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Dec. 14, 2007
Michael Chan's, "Structure of the Nitrosomonas europaea Rh protein" published in PNAS.
Congratulations to Michael Chan whose article, "Structure of the Nitrosomonas europaea Rh protein" has been published in PNAS. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Dec 4;104(49):19279-84. Epub 2007 Nov 26. PMID: 18040042.
Dec. 12, 2007
Art Epstein's article, "Self-Assembled Polyanaline Microfibers/Nanotubes" among most accessed.
Congratulations to Art Epstein whose article, "Self-Assembled Polyanaline Microfibers/Nanotubes" is one of the most accessed articles published in Chemistry of Materials in the 3rd quarter of 2007 and is featured on the Journals Most Accessed Articles web site..
Dec. 10, 2007
The Coe Group has a feature article and cover on surface plasmons for a
recent issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 111, No. 47, November 29, 2007.
Link to the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Nov. 30, 2007
Anne McCoy elected to the Fellowship of the American Physical Society
Congratulations to Professor McCoy who has been elected to the Fellowship of the American Physical Society
"for contributions to the development of theoretical and computational insight into the spectroscopy and
dynamics of molecules and molecular complexes that exhibit large amplitude motions." This is a great honor
and a recognition of her high standing in the Chemical Physics community. Election to fellowship is limited
to no more than 0.5% of membership!
Nov 26, 2007
Dr. Chris Jaroniec awarded a NSF Career award, funded by the Molecular and Cellular Biosciences directorate.
Nov 26, 2007
Dr. John Herbert awarded a NSF Career award, funded by the National Science Foundation.
Nov 13, 2007
Marking the passing of Dr. Charles Bender
Remembering Charles
Bender, 1940-2007.
Dr. Charles Bender passed away on October 25, 2007. He was a former OSU Chemistry Department faculty member (theoretical chemistry) and
was the first director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center. An obituary for him may be found at http://www.humboldtbeacon.com/obits/ci_7395238
Oct 11, 2007
University President E. Gordon Gee's
Six Strategic Goals for Making the Coming Years Ohio State's Time.
Sept 4, 2007
Dr. Olesik receives ACS Award for Encouraging
Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences.
Aug 1, 2007
Yiying Wu's research highlighted in OSU Researchnews.
Please see link at
Researchers Think Pink to Produce Green Solar Energy.
June 25, 2007
Auxiliary Assistant Professor/ Instructional Laboratory Supervisor
Auxiliary Assistant Professor/ Instructional Laboratory Supervisor - The Department of Chemistry in the College of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences at The Ohio State University (www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu) seeks candidates for one jointly appointed position as 40% Auxiliary Assistant Professor (non-tenure track), and 60% Instructional Laboratory Supervisor (Administrative and Professional Staff). The primary responsibilities of the Auxiliary Assistant Professor position are teaching and research within the Analytical Chemistry Division. Research efforts with undergraduate students are expected to focus on new innovations in the lab or courses, developing new experiments and demonstrations, and/or research topics of individual interest. Responsibilities of the Instructional Laboratory Supervisor position are to provide program support services, including training analytical chemistry graduate teaching associates and assisting them with lab courses; collaborating with faculty seeking outside funding for teaching lab development and instrument acquisitions; purchasing equipment and materials for teaching labs; maintaining teaching lab instruments; maintaining analytical lab course materials and student records; composing instructional materials for analytical lab courses, in consultation with faculty. Three to five years experience with analytical techniques, equipment maintenance, and general lab methods is required. A Ph.D. in analytical chemistry is required. Three to five years experience in teaching undergraduate courses at the college or university level is highly preferred.
Candidates for this joint appointment should submit curriculum vitae,
publication list, teaching interests, and arrange to have three letters of
recommendation sent to: Therese O'Donnell-Leonard, Department of
Chemistry, The Ohio State
University, 100 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210. To build a diverse workforce Ohio State encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women. Flexible work options available. EEO/AA Employer.
June 04, 2007
Professor Patrick
M. Woodward awarded Evans/Gibby fund faculty scholarship.
The estate of Beatrice Gibby donated funds to the department for
supporting faculty scholarship. Ms. Gibby's uncle was Billy Evans and so
we have created the Evans/Gibby fund.
In consultation with Dean Freeman, we decided to make this award to an
associate professor to be used for his/her scholarship. The selection
committee consists of all the assistant professors of the department.
They met last year and considered six associate professors. Here is an
excerpt from their report:
"Making the decision was difficult as all of the candidates have truly
shown excellence in research and teaching over a number of years. After
thoroughly reviewing all the files, we recommend for Professor Patrick
M. Woodward to receive the award this year. "
Please give congratulations to Pat. This award will be given out once every two years.
May 21, 2007
Samantha Horvath and Daniel Lutterman selected to participate in the 57th meeting of Nobel Laureates
Samantha Horvath and Daniel Lutterman were selected to participate in the 57th meeting of Nobel Laureates.
Congratulations to both on this prestigious honor and wonderful opportunity to interact with and learn from some of the best scientists in the world. The students will spend the morning attending lectures and afternoons will be dedicated to informal meetings with the award winning scientists. This year's meeting will have 14 Nobel Prize winners from the fields of Medicine & Physiology and will be held from Jul. 1 through Jul. 7.
Sara Ray was awarded this honor and selected to attend the 56th Meeting of the Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany last summer.
March 07, 2007
2007 Henne Graduate Research Competition Symposium
On March 1, at the Mack Lecture Series banquet, awards were
presented to 9 chemistry students for participation in the 2007
Henne Graduate Research Competition Symposium. This research
competition honors the distinguished research career of Dr.
Albert Leon Henne, and his constant encouragement of students
through the course of his career. Students present papers based
on their dissertation research that are reviewed by a panel of
judges. This year, Dr. Jeffrey A. Gray from Ohio Northern
University, Dr. Jennifer V. Hines from Ohio University, and
Dr. Angela Wells Winstead from Morgan State University, served
as judges in this competition. We are pleased to announce that
Shijing Xia was the recipient of this year's award. The top two
runners-up were Daniel Mans and Haoyu Zhang. Honorable mention
awards were given to: Mathieu Garaud, Sang Hoon Joo, Chris
Middleton, Hui Shao, Erin Sharp, and Gulsah Yaman. Each
participant received an honorarium and a certificate of
achievement. We congratulate these students for their outstanding
research, and thank the Henne family and friends for making the
competition possible.
March 07, 2007
2007 John S. Swenton Teaching Award
On March 1, Matthew DeMatteo and Catherine Stewart received the
2007 John S. Swenton Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching by
Graduate Students presented at the annual Mack Lecture Series at
The Blackwell Inn. The Swenton Award is given annually to
chemistry graduate students in recognition of outstanding teaching
in the department. The award consists of an honorarium and a
certificante of achievement. We would like to thank these
individuals for their dedication, professionalism, and excellence
in teaching our chemistry students.
March 06, 2007
Dr. Miller and Dr. Cowan to receive Distinguished Awards
President Holbrook has announced that
Professor Terry Miller has received the 2007 Distinguished Service
Award (to the university) and Professor Jimmy Cowan has received the
2007 Distinguished Scholar Award.
January 6, 2006
Craig Forsyth's research highlighted in Angew. Chemie
Research Highlights
Nature 444, 792-793 (14 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/444792a;
Published online 13 December 2006
Top
of page
Synthetic Chemistry: Gold road to safe sushi
Angew. Chem. Int. Edn doi:10.1002/anie.200601963 (2006)
Use of a new kind of chemical reaction catalysed by a gold compound has helped Craig Forsyth and his team at the Ohio State University, make an important segment of azaspiracid, a toxic
marine molecule. This toxin accumulates in shellfish and when
ingested by humans attacks the liver, pancreas and spleen. It may also be
associated with neurological problems and tumour growth.
Forsyth's team achieved its synthesis by replacing the ketal group often used in similar reactions with an alkyne group. This prevented a carbon-carbon double bond within the molecule
from shifting to a new position, a process that can disrupt the
reaction. The method for making part of the complex azaspiracid molecule
will aid the lab-based synthesis of related toxins, boosting attempts
to study the molecules and treat their effects.
Oct 31, 2006
Yiying Wu's research highlighted in Nature
"Freestanding Mesoporous Quasi-Single-Crystalline Co3O4
Nanowire Arrays" Yanguang Li, Bing Tan, and Yiying Wu
Web Release Date: 18-Oct-2006; to be published in JACS.
(http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/asap.cgi/jacsat/asap/pdf/ja065308q.pdf).
is being featured in Nature Nanotechnology
Oct 26, 2006
Epstein wins McGroddy Prize for New Materials
Arthur Epstein, Distinguished University Professor of Physics and Chemistry, has won the 2007 American Physical Society James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials. The purpose of this prize is "To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in the science and application of new materials." Epstein and Joel Miller of the University of Utah are cited “For discovery and characterization of organic-based magnets, and for their observation and study of predictable and previously unknown magnetic phenomena in these fascinating materials leading to fundamentally new science and the demonstrated potential for creative new technologies.” For more information, see www.aps.org.
Oct 10, 2006
Chemistry faculty research on cover of Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Professors Allen and Hadad, Dreyfus postoctoral fellow, Dr. Laura Voss, garner the cover of Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Oct. 5th issue highlighting their research on atmospheric aerosol chemistry.
See The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
Sept 14, 2006
Dr. Shore 2007 recipient of the ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry
Dr. Sheldon Shore received the 2007 ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc. The award will be presented at the 233rd National ACS Meeting in Chicago, March 25-29. For more information see www.chemistry.org.
August 24, 2006
Valerie Cwynar recieves traval award from ACSWCC
Valerie Cwynar, a PhD student in the research group of Dr. David Hart, was recently awarded a travel award from the American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee. She was one of 17 female chemists to receive travel awards to attend scientific meetings; primarily to attend the upcoming ACS Conference in San Francisco in September 2006. Congratulations, Valerie!
July 19, 2006
Michael Mrozik wins best poster award at Plutonium Futures
conference.
Michael Mrozik, a PhD student in the physical division, recently
attended the Plutonium Futures Conference in California and received first prize
for his poster. The research that Michael presented concerns the electronic
states of PaO+ as a start to studying UO+, NpO+, and PuO+ . The results
will be compared with reactivity data from Oak Ridge National
Lab. Michael was awarded a five-volume set of the standard reference
work on actinides and transactinides, in which he was able to obtain
autographs from many of the contributing authors. Congratulations on a great performance,
Michael!
May 19, 2006
2006 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Honors Participants
Congratulations to the 13 Chemistry majors who presented posters on their research at the 2006 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. Chris Gribble was awarded first place among the Mathematical and Physical Sciences participants, and Robert Woodward third place. Click here (pdf)for more information.
May 05, 2006
Dr. James V. Coe featured in '60 Seconds With...
Professor of Chemistry, Dr. James V. Coe, is currently being featured in 60 Seconds With...Authors Edition, an interview-style Q & A segment on Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing�s website.
60 Seconds With� showcases interviews with IOP authors who have published papers that were key to the advancement of physics research in their particular subject area. For more information see www.iop.org
May 02, 2006
Heather Allen selected for 2006 Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award
Heather Allen has been selected for a 2006 Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award. These are highly competitive awards made to young investigators, typically in their 6th year as an independent investigator. They are open to chemists, biochemists, and chemical engineers. This year some fifteen awards were made in total, each carrying a stipend of $75,000.
April 17, 2006
John Spirig and Patrick Hare receive awards in The Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
Congratulations John Spirig and Patrick Hare for receiving first and second place awards (respectively) in The Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum held on Saturday, April 22, 2006! Congratulations! We are very proud of you and your performance at Saturday's Forum. Your representation of the Department of Chemistry is to be commended! As the first-place winner, John Spirig will also make a short presentation to the Board of Trustees at their May 5 meeting.
The Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum is co-sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students, The Graduate School, and the Office of Research. The purposes are to:
1) provide a significant professional development experience for OSU
graduate students;
2) to encourage graduate students to share their research with the
academic community;
3) recognize outstanding graduate student scholarship with the
University, and
4) to facilitate exchange between students, faculty, administration
and the public.
Research is based on substantive ideas of the graduate student who is the primary author of the research presentation. The top three awards include a cash prize as well as a travel grant to support presentation of the research at academic and professional conferences.
Here is the titles of their works
Titles:
John Spirig.1 (1st Place) in Math & Physical Science Gas-tight Zirconia Oxygen Sensor with Tunable Metal/Metal Oxide Internal Reference, and
Patrick Hare.29 (2nd Place) in Math & Physical Science Solvent Effects on the Excited State Dynamics of N(1)-cyclohexyluracil
April 17, 2006
John Parson has been selected to receive the Rosalene Sedgwick Faculty Service Award
John Parson has been selected to receive the Rosalene Sedgwick Faculty Service Award from the College of Arts and Sciences for enriching the undergraduate experience at Ohio State. Please join us in congratulating John.
March 21, 2006
Malcolm Chisholm has been appointed a Distinguished University Professor
This is the highest possible title bestowed on faculty. Please join us in congratulating Malcolm on this well-deserved recognition.
March 6, 2006
Professors Terry Gustafson and Matthew Platz honored by Sphinx/Mortar Board
Meredith Cline and Eugene Duke, two of Chemistry's outstanding Honors undergraduate majors, honored Professors Matthew Platz and Terry Gustafson at the 17th annual Sphinx/Mortar Board Faculty/Staff Recognition Reception. Each member of the two senior honorary societies selects a faculty or staff member to recognize based on the impact that they have had on the student's education at Ohio State.
Februrary 24, 2006
Battelle makes $1 million gift to Department of Chemistry
The late Bert Thomas was the only person to serve as president of
Battelle and on the Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University. Now
that connection is going to benefit aspiring young scientists at Ohio
State, thanks to a $1 million gift from Battelle to establish the
Battelle/Bertram D. Thomas Scholarship Fund. The new fund will support
five scholarships each year, and is aimed at outstanding junior or
senior undergraduate chemistry majors, with particular attention to, but
not limited to, minority students. Click here
for the complete Ohio State news story. This story was also featured by
Business First.
February 24, 2006
Wonders of Our World featured by Dispatch
For an hour last week, a class of elementary students in the Hilltop
area was getting excited about something some American kids don't seem
to care about - science. It was all thanks to an idea that struck Ohio
State University chemistry professor Susan Olesik in 1999: Take real
scientists with real experiments into elementary classrooms. That idea
has grown into a program that serves about 3,000 students a year in 10
Columbus-area elementary schools. Some 300 volunteers - including
undergraduate students from Ohio State, as well as scientists from
Battelle, Chemical Abstracts, Ashland Chemical, American Electric Power
and other area businesses - help with Wonders of Our World. For the
complete story, click
here (login required).
January 30, 2006
W.O.W. recieves funding
Featured in these pictures is Wendy Reichenbach giving Dr. Susan Olesik a check for $18400 for the operation of the Wonders of Our World Program, W.O.W. CAS has been a steady and sincere supporter of W.O.W. They provide funds and also send volunteer scientists to local area schools. Click here for pictures. For more information, see Wonders of Our World.
January 12, 2006
Kevin Dill wins Outstanding Staff Award
Kevin Dill won the 2005 Chemistry Department Outstanding Staff Award. Click here for pictures. For more information, see Chemistry Staff Advisory Committee.
January 5, 2006
Anne McCoy publishes paper in Science
Following closely on the heels of Bern Kolher's paper in Nature, Anne McCoy has just published a paper in Science. Let us keep this competition up! The OSU press release is at http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/ch5spect.htm
December 22, 2005
Jeff Joyner receives College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate scholarship
This is Jeff Joyner's Second ASC award. Quite an achievement! Congratulations Jeff.
December 5, 2005
Shuzhi Dong has been awarded a Presidential Fellowship
Shuzhi Dong, one of Leo Paquette's graduate students,
has been awarded a Presidential Fellowship.
This is one of the highest honors that the university bestows upon its graduate students and we
are proud that Shuzi has won this coveted fellowship.
October 24, 2005
Undergraduate Research Scholarships awarded by the ASC Honors Office.
Four Chemistry majors were awarded Undergraduate Research Scholarships by the ASC Honors Office in the Spring 2005 competition:
Meredith Cline, Building a better Photoaffinity Label, with Professor Matt Platz;
Robert Woodward, Studies on the Mechanism of Action of Azinomycin B: Sequence Selectivity and Relevance to Cytotoxicity, with Professor Robert Coleman;
Ling-Fung Kho, Biomolecular Recognition Strategies and Synthesis of Organic Rigid Rod Linker and Three-Dimensional Organic Frameworks, with Professor Dennis Bong;
Dennis Mayo, Synthesis of Organic Ligands for Functionalization of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots, with Professor Jovica Badjic.
October 10, 2005
Terry Miller has assumed editorship of the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy.
Terry Miller has assumed editorship of the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy and ties in well with his leadership on the Molecular Spectroscopy Symposium. So, now the department proudly boasts several journal editorships, including the journals headed up by Eric Herbst and Art Epstein.
October 3, 2005
Professor Christopher Hadad wins award.
Congratulations to Professor Christopher Hadad for winning the first Distinguished Service in Chemistry award
September 12, 2005
Dr. James Cowan's research featured in Research News
METAL-BASED MEDICINE COULD TREAT DISEASES
-- Designer molecules that combine metals such as copper with natural
organic materials could one day attack viruses in the body and treat a
wide range of diseases.
Chemists at Ohio State have successfully tested such molecules against
portions of HIV and Hepatitis C virus RNA in the laboratory. They've
also created molecules that act like ACE, or angiotensin-converting
enzyme, inhibitors -- drugs that are used to lower blood pressure.
At the American Chemical Society national meeting in Washington,
DC, project leader James Cowan described how the same patent-
pending technology could one day produce novel anti-tumor agents.
Drugs based on these molecules could produce fewer side effects
compared to some of today's treatments, and they could also combat
drug resistance, said Cowan, professor of chemistry. For more information see: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/metalmed.htm
September 6, 2005
Start off your quarter right with the Chemistry Department Picnic!
When: September 16th 3-8pm
Where: Fred Beekman Park
McPherson Hall (in case of rain)
Cost: $5 in advance
$7 at the door
For more information see: http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/news/files/picnic_flyer.pdf
August 31, 2005
Anne McCoy a new Senior Editor
Anne McCoy will be a Senior Editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry. As of the last retreat,
we had no senior editors for ACS journals from our department. Now we have two:
Rick McCreery for Analytical Chemistry and Anne McCoy.
August 31, 2005
Eric Herbst and Anne McCoy make top 20 list
Eric Herbst and Anne McCoy are numbered among the top 20 accessed papers list,
as reported by the Journal for Physical Chemistry A.
For more information see: http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jpcafh/promo/most_accessed/index.html
August 31, 2005
Susan Olesik elected to be Chair-elect
Susan Olesik has been unanimously elected to be the Chair-elect of
American Chemical Society DAC Subdivision of Chromatography and Separations Chemistry.
August 26, 2005
Bern Kohler and his colleagues published in the current issue of the journal Nature
In the current issue of the journal Nature, Bern Kohler and his colleagues report that DNA dissipates the energy from ultraviolet (UV) radiation in a kind of energy wave that travels up the edge of the DNA molecule, as if the energy were climbing one side of the helical DNA “ladder.”
[more from Nature]
Additional information on Dr. Kohler and his colleagues' work can be found here. Click on "News Extra: The Race to Understand Skin Cancer" on the left.
August 15, 2005
PLATZ NAMED FACULTY FELLOW, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Executive Vice President and Provost Barbara Snyder has recommended to President Karen Holbrook the appointment of Matthew Platz, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Chemistry, as the Provost's Faculty Fellow. He joined the Office of Academic Affairs on August 1.
Platz will work with Vice Provost and Interim Dean of the Graduate School Carole Anderson on the day-to-day operations of the office of the Vice Provost for Academic Policy and Faculty Resources, represent the Vice Provost as needed, and work on special projects under her direction. Snyder said his experience as chair of the Department of Chemistry will be invaluable in this new role.
"Professor Platz is internationally regarded as one of the world's leading experts in his area of chemistry and is the recipient of the American Chemical Society's prestigious Cope Award, as well as Ohio State's Distinguished Scholar Award," Snyder said. "He also is the recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award of the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences and has extensive service on university-wide committees, including the President's and Provost's Advisory Committee. I am delighted to have him on-board and look forward to working with him."
July 28, 2005
Mike Freitas' research part of leukemia grant awarded to OSU
COLUMBUS, Ohio Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive
Cancer Center have received a five-year, $6.25 million grant from the
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to develop new therapies and improve current
therapies for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the most common form of
adult leukemia.
More than 9,700 Americans are diagnosed with CLL annually. The disease has
no cure.
The society awarded a Specialized Center of Research grant to Dr. John C.
Byrd, a hematologist/oncologist with the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
and D. Warren Brown Professor of Leukemia Research.
CLL is a devastating disease, and Dr. Byrds grant should lead to exciting
new therapies for this incurable cancer,says Dr. Michael A. Caligiuri,
director of the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center.
This grant is another example of the outstanding basic and clinical
research being done here at Ohio State and of the cutting-edge therapies
that are made available to the people of Ohio and the U.S.A. through the
OSU cancer program.
The grant will fund four research projects and three clinical trials and
involve more than a dozen researchers. The projects aim to develop and
improve experimental drugs that block specific molecules needed by CLL
cells to survive and grow. The work will focus on cases of CLL with
genetic changes that make the disease most resistant to therapy.
One project, led by Dr. Michael R. Grever, studies the drug flavopiridol,
which initially seemed ineffective against CLL until the OSU researchers
identified a new way of administering the drug that greatly increases its
activity. The investigators want to understand how flavopiridol kills CLL
cells, how resistance to the drug occurs, and whether indicators can be
found that identify patients who have a natural resistance to the drug.
The second project, led by Michael A. Freitas, PhD, investigates how a
class of proteins known as histones are altered in CLL and how two
experimental drugs reverse those alterations. Histones help regulate gene
activity; the loss of gene regulation is a fundamental cause of cancer.
The project will study how the experimental drugs depsipeptide and HDAC-42
change the altered histones and why those changes also make CLL cells more
susceptible to destruction by certain monoclonal antibodies.
The remaining projects, led by Byrd and by Ching-Shih Chen, PhD, focus on
understanding several essential molecules in CLL cells, including enzymes
known as kinases; on developing new drugs to block those molecules; and on
redesigning existing experimental drugs to increase their potency.
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Arthur G. James Cancer
Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is one of the nations
leading centers for research on the prevention, detection, diagnosis and
treatment of cancer. The OSU CCC James encompasses six interdisciplinary
research programs and includes more than 200 investigators who generate
over $100 million annually in external funding. It is a founding member of
the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and OSUs James Cancer Hospital
is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of Americas best
cancer hospitals.
July 25, 2005
Ya-ting Kao wins research excellence award
The Chemistry Department is pleased to announce that Chemistry graduate student Ya-ting Kao won the research excellence award in "Femtochemistry VII,"
the most prestigious femtosecond conference which finished recently in Washington DC. She was one of four selected by the internal organizational committee from more than 85 posters.
The award was supported by Newport/Spectra-Physics including a certificate and cash prize.
July 15, 2005
NSF Undergraduate Research Center has been funded
National Science Foundation has funded the Undergraduate Research Center
:Research Experiences to Enhance Learning (UCR:REEL). This program, set to begin
in Fall of 2005 is a collaboration between 15 institutions across the State of
Ohio and involves introduction of research into the first and second year
Chemistry courses. The goal of this program is to increase the number of
students graduating with undergraduate degrees in Science and
Engineering.
View the presentation that details the plans for UCR-REEL
June 6, 2005
Louise Van Wey and WOW
The Chemistry Department is pleased to announce that Louise Van Wey, Wonders of our World
(WOW) Program Coordinator in the College of Mathematical and Physical
Sciences has been included by the Executive Dean in the Honor Roll of
Staff Achievements. You can view the details at the following web
site: College of the Arts and Sciences
May 25, 2005
Meek 2005 Lecture Photo Gallery
You can view the photo gallery from the Meek 2005 Lecture here: Photo Gallery.
May 10, 2005
Heather Allen's group's research highlighted on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B
You can read the article here.
(Sandhya Gopalakrishnan is the lead author, a postdoc in the Allen group and was a graduate student of Terry Miller)
May 2, 2005
Malcolm Chisholm elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Members and foreign associates of the Academy are elected in recognition
of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research;
election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be
accorded a scientist or engineer. The Academy membership is comprised of
approximately 2,000 members and 350 foreign associates, of whom more than
190 have won Nobel Prizes. More information on the NAS can be found
here.
The Department celebrated the news of Professor Chisholm's election to
the National Academy of Sciences on May 4, 2005.
April 14, 2005
Johnny Royal receives Distinguished Staff Award
Johnny won the university-wide award for outstanding service to our
organic chemistry undergraduate program over a period of 46 years.
Pictures can be found here.
April 7, 2005
Susan Olesik selected as Columbus Technical Council Person of the year
A banquet in her honor is being planned on April 27th at 6:00 pm at the Clintonville Women's Club.
March 29, 2005
Bruce Bursten to receive the Morley Medal
Bruce will receive the award this spring, which is presented annually
by the Cleveland Section of the ACS. The award recognizes significant
contributions to chemistry through achievements in research, teaching,
engineering, research administration and public service, outstanding
service to humanity, or to industrial progress. More information on
the award can be found here.
March 18, 2005
Jim Coe and Terry Gustafson to be honored by the Sphinx/Mortar
board
Each year, the members of the two senior honorary societies, Sphinx (24
members) and Mortar Board (50 members), select a faculty member who has
had a significant impact on their careers at Ohio State and invite them to
a reception during winter or spring quarter. Membership to the honorary
societies is based on scholarship, leadership and service and is highly
selective.
March 11, 2005
Chris Callam receives an Outstanding Teaching Award from the Arts and Sciences Student Council.
Chris only joined our teaching staff a year ago and this award is a tremendous accomplishment. Congratulations are in order!
February 25, 2005
Heather Allen selected as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Information about the Foundation can be found here.
February 2, 2005
Eric Herbst becomes Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Eric Hersbt has recently become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom). This is a great honor and is a reflection of Eric's scholarly contributions to astrochemistry. For more information on the Society, visit their website.
February 2, 2005
Students Working With Faculty Members Receive Scholarships
The Arts and Sciences Honors Committee awarded Undergraduate Research Scholarships to the following students who are working with Chemistry faculty members:
- Eric Olmon, The Effect of Protein Binding on the Steady-State Fluorescence of Polynucleotides, Prof. Kohler.
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Nathan Ray Fosnaugh, Cleavage of the SO2-N Bond in Photoactivatable Bridgehead Sulfonamides, Prof. Paquette.
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Sarah Anne Hyatt, The Role of Conformational Cooperativity in Dendritic Catalysis Proline Functionalized Dendrons in Asymmetric Aldol Condensations, Prof. Parquette.
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Christopher William Gribble, Novel Applications of Organic Aerogels and Glassy Carbon Aerogels in Nanotechnology and Liquid Chromatography, Prof. Olesik.
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Jeff Clark Joyner, Use of CE-MS/MS and Nano-LC-MS/MS to Analyze Differential Expression of Histone Post-Translational Modification in Chronic Lymphocytic vs. Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Normal Cells, Prof. Freitas.
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Ling Kho, Synthesis of Organic Rigid Rod Linker and Three-Dimensional Organic Frameworks Using Biomolecular Recognition Strategies, Prof. Bong.
January 10,
2005
Heather Allen's research on water has been identified as one of the research breakthroughs of the year 2004.
Science magazine in the issue below has published the Research Breakthroughs Of the Year for 2004.
Science, Vol 306, Issue 5704, 2013-2017 , 17 December 2004
Heather Allen's research on water has been identified as one of the breakthrough areas. You can read about it here.
(Dr. Allen's groups' paper is, Vibrational Spectroscopy of Aqueous Sodium Halide Solutions and Air-Liquid
Interfaces: Observation of Increased Interfacial Depth).
December 21,
2004
Anne McCoy receives the Outstanding Woman in Science Award for 2004-5
Since 1986 the Outstanding Woman in Science award honors a woman distinguished in science, through research, teaching, mentoring, and/or service. Professor McCoy was chosen to join this list of women who have inspired and assisted other women scientists and students. The award will be presented at an Awards Dinner in early February 2005.
December 5,
2004
Chemical Abstracts has recently given $20,000 to Professor Susan Olesik's WOW program.
More information.
December 2,
2004
Dean Royster Announces Hatcher Award Winners
The Harlan Hatcher Memorial Awards for Excellence are presented in recognition of distinguished, sustained, and balanced achievements in the areas of teaching, research, and service. The purpose of the awards is to honor those individuals in the Arts and Sciences who, over a period of years, have developed a noteworthy profile, with exceptional strength in research and teaching, and who serve as role models for younger colleagues and students.
Robert S. (Rob) Coleman was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and grew-up there and in DeKalb, Illinois. He started his collegiate career at Southern Illinois University, later transferring to the University of Iowa. After graduating from Iowa with Honors in Chemistry, he spent ten months at Argonne National Laboratory working with Arnold Friedman on radiobromination of aromatic systems.
Professor Coleman started his post-baccalaureate career at the University of Kansas in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, initially in the research group of Bob Hanzlik, where he worked on peptidase inhibitors and was the first to demonstrate the formation of a covalent adduct between enzyme and inhibitor by 13C NMR. He joined the research group of Dale Boger, where he began work on the total synthesis of the antitumor agent CC-1065. He received his M.S. degree in Medicinal Chemistry in 1984, and moved with the Boger group to Purdue University in 1985, from which he received his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry in 1987. His doctoral thesis described the first total synthesis of CC-1065.
Professor Coleman joined the research group of Sam Danishefsky at Yale University in 1988 as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, where he worked on the total synthesis of the immunosuppressant FK-506, and participated in the first total synthesis of the enediyne antitumor agent calicheamicin. In the autumn of 1989, he joined the faculty of the University of South Carolina as an Assistant Professor, where he built a research group in the areas of synthetic organic and bioorganic chemistry. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1995, and in the summer of 1996, he moved his research group to The Ohio State University, where he was promoted to Full Professor in 2000. Professor Coleman is also a member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Ohio State Biochemistry Program.
Senior Faculty Additions
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 Professor
Karin Musier-Forsyth
joined the faculty as an Ohio Eminent Scholar in January, 2007.
Biological Chemistry
Professor
Craig Forsyth
joined the faculty in January, 2007.
Organic Chemistry
Junior Faculty Additions
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Assistant Professor John Herbert joined the faculty
in Autumn, 2006.
Theoretical Chemistry
Assistant Professor James Stambuli joined the faculty
in Autumn, 2006.
Organic Chemistry
Assistant Professor Christopher P. Jaroniec joined the faculty in Spring, 2006.
Physical Chemistry
Assistant Professor Thomas J. Magliery joined the faculty in Autumn, 2005.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Assistant Professor Yiying Wu joined the faculty in Autumn, 2005.
Inorganic Chemistry
Assistant Professor Jovica Badjic joined the faculty in Fall, 2004.
Organic and Materials
Assistant Professor Dennis Bong joined the faculty in Fall, 2004.
Organic, Materials, and Biological
Notable Awards by our Faculty
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There were eight Chemistry Department recipients of the
NSF CAREER Award
in the last five years
(Allen,
Chan,
Hadad,
Lowary,
McCoy,
Parquette,
Turro,
Woodward)
This is the largest number of CAREER Awards for any department at any university.
Professors
Heather Allen (2003) and
Claudia Turro (1998) received the
Beckman Young Investigators Award.
Professor
Heather Allen received the
Research Innovation Award.
Professor
Anne McCoy received the
Camille Dreyfus
Teacher-Scholar Award.
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