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Students organize ACS Symposium

Graduate students Michael Ihde, Xiaoli Liang, and Yifei Xu from Dr. Bonizzoni’s group along with Joshua Tropp from the University of Southern Mississippi were selected to organize a student-led symposium in the Division of Analytical Chemistry at the Fall ACS Meeting. The symposium entitled, “Supramolecular Analytical Chemistry” featured a number of leading researchers in the area.

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Congratulations August Graduates

The Department congratulates students who received their degrees at the August Commencement ceremony. PhD Chinenyeze I. Nwankwoala, Redox Auxiliary Mediated Catalysis of Organic Thermal Reactions Stilbene Isomerization and Aza-Claisen Rearrangement Advisor: Dr. Silas Blackstock MS Farhad Akbari Afkhami Kyle G. Black Chance M. Boudreaux Nneamaka Enweani David B. Frempong Zachary R. Lee Chelsea L. McMillen Nicholas J. White BS Cortlyn M. Boyd

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Kress receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to chemistry alumna Rachel Kress, who has received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.  Rachel graduated summa cum laude with an ACS-certified Chemistry degree in May 2017.  She performed undergraduate research with Dr. David Nikles on developing a method for determining local temperatures of nanoparticles.  She is currently in the PhD program at Rice University.  The NSF GRF program supports outstanding students in the pursuit of research-based masters and PhD degrees.  An NSF Graduate Research Fellowship is a highly prestigious […]

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Dr. Ayanjeet Ghosh Joins the Faculty

Dr. Ayanjeet Ghosh, currently a postdoctoral associate at the University of Illinois, will join the Department as an assistant professor in physical chemistry in August.  Dr. Ghosh earned his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 2-D IR spectroscopy.  He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin.  Dr. Ghosh’s  research will employ infrared spectroscopy as a means to provide chemical contrast in optical and atomic force microscopy. He will seek to extend the […]

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Congratulations Graduates

The department is pleased to congratulate students receiving degrees at the May commencement ceremony. PhD Juliette Commodore, Mass Spectrometry Studies of Peptides Cationized by Trivalent Metal Ions Advisor: Dr. Carolyn Cassady Dokyong Kim, Investigation of Protein-Protein Interactions in the SUF Pathway for FE-S Cluster Assembly in Escherichia Coli Advisor: Dr. Patrick Frantom John Lightcap, Observation and Electronic Properties of Reactive Intermediates from Measurement and Electronic Structure Calculations Advisor: Dr. David Dixon Sefadzi Tay Agbozo, Characterization of the Carotenoid Cis-Bixin Advisors: […]

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2018 Arduengo Lecture: Tobin Marks

Prof. Tobin Marks, Northwestern University Technical Seminar:  “Surface Science Meets Homogeneous Catalysis” 12:45 PM, April 12, 2018, in 1093 Shelby Hall General Audience Seminar: “Soft Matter and Hybrid Solar Cell Interfacial Science” 4:00 PM, April 13th, 2018 in 1093 Shelby Hall.  A reception will follow in the Shelby Rotunda. Tobin J. Marks is the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Applied Physics, and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. Tobin […]

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Congratulations Honors Day Awardees

Congratulations to the Chemistry and Biochemistry students who received Department awards during Honors day. Outstanding General Chemistry Students: Audrey Allen, MacKenzie Brannan, Jacey Lemonds, Amelia McKee, Michelle Moore, Andrew Ravine, Ethan Reeves, James Thompson, Amber Thibeaux, Abby Whitfield Outstanding Performance by a Nursing Major: Casey Coggins Outstanding Organic Chemistry Student Award: Ryan Tuckey, Kyle Singletary, Sean Walsh, Amber Wesoloski Outstanding Analytical Chemistry Award: Russell Clarke ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award: Alexander Shaver ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Award: James […]

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