Graduate and Undergraduate Student Environmental Chemistry Awards C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Awards The Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society presents C. Ellen Gonter graduate student research paper awards every year. This is the highest award given to graduate students by the Division of Environmental Chemistry. Each recipient below will present a paper at the 2010 Fall ACS Meeting in Boston, MA at the C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Awards Symposium and receive a check for $1,000. Following are the 2010 Graduate Student Award recipients, their affiliations, and the titles of their papers:
Kristen N. Ballard, Chemistry Department, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY. Citing Faculty: George K. Kaufman, Asst. Professor. Matthew Coggon, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Citing Faculty: Sarina Ergas, Assoc. Professor, and David Ford, Professor. Anthony M. Darrington, Chemistry Department, Wesley College, Dover, DE. Citing Faculty: Malcolm J. D’Souza, Professor. Easar Forghany, Chemistry Department, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga. Citing Faculty: Kenneth J. Brown, Chair and Professor.
Prasun Chatterjee, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Toxic metal sensing through pH changes using a novel hybrid sorbent material. Advisor: Arup K. SenGupta.
Ashley Hountz, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Citing Faculty: Paul Schwab, Professor.
Kathy Phillips, University of Delaware, Newark. Reduction rate constants for nitroaromatic compounds estimated from one-electron reduction potentials. Advisor: Stanley I. Sandler.
Benjamin Kamark, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder. Citing Faculty: Angela R. Bielefeldt, Director of the Environmental Engineering Program and Assoc. Professor.
Ruth Marfil-Vega, University of Cincinnati, OH. Monitoring of 14C-estradiol to determine the role of abiotic processes in the removal of estrogens during wastewater treatment. Advisor: Makram Suidan. John Sivey, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Chlorine monoxide (Cl2O) and molecular chlorine (Cl2) as active chlorinating agents in reaction of dimethenamid with aqueous free chlorine. Advisor: A. Lynn Roberts. Andres Martinez, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Fate of PCB congeners in an industrial harbor of Lake Michigan. Advisor: Keri Hornbuckle. Divina Angela Navarro, University of Buffalo, NY. Mechanisms of interaction between humic acid and hydrophobic CdSe quantum dots facilitating the partitioning into aqueous phase. Advisor: Diana Aga. Lanhua Hu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Oxidation kinetics of antibiotic micropollutants during water treatment with potassium permanganate. Advisor: Timothy Strathmann.
2010 Undergraduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry The Division of Environmental Chemistry sponsors annual awards to full-time undergraduate students currently enrolled in a U.S. education institution in chemistry, environmental engineering, or other programs emphasizing environmental chemistry. These students must have completed or be completing one full year of study at their current institution by May. The award consists of a one year membership in the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry and a certificate. 5320 9 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY / July 15, 2010
Trevor Lynch, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati, OH. Citing Faculty: Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Professor. Annie Opseth, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN. Citing Faculty: Amanda Nienow, Asst. Professor, and Jeff Jeremiason, Assoc. Professor. Becca Putans, Chemistry Department, Albion College, Albion, MI. Citing Faculty: Kevin M. Metz, Asst. Professor. Jose A. Saltos, Department of Chemistry, The College of Staten Island, NY. Citing Faculty: Chwen-Yang Shew, Acting Chair. Amanda Stemig, Department of Chemistry, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. Citing Faculty: Kristine H. Wammer, Asst. Professor. Katherine Stencel, Department of Chemistry, The College of Wooster, OH. Citing Faculty: Melissa M. Schultz, Asst. Professor. Sarah Tufaro, Department of Environmental Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Citing Faculty: Peter Strom, Undergraduate Program Director. Christopher M. Whidbey, Department of Chemistry, Seattle University, WA. Citing Faculty: Douglas E. Latch, Asst. Professor.
Darcy J. Gentleman Managing Editor
10.1021/es102015x
2010 American Chemical Society
Published on Web 06/22/2010
