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Department Chair: Morteza Khaledi
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Last updated: November 19, 2009
News & Events
Graduate Student Wins Scholarship
The Research Triangle Park, NC chapter of the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP-RTP) announces the selection of Mr. Thomas Chen as the recipient of the Chapter's 2009 Environmental Scholarship Award. Mr. Chen is a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry at North Carolina State University. This annual $500 scholarship is awarded to a graduate or undergraduate student demonstrating outstanding academic merit and a strong interest in pursuing a career related to protecting the environment. The award was presented on August 12, 2009 at the August meeting of the ACHMM-RTP in Raleigh, NC. Posted September 16, 2009
Center for Molecular Spintronics Funded
The Center for Molecular Spintronics seeks to reveal the fundamental principles underlying the optimal use of organic molecules for spin transport and manipulation through new synthesis, advanced characterization, and state-of-the-art modeling. These principles will drive the development of a new generation of low cost, low power, high performance spin-dependent device applications. The center is committed to pursuing these developments in close concert with industrial partners, science educators, and the general public to ensure wide-reaching impacts. The eight principal investigators are Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli, Dan Dougherty, Jack Rowe (all from NCSU Physics), Gail Jones (NCSU Math, Science and Technology Education), David Shultz (PI, NCSU Chemistry), Joe Tracy (NCSU Materials Science and Engineering), Frank Tsui (UNC-CH Physics) and Wei You (UNC-CH Chemistry). The grant is for Phase I funding at $1.5 million over 3 years. Posted August 28, 2009
Shultz Gets NSF Grant Renewed
Dave Shultz' NSF grant for “Metal Complexes of Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Biradical Ligands: from Nanoscopic Electron Correlation to Inhibition of Back Electron Transfer” has been renewed for 3 years for $446,000. Posted August 29, 2009
Alex Deiters Wins TEVA Grant
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA has announced that Alex Deiters was among the three selected as the first recipients of Teva USA Scholars grants in the amount of $300,000 in support of his proposed research. Posted August 11, 2009
Gavin Williams Joins Faculty
Gavin Williams has joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. Gavin's research is in Bio-Organic chemistry. He received his doctorate at the University of Leeds, UK in 2005 and did a postdoc with Jon Thorson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Posted August 4, 2009
Two Faculty Receive Promotions
Alex Deiters has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor and Alex Smirnov has been promoted to Professor. Congratulations to both of them. Posted August 4, 2009
Nevzorov Receives Major NSF Grant
Alex Nevzorov has received a four year, $776k NSF grant on “High-Resolution Structures and Ligand-Induced Conformational Changes of Membrane Proteins by Solid-State NMR.” Last year, he received an interdisciplinary research grant from NC-Biotechnology Center “High-Resolution Structures of Membrane Proteins by NMR with Frontiers in Virology and Nanotechnology.” The research in Dr. Nevzorov’s lab involves applications of solid-state NMR of macroscopically aligned systems to the structural studies of membrane proteins in their native lipid environment and development of structure-based drug design methods for these important pharmaceutical targets. Posted July 8, 2009
Muddiman First Howard James Keynote Lecturer
Professor David C. Muddiman was the first Howard James Keynote Lecturer, in memory of the late “Howie” James, who was a dedicated scientific salesperson, husband and father. Howie James was one of the major influences in moving the Triangle Chromatography Discussion Group forward and also served as President. He is survived by his wife, Carol James, daughter, Jenny James, and son, Todd James. This Keynote Lecture Series is sponsored by the Triangle Chromatography Discussion Group. Posted May 26, 2009
Student Receives Lily/ACS Travel Grant
Molly Brannock, a graduate student in Professor Gorman's group, has received a travel grant from Eli Lilly and the American Chemical Society. She will be able to attend scientific meetings between July 1 and December 21, 2009 with these funds. Only ten grants were awarded in the United States. Posted April 23, 2009
Dave Muddiman Receives Research Award
Professor David Muddiman has won an NCSU Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award in recognition of his outstanding research program. Posted April 7, 2009
EPR Research Receives $1.45M in Funding
Professors Tatyana Smirnova and Alex Smirnov have been awarded a combined $1.45M for EPR equipment and experiments. More Posted March 26, 2009
Chemistry Employee Wins College Distinguished Performance Award in EPA Category
Marcie Belisle, laboratory supervisor with the General Chemistry program in Fox Teaching Labs, won the Annual Distinguished Performance Awards in the EPA category for the college of Physical and Mathematical Sciences that was held on March 25, 2009. Marcie will go on to compete at the university level with the winners from the other colleges and units on campus later this year. Also nominated from the department was Sabapathy Sankar, a laboratory supervisor in the NMR facility. Posted March 26, 2009
Chemistry Student Wins in Annual Poster Session
Justin Kennemur, a graduate student in the Novak group, took second place in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences division of the Fourth Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium that was held March 18, 2009. There were 159 poster presentations, representing 60 graduate programs and all colleges. Poster presentations were divided into seven broad academic categories, and faculty judges selected a first and second place winner in each category. Justin’s research is on helical macromolecular machines capable of polarizing light selectively and reversibly. Posted March 24, 2009
10th Annual Poster Session
The 10th Annual Chemistry Poster Session was held on Saturday, March 14th. More Posted March 16, 2009
Melander Group in the News
The Melander group research on bacterial biofilms and methods to suppress antibiotic resistance has recently been highlighted in Science Magazine, Reuters, and the Washington Post. Posted March 16, 2009
Outstanding Teacher
Dr. Maria Oliver-Hoyo has been named an Outstanding Teacher at NC State for 2008-2009 and has been elected to the Academy of Outstanding Teachers. Posted March 10, 2009
New Faculty Member
Dr. Gavin Williams will join the department this fall as a new faculty member in the area of bio-organic chemistry. More Posted February 5, 2009
Genna Andrews wins MBTP Traineeship
Genna Andrews, graduate student working under Professor David Muddiman, has been awarded an NIH/NCSU Molecular Biotechnology Training Program (MBTP) Traineeship. More Posted February 5, 2009
Muddiman Elected to USHUPO Board of Directors
David Muddiman has been elected to a 3-year term (2009-2012) on the Board of Directors of the US Human Proteome Organization. The USHUPO "defines policy, education, and scientific use of proteomic technologies related to the study of humans and model organisms." It is closely tied with the International Human Proteome Organization. Posted February 4, 2009
Alex Deiters Wins NSF Career Award
Alex Deiters will receive the prestigious NSF Career Award, $500,000 for five years.
Deiter's Paper Highlighted in Nature
A recent Journal of the American Chemical Society paper by Alex Deiters and his group has been featured in the July 17,2008 issue of Nature. More
Student Wins MBTP Traineeship
Graduate Student Chris Shuford, working under the auspices of Professor David Muddiman has been awarded an NIH/NCSU Molecular Biotechnology Training Program (MBTP) Traineeship. More
Grad Student Wins IPMA Award
Nick Foley in the Brent Gunnoe Research Group has received the International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) Student Award. More
Gold Nanoparticles Resurrect Failed HIV Drug
In a recent Communication published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a multi-disciplinary team reported that multivalent gold nanoparticles efficiently inhibited HIV fusion into peripheral blood mononuclear cells. More
Keith Williams Receives American Chemical Society Graduate Student Fellowship
Graduate Student Keith Williams working under the auspices of Professor David Muddiman has received a 2008-2009 graduate student fellowship from the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. More
Melander & Lindsey Receive Funding from V Foundation
North Carolina State University faculty members Christian Melander, Jon Lindsey (both from chemistry), John Cavanagh (biochemistry) and John Horowitz (College of Veterinary Medicine) have received a 4-year grant totaling $1,000,000 from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. More
Novak Wins Two Teaching Awards
Dr. Bruce Novak has been named an Outstanding Teacher for 2007-2008 at N.C. State University and will become a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers. More
Melander Group Awarded OBC Cover
Eric Ballard and Justin Richards, members of the Melander Group, were recently awarded the cover of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry for their work based on the anti-biofilm properties of reverse amide 2-aminoimidazole oroidin analogues. More
