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Chemistry

Alumnus Leonard Zon ’79 Awarded Prestigious 2026 March of Dimes Prize

From ’Berg to Harvard: Muhlenberg alumnus Leonard Zon ’79 has been awarded the 2026 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology.

Keri Colabroy (Chemistry) Values Experimental Learning

The National Science Foundation has twice funded Keri Colabroy’s transformative, student-centered chemistry research.

Muhlenberg Receives $315,000 National Science Foundation Grant to Support Chemistry Chair’s Research

Muhlenberg Receives $315,000 National Science Foundation Grant to Support Chemistry Chair’s Research This is the second time Professor of Chemistry Keri Colabroy’s project, which has involved 60 Muhlenberg student collaborators since it began in 2017, received NSF funding. Thursday, September 25, 2025 10:17 AM

Elizabeth Abrams ’26 Interns With Immunotherapy Company

Abrams, a pre-med chemistry major, works in the lab at Rapa Therapeutics, which makes therapies to treat cancer and ALS.

Q&A: Lauryn Glass

Glass, a participant in the MUHLES (Mentorship of Underrepresented students for High impact LEarning in STEM) Program, worked in Professor of Chemistry Keri Colabroy’s lab, where she built skills and friendships she’s carried into her first semester.

Four Alumni Are Co-authors on a Recently Published Biochemistry Paper

As students, Sara Ringenbach ’23, Riri Yoza ’23, Paige A. Jones ’22 and Muxue Du ’21 conducted undergraduate research with Professor of Chemistry Keri Colabroy, who’s also a co-author. The research relates to enzymes that create building blocks for antibiotics.

Why I Study Organometallic Chemistry

Professor of Chemistry Joseph Keane explains how he came to do his research and how it sets students up for postgraduate opportunities.

Undergraduate Research Led Conner Soderstedt ’23 to Pursue a Ph.D. in Chemistry

Soderstedt, who will attend Duke University, is interested in the role that chemistry can play in the future of renewable energy.

Finding Success at Harvard’s Dental School

Vivian Ha ’20 says Muhlenberg prepared her well to be part of one of the smallest and most selective programs in the country.