Dr. Larry D. Hopkins and Professor Beth N. Hopkins Hall. Larry and Beth Hopkins have made extraordinary contributions to the University and Winston-Salem—as students, faculty members, …

Since 2014 The Wake Forest Department of Chemistry and the alumni group, the Wake Forest Friends of Chemistry, has sponsored two alumni awards, a Distinguished Alumni Award and a Young Alumni Award. The Distinguished award honors Chemistry alumni for their preeminent contributions and service to the advancement of any facet of the chemical sciences and …

Since 2014 The Wake Forest Department of Chemistry and the alumni group, the Wake Forest Friends of Chemistry, has sponsored two alumni awards, a Distinguished Alumni Award and a Young Alumni Award. The Distinguished award honors Chemistry alumni for their preeminent contributions and service to the advancement of any facet of the chemical sciences and …

Since 2014 The Wake Forest Department of Chemistry and the alumni group, the Wake Forest Friends of Chemistry, has sponsored two alumni awards, a Distinguished Alumni Award and a Young Alumni Award. The Distinguished award honors Chemistry alumni for their preeminent contributions and service to the advancement of any facet of the chemical sciences and …

Wake Forest University’s annual URECA student research day celebrated a diverse array of undergraduate research projects, drawing participation from 140 students and over 120 faculty mentors. The projects, showcased in both posters and oral presentations, spanned topics from Evan Harris’s exploration of the Hindu religion in Bali to Jocelyn Huang’s investigation into the impacts of …

We are proud to recognize Dr. Chris Junker (’12) as the 2022 WFU Friends of Chemistry YoungAlumni Award recipient. Chris received his BS in Chemistry at Catawba College in 2007 andthen his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Wake Forest University in 2012. Since then he has beenemployed by Reynolds Tobacco or Reynolds American and has risen …

We are proud to recognize Dr. H. Keith McDowell (’66) as the 2022 WFU Friends of ChemistryDistinguished Alumni Award recipient. He has accomplished at the highest levels of academic researchand administration. Below are some highlights from his career.-He went from Wake Forest to Harvardwhere he worked with Nobel Laureate, Martin Karplus. -He took a teaching …