electron transfer reactions to the development of molecular sensors and antibiotic films based on photoactive conjugated polymers.—LINDA WANG
▸ Omar Yaghi wins Albert Einstein World Award of Science
▸ Frank Bright receives Morley Medal
Omar M. Yaghi, the James and Neeltje Tretter Chair and professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, is the winner of the 2017 Albert Einstein World Award of Science by the World Cultural Council. The prize honors Yaghi’s contributions toward making materials by stitching organic and inorganic units through strong bonds into robust, porous crystalline metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks, and for establishing the field of reticular chemistry. It also recognizes his leadership in research and mentoring emerging scholars around the world.—LINDA WANG
Frank V. Bright, Henry M. Woodburn Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University at Buffalo, is the recipient of the 2017 Edward W. Morley Medal, presented by the ACS Cleveland Section. The award recognizes significant contributions to chemistry through achievements in research, teaching, engineering, research administration, and public service, as well as outstanding service to humanity or to industrial progress in the Cleveland region. Bright’s research focuses on chemical sensors, advanced materials, antifouling coatings, wound restitution, and corneal surface chemistry.—LINDA WANG
▸ Carothers Award to Stephen Buchwald
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Stephen L. Buchwald, Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the winner of the 2017 ACS Carothers Award for extraordinary contributions to metal-catalytic synthetic methods and their industrial impact. The $2,000 cash prize is presented annually by the ACS Delaware Section to recognize scientific innovators who have made outstanding contributions and advances in industrial applications of chemistry. Buchwald developed catalysts and precatalysts that have been used by industrial process groups, often on a large scale, for the preparation of quantities of pharmaceuticals designed to treat a variety of diseases, including hepatitis C, Alzheimer’s disease, human cytomegalovirus, and leukemia.—LINDA WANG
▸ Stone Award to Hans-Conrad zur Loye
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nominations for the 2017 Southern Chemist Award to recognize distinguished service to the chemical profession in the southern U.S. Nominees should be U.S. citizens, have worked in the South for at least 10 years, and have at least a 10-year record of accomplishment. In addition, nominees must have actively participated in ACS events and have brought recognition to the South through their work. Nominations should consist of a letter containing biographical details and a brief account of the nominee’s technical accomplishments, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications and patents, a list of ACS activities, and two seconding letters from individuals who are not at the nominee’s place of employment. E-mail PDF files by July 31 to Mauricio Cafiero at
[email protected]. Nominators wishing to send their application by mail should send six copies of all materials to Mauricio Cafiero, Department of Chemistry, Rhodes College, 2000 North Pkwy., Memphis, TN 38112.—LINDA WANG
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[email protected] Hans-Conrad zur Loye, David W. Robinson Palmetto Professor of Chemistry at the University of South Carolina, is the winner of the 2016 Charles H. Stone Award, presented every two years by the ACS Carolina-Piedmont Section to an outstanding chemist in the southeastern U.S. His research focuses on the development of high-temperature solution crystal growth techniques to target the synthesis of new functional materials. His current research is focused on the preparation of new luminescent and scintillating complex oxides, on new porous zeolitic materials, and more recently, on the investigation of new complex uranium-containing oxides to develop new classes of hierarchical materials for the long-term sequestration and storage of nuclear waste in persistent architectures.—LINDA WANG
▸ Nominations sought for Southern Chemist Award
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