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Congratulations to Professor Tristan Lambert on receiving
a 2010 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER
(Early Career Development) Program is among the most prestigious NSF awards for
young faculty members who, according to the NSF program website,
"exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research,
excellent education and the integration of education and research."
Professor Lambert's award is for his work on new catalytic reactions for
cyclopropanation and oxidative carbonylation. Additional information on
the work of Professor Lambert and his research group can be found on the group
website.
Congratulations to Columbia chemistry Professor George W.
Flynn, who has been honored as the recipient of the 2010 E. Bright Wilson Award
in Spectroscopy by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Professor Flynn's
research that is the focus of the award uses scanning tunneling microscopy
(STM) to create dramatic images of molecules adsorbed on surfaces. His
group studies the images to learn more about the fundamental properties of the
imaged molecular structures. Professor Flynn will be honored at the 239th
ACS national meeting in San Francisco, on Tuesday, March 23. You can read
more about the E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy in the January 18 issue
of C&E News (also online) and on the ACS website. The work of Professor Flynn's research group is also
described on his group website.
“A
new twist on an old ligand: Recent developments in the coordination chemistry
and reactivity of PTA”
Presented by Brian Frost
University of Nevada
Hosted by Prof. Jack Norton
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Meet the speaker at 1:30pm in room 328 Havemeyer
Tea & cookies at 4:00pm in room 328 Havemeyer
Seminar at 4:30pm in room 209 Havemeyer
CU chemistry undergraduates were prominently represented
among awardees at the 2008 and 2009 McKnight competitions in Molecular
Sciences, sponsored by the University of Texas southwestern campus.
Seniors Anish Shah (photo, left) and Noam Prywes (photo, right) placed first
and second, respectively, in the Chemistry portion of the competition this
year and undergraduate Rathi Srinivas took first place in the Molecular
Biophysics division at last year's competition. Anish worked on a collaborative
project for Professors Scott Snyder and Brent Stockwell, and Noam's project was
supervised by Professor Ruben Gonzalez. Professor Gonzalez was also
Rathi's advisor during the 2008 competition. McKnight awards carry cash
prizes of $2,000 for the first place finisher and $1,000 for the second place
finisher in each category. You can learn more about the McKnight
competition on the awards website.