Department News
Department News
Professor Larry Que elected to the National Academy of Sciences
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Larry Que is a Regents and Distinguished University Teaching Professor in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Department of Chemistry who has made a tremendous impact in the field of bioinorganic chemistry.
Lee Penn named a Distinguished McKnight University Professor
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Professor Lee Penn has been selected as a recipient of the Distinguished McKnight University Professorship, an award designed to recognize exceptional mid-career faculty. The University-wide program seeks to honor and reward the most distinguished and highest-achieving mid-career faculty who have recently attained full professor status.
Professor Jessica Lamb receives Leadership Development Award
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The American Chemical Society and its Division of Professional Relations (PROF) has selected Professor Jessica Lamb for the inaugural PROF Leadership Development Award.
Multi-institutional team to develop novel drugs that could revolutionize treatment of alcoholic hepatitis
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The Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics has awarded a nearly $1 million grant to a multi-institutional team of scientists from the Department of Chemistry and Mayo Clinic to develop a therapeutic solution to address the challenge posed by alcoholic hepatitis. The project will be led by Merck Professor of Chemistry William Pomerantz and Dr. Vijay Shah, professor of medicine and physiology at the Mayo Clinic.
Professor Theresa Reineke receives the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
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Professor Theresa Reineke was named a 2022 Arthur C. Cope Scholar. She will accept her award and deliver an address at the American Chemical Society meeting in Chicago on Aug. 23, 2022
2021 Brasted Award for Excellence in College Teaching awarded to Professor Jane Wissinger
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The Brasted award is given to an individual who excels in instruction, supervising, innovative course work and exceptional teaching at the college level chemistry courses and laboratory instructions. This year's award goes to Dr. Jane Wissinger of University of Minnesota
Professor Sapna Sarupria joins new NSF funded research team to reduce reliance on vaccine cold chain
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A multi-institutional team of scientists which includes professor Sapna Sarupria of the Department of Chemistry has been awarded the NSF’s DMREF (Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future) award.
Regents Professor Tim Lodge named as inaugural Prager Chair in Macromolecular Science in Chemistry
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University of Minnesota Regents Professor Timothy Lodge has been named the inaugural Prager Chair in Macromolecular Science in Chemistry. The chair is the first of two established by the late College of Science and Engineering Professor Emeritus Stephen Prager and the late Dr. Julie Prager.
Professor Pomerantz awarded $1.9M NIH MIRA grant
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Associate Professor William CK Pomerantz has been awarded a $1.9 million dollar grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at NIH “Chemical Probe Development for Epigenetic Complexes Enabled by Protein-Observed 19 F NMR.
Ian Tonks receives LSI Graduate Research Faculty Safety Award
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Associate Professor Ian A. Tonks has been selected to receive the Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI) Graduate Research Faculty Safety Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Health and Safety. This award recognizes graduate-level academic research faculty who demonstrate outstanding commitment to chemical health and safety in their laboratories.