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Bachas and Jacobson Receive Starter Grant Awards Leonidas G. Bachas of the University of Kentucky and Denley B. Jacobson of North Dakota State University have been selected as the 1988 recipients of the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Starter Grant Awards. The $10,000 awards are given to encourage high-quality innovative research by new professors in the field of analytical chemistry, as well as to promote the development and training of graduate students in the field. Bâchas received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan under the guidance of Mark Meyerhoff. Upon completion of his postdoctoral work, he joined the faculty of the chemistry department at the University of Kentucky in 1986. His research interests include the development of ion-selective fiber-optic sensors employing fluoroionophores. Jacobson is currently studying the chemistry of discrete transition-metal cluster ion complexes in the gas phase using Fourier transform mass spectrometry. He received a Ph.D. degree from Purdue University under the direction of Ben Freiser. In 1986 he joined the chemistry department faculty at North Dakota State University after completing postdoctoral work at the California Institute of Technology with Jesse Beauchamp.
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New Imaging System Discloses Molecular Structures Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in collaboration with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have discovered a new way to determine the orientation of atoms in small molecules. According to Elliot Kanter and Zeev Vager of ANL, the new imaging technique, known as Multi-Particle Position and Time Sensitive (MUPPATS) detection, can provide three-dimensional images of small molecules. Using the MUPPATS detector, one can directly measure the geometry of a molecule and determine the positions and energies of several atoms at once using state-of-the-art techniques borrowed from nuclear and high-energy physics. The MUPPATS detector uses a phenomenon known as the "Coulomb explosion," a force that causes particles with similar charges to repel one another while opposites attract. Using the new detector, scientists can gain a better understanding of how atoms and molecules interact to form new molecules, as well as how chemical reactions occur. Possible applications include studying the causes of acid rain, determining the chemical evolution of life on Earth, and understanding the formation of molecules in interstellar dust clouds.
Kavanagh Wins the Wiley Award Frederick Kavanagh will receive the 1988 Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) Harvey W. Wiley rM[]fcii'*Tr' Award at the 102nd AOAC Annual International Meeting in September. Ε— λ Kavanagh, who was employed by Eli ^^rn^U^Èk. Lilly & Co. from 1953 until his retire5 Γ ÊÊÊ ment in 1973, is cited for his contribut ons to tne I^\JM ' ^ e ^ o i a n a ' y t i c a l microbiM ÀBÊ ology. He is well known for the develH
