UM-Flint Chemistry and Biochemistry

04/28/2025

Congratulations to undergraduate student Leen Yasin for presenting a fantastic oral lecture at the 2025 American Oil Chemists' Society Annual Meeting!

11/08/2024

Congratulations to Christina Ackerman and Paulina Rivera for winning "Best Undergraduate Poster" at the 2024 Anachem Symposium. They did a great job.

04/30/2024

Students Matthew Thelen and Keen Yasin present their research at the 2024 American Oil Chemist's Society Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada. Students work with Dr. Matthew Fhaner on finding alternative antioxidant strategies to protect edible oils.

04/03/2024

SBTB is back in Flint this year! Looking for a great network opportunity with ACS and NOBCChE members? Register today (link is also in the comments)

03/27/2024

03/14/2024

There's a few hours left to donate to the CIT gift fund at UM-Flint for Giving Blue Day. Donations will be generously matched by UM-Flint Chemistry and Biochemistry alumni Mark and Karen DeGalan, who said that UM-Flint promoted their journey together in science, love, and family.

If you'd like to donate to this fund that supports numerous needs like student conference fees, speaker series, community engagement, and other student needs, please visit

11/09/2023

Madison Gilmore and Daniel Decoste share their recent work development calibration protocols for monitoring heavy metals in environmental samples at the 2023 ANACHEM Symposium.

06/21/2023

Shadi Kotob presents his research with Dr Jessica Kelts at the Central regional meeting of the American Chemical Society in Dearborn

06/13/2023

What an honor to receive a spotlight at the Green chemistry and engineering conference- Green Chemistry Commitment summit's opening remarks.

05/12/2023

Dr Kelts' students Shadi Kotob and Ashlyn Savoie present their research on the effect of vitamin D and PRIMA-1(MET) on the viability of triple negative breast cancer cells at the 2023 Student Research Conference.

05/02/2023

Students Matt Thelen and Jack Kelley presenting their work at the 2023 AOCS, American Oil Chemists' Society annual meeting in Denver, CO.

04/19/2023

What a wonderful time of year! Classes are almost over. The weather is getting nicer. And the Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty get to recognize our outstanding students at the annual award ceremony.