Department of Chemistry, Columbia University

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The Columbia College Committee on Honors, Awards, and Prizes has announced that chemistry major Zachary Brill is the valedictorian for the class of 2012. Congratulations to Zach on this outstanding achievement. Zach has made a significant contribution to research and citizenship in the chemistry department over the past three years, during which time he has been doing research under the direction of Professor Scott Snyder. Zach has been supported with funding from the Columbia College Class of 1939 Fellowship and the American Chemical Society. Zach's work has focused on the synthesis of two complex products derived from resveratrol and has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Organic Letters (2011, 13, 5524). Zach was the sole co-author of this paper with Professor Snyder. He will continue his studies in organic chemistry when he starts his PhD work in the fall.

The chemistry department wishes Zach much success in the pursuit of his career goals!

The chemistry department congratulates our graduate student winners and honorable mentions in this year's NSF Graduate Fellowship Program. The NSF Fellowship program recognizes outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics who are pursuing master's and doctoral degrees. Awardees receive three years of support in the form of an annual $30K stipend, a $10.5K cost of education allowance to the recipient's institution, international research and professional development opportunities, and access to supercomputing facilities. More information is available on the .

This year's award winners in the chemistry department and the faculty members mentoring their research are:

Nathan Daly (Professors Ruben Gonzalez and Colin Nuckolls)
Dat Hoang (Professor Laura Kaufman)
Michelle Neary (Professor Gerard Parkin)
Zara Seibel (Professor Tristan Lambert)
Helen Tran (Professor Luis Campos)
Jieling Zhu (Professor Laura Kaufman)

Recipients of honorable mention are:

Alexander Beecher (Professor Jonathan Owen)
Nathaniel Kim (Professor James Leighton)
Adam Levinson (Professor Scott Snyder)
Phillip Rodenbough (Professor Luis Campos)
Clarion Tung (Professor Angelo Cacciuto)

Congratulations to Katharina Shaw on receiving a 2012 Goldwater Scholarship. Katharina is a third year biochemistry major and a Rabi scholar. She is currently an undergraduate researcher in the chemistry lab of Professor Scott Snyder.

Goldwater scholarships were established by congress in 1986 to assist outstanding students in their pursuit of careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. Katharina will receive support of up to $7.5K annually for tuition and other expenses during her junior and senior years. More information about Goldwater scholarships can be found on the and the on the website of the .