Biberdorf said she knew she wanted to be a chemist from the age of 15, when Kelli Palsrok, her high school chemistry teacher in Kalamazoo, first introduced her to the field.

The Field & Vine team will open June Bug in Union Square; ... will open The Chemist in October in the old Slate space (109 High St.). Treanor says it will be a cocktail bar with a live DJ, small ...