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1991 ACS Awards Five scientists in the analytical chemistry community will receive 1991 American Chemical Society Awards, All of the awards will be presented next April at the 201st ACS national meeting in Atlanta, GA. R. Graham Cooks of Purdue University will receive the Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry. The accolade, sponsored by the Extrel Corporation, recognizes outstanding achievement in the development or application of MS. Georges Guiochon of the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been selected to receive the ACS Award in Separations Science and Technology, funded by Rohm and Haas. The award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in fundamental or applied research directed toward separations science and technology. Nathan S. Lewis of the California Institute of Technology will be recognized with the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry. Sponsored by the Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity, this honor recognizes and encourages fundamental research in pure chemistry carried out by young North American scientists. Royce W. Murray of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will receive the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry, supported by Fisher Scientific. The award commemorates outstanding contributions to the science of pure or applied analytical chemistry. Hamish Small, a consultant for Dow Chemical Co. and Dionex, will receive the ACS Award in Chromatography. The award, sponsored by Supelco, Inc., honors outstanding achievements made in the field of chromatography. Brief biographical sketches of the winners follow. R. Graham Cooks, Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and head of the Analytical Division at Purdue University, received a B.S. degree (1961) and a Ph.D. (1965) from the University of Natal, South Africa, and a second Ph.D. from Cambridge University (1967). Following completion of postdoctoral work at Cambridge, Cooks was a member of the * faculty at Kansas State University before joining the staff at Purdue in 1973. Cooks pioneered the evolution of MS/MS for the analysis of complex mixtures. His research has led to the development of several MS/MS instruments that have contributed to the understanding of energy transfer processes. Cooks introduced and developed angle-resolved MS to study ion structure and worked extensively on the ion-trap mass spectrometer. He has also applied MS techniques to the discovery and structural characterization of natural products, to the on-line determination of organic compounds in reactors, and to the quantitative analysis of chemical modifications that occur upon alkylation of DNA. A recipient of numerous honors, including the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instru-
mentation (1984), the Thomson Medal for International Service to Mass Spectrometry (1985), the Purdue Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award (1986), and the Herbert McCoy Award (1990), Cooks currently serves on the Instrumentation Advisory Panel of ANALYTICAL C H E M I S T R Y . Georges Guiochon, distinguished scientist at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is renowned for his work on the theoretical aspects of chromatography. His early work in the 1960s, which was instrumental in clarifying the principles of column design and optimization for GC, led to the understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of packed, capillary, and micropacked columns. In the 1970s he helped to elucidate many basic principles of HPLC. Particularly noteworthy is his work comparing normal-packed columns, micropacked columns, and capillary columns; research on the effect of particle size, flow velocity, mobilephase composition, and sample capacity on optimization; work with theoretical plates and peak capacity; and studies of the relationship between GC and LC. More recently he has studied nonlinear chromatography, developing computer models to predict the propagation of bands in an overloaded condition. Born in Nantes, France, Guiochon was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique (Ingénieur, 1953) and the University of Paris (Licence, 1955, and Doctorat des Sciences, 1958). He held teaching positions at these institutions and at Georgetown University (1984-87) before moving to Tennessee in 1987. Guiochon is the Associate Editor of separations science for ANALYTICAL C H E M I S T R Y . His honors include the
Tswett Chromatography Medal (1976), the Dal Nogare Award (1977), the Martin Award (1980), and an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Budapest (1982). Nathan S. Lewis, associate professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Caltech and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1981). He was a member of the faculty at Stanford University before joining Caltech in 1988. His work has focused on the principles behind and operation of a novel class of solar cells, providing insight into the surface chemistry of semiconductors and the importance of developing chemical methods for altering the electronic properties of semiconductor surfaces. In this area, Lewis has been successful in understanding the operating photovoltages of electrochemical solar cells; obtaining the highest photovoltage for a silicon solar cell and most efficient conversion of solar to electrical
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NEWS energy in a photoelectrochemical solar cell; analyzing and resolving the issue of Fermi-level pinning at liquid-semiconductor interfaces; and proving an earlier hypothesis concerning the presence, formation, removal, and effects of submonolayers of As at real GaAs surfaces and interfaces. Lewis is also using scanning tunneling microscopy to study electrode surfaces in contact with liquids. A divisional editor for the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Lewis is the recipient of an IBM Young Faculty Development Award (1983-85) and a Presidential Young Investigator Award (1984-90). Royce W. Murray, Kenan Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, received a B.S. degree from Birmingham Southern College (1957) and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University (1960) before joining the faculty at UNC in 1961. He served as director of undergraduate studies (1978-80) and department chairman (1980-85). He is currently adjunct professor in the Curriculum of Applied Sciences. Murray is best known for his work with chemically modified electrodes. Some of his earlier work involved the preparation of optically transparent thin-layer electrodes and the introduction of the theoretical concept of response function additivity. In the 1970s Murray introduced silane chemistry, which demonstrates how electrode surfaces can be modified with covalent attachment of reactants by surface synthetic schemes. He studied the formation of polymer layers on electrode surfaces by the controlled polymerization of monomers, characterized the behavior of these layers, and developed several electrodes with electrocatalytic properties. He is also known for his application of spectroelectrochemical methods. Murray served on the Advisory Board of ANALYTICAL C H E M I S T R Y from 1979 to 1981, was a councilor of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry from 1980 to 1982, and serves on the ACS Committee on Publications. He has been honored with the 1987 Distinguished North Carolina Chemist Award, the 1987 Carl Wagner Memorial Award, the 1988 Charles Reilley Award, and the 1990 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry. Hamish Small is being recognized for his role in the development of ion exchange and particle separation. He was born in Northern Ireland and received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Queen's University of Belfast. From 1949 to 1955 he was affiliated with the U.K. Atomic Energy Research Establishment. In 1955 he moved to Dow Chemical Co. Since 1983 Small has worked as a consultant for Dow and Dionex. Small is credited with the invention and development of ion chromatography. This technique was commercialized by Dionex in 1975 and has become the primary method for analyzing a wide range of waste, process, and power plant boiler water as well as related samples. Furthermore, Small invented and developed hydrodynamic chromatography to determine average size and distribution of small particles and colloids and the first commercial chelating resin, DOWEX A-l. He also patented gel-liquid extraction (which led to the development of large-scale uranium purification) and amphiphilic ion exchange (which led to the
production of nonpolar LC stationary phases). Small is the recipient of the Applied Analytical Chemistry Award (1976), the Albert Sperry Award of ISA (1978), the Beckman Award of ISA (1983), the Dow Gold Medal (1983), and the Dal Nogare Award (1984).
Instrumental Analysis Enhancement Program The 1990-91 academic year is the eighth year that the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) will sponsor a program to provide copies of ANALYTICAL C H E M I S T R Y to undergraduate students enrolled in instrumental analysis courses in U.S. colleges and universities. This year 1043 subscriptions will go to 369 academic institutions participating in the Enhancement Program for Students in Instrumental Analysis Courses. Issues of the J O U R N A L (Sept. 1 through Feb. 15) are provided to enrich course content and to encourage students to continue studying analytical chemistry at the graduate level. Professors participating in the program ensure that the issues are available to students in the laboratory; some of them assign student projects based on the material in the J O U R N A L . A guide provided by the J O U R N A L describes ways in which the publication can be used as a supplemental teaching tool. Originating at the Allerton Conference in 1981, the program was funded in its first year by the ACS Corporation Associates. Since 1983 the program has been partially supported by a $5000 grant from SACP.
Mettler Award News Vladimir Balek from the Nuclear Research Institute in Rez, Czechoslovakia, has won the 1990 Mettler Award in Thermal Analysis. Balek is being honored for his work in dynamic thermal analysis, especially for his role in developing emanation thermal analysis. The award will be presented in Cambridge, MA, this month at the North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) Conference. NATAS, which administers the award, is requesting nominations for the 1991 Mettler Award. The nominee must have created or refined measurement techniques of general interest, or provided outstanding service to the field of dynamic thermal analysis during the preceding five years. Nominations should be sent to Rick Seyler, Eastman Kodak Company, MSED, B-46, MC23722, Rochester, NY 14652-3722 (716-722-3264). Deadline is December 31.
For Your Information The American Society for Mass Spectrometry has produced an illustrated booklet entitled What is Mass Spectrometry?, which describes contemporary MS (including a brief description of techniques and their applications) to the general public and can be used as an aid in recruiting students to the field. Copies of the booklet can be purchased for $2 from ASMS, P.O. Box 1508, East Lansing, MI 48823 (517-337-2548). Mesa State College in Grand Junction, CO, with support from the Department of Energy (DOE) and private industry, now offers an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Environmental Restoration Technology. According to Secretary of Energy James Watkins, degree recipients will become involved in "the monumental task of cleaning up [DOE] defense-related facilities."
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