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people and the chemical modification of surfaces for the creation of ultrathin films and adsorption-based biosensors. Cynthia Larive, a professor of
Seven analytical chemists will receive awards from the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC). Nominations for the 2008 awards are due to Laurie E. Locascio (
[email protected]) by October 1. Please see visit www. analyticalsciences.org for details. Héctor D. Abruña, the Émile M. Chamot Professor and the chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University, will receive the ColeParmer Award in Electrochemistry. The prize recognizes his multidisciplinary approach to From left to right: Héctor D. Abruña, Ray E. Clement, the study of electrochemical pheRobert M. Corn, Cynthia Larive, Scott A. McLuckey, nomena. Most recently, his work Garth J. Simpson, and Adam T. Woolley. has focused on the synthesis and development of nanometric building chemistry at the University of Califorblocks that can be used in a high-efnia Riverside, will receive the J. Calvin ficiency organic light-emitting device Giddings Award for Excellence in Eduor in a single-molecule transistor with cation, sponsored by DAC. Her regate-voltage-dependent conductance. search contributions include application Ray E. Clement, a senior research of NMR diffusion measurements for scientist at the Ontario Ministry of the the study of ligand–protein binding, the Environment, will receive the Award for development of microcoil NMR probes Distinguished Service in the Advancefor on-line separations in the analysis ment of Analytical Chemistry, sponof mass-limited samples, and the apsored by Waters Corp. Clement conplication of metabonomics for chemical ducted pioneering research in detecting genomics studies in plants. She is edidioxins in the environment. Since then, tor-in-chief of the Analytical Sciences he has been active in education in CanDigital Library (www.asdlib.org). ada at all levels, in service to the CanaScott A. McLuckey, a professor of dian Society for Chemistry and other chemistry at Purdue University, will science organizations, and in organizing receive the Award in Chemical Inmany meetings and founding the bienstrumentation, sponsored by the Dow nial EnviroAnalysis conference. Chemical Co. Foundation. McLuckey’s Robert M. Corn, a professor of research has emphasized gas-phase chemistry and biomedical engineering ion chemistry and instrumentation for at the University of California Irvine, organic and biological MS, including will receive the Award in Spectrochemi- fundamental aspects of ionization, unical Analysis. The prize recognizes his molecular reactions, and bimolecular contributions to the development and reactions. He is known for his work on application of surface-sensitive specion activation, ion/molecule reactions, troscopic techniques such as surface and ion/ion reactions, and his current plasmon resonance imaging, optical areas of focus are the identification and second-harmonic generation, and polar- characterization of macromolecules, priization-modulation FTIR spectroscopy. marily via whole-molecule tandem MS, His research interests include the study and ion/ion reaction chemistry. of biopolymer adsorption onto surfaces Garth J. Simpson, an associate pro6432
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fessor of chemistry at Purdue University, will receive the Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achievements by a Young Analytical Scientist, sponsored by Philip Morris USA. He researches fundamental and applied aspects of nonlinear optics with an emphasis on polarization-dependent phenomena and the use of ac electrokinetics for scanning-probe imaging. Adam T. Woolley, an associate professor of chemistry at Brigham Young University, will receive the Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science, sponsored by Agilent Technologies. Woolley’s research involves the use of microfabrication methods in making microfluidic systems for bioanalytical separations and the application of biological molecules as templates for assembling materials with nanoscale dimensions.
Somorjai named 2008 Priestley medalist Gabor Somorjai of the University of California Berkeley will receive the 2008 Priestley Medal, which will be presented at the spring American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, for his contributions to surface science. The Priestley Medal, established in 1922, is ACS’s highest honor and is conferred for distinguished service to the field of chemistry. Somorjai’s work has helped elucidate the relationship between surface reactions and heterogeneous catalysis. Researchers tend to refer to catalysis as a mysterious art, and his exploration of surface reactions has made it possible to start designing systems deliberately. During his studies of the structures and properties of surfaces, Somorjai pioneered the techniques of low-energy electron diffraction surface crystallography, molecular-beam surface scattering, high-pressure tunneling microscopy, and sum-frequency generation spectroscopy. Somorjai was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1979 and has >1000 scientific publications.
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2007–2008 DAC Graduate Fellowships
eral neurobiological models at cellular to subcellular spatial resolution. Procter & Gamble sponsored his fellowship. Thomas Mullen of Pennsylvania State University (Paul Weiss) investigates and develops chemical patterning strategies based on self-assembly and directed assembly. His research aims to enhance the sophistication and precision of soft and hybrid lithographic methods
ceutical Research and Development sponsored his fellowship. Kristin Price of the University The Graduate Fellowship Committee of of Kansas (Craig Lunte and Cynthia the American Chemical Society Division Larive) is developing methods for of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) has setissue-targeted metabonomics using lected eight analytical chemistry graduate microdialysis sampling with proton students to receive either 9-month fellowNMR detection. This site-specific ships during the 2007–2008 academic metabolic profiling technique is apyear or 3-month fellowships during the plied to the study of myocardial and summer of 2007. The mission of the hepatic oxidative stress. DuPont Graduate Fellowship Program is to sponsored her fellowship. encourage basic research in analytical John Schiel of the University chemistry and to recognize future of Nebraska (David S. Hage) is leaders in the field. developing novel methods for examining the rates of drug–proNine-month fellowships tein binding using high-perforAndrew Latham of Pennsylvania mance affinity chromatography State University (Mary Elizabeth and monolithic supports. He is Williams, thesis adviser) is investialso developing high-throughput gating the preparation, functionchromatographic-based immunoalization, and characterization of assays for determining the nonprowater-soluble, bioactive, magnetic tein bound fractions of drugs in From left to right: Evan Hetrick, Joohoon Kim, Andrew clinical samples. The Society for nanoparticles. His work involves the development of new analytiLatham, Samuel Merenbloom, Eric Monroe, Thomas Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh cal methods to separate and purify Mullen, Kristin Price, and John Schiel. sponsored his fellowship. chemically functional magnetic nanoparticles and their use in microfluto influence the molecular composition Honorable mention and placement of the patterns and to The Graduate Fellowship Committee idic applications. Eli Lilly & Co. sponsored his fellowship. apply these patterns to separate biomolawarded honorable mention status to Samuel Merenbloom of Indiana ecules from complex environments. The Nilam Shah of Northwestern University University (David Clemmer) develops Society for Analytical Chemists of Pitts- (Richard Van Duyne) and Sen Li of methods that use multidimensional burgh sponsored his fellowship. Purdue University (Hilkka Kentamaa). ion mobility spectrometry (IMS/IMS) coupled with TOFMS. His research Summer 2007 fellowships Applications for 2008–2009 focuses on enhancing the peak capacity Evan Hetrick of the University of DAC Graduate Fellowships and throughput of IMS/IMS separaNorth Carolina Chapel Hill (Mark tions, using IMS/IMS to probe the Schoenfisch) is developing and testing Applications are now being accepted structures of proteins in the gas phase, polymer coatings for improving the for the 2008–2009 fellowships, which coupling desorption electrospray ionbiocompatibility of implantable tissueare available to full-time graduate ization to IMS/IMS, and developing based sensors. Polymers are modified to students working toward a Ph.D. in instrumentation for high-resolution release NO, which enhances sensor bioanalytical chemistry. Applicants must IMS analyses. GlaxoSmithKline sponcompatibility by stimulating angiogenbe nominated by their graduate thesored his fellowship. esis and reducing tissue encapsulation of sis advisers and must have completed Eric Monroe of the University of the implanted devices. Eastman Chemiat least their second year of graduate Illinois Urbana–Champaign (Jonathan cal Co. sponsored his fellowship. studies by the time their fellowships Sweedler) is developing techniques Joohoon Kim of the University would begin. for the mass spectrometric imaging of of Texas Austin (Richard Crooks) is Detailed information about the biological tissues at high spatial resolustudying the bioanalytical applications program can be found at www.wabash. tions. He uses both secondary ion and of DNA microarrays. His work focuses edu/acsgraduatefellowship/home.htm. MALDI MS to probe the distributions on developing new methods for repliCompleted application packages for the of a wide range of endogenous comcating DNA microarrays from master 2008–2009 fellowships must be subpounds in the nervous systems of sevarrays. Johnson & Johnson Pharmamitted by December 7, 2007. S e p t e m b e r 1 , 2 0 0 7 / A n a ly t i c a l C h e m i s t r y
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