Department News
Department News
Yinan Shu, Ph.D., receives Robin Hochstrasser Young Investigator Award
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Yinan Shu, a post-doctoral researcher working with Professor Donald Truhlar, has received the Robin Hochstrasser Young Investigator Award. This was created by Elsevier Publishing to honor Robin Hochstrasser and support young scientists.
Matt Simons receives Amelar and Lodge Fellowship
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Matt Simons has received the Richard D. Amelar and Arthur S. Lodge Fellowship for Outstanding Collaborative Research in Materials for 2020-21. This award is given to a student whose research interests encompass the overlapping scope of chemistry and chemical engineering and materials science.
Deborah Rodriguez receives SHPE Twin Cities 2020 scholarship
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Deborah Jisselle Rodriguez, a double major in chemistry and mathematics, has received a 2020 scholarship from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Twin Cities Professional Chapter. Deborah is an undergraduate researcher for Professor Daniel Harki's lab in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Yinan Shu receives Young Investigator Award
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Yinan Shu, Ph.D., a post-doctoral associate working with Regents Professor Donald Truhlar, has received the American Chemical Society Division of Physical Chemistry's 2020 Young Investigator Award.
Eight graduate students receive competitive dissertation fellowships
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Eight Department of Chemistry graduate students have been award highly competitive Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships for the 2020-21 academic year, including Derek Batiste, Angela Carlson, Ryan Daley, Julia Early, Sheng-Yin "Dima" Huang, Siu Yi Kwang, En-Chih Liu, and Rebeca Rodriguez.
Undergraduate celebration honors graduates, award recipients
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When Covid-19 forced the cancellation of the Department of Chemistry's annual celebration of 2019-20 graduates and scholarship/award winners, Professor Lee Penn and Stephanie Stathopoulos prepared a virtual celebration.
Jiayi He awarded EAS research award
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Jiayi He has been awarded an Eastern Analytical Symposium Graduate Student Research Award, honored for her outstanding talent for scientific research.
Meghan Cahill receives President's Student Leadership & Service Award
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Meghan Cahill has received a President's Student Leadership and Service Award, recognizes the accomplishments and contributions of outstanding student leaders at the University of Minnesota.
Two students receive 2019-20 writing awards
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Two students, Angela Cao and Kat Graf, have received Department of Chemistry's 2019-20 writing awards. The awards honor the most favorably reviewed directed research report and advanced lab report.
Two outstanding students receive Overend Award in Physical Chemistry
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Prachi Sharma and Shuyi Xie have received the 2019-20 Overend Award in Physical Chemistry. This award honors outstanding physical chemistry graduate student researchers.