Weixin Tang Wins 2025 Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce that Neubauer Family Assistant Professor Weixin Tang has been recognized with the 2025 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

This distinguished award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation honors early-career faculty in the chemical sciences who have demonstrated noteworthy and original research alongside a strong commitment to undergraduate education. The Foundation aims to advance chemistry for the improvement of human well-being, and the Teacher-Scholar Awards acknowledge those who excel and excite in both scholarly inquiry and teaching.

This recognition acknowledges Assistant Professor Tang's contributions to chemical biology research, specifically the development of new protein modification techniques and their application to understanding intricate biological processes. Likewise, her commitment to fostering a stimulating and supportive learning environment for her students further exemplifies the core values of the Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

Assistant Professor Tang now joins a distinguished lineage of faculty members from the University of Chicago's Chemistry Department who have previously received this significant accolade.

This impressive list includes department luminaries such as Professors William J. Evans (1978), Jeremy K. Burdett (1980), David W. Oxtoby (1980), Robert C. Aller (1981), David G. Lynn (1984), and Jared Lewis (2016).

More recently, Professors Bryan Dickinson (2019), Suri Vaikuntanathan (2020), John Anderson (2021), Associate Professor Mark Levin (2022), and PME’s Chibueze Amanchukwu (2024) were also recipients of this award.

This rich history of Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars within our department underscores the University's enduring commitment to nurturing both pioneering research and outstanding teaching within the chemical sciences.

We extend our warmest congratulations to Professor Tang on this achievement!