Department News
Department News
Professor Bhagi-Damodaran receives NSF CAREER Award
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The NSF CAREER award aims to support junior faculty members who embody the role of ideal teacher-scholars through the integration of education and research while supporting the mission of their organization, and provides the Bhagi-Damodaran Lab $940,980 over five years.
Courtney Roberts featured in Science for virtual recruitment event
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Science Careers spoke with Roberts about what her department learned, what advice she has for others who are putting together similar events, and why departments may want to consider offering virtual recruitment well into the future.
Professor Pomerantz to co-chair ICBS Global Council
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The International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) has announced that William C. K. Pomerantz, McKnight Presidential Fellow and associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been selected as the co-chair of the ICBS Global Council by the ICBS Board of Directors.
Professor Roberts receives Leadership Development Award
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The American Chemical Society and its Young Chemists Committee (YCC) has award Professor Courtney Roberts with a Leadership Development Award, supporting her participation in the YCC Leadership Development Workshop. The YCC program recognizes emerging leaders in the profession and helps them prepare for the leadership opportunities at volunteer organizations such as ACS, and in their professional careers.
Professor Barany elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
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Distinguished McKnight University Professor George Barany has been elected a 2020 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors® (NAI). He is being honored for “. . . demonstrating a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made tangible impacts on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society."
Professor Tonks appointed associate editor of Organometallics
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Professor Ian A. Tonks has been appointed as an associate editor for the American Chemical Society journal Organometallics, effective Dec 1, 2020.
Professor Race wins 2021 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
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Nicholas Race, assistant professor of chemistry, has won a 2021 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award. This award is presented every year to up-and-coming researchers worldwide who are in the early stages of their independent academic career as assistant or junior professors.
Donald Truhlar on Clarivate list of Highly Cited Researchers
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Regents Professor Donald Truhlar is one of 30 researchers at the University of Minnesota named to the 2020 list of Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate™, which is powered by Web of Science™. Truhlar has been on the Highly Cited Researchers list annually since 2001.
Professor Lu receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
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Professor Connie Lu has received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. She was honored for her outstanding research record.
Connie Lu promoted to professor
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Connie Lu has been promoted to full professor, effective fall 2020. She started with the Department of Chemistry in 2009 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2015.