We’re pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Josh Coon has been selected to receive the Ken Standing Award. The Ken Standing Award is presented biennially by the University of Manitoba and Sponsors of the Enabling …
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Professors Song Jin & Tehshik Yoon Receive Sloan Research Fellowships
We’re delighted to report that Professors Song Jin and Tehshik Yoon have both been selected to receive prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships. These fellowships provide $50,000 over a 2-year period. Please join us in congratulating both …
Professor Mark Ediger Awarded a Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award
We’re delighted to inform you that the Graduate School Research Committee has voted to award a Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award to Professor Mark Ediger! Kellett Awards are extremely competitive awards that recognize faculty who …
Helen Blackwell named one of Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10”
We are pleased to announce that Helen Blackwell has been named by Popular Science Magazine as one of their “PopSci’s Brilliant 10”, a group of ten young scientists cited for doing work that’s pushing their …
Frank Weinhold Wins the 2007 Lise Meitner – Minerva Center Lectureship Award
We are delighted to announce that Frank Weinhold has won the 2007 Lise Meitner – Minerva Center Lectureship Award for Computational Quantum Chemistry, sponsored by Technion and Hebrew University, for the application and development of …
Andrew Greenberg is featured in June 11 issue of Newsweek Magazine
Andrew Greenberg, a chemistry staff member, was recently featured in Newsweek for his work developing tools to help vision-impaired students learn about science. This project, funded in part by the UW-Madison Nanoscale Science and Engineering …
Professor Josh Coon Receives a Major Award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
We are delighted to report that Josh Coon has received a major award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation for his research on “Gas-phase coordination chemistry for rapid, robust whole protein sequence analysis.” To …
Hirschfelder Prize winner for 2007-08 is Professor Bob Silbey
We are delighted to announce that the Hirschfelder Prize winner for 2007-08 is Professor Bob Silbey, a theoretical chemist at MIT. Bob is a pioneer in a number of different areas including energy transport in …
Helen Blackwell is the Recipient of a 3M Nontenured Faculty Award
We are delighted to report that Helen Blackwell is the recipient of a 3M Nontenured Faculty Award. The award, provided by the 3M Company, acknowledges the recipient’s exceptional creativity and promise, and provides flexible research …
Tehshik Yoon wins NSF Career Award
We are delighted to report that Tehshik Yoon has won an NSF Career Award, for his outstanding and innovative research in organic synthesis. Congratulations to Tehshik on securing this significant source of external funding!