Please join us in congratulating Professor Arun Yethiraj on receiving a Letters and Science Faculty Fellow Award. The Faculty Fellow Awards are extremely competitive awards that are provided to the most outstanding faculty in the …
Year: 2009
Professor Bob Hamers to Receive the 2009 Medard Welch Award
Professor Bob Hamers has been selected to receive the 2009 Medard Welch Award of the AVS (formerly the American Vacuum Society), the society’s highest award. The citation reads, “for wide ranging studies of chemistry and …
Joseph B. Binder Wins the 2009 Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award
Chemistry graduate student Joseph B. Binder has won the 2009 Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award in Green Chemistry from the American Chemical Society. This national award honors a graduate student for furthering the goals of …
Glassblower Tracy Drier Recipient of the Wale Award
Tracy Drier, our “glassblower extraordinare” has been selected as the recipient of the Wale Award for the best technical presentation at the American Scientific Glassblower’s Society. Tracy’s presentation was on “GI Digester Construction”. The award …
Lloyd Smith to Receive the 2010 Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award
We are delighted to report that Professor Lloyd Smith has been selected to receive the 2010 Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award! This award consists of a beautiful scroll and an honorarium, which will be presented to …
Ángel Abruña-Rodríguez Selected as an Honored Instructor by Students in the Chadbourne Residential College
Ángel Abruña-Rodríguez has been selected as an Honored Instructor by students in the Chadbourne Residential College. This is the second time that Angel has been recognized. The designation is given to instructors for their excellence …
For Professor, Chemistry and Composition Make Music Together
Goal in science, music is to bring people joy, create the unexpected. April 22, 2009, by Jill Sakai. On any other chemistry professor’s desk, the thick musical score would seem out of place amid the …
Professor Lloyd Smith to Receive a WARF Named Professorship
We’re pleased to announce that Professor Lloyd Smith has been chosen by WARF and approved by the Regents to receive a WARF Named Professorship. The Named Professorships are given by WARF to our most prestigious …
Ilia Guzei Receives a L&S Early Career Award
We’re delighted that Ilia Guzei, who manages our X-ray Crystallography Center, has been chosen as the recipient of the L&S Early Career Award. This is a highly competitive award, and is a strong recognition of …
Professor Peter Wolynes from UCSD is 2009-10 Hirschfelder Prize Winner
We are delighted to announce that the Hirschfelder Prize winner for 2009-10 is Professor Peter Wolynes from UCSD. Many of you know Peter as a brilliant wunderkind, receiving his PhD at 21, tenure at 26, …