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Department of Chemistry's 2013 Mid-Year Update

Welcome to the Department of Chemistry's electronic newsletter, Communiqué, with updates on recent happenings in the department.

Student honors, awards, and accolades

Our undergraduate and graduate students received a number of honors and awards in 2012-13, testifying to the quality of education, teaching, and research in the Department of Chemistry. Read about our department, college and national fellowship award honorees, our top student researchers, and other scholarship and award recipients. We also have information on our 2012-13 bachelor's and doctorate degree recipients. In addition, photos from our undergraduate and graduate graduation receptions are available on our Facebook page.

Faculty & Staff awards

Our faculty and staff members have received many prestigious awards and grants, including the announcement of Timothy Lodge as the Department's third Regents Professor, the top faculty honor at the U. Our faculty and students regularly publish their research in top journals, and have been noted for their distinguished service and research. Department of Chemistry faculty and staff members continue to be some of the most distinguished teachers and researchers at the University of Minnesota.

July 1, 2013
 
Darrel Untereker receives Outstanding Achievement Award
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents has honored Alumnus Darrel F. Untereker, Ph.D., as a 2013 recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award. Read More

 
June 20, 2013
 
Pomerantz receives American Cancer Society grant
Professor William Pomerantz has been awarded an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant to support research designing a class of peptide mimetic, which is called polarity switch peptides. Read More

 
June 14, 2013
 
Timothy Lodge named Regents Professor
Timothy P. Lodge has been named a Regents Professor by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. This designation is the highest level of recognition given to university faculty members. Read More

 
June 13, 2013
 
Soller receives American Heart Association fellowship
Kailey Soller, a second-year graduate student who is advised by Professors Gianluigi Veglia and Michael Bowser, has been awarded a Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association. Read More

 
June 5, 2013
 
Four students receive honors at research symposium
Four students—Katie Hurley, Mayank Puri, Amanda Stemig, and Ellis Warner—received "Beaker and Bunsen" travel awards for having the top presentations at this year's 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. Read More

 
June 5, 2013
 
Christy Haynes receives 2013 Minnesota Futures Grant
Professor Christy Haynes has received a 2013 Minnesota Futures Grant to conduct research on maximizing magnetic relaxation and heating in nanoparticle therapeutics. Read More

 
June 5, 2013
 
Leverentz receives honorable mention for dissertation
Hannah Leverentz, Ph.D., has received an honorable mention in the university's Best Dissertation award program. Read More

 
May 31, 2013
 
Department honors June 2012-May 2013 graduate students
Twenty-seven graduate students earned their doctorates between June 2012 and May 2013. Read More

 
May 29, 2013
 
Stemig receives Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship
Third-year graduate student Amanda Stemig has received a 2013-14 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship. She is interested in environmental chemistry, specifically the fate of environmental contaminants in aquatic systems. Read More

 
May 29, 2013
 
Ian Gunsolus receives Torske Klubben Fellowship
Ian Gunsolus, a second-year graduate student working with Professor Christy Haynes, has received a Torske Klubben Fellowship. Read More

 
May 28, 2013
 
Professor Hillmyer receives 2013 Medema Award
Professor Marc Hillmyer was awarded the 2013 Medema Award from Polymer Technology Netherlands. Read More

 
May 21, 2013
 
Philippe Buhlmann promoted to professor
Philippe Buhlmann has been promoted to professor. He joined the faculty as an assistant professor in September 2000, and was promoted to associate professor in 2006. He currently is Director of Graduate Studies. Read More

 
May 21, 2013
 
Aaron Massari promoted to associate professor
Aaron Massari has been promoted to associate professor, a tenured position. He joined the Department of Chemistry faculty as a non-tenured assistant professor in the fall of 2006. His promotion is effective, July 1, 2013. Read More

 
May 20, 2013
 
2013 Undergraduate Awards & Graduate Recognition
The Department of Chemistry honored the 2012-2013 undergraduate scholarship and award recipients at a reception, Friday, May 10, The ceremony also honored this year's class of 135 chemistry graduates. Read More

 
May 13, 2013
 
Alumnus Arthur Coury receives Outstanding Achievement Award
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents honored Alumnus Arthur J. Coury, Ph.D., as a 2013 recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award. Read More

 
May 9, 2013
 
Eight graduate students receive Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Eight of the department's top doctorate students—Makenzie Provorse, Gregory Rohde, Paul "Alex" Rudd, Stephen Rudisill, Stephen Tereniak, Kelly Volp, Yen-Chih Wang, and Xu Zou—have received 2013-14 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship program awards. Read More

 
April 16, 2013
 
Makenzie Provorse wins MSI Research Exhibition poster prize
Fourth-year graduate student Makenzie Provorse was awarded a poster prize as one of the finalists in the 2013 Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (MSI) Research Exhibition. Her adviser is Professor Jiali Gao. Read More

 
April 11, 2013
 
Graduate students receive Sigma Xi research grants
First-year graduate students Gabriella "Brie" Perell and Andrew Urick receive Grants-in-Aid of Research Program awards from Sigma Xi. Both are advised by Professor Will Pomerantz. Read More

 
April 5, 2013
 
Current, incoming & recent graduate students receive fellowships
Five students, including current, incoming, and recent graduates, have received prestigious 2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program honors. Read More

 
April 2, 2013
 
Cramer receives Taylor Award of Distinguished Service
In recognition of his service to others, Professor Christopher Cramer has been awarded the 2013 George W. Taylor Award of Distinguished Service by the College of Science and Engineering. Read More

 
April 1, 2013
 
Goldwater Scholarship honorees have ties to chemistry
Three University of Minnesota Twin Cities undergraduates have been named 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars. A fourth student received an honorable mention. Three of those students have ties to the Department of Chemistry. Read More

 
March 20, 2013
 
Alumna receives Best Paper Award for anti-cancer drug research
Alumna Yaohua Wang, who received her doctorate in analytical chemistry in 2010 under the tutelage of Professor Edgar Arriaga, has received the Best Paper Award 2012 presented by Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. Read More

 
March 14, 2013
 
Two graduate students receive travel grants
Two graduate students, Stephen Tereniak and Rajan Vatassery, have received Minnesota American Chemical Society (ACS) travel grants to attend and make presentations at April's ACS National Meeting. Read More

 
March 4, 2013
 
Professor Carr receives 2013 LCGC Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Peter Carr has been honored with the 2013 LCGC Lifetime Achievement Award for his many contributions to the field of liquid chromatography and surface chemistry. He has been a professor and researcher in the Department of Chemistry since 1977. Read More

 
February 25, 2013
 
Rudd receives travel award to ACS National Meeting
Graduate student Paul Alex Rudd has received a travel award to attend the American Chemical Society National Meeting in April. Read More

 
February 14, 2013
 
Lu receives Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
Professor Connie Lu has been awarded a prestigious 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Lu was among 126 winners of this highly competitive award. Read More

 
February 14, 2013
 
Ertem receives Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
Mehmed Zahid Ertem, Ph.D., has received the Department of Chemistry's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence for a thesis completed in 2012. He received his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 2012, working with his adviser Professor Christopher Cramer. Read More

 
January 30, 2013
 
Willoughby receives travel award to present research
Patrick Willoughby, a research assistant in Professor Thomas Hoye's group, has received an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Travel Award. He will present his research at the spring ACS National Meeting. Read More

 
January 23, 2013
 
Professor Lu receives CAREER award
Professor Connie Lu has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her research project, “Configuring New Bonds Between First-Row Transition Metals.” Read More