Professor Dennis G. Peters has been honored as a long-standing member of the American Chemical Society. They are recognizing Dennis' 50th anniversary with the Society. This acknowledgement is a personal milestone for achieving a half century of membership.
Professor Peters has also been named a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society in recognition of his scientific achievement and service to the Society.
Professor Romualdo de Souza is the recipient of the 2008 ACS Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry.
This award is to recognize and encourage research in nuclear and radiochemistry or their applications.
The focus of Professor de Souza's research is the response of nuclear matter to extreme conditions of temperature, density, shape, and N/Z.
Read IU Cyclotron news article here.
Recipient of the 2008 Ralph N. Adams Award
Distinguished Professor and Lilly Alumni Chair, Milos Novotny, is the recipient of the 2008 Ralph N. Adams Award in Bioanalytical Chemistry. This award recognizes his numerous contributions to the field and will be presented during the Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry, in New Orleans next spring.
Trustees Teaching Awards
The department acknowledges Drs. Amar Flood, Stephen Jacobson, and Jill Robinson as recipients of the Indiana University Trustees Teaching Awards for 2007-08. This award is intended to emphasize classroom teaching, outstanding performance in course development or supervision.
Professor Amar Flood
Professor Stephen Jacobson
Professor Jill Robinson
Professor Liang-shi Li was selected as the recipient of a NSF Early Career Award for 2008. The National Science Foundation (NSF) honors outstanding junior faculty members in science and engineering nationwide with the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards. The NSF Career Award supports exceptionally promising college and university junior faculty, who are committed to the integration of research and education.
Professor Dongwhan Lee was selected as the recipient of a 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. It is an extraordinarily competitive award, involving nominations from some of the very best scientists, to provide support for research.
Sara Skrabalak joins the IU Chemistry Department this fall as an assistant professor. Her research interests are in Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Physical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. Professor Skrabalak will use electrospray to synthesize new materials for use as photocatalysts in water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction.
For information about Professor Skrabalak's research, click here.
Steven Tait joins the IU Chemistry Department this fall as an assistant professor. His research interests are in Physical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Nanotechnology. Professor Tait will explore functional nanometer-scale architectures at surfaces formed by self-assembly of organic building blocks.
For information about Professor Tait's research, click here.
Erin Carlson joins the IU Chemistry Department this fall as an assistant professor. Her research interests are in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Synthetic Chemistry. Research in the Carlson laboratory will utilize a combination of chemical tools to both define the mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis and identify potential therapeutic agents.
For information about Professor Carlson's research, click here.
Kate Reck Spotlight
Recipient of the Student Choice Award
Professor Cathrine Reck is the recipient of the Student Choice Award sponsored by the Student Alumni Association.
For information about Professor Reck's background, click here.
