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1999 ACS awards Six scientists in the analytical chemistry community will receive 1999 American Chemical Society awards at the 217th national meeting in Anaheim next spring.
sides in RNA and DNA. He founded Analytical Biochemistry Laboratories Inc., serving as Chairman from 1968 to 1992.
Jeanette Grasselli-Brown, retired director of corporate research at BP America, Daniel Armstrong, professor of chemiswill receive the try at the UniACS Award for versity of Encouraging Missouri-Rolla, Women into will receive the Careers in the ACS Award in Chemical SciChromatograences sponphy, sponsored sored by the by Supelco. Camille and The award recHenry Dreyfus ognizes specific achievements in the field Foundation. The award recognizes those of chromatography. Armstrong is known who have fostered the interest of women in for his work in micelles, cyclodextrins, pseudophase theory, and thefirstcommer- chemistry Grasselli-Brown is known for her work on molecular SDectroscoDV and cialized reversed-phase chiral stationary phase Armstrong is Analytical Chemistry's analytical problem solving in the industrial environment contributions to science eduAssociate Editor for Separations cation promotion of industrial and acaCharles W. Gehrke, professor emeritus of demic' coorjeration and encouragement of women and minorities in science biochemistry at the University of MissouriMichael L. Gross, professor of chemisColumbia, will try and medireceive the cine at WashACS Award in ington UniverSeparations sity, will Science & receive the Technology, Frank H. Field sponsored by and Joe L. IBC Advanced Franklin Award Technologies for Outstandand Millipore. ing AchieveThe award recognizes outstanding accomment in Mass plishments in fundamental or applied reSpectrometry, search in the field of separation science sponsored by and technology Gehrke is known for his Finnigan. The award recognizes outstandwork with lunar rock samples and for deing achievement in the development and veloping high-resolution GC and LC application of MS Gross is known for the methods for amino acids purines pyrimi- development of MS instruments and methdines and major and modified nucleoods for the structural determination of bio-
Rechnitz receives Regents’ Medal Garry Rechnitz, professor of chemistry and founder and director of the Hawaii Biosensor Laboratory, received the University of Hawaii's Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research (senior level) in Septem-
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ber. The award recognizes faculty members whose scholarly contributions expand the boundaries of knowledge and enrich the lives of students and the community. Rechnitz's research focuses on novel molecular recognition elements for biosensor design, including biomagnetic neurosensors for studying the effect of neuromodulatory
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molecules, the study of gas-phase ion chemistry, and the trace analysis of dioxins and related compounds in biological and environmental samples. Douglas A. Skoog, professor emeritus of chemistry at Stanford University, will receive the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry, sponsored by Fisher Scientific. The award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to pure or applied analytical chemistry. Skoog is die senior author of the classic texts (translated into languages) Fundamentals ofAnalytical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry An Introduction and Principles ofInstrumental Analysii which are in their seventh sixth andfifth'editionsrespectively Richard N. Zare, professor of chemistry and physics at Stanford University, will receive the E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, sponsored by Rohm and Haas. The award recognizes fundamental and applied contributions in allfieldsof spectroscopy. Zare is known for his work in single-molecule detection cavity ring-down spectroscopy two-step
laser microprobe MS genetic screening and biosensors as detectors in CE
agents; immunosensors incorporating monoclonal antibodies, binding proteins, or conjugates for measurements in clinical diagnosis or biotechnology; receptor-based sensors using sensory structures of marine animals; and biocatalytic sensors using immobilized enzymes, whole cells, and plant or animal tissues.
