Year: 2013
Professor Thomas Brunold Places 13th Overall at Ironman Wisconsin
In keeping with his recent trend, Professor Thomas Brunold placed second among amateur competitors and 13th overall at the Ironman Wisconsin competition on Sept. 7. He finished the grueling 140.6-mile race in 09:14:45. More than …
Professor Samuel Gellman Receives 2013 Makineni Lectureship from APS
In June, at the 23rd American Peptide Symposium in Hawaii, the Makineni Lectureship was awarded to Sam Gellman, the Ralph F. Hirschmann Professor of Chemistry at UW-Madison. The American Peptide Society awards the Makineni Lectureship …
Trisha Andrew wins 3M Nontenured Faculty Award
Professor Trisha Andrew was one of five recipients of the 2013 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, which recognizes outstanding new faculty for the quality and pertinence of their research. This award recognizes Professor Andrew’s research in developing …
Alumnus Carl Djerassi to Be Honored at ACS National Meeting
A special event at the 246th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will honor alumnus Carl Djerassi (Ph.D. ’45). Titled “The Last 25 Years of Carl Djerassi – Beyond Chemistry: Drama, Fiction, Poetry, …
Professor Jennifer Schomaker Receives NSF CAREER Award for Catalysis Research
Assistant Professor Jennifer Schomaker recently received a 5-year, $550,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry for “New Catalysts and Methods for Amine Synthesis via Stereoselective Allene Aziridination.” The prestigious CAREER …
UW-Madison makes top universities lists
Lecturer Emerita Ieva Reich, Three Alumni Named ACS Fellows
In July, the American Chemical Society (ACS) announced its 2013 class of fellows, which includes Ieva Reich, lecturer emerita in the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry. Reich’s noted contributions to the chemical sciences include the interactive …
ChemCamps spark youngsters’ interest in science
To an outsider, room B371 in the UW-Madison Chemistry Building would have looked more like a middle school playground than a college lecture hall on a recent summer afternoon. In fact, it was merely hosting …
Associate Professor Ive Hermans to Join Department of Chemistry
In January, Associate Professor Ive Hermans and members of his research group will make the 4,400-mile journey from Switzerland to Wisconsin to join the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry. Since 2008, Hermans has served as assistant …