Josh Coon’s work has weight. It’s right there in the name: mass spectrometry. It’s there in the results, too, enabling science by giving researchers an ever-sharper understanding of the molecules that make up living things. …
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2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Recipients
Recipients of the 2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships have been announced: (https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList), and the Chemistry Department again has a number of students who have received Fellowships. We believe we have found all the names of …
Danny Fredrickson Wins Presidential Early Career Award
Assistant Professor Danny Fredrickson has just won one of the 94 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the …
Bob McMahon & Tom Farrar Named Fellows of the ACS
We are delighted to announce that Professor Bob McMahon and emeritus Professor Tom Farrar have been named Fellows of the American Chemical Society. The fellows program began in 2009 as a way to recognize and …
Daan Frenkel Wins Joseph Hirschfelder Prize
We are delighted to announce that Daan Frenkel, Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge University (UK), is the winner of the 2011-12 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry. Professor Frenkel is well known for his …
Charlie Fry Wins the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research: Critical Research Support
It gives us great pleasure to announce that Charlie Fry has received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research: Critical Research Support. Only one award is given in this category each year; nominees are UW-Madison …
Chemistry AAAS Fellows for 2010
We are very pleased to inform you that five Madison scientists were elected as Fellows of the AAAS in the Section on Chemistry last year. They are: Nicholas L. Abbott, University of Wisconsin, Madison Helen …
NSF Funding for 400 MHz NMR
We are delighted to announce that a Departmental proposal entitled “Acquisition of a 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Chemical Research and Learning” has been selected for funding by NSF. The new instrument will substantially enhance …
Jim Skinner wins the 2011 ACS Physical Chemistry Division Award in Theoretical Chemistry
We are delighted to learn that Professor Jim Skinner has won the 2011 ACS Physical Chemistry Division Award in Theoretical Chemistry. This is only the third such award, placing Jim among the foremost theorists in …
2010-11 Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship Recipients
We are delighted to report that eight of our undergraduate researchers have won a prestigious Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship for 2010-11. Each award carries $4000 for the student and $1000 in supplies money. The …