The Chemistry Department honored its student at the annual Chemistry Honors Day Convocation on April 4th.  The following students received the top chemistry student honors.  For a full list of award recipients go to the graduate and undergraduate award pages. Outstanding Chemistry Undergraduate Student Award: Jesse Gettinger Outstanding Chemistry Undergraduate Research Award: Morgan Whitaker American Institute of Chemists Award:  Evan McConnell Outstanding First-Year Graduate Teaching Award:  Rachael Albury Outstanding Second-Year Graduate Student Award: Ian Adams Outstanding Third-Year Graduate Student Award: […]

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The Delta Beta Chapter of Gamma Sigma Epsilon welcome the 2014 induction class on April 3rd.  Gamma Sigma Epsilon is a national chemistry honorary society.  Students who have completed 14 hours of chemistry courses with a 3.3 GPA in chemistry and overall are eligible to apply for member ship in GSE. 2014 Inductees Cameran Beg Haley Burhans Elizabeth Cook Katherine Donaldson Sarah Fleisher Sawyer Foyle Christopher Griffith Ryan Hacherl Lauren Hagler Erin Hein Rachel Honan Katlyn Hughes Elle Kaplan Thomas […]

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Congratulations to the Chemistry majors who were recognized at the College of Arts & Sciences Honors Convocation on April 4th. Dean’s Award of Merit:  Ronneshia Jackson and Garrett Taylor Distinguished Undergraduate Scholars: Margaret Johnson, Savannah Reach, Eric Wenznger, Anna Willis Outstanding Senior Award: Mary Katherine Sweeney and Garrett Taylor Outstanding Junior Scholarships: Evan McConnell, Mary Katherine Sweeney, Sergei Wallace

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Congratulations to Mier An who received the College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation award and to Mingyang Chen who received the College Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student award. Mier earned her PhD under the directly of Dr. Laura Busenlehner and Mingyang was mentored by Dr. David Dixon.

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Congratulations to the Chemistry students receiving degrees in the December Commencement ceremony. Amy Grano PhD, advisor Dr. Martin Bakker Virgil Jackson PhD, advisor Dr. David Dixon Justin Kreil PhD, advisor Dr. Gregory Szulczewski Harsimran Singh PhD, advisor Dr. Laura Busenlehner Xueyu Zhang PhD, advisor Dr. Arunava Gupta Ge Deng MS Marcus Johnson MS Sharifa Love MS Bryce Morgan MS Jue Wang MS Xiao Wang ACS-certified BS Alyshah Lakhani BS

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Steven Kelley placed second in the UA Three-Minute Thesis competition. His talk entitled, “A Study of Covalency in Actinides and Lanthanides using N-Donor Ionic Liquids” describes his dissertation research in Prof. Robin Rogers’s lab.  Also competing in the finals were Greg Dye (Prof. Street) and Joseph Meany (Prof. Woski).

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