News Mary Elizabeth Williams of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Royce Murray). Her research focuses on using solid-state voltammetry for studying the slow electron and mass transport dynamics in hybrid redox polyether melts and on using these materials in molecular diode devices. Williams's fellowship is sponsored by Eastman Chemical. Ken Yeung of the University of Calgary, Canada (Charles Lucy). Yeung's research focuses on developing ultra high-resolution methodologies for capillary zone electrophoresis. His fellowship is sponsored by GlaxoWellcome.
using them for preconcentrating and separating heavy metals. Howard's fellowship is sponsored by Dow Chemical. Nicole Munro of the University of Pittsburgh Q. P. Landers). Munro's research focuses on incorporating and optimizing clinically relevant assays in the electrophoretic chip format, developing a confocal fluorescence instrument for detection on chips, and developing an optical pyrometer for on-chip control of the polymerase chain-reaction process. Her fellowship is sponsored by R W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Qicai Liu of Duke University (C. H. Lochmiiller).His research focuses on separating organic polymers and biopolymers by Summer fellowships reversed-phase and G. Reid Asbury of Washington State Uniion-exchange LC. versity (Herbert Liu's fellowship is Hill). Asbury's research focuses on sponsored by SACP. electrospray ion mobility spectrometryLenore Polo of Louisiana State University MS, MALDI (Patrick Limbach). TOFMS, and interPolo's research fofacing chromatogracuses on developing phy to ion mobility spectrometry. His fellowMS-based methodolship is sponsored by die Society of Analytical ogies for characterChemists of Pittsburgh (SACP). izing modified oligonucleotides. Her fellowship is sponAnn Dixon of the University of Kansas sored by SACP. (Cynthia Larive). Dixon is developing Honorable mentions are Donald M. CanNMR methods for non, Jr., of Pennsylvania State University studying the interac- (Andrew G. Ewing) and Ryan P. Rodgers so tions of organic mol- Florida State University (Alan G. Marshalll) ecules with aquatic fulvic acid and the metal-ion-induced Nominations aggregation of fulvic acid. Her fellowship is Applications are being accepted for the sponsored by SACP. 1999-2000 Division of Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellowships. The fellowships are Maury Howard of the University of open to full-time graduate students working Texas-Austin toward a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry who will have completed their second year of Games Holcombe). graduate studies by metimetheir fellowship Her research focuses on developing begins. The applicant's graduate adviser must be a member of the Division, and only and characterizing one nomination per adviser will be accepted. trace-metal chelaIn addition to the application forms, nomitors from synthetic polyamino acids and nees must submit three letters of recom576 A
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mendation and undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Applications and information are available at the program's home page (http://www.wabash.edu/ acsgraduatefellowship/home.htm). For questions, contact Robert Iibby of Truman State University (660-785-7499; fax 660-7854045;
[email protected]) or Richard Dallinger of Wabash College (765-361-6242; fax 765-361-6340;
[email protected]).
Kolthoff Award The Division of Analytical Chemistry has established the I. M. Kolthoff Enrichment Award to encourage undergraduates to pursue further studies in analytical chemistry. The award provides up to $500 for the winner to travel to an ACS national meeting and to present the results of his or her research at the Division's poster session. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible, and preference will be given to those applicants who have not previously made a presentation at a national meeting. Previous winners are not eligible. Application packages can be obtainedfromSylvia Daunert, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky Lexington KY 405060055 (
[email protected]). Deadlines are October 15 for the 1999 spring meet.ng and March 15 for the 1999 fall meeting
Wiley Award Viorica Lopez-Avila, principal science adviser at the Midwest Research Institute, will receive AOAC International's Harvey W. Wiley Award for her contributions to the advancement of analytical methodology, namely supercritical fluid extraction and microwaveassisted extraction. Lopez-Avila has been involved in the development, improvement, or evaluation of at least 23 EPA methods. The award will be presented this month at the annual meeting in Montreal Canada. Her research focuses on measuring environmental pollutants using membrane introduction MS, capillary electrophoresis and electrochromatography and supercritical fluid chromatography and on developing sample preparation'methods using solid-phase extraction solid-phase microextraction and supercritical fluid extraction She is also a consulting professor at Stanford University
