Chemistry News Archives
[current news]- Prof. Al Crumbliss has been named Appointed Professeur Associé,
Université Paris 7, for June, 2005.
- Prof. Al Crumbliss has been awarded the 2005 Knox College
Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from his
alma mater. The Department of Chemistry is
pleased to congratulate Prof. Crumbliss on his
recognition.
- A collaboration including John Simon and David Beratan has yielded a cover article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry, B. Using a
combination of experimental and theoretical
techniques, the researchers identify the
structural aspects of the transport protein human
serum albumin that are responsible for binding the
fungal food contaminant ochratoxin A. The study
will further the understanding of the biological
fate of ingested ochratoxin A, whose toxicity has
been linked to kidney disease.
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the whole article. - AIC 2004 Chemical Pioneer Awardees The American Institute of Chemists chose Prof.
Eric Jacobsen [Harvard], and Prof.
Michael Pirrung [Duke] as this year's Chemical
Pioneer Award winners.
The awards were presented at a luncheon at the
Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia in
June. The Chemical Pioneer Award recognizes
chemists, chemical engineers, or their associates
who have made outstanding contributions which have
had a major impact on advances in chemical science
and industry and/or the chemical profession. This
award was first given in 1966, is now given in
alternate years, and has been awarded to 13 Nobel
laureates among many distinguished chemists.
Recent recipients of the award include:
Dr. Gerald Jaouen (2002)
Dr. John
Margave (2002)
Dr. Julius Rebek (2002)
Dr.
Richard A. Adams (2000)
Dr. Robert Bergman
(2000)
Dr. Larry Dahl (2000)
Dr.
Kenner Rice (2000)
Dr. John E. Bercaw
(1998)
Dr. Stephen J. Benkovic
(1998)
Dr. Albert I. Myers (1998)
Dr.
Geogory R. Choppin (1997)
Dr. Attila E. Pavlath
(1997)
Dr. Jerrold Meinwald (1997)
Dr.
Murray Goodman (1997) - Fall picnic sponsored by
PLU. Saturday, Nov. 6, 12:00 p.m., Chemistry
Portico.
- Jie Liu's laboratory grows world record length carbon nanotube. The Duke chemists, working in collaboration with
University of California scientists at Los Alamos
National Laboratory, have recently grown a world
record length, four centimeter long, single-walled
carbon nanotube. Carbon nanotubes are widely
recognized as a promising candidates for future
nanoscale electronics and materials applications.
- 2004 Chemistry Department Graduate Student Fellowships Awards for excellence in
research went to Cong Liu (Procter &
Gamble
Summer Fellowship), Zhenyu Lu
(William
Krigbaum Award), Ping Li (Paul
M. Gross
Award), and Farrell
Kersey (Joe Taylor Adams Award). The
Pelham
Wilder Teaching Awards went to Victoria Dowling and Will
Case. Congratulations to these student
recipients of the 2004 Chemistry Department
Graduate Student
Fellowships for their outstanding performance in
research
and
teaching.
- Ross
Widenhoefer has been awarded a
prestigious
Lectureship from the Society of Synthetic Organic
Chemistry,
Japan.
- Dr.George McLendon has joined the Chemistry faculty and will
serve as Dean of the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences
beginning on July 1, 2004.
- Dr. John D. Simon, George B.
Geller Professor, will assume the position of Vice
Provost for
Academic Affairs beginning January 1, 2005.
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