Michelle Buchanan (Ph.D. ’78, Taylor) has been appointed as deputy for science and technology at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Her appointment is effective Oct. 1, 2017. Since 2004, Buchanan has served …
Alumni News
Alumnus Yeng Her Becomes First Hmong-American to Earn M.D./Ph.D.
In May 2017, Yeng Her (B.S. ’07) became the first known Hmong-American to earn an M.D./Ph.D. degree. He earned the degrees from Mayo Clinic in Rocester, Minn. As reported by the Wisconsin State Journal, his …
Alumnus Mark Lukowski Honored with 3M Technical Employee Award
Mark Lukowski (Ph.D. ’13, Jin) recently was recognized with the Circle of Technical Excellence and Innovation Award, 3M’s highest corporate award for technical excellence, innovation, and leadership. Of 3M’s 12,000+ global employees in technical roles, …
Alumni Carol Mohler and Ted Stokich Honored for Innovation and Teamwork at Dow
A team of current and former Dow Chemical scientists has received the 2017 ACS Award for Team Innovation. The 1990s-era team developed a “high-performance polymeric material, benzocyclobutene, which enabled the microelectronics industry to miniaturize integrated …
Alumnus Robert Bergman Earns 2017 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
Robert Bergman (Ph.D. ’66, Berson) has earned the Wolf Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the activation of carbon-hydrogen bonds of hydrocarbons by soluble transition metal complexes. Bergman is Gerald E.K. Branch Distinguished Professor …
Alumna Megan Frisk Joins 2016-17 Class of AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows
Megan Frisk (Ph.D. ’09, Beebe) has been awarded an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowship with a placement at the U.S. Department of State, in the Office of …
Industrial Trade Association Honors Alumnus Kiu-Yuen Tse
University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus Kiu-Yuen Tse (Ph.D. ’07, Hamers) has received the 2016 Carl Dahlquist Award from the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC), a trade association for tape manufacturers and suppliers. Tse is an advanced research specialist …
Alumnus Bradley Ringeisen Honored for Department of Defense Bioprinting Efforts
Bradley Ringeisen (Ph.D. ’00, Nathanson) was recently named Department of Defense Scientist of the Quarter for his breakthrough 3D cell printing process, Biological Laser Printing (BioLP). The technology is a patented laser-printing tool for creating …
Alumnus Lee Latimer Named to ACS Board of Directors
University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D. alumnus Lee H. Latimer has been elected director-at-large of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. The head of chemistry at NeurOp Inc. will start his three-year term …
Two Alumni Among 2015 ACS Fellows
Two UW-Madison Department of Chemistry alumni are among the 2015 class of American Chemical Society Fellows. The fellows program recognizes ACS members for “outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the Society.” …