Recent Happenings in the Department

Glaxo and Burroughs-Wellcome Graduate Fellowships Awarded

Eric Ballard (l) and Justin Richards are the winners of this years Glaxo and Burroughs-Wellcome Graduate Fellowships. Both work for Christian Melander. The department wishes to congratulate them on their accomplishment. June, 2006

Kenan Institute North Carolina Biotechnology Center Postdoctoral Fellowship Awarded

Dr. Taufika Williams, working under the direction of Professor David Muddiman, is the recipient of a Kenan Institute North Carolina Biotechnology Center Postdoctoral Fellowship. The project is co-funded by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and LEAP Technologies (Carrboro, NC). Dr. Williams' project is entitled "Development, Implementation and Vaildation of Novel Bioanalytical Technologies: Impact Human Health through an Industrial and Academic Partnership." May, 2006

Pride of the Wolfpack Winners

The chemistry department is pleased to announce that Marcie Belisle, Teresa Henline, Simon Lappi, Tony Radford, and Sabapathy Sankar have received the Pride of the Worlfpack Award in recognition of their outstanding service to the department and university. The chemistry department wishes to congratulate and thank them for all their hard work. April, 2006

Undergraduate Research Scholarships Awarded

The Department of Chemistry has awarded four Undergraduate Research Scholarships for the 2006-2007 academic year. The recipients and their research advisors are Gareth Wilson-Short (Mike Whangbo), Amanda Wolfe (Christian Melander), Andy Tran (Brent Gunnoe), and Zach Nicholson (Stefan Franzen). Congratulations to all these students. April, 2006

Elon Ison to Join Faculty

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Elon Ison to the Faculty of the Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor. Dr. Ison completed his Ph.D. at the University of Florida and has conducted post-doctoral research at Purdue University. He is an expert in mechanistic organometallic chemistry and will be developing a research program that explores novel oxidation chemistry with emphasis on the development of environmentally friendly methods using molecular oxygen and nitrous oxide as the oxidant. April, 2006

Reza Ghiladi to Join Faculty

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Reza Ghiladi to the Faculty of the Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor. Dr. Ghaladi completed his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University and has done post-doctoral work at the Mayo Clinic and University of California-San Francisco. He is an expert in Bioinorganic Chemistry, and will be developing a research program investigating the structure and function of metalloproteins and their role in human disease. April, 2006

Martin Group Paper makes cover of Nature Materials

Jim Martin and his group's paper on metallotropic liquid crystals will be published and featured on the cover of the April issue of Nature Materials. Congratulations to Jim, Cristin Keary, Todd Thornton, Mark Novotnak, Jeremey Knutson, and Jacob Folmer for their achievement. February, 2006

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