News and Highlights

Thursday, 07 June 2012

New faculty joining the department in Fall 2012

The Department is pleased to announce that Drs.  Andreas Matouschek, Ilya Finkelstein, and Michael Rose will be joining the department in Fall 2012.   Dr. Matouschek is currently a professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and an Associate Dean in the Graduate School at Northwestern University.  He received his PhD in ch...

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

Guangbin Dong wins Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

Professor Guangbin Dong has been awarded a 2012 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associate Universities.  The Powe Awards provide seed money for research by junior faculty at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) member institutions. These awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of...

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Dio Siegel awarded NSF CAREER Award

Congratulations to Dr. Dio Siegel on receiving the NSF CAREER Award. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and t...

Friday, 20 April 2012

Alan Cowley receives 2012 Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of Manchester

Congratulations to Professor Alan Cowley for receiving the 2012 Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of Manchester. Outstanding Alumni Awards are given to former students who have achieved distinction within their profession, have provided exemplary service to the University, or have made an outstanding contribution of a personal humanitar...

Wednesday, 04 April 2012

Faculty and staff win College of Natural Sciences awards

Professor David Hoffman has been selected to receive a 2012 College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award.  The Teaching Excellence Awards were established by Dean Mary Ann Rankin to increase recognition of the college's many exceptional faculty who are committed to teaching at either the undergraduate or graduate level.   Addit...