15 September 2009
Schatz, Stair and Van Duyne Recipients of 2010 ACS Awards

Congratulations to George Schatz, Peter Stair and Rick Van Duyne on being selected for 2010 ACS Awards! George Schatz was named as the winner of the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry sponsored by the E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company.  

Peter A. Stair was selected for the George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry sponsored by the George A. Olah Award Endowment Fund. 

Richard Van Duyne was named the winner of the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry

sponsored by the Battelle Memorial Institute.  

Vignettes of the award recipients will appear in C&EN in early 2010. These recipients will be honored at the Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, in conjunction with the 239th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA. 

 

 

 

19 August 2009
George Schatz Named as an Inaugural ACS Fellow

George Schatz was named an Inauguaral Fellow of the American Chemical Society on Monday, August 17, 2009 at the Fall National Meeting in Washington, D.C.  where the society honored its first class of ACS Fellows. These first 162 members "share a common set of accomplishments, namely true excellence in their contributions to the chemical enterprise coupled with distinctive service to ACS or to the broader world of chemistry," said Immediate Past-President Bruce E. Bursten, who championed creation of the program and shepherded it through board approval last year.

 

14 July 2009
Tobin Marks Selected as 2010 William H. Nichols Medalist

Tobin Marks has been selected as the 2010 William H. Nichols Medalist.  The William H. Nichols Medal is one of the oldest and most prestigious chemistry awards in the nation, having been conceived by Dr. William H Nichols in 1902 as an opportunity to recognize creative research, and provide a forum for the exchange of scholarly ideas by the practitioners of the field. The award will be presented at the 2010 William H. Nichols Distinguished Symposium and Medal Award Dinner in New York and is scheduled for March 5, 2010. Congratulations Tobin!

10 July 2009
Regan Thomson Wins NSF CAREER Award

Chemistry professor Regan Thomson has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in the field of organic chemistry from the National Science Foundation.

7 July 2009
Fraser Stoddart Receives Honorary Degree from Trinity College Dublin
Sir Fraser Stoddart will receive a Doctor of Science degree honoris causa from Trinity College at the University of Dublin, Ireland on Friday, July 10, 2009 at the university commencement exercises. Congratulations Fraser!

25 June 2009
Chad Mirkin Awarded Prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize
Congratulations to Northwestern University researcher Chad Mirkin, one of the world’s leaders in nanotechnology research and its application,  who has been awarded the prestigious 2009 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. The Lemelson-MIT Program recognizes outstanding inventors.He will accept the prize and make a presentation about his work Friday, June 26, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the Lemelson-MIT Program’s third annual EurekaFest, a multi-day celebration of the inventive spirit, taking place June 25 to 27.

25 June 2009
Chad Mirkin Highlighted in Chicago Tribune for Prestigious MIT Award

Northwestern University researcher Chad Mirkin, a world leader in nanotechnology research, was awarded a prestigious $500,000 inventor's award at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wednesday. Mirkin, 45, is a chemist and director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology, who creates technologies that can be used -- among other things -- to detect early signs of disease.

18 June 2009
Yuri Berlin Receives Prestigious 2009 Erasmus Mundus Professorship Award

The consortium of the five top European universities including The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Chalmers Tekniska Högskola (Sweden),  Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands), and Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) awarded the 2009 European Union Erasmus Mundus Professorship Award to Research Professor Yuri Berlin for his contribution to the field of “Mechanism and Theoretical Aspects of Charge Transport in Biomolecules”. Congratulations Yuri!

 

 

11 June 2009
Graduate Students Awarded Fellowships

The Chemistry Department wants to recognize five of our graduate students who have received NSF Fellowships and two of them also received NDSEG Fellowships. Lauren Kreno, Professor Hupp and Van Duyne's Group,  Lauren Matosziuk, Professor Meade and Ratner's Group,  Adam Morris-Cohen, Professor Weiss's Group,  Nathan Strutt, incoming graduate student and Kaylie Young, Professor Mirkin's Group have received NSF Fellowships.  Lauren Kreno and Kaylie Young have  also received NDSEG Fellowships.  Congratulations!  

4 June 2009
Three Northwestern Undergraduate Students Awarded NSF Fellowships
Congratulations to Samantha Brown, Rene Boiteau, and Jeff Martell, three of our chemistry undergraduate students who were awarded 2009-2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships! The Chemistry Department is proud of you!

27 May 2009
Karl Scheidt Selected as the Alumnae of Northwestern University Teaching Professor
Congratulations to Karl Scheidt for being selected as the 2009 Alumnae of Northwestern University Teaching Professor. This prestigious three year appointment is awarded to a single faculty member across the entire University who has consistently demonstrated outstanding performance in classroom teaching, or who has developed significant innovations which have also influenced the methods and teaching effectiveness of other faculty.

23 May 2009
Teri Odom Selected for 2010-2011 Defense Science Studies Group (DSSG)
Congratulations to Teri Odom on being selected as one of 15 members of DSSG 2010-2011 from over 165 candidates. DSSG introduces young professors experienced in a variety of disciplines and from the country's top universities to take part in US protection challenges. DSSG seeks to convey to members an understanding of the technical dimensions of these issues and an appreciation for the people and operations involv

22 May 2009
Tobin Marks Receives 2009 Nelson W. Taylor Award
Tobin J. Marks, Vladimir N. Ipatieff Research Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University, has received the 2009 Nelson W. Taylor Award from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State University.

21 May 2009
Rick Silverman Selected for 2009-2010 Faculty and Administrator Honor Roll
Congratulations to Rick Silverman on being selected by the undergraduate student body as one of the seventy members of the 2009-2010 Faculty & Administrator Honor Roll. The selection was very competitive with great candidates across each of Northwestern's six schools.

20 May 2009
Chad Mirkin Named Member of Obama's PCAST

Chad Mirkin, to the left of President Obama is shown at a meeting of Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

16 May 2009
Van Duyne Receives 2010 Bomem-Michelson Award
Rick Van Duyne has been selected to receive the 2010 Bomem-Michelson Award for his contributions to the advancement of the science and technology of  Raman spectroscopy. The award will be presented at the 2010 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Congratulations Rick!

6 May 2009
Antonio Facchetti Receives Prestigious 2009 Italian Chemical Society Award
The Societa Chimica Italiana e Divisione di Chimica Organica awarded its 2009 Research Prize to Research Professor Antonio Facchetti. Congratulations Antonio!

28 April 2009
Lucky Eight: Four Energy Frontier Research Centers Funded in Illinois; Northwestern Associated with four more
On April 27th, Darwin's birthday, the White House announced that 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers, funded at a total of $777 million over five years, will be established at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms.

27 April 2009
Chad Mirkin Named Member of Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
In a speech at the National Academies President Obama announced the membership of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology which includes Chad Mirkin, and a stellar team of experts, who will help advance the President’s bold agenda to reinvigorate the economy while building a new and innovative foundation for a 21^st Century America. We are pleased to announce that Chad Mirkin is a member of Obama's team.

17 April 2009
Professor Tobin Marks featured at the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia del Distrito Federal Website

http://www.icyt.df.gob.mx/sci2009/siw/index.php

The Government of Mexico City, through the strategic involvement of the Institute of Science and Technology, and along with the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Scientific and Technologic Consultative Forum, major research institutions, and distinguished entrepreneurs, invites you to participate at the Science and Innovation Week 2009 that will be held from September 21st to the 25th. This event will take place at the Palacio de Mineria, a neoclassic treasure built in the 18th century, a venue declared patrimony of humanity.

2 April 2009
Tobin Marks Named 2009 Herman Pines Award Winner
The Catalysis Club of Chicago has announced that Professor Tobin Marks has been named the 2009 Herman Pines Award winner. The award is given in recognition of Tobin's outstanding contributions in the areas of heterogenous and homogenous catalysis.  Congratulations Tobin!

16 March 2009
Rick Silverman Awarded Perkin Medal - Highest Honor for Outstanding Applied Chemistry
Richard B. Silverman, the John Evans Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, has been awarded the Perkin Medal by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI). The Perkin Medal is the Highest International Honor for Outstanding Applied Chemistry . Congratulations Rick!

14 March 2009
Patrick Hayes Wins Graduate Student Award for 59th Lindau Nobel

Patrick L. Hayes, a chemistry PhD student in professor Geiger's group and ARCS scholar, has won a graduate student award to attend the 2009 Lindau meeting of Nobel Laureates. Patrick will be one of only 70 PhD students selected for this prestigious meeting. Congratulations Patrick!

3 March 2009
Tobin Marks and Sam Stupp Named Materials Research Society Fellows

Tobin Marks and Sam Stupp have been selected by the Materials Research Society for the distinguished title of MRS Fellow. The title of MRS Fellow honors MRS members who are notable for their distinguished research accomplishments and their outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research, world-wide. Congratulations Sam and Tobin!

2 March 2009
Rick Silverman and Team Find Compounds that Protect against Cerebral Palsy

Two compounds developed by Rick Silverman and his team have been shown to be effective in pre-clinical trials in protecting against cerebral palsy, a condition caused by neurodegeneration that affects body movement and muscle coordination. The findings, which are published online by the journal Annals of Neurology, suggest that a preventive strategy for cerebral palsy may be feasible for humans in the future.

26 February 2009
Teri Odom 2009 Outstanding Young Investigator for Materials Research Society
Teri W. Odom, associate professor of chemistry and Dow Chemical Company Research Professor in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, will receive the 2009 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society (MRS). The presentation will be made April 15 at the 2009 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco. Congratulations Teri!

18 February 2009
Chemistry Major Rene Boiteau Awarded Churchill Prize
Northwestern University senior chemistry major, Rene Boiteau, was awarded  a Churchill Scholarship to pursue graduate studies at the University of Cambridge. Congratulations Rene!

10 February 2009
Chemistry Majors Dillon and Robinson Awarded Gates Scholarships
David Dillon and Chandler Robinson, both  NU undergraduate chemistry majors were among the five students from Northwestern awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships.  Northwestern University tied with Yale for the most Gates awardees and two were NU chemistry's very own! Way to go guys!

6 February 2009
CHAD MIRKIN ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
Chad A. Mirkin, one of the world's leaders in the research and application of  nanotechnology, has been elected a member of the National Academy of  Engineering. Mirkin was cited for development of DNA-programmable  inorganic materials and Dip-Pen Nanolithography. Mirkin, director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology at  Northwestern, is renowned for his invention and development of  biological and chemical diagnostic systems based upon nanomaterials. He is the inventor and chief developer of Dip-Pen Nanolithography, a  groundbreaking nanoscale fabrication and analytical tool, and is the  founder of Nanosphere and NanoInk, two Chicago-based companies.

22 January 2009
Jason Spruell, Stoddart Graduate Student, Awarded NU Presidential Fellowship
Jason Spruell, a fourth year graduate student in Sir Fraser Stoddart's research group, was awarded the Northwestern University Presidential Fellowship by the President of the University and The Graduate School.  This highly competitive award is the most prestigious fellowship awarded by Northwestern. Congratulations Jason!

22 January 2009
Chad Mirkin Awarded Havinga Medal
Chad Mirkin has been awarded the Havinga Medal 2009 from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.The Havinga Medal is given to an outstanding chemist every other year by the University of Leiden. Last year’s recipient was Nobel Laureate Robert Grubbs. Congratulations Chad!