Congratulations to Professor Louis Brus on receiving
the 2011 Peter Debye Award and to Professor Nicholas Turro on
receiving the Arthur C. Cope Award from the American Chemical Society.
The Debye Award recognizes "outstanding research of a theoretical
or experimental nature in the field of physical chemistry," with
consideration also of the nominee's success as a mentor and colleague, It
consists of a cash award and travel expenses to the ACS meeting at which the
award is presented.
The Arthur C. Cope award recognizes "outstanding achievement in the
field of organic chemistry". It consists of a cash award, a
medallion with a presentation box, a certificate, and travel expenses to the
fall national ACS meeting. As part of the award, the recipient selects a
university or non-profit institution to receive an unrestricted grant-in-aid
for research in organic chemistry. Professor Turro follows in the
footsteps of his colleagues in Columbia's chemistry department who have been
previous recipients of the Cope Award: Gilbert Stork (1980), Ronald
Breslow (1987), Koji Nakanishi (1990) and Samuel Danishefsky
(1998).
Please see Professor Brus' group website and Professor Turro's group website for more information about their
research programs.
