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From the Chemistry Department
Stephen Martin Named Gund-Harrington Scholar
Stephen Martin, Professor of Chemistry and the M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Regents Chair in Chemistry, has been named the Gund-Harrington Scholar for 2019 by the Harrington Discovery Institute and the Foundation Fighting Blindness. This award is made annually through a competitive selection process to innovative scientists and physician-sci...Stephen Martin Named American Chemical Society Fellow
Professor Stephen F. Martin has been named a 2018 American Chemical Society Fellow. The fellows program began in 2009 to recognize ACS members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and ACS. Professor Martin and the other 2018 Class of ACS Fellows will be honored at the society's national meeting in Augus...Stephen Martin Receives 2017 ACS Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products
Professor Stephen Martin is the recipient of the 2017 ACS Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products, sponsored by Givaudan. The purpose of this award is to recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in the analysis, structure elucidation, and chemical synthesis of natural products. The award consists of $6,000, a medallion, a...Stephen Martin Receives Grant for Alzheimer's Disease Research
The BrightFocus Foundation has awarded a $185,020 grant to Professor Stephen Martin for his research to identify a new drug lead for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, through a mode of action different from currently available therapies. BrightFocus, a Maryland-based nonprofit that funds research worldwide and provides public awareness fo...Crooks and Martin Receive Funding from Dell Medical School
Source Professors Richard Crooks and Stephen Martin have received funding from the Dell Medical School, as part of the inaugural class in the Texas Health Catalyst program. The Texas Health Catalyst connects academic researchers with industry professionals so products can be refined early in the development process. &n...Bruce Hua Named A Dean’s Honored Graduate
Department of Molecular Biosciences senior Bruce Hua is a Dean’s Honored Graduate for the College of Natural Sciences (CNS) for the 2013-14 academic year. Bruce works in the research group of Department of Chemistry professor, Dr. Stephen Martin. This award is given to no more than 1% of CNS graduating seniors (typically about 20 students rec...Stephen Martin Receives the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Senior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry
Professor Stephen Martin has been selected to receive the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry (ISHC) Senior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry for 2013. This international award, which has been sponsored by Pfizer, recognizes significant impact on heterocyclic chemistry and is presented every two years at the biennial meeting of the ...UT Austin Chemistry Graduate Students Selected to be Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee (GSSPC) for the 2014 Spring National ACS Meeting
Congratulations to Rebecca Anderson (Rossky group), Netz Arroyo (Bard group), Shawn Blumberg (Martin group), Victoria Cotham (Brodbelt group), Katharine Diehl (Anslyn group), and Alex Gade (Anslyn group). These six Chemistry graduate students have been selected as the Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee (GSSPC) for the 2014 Spring Nationa...Chemistry graduate student invited to participate in 2011 Abbott Scholars Symposium
Chemistry graduate student Charles Shanahan has been invited to participate in the 2011 Abbott Scholars Symposium, to be held at Abbott’s Corporate Headquarters in Abbott Park, Illinois on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 where he will present his research. The purpose of this biannual event is to bring together outstanding chemists from chemistry de...
