Departmental News

Posted:  Jun 30, 2026 - 08:00am

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology is thrilled to announce that Professor Susan R. Atlas has earned tenure as Associate Professor.

Professor Susan R. Atlas joined the department in August 2020. Susan is a theoretical chemical physicist working on fundamental and applied problems in electronic structure and molecular dynamics, quantum information science, chemical and synthetic biology, materials physics, and genomics. A common theme in her work is finding ways to identify emergent patterns in the interacting entities of a complex system - whether these be electrons, atoms,  molecules, or proteins. 

Congratulations Dr. Atlas, we are so proud of you!

Read more about Dr. Susan Atlas here and the Atlas Research Group here.