News and Highlights

Monday, 13 July 2009

Professor Christopher Bielawski earns Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Chris Bielawski is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. The Presidential Early Career Aw...

Friday, 03 July 2009

Professor C. Grant Willson elected to the inaugural group of Fellows of the American Chemical Society

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor C. Grant Willson has been elected by his peers in the American Chemical Society to the inaugural group of the Fellows of the American Chemical Society. This program was created “to recognize members of the American Chemical Society for outstanding achievements in an...

Monday, 29 June 2009

Professor John Stanton Elected to International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences

Professor John Stanton has recently been elected as a lifetime member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences (IQMS). The International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science is an international scientific learned society covering all applications of quantum theory to chemistry and chemical physics. It was created in Menton in 196...

Friday, 19 June 2009

Professors Paul Barbara and Keith Stevenson awarded $15 million grant from U.S. Department of Energy to study breakthroughs in energy production

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Paul Barbara, along with colleague Professor Keith Stevenson has received a $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Science as part of President Obama's stimulus package. Professor Barbara and Professor Stevenson's team, termed a...

Friday, 15 May 2009

Lecturer Cynthia Labrake selected to hold a Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Lecturer Cynthia Labrake has been selected to hold a Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship for the 2009-2010 spring semester. The award reflects on Dr. Labrake's teaching excellence and commitment, and an acknowledgment of the many contributions she has made to the ...