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▸ Stuart Croll wins Tess Award; nominations open for 2018 award Stuart Croll, professor and chair of the department of coatings and polymeric materials at North Dakota State University, is the winner of the 2017 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings, sponsored by the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering. Croll was the first to demonstrate the connection between coating solidification and the glass transition temperature as controlled by solvent content in the coating and its impact on coating adhesion. The $3,000 cash prize and plaque recognize outstanding individual achievements and noteworthy contributions to coatings science, technology, and engineering. Croll will receive the award during the fall ACS national meeting in Washington, D.C. Nominations are sought for the 2018 Roy W. Tess Award. Scientists from all sectors of industry, government, and academia are eligible to apply and should forward nominations to Chair at Polymers & Coatings Consultants, 5645A Emerald Ridge Pkwy., Solon, Ohio 44139. For more information, contact Theodore Provder at (440) 914-0611, (440) 610-4809, or
[email protected]. Each nomination will be considered for four award years after its receipt but must be renewed for consideration beyond that time. The deadline for nominations is Sept. 1.—LINDA WANG
▸ Gibbs Award to Judith Klinman Judith P. Klinman, professor of the graduate school and Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded the 2017 Willard Gibbs Medal Award by the ACS Chicago Section. The award recognizes exceptional individuals whose pioneering work has opened new fields of chemical research. Klinman launched the field of protein-derived cofactors with the discovery
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Cui and Sanford named Blavatnik laureates ACS members Yi Cui and Melanie S. Sanford are among the three winners of the 2017 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, established by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and administered by the New York Academy of Sciences. The awards honor exceptional young scientists and engineers, and each winner receives an unrestricted cash prize of $250,000. Sanford is Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. She was named the 2017 Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry. Cui is a professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford University. He was named the Yi Cui 2017 Blavatnik National Laureate in Physical Sciences & Engineering. Sanford is developing new synthetic methods for the synthesis of organic molecules. She aims to develop methods to form bonds or put molecules together in ways that were not previously possible. “Ultimately, we aim to apply these methods in developing greener routes to important molecules, such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, radiotracers, and energy storage materials,” she says. “This award is an incredible honor. It is a huge testament to the phenomenal training that I have received from my teachMelanie S. Sanford ers and mentors throughout the years as well as the amazing undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs that I have been so fortunate to work with over the last 13 years of my independent career.” Sanford says she hopes the award will bring broader recognition to the critical importance of supporting basic research in organic and inorganic chemistry. Cui is using nanomaterial research to pursue challenges in energy and environmental sciences, particularly in the development of the next generation of batteries. Among his inventions are a cooling textile that can save electricity in air-conditioning and a technique for tuning catalyst activity in battery cells to make them more efficient. “I hope that my research can change the world with high-impact technologies generated particularly in the area of energy and environment,” Cui says. “This award will offer the resources to help me focus on what I do.” The third laureate is MIT neuroscientist Feng Zhang. The award ceremony will take place in New York City on Sept. 2.—LINDA WANG
of modified tyrosine residue, 6-hydroxydopa (referred to as TPQ) in the active site of a copper-containing amine oxidase that mediates the enzyme’s redox chemistry. Her laboratory has made breakthroughs concerning the fundamental nature of enzyme catalysis. Her group has also explored the relationship between protein structure and tunneling, presenting evidence for the role of specific active-site residues in the tunneling process.—LINDA
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▸ Hammond Award to David Whitten David G. Whitten, Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico, is the recipient of the 2017 George S. Hammond Award, presented by the Inter-American Photochemical Society. Whitten is a leader in the field of photochemistry, and his research ranges from fundamental studies of photoinduced
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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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