Department News
Department News
Professor Siepmann named editor-in-chief of Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
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The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has named J. Ilja Siepmann, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data.
Professor Truhlar named reviewer of the month
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Regents Professor Donald Truhlar has been named Reviewer of the Month for July 2020 by the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry.
Nicholas Race receives MIRA grant
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Professor Nicholas Race has received a Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) General Medicine that brings in $1.9 million for five years to fund projects involving the use of the phenonium ion as a control element in synthesis.
Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran receives MIRA grant
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Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran has received a Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) General Medicine that brings in $1.9 million for five years to fund her research on decoding and rewiring enzymatic redox signal transduction pathways.
Christopher Cramer receives ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
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Christopher J. Cramer has received a 2021 American Chemical Society (ACS) Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award, recognized for his excellence in organic chemistry. He has been a professor in the Department of Chemistry for 28 years and, since November 2018, has served as the University of Minnesota’s Vice President for Research.
Professor Goodpaster receives Machine Learning award
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Professor Jason Goodpaster has received a Machine Learning (ML) in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for his research focused on "Machine Learning Models for Chemical Reactions."
Professor Massari receives COGS Outstanding Adviser Award
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Professor Aaron Massari has received the 2020 University of Minnesota Council of Graduate Students (COGS) Outstanding Advisor Award for his excellent advising and teaching of graduate students.
Lee Penn receives 2020 George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Service
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Professor Lee Penn has received the 2020 George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Service, honored for their outstanding service to the University, scientific community, and profession.
Professor Hillmyer receives 2020 Bright Science Award in materials sciences
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Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, awarded Professor Marc Hillmyer, from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, with the 2020 Bright Science Award in materials sciences.
Professor Lodge receives NSSA Sustained Research Prize
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Regents Professor Timothy P. Lodge received the 2020 Sustained Research Prize of the Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA). He was honored for his pivotal contributions to the fundamental understanding of polymer structure, thermodynamics, and dynamics through the use of small angle neutron scattering.