Congratulations to Professor Louis Brus on receiving the 2009 Willard Gibbs Medal for his past and current work on the chemistry of materials, interfaces, nanocrystals, and nanotubes. This is the second major award received by Professor Brus in 2008, the other being the Kavli Prize in nanoscience, which he received from the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and the Kavli Foundation in September.
The Gibbs Medal has been awarded since 1911 to notable chemists by the Chicago Division of the American Chemical Society. Most of the awardees are familiar to chemists regardless of specialty. The selection of Professor Brus brings to four the number of Gibbs medal holders currently in Columbia's chemistry department. The others are Professors Ronald Breslow, Gilbert Stork, and Nicholas Turro.
You can find more information about the Gibbs Medal on the ACS Chicago Division website. Information about Professor Brus's research progam can be found on his group website.
