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Professors Merlin Bruening and Greg Baker have invented a protein purifier that could help pharmaceutical companies save time and money.
The Chemistry Department held its annual Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on April 19, 2012. The Ceremony honored those students who have excelled in coursework or research.
Amy Pochodylo's poster entitled "EFFECT OF ALIPHATIC DICARBOXYLATE TETHER ON TOPOLOGY IN LUMINESCENT CADMIUM COORDINATION POLYMERS CONTAINING BIS (4- PYRIDYLFORMYL) PIPERAZINE" earned a best poster award at the 2012 University Undergraduate Research & Arts Forum. Amy is a Lyman Briggs Chemistry major working with Professor Rob La Duca. Approximately 560 undergraduate students participated in this year’s UURAF, including Jake Ludwig (Tepe lab), Fangyi Shen (Maleczka lab) and Hongtu Zhang (Smith lab).
The College of Natural Science Alumni Assocation (CNSAA) Board of Directors has selected Arvind Jaganathan as the recipient of the 2012 Tracy A. Hammer Graduate Student Award for Professional Development. He was nominated by Dr. Babak Borhan.
The College of Natural Science Alumni Association (CNSAA) Board of Directors has selected Dr. Bobby L. Wilson, Ph.D., as the recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Alumni Award. Dr. Wilson was nominated by Dr. Robert Maleczka.
The Huang Group has shown that cholesterol crystals can be detected by magnetic resonance imaging aided by ligand coated nanoparticles. This opens up the possibility to non-invasively detect cholesterol crystals in atherosclerotic plaques and to evaluate the risk of plaque rupture caused by these crystals. This work has been highlighted as a back cover of issue 28 of Chemical Communications. To read this article, click here.”
Congratulations to Arvind Jaganathan of the Borhan Group. He is the recipient of the 2012 Tracy Hammer graduate student award.
Professor Tom Hamann has been named a 2012 Sloan Research Fellow. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to a select group of early-career scientists and scholars in recognition of their distinguished performance and unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
Gregory Farnum (Chemistry B.S. 2011), along with Professor Robert LaDuca, won the 2012 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award for Undergraduate Research. This is an annual joint award for both an undergraduate and his/her research preceptor. Gregory and Prof. LaDuca have published twenty-two articles together describing the structures and properties of a variety of inorganic/organic coordination polymers with novel topologies.
Paul Reed has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Naomi and Donald Hack Distinguished Staff Award in Chemistry.
A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research from Michigan State University chemists. A team led by Dana Spence of MSU's Department of Chemistry has revealed a way to isolate and test the receptor known as P2X1. Article.
Tom Hamann has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the NSF for his Photoelectrochemical Investigations of Thin Film Hematite Solar Cells.
Associate Professor Gavin Reid has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) as Member-at-Large for Education. His term will run from 2012–2014.
Research led by Jim McCusker, professor of chemistry, and published in the recent issue of Science demonstrates for the first time that the concept of conservation of angular momentum can be applied to the process of energy transfer and also suggests how scientists might be able to use it control and predict chemical reaction pathways in general.
Professor Piotr Piecuch has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Each year, the AAAS Council elects members whose "efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished.” Professor Piecuch has been honored for "exceptional contributions to the field of theoretical and computational chemistry, particularly the development of novel methods in coupled cluster theory”. AAAS is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson, and professional association, as well as publisher of the widely read journal Science and other publications. Founded in 1848, AAAS serves some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. The prestigious honor of being elected a Fellow of AAAS began in 1874 and is acknowledged with a certificate and rosette, which will be presented to Professor Piecuch in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on February 18, 2012 during the AAAS Fellows Forum, a part of the Association’s Annual Meeting.
Former MSU Graduate Student, Bobby Wilson, has been named an ACS fellow.
Professor Jim Kirkpatrick's recent publication on ion and water dynamics in Na-hectorite is featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Professor Jim McCusker has been elected Councilor to the American Chemical Society by the Division of Inorganic Chemistry. His term will run from 2012-2014.
Damith Perera's poster entitled “Cross-Couplings that Avoid the Preparation of Haloaromatics: The Development of a One- Pot C–H Activation/Borylation/Suzuki Reaction with Immidazolylsulfonates as the Electrophilic Partner” earned second place honors in the poster competition held at Green Up the 3rd Michigan Green Chemistry Conference. This conference took place in Ann Arbor on October 27. Damith's poster was co-authored by Professors Mitch Smith and Rob Maleczka, as well as Jennifer Albaneze-Walker, Process Research and Development, Merck Inc., Rahway NJ.
Professor Robert Maleczka has been elected as a Member-at-Large to the Executive Committee of the American Chemical Society's Division of Organic Chemistry. His term will run from 2012–2014.
Midwestern Symposium on Undergraduate Research in Chemistry - October 7-8th, 2011.
Professor Marcos Dantus' research team has developed a laser that could detect roadside bombs.
The 7th Annual Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium - September 16th to 17th
Professor Paul Mantica has been named one of the 2011 class of ACS Fellows, an honor bestowed upon 213 distinguished scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS, the world’s largest scientific society.
Professor Xuefei Huang has just won the ACS Carbohydrate division Horace S. Isbell award. The Horace S. Isbell Award acknowledges excellence in and promise of continued quality of contribution to research in carbohydrate chemistry.
The Huang Group's work on carbohydrate based anti-cancer vaccine development has been highlighted in May 30th issue of Chemical & Engineering News.
Professor Borhan's student, Wenjing Wang, won the Jeremy Knowles Memorial Travel Award, sponsored by the American Chemical Society's Division of Biological Chemistry for her presentation "Reengineering of Cellular Retinol Binding Protein Type II (CRBPII) into a Rhodopsin Protein Mimic".
Paul Mantica has been awarded a University Distinguished Professorship.
The Selection Committee for the Walter and Pauline Adams Academy for Instructional Excellence and Innovation has selected, Chrysoula Vasileiou, as an Adams Academy Fellow for 2011-2012.
The College of Natural Science Student Advisory Council has selected Professor Kevin Walker as the 2011 Outstanding Graduate Advisor.
Hong Ren of the Wulff Group won the Hart Award in Organic Chemistry.
Erica Vogel of the Weliky Group won the Dye Award in Physical Chemistry.
Steve DiFranco of the Odom Group won the Brubaker Award in Inorganic Chemistry.
Li Cui of the Reid Group won the Babcock Award in Analytical Chemistry.
