Department News
Department News
Sarah Tanck, Chem and CEMS undergraduate, awarded 2022 Goldwater Scholarship
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Sarah Tanck, a junior majoring in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, is one of two University of Minnesota students to be be recognized as a Goldwater Scholar by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
Four students receive NSF graduate research fellowships
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Four Department of Chemistry students have received fellowships in the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) and two more have earned honorable mentions.
Huarui Cui awarded Department's 2021 Best Thesis Award, Honorable Mention for University's Best Dissertation Award
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Huarui Cui, Ph.D., has received the Department of Chemistry’s Best Thesis Award for 2021 and was awarded Honorable Mention for the University-level Best Dissertation Award. Cui earned her doctorate working with Professor Will Pomerantz, researching BET bromodomain chemical probes, especially for BRD4.
Brianna Collins featured in ‘Inventing Tomorrow’
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Brianna Collins, a 5th-year graduate student working with Professor Jason Goodpaster, was featured in the Fall 2021 edition of the College of Science and Engineering’s Inventing Tomorrow magazine.
Jared Anderson awarded Predoctoral Fellowship from ACS MEDI
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Jared Anderson, a 3rd-year chemistry graduate student working with Professor Daniel Harki, has received a 2022-2023 Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Chemical Society, Division of Medicinal 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.
‘Inventing Tomorrow’ features Professor Christy Haynes
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A feature article, "The Science of Small," published in the Fall 2021 edition of the College of Science and Engineering’s Inventing Tomorrow magazine, showcases the work of Professor Christy Haynes and her research group.
Organovanadium compounds research featured on front cover of journal
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Work on unprecedented organovanadium compounds discovered in the laboratory of Professor Emeritus John Ellis has been selected for the front cover of Acta Crystallographica C, Structural chemistry.
Varun Gadkari joins chemistry faculty
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The Department of Chemistry will welcome Dr. Varun Gadkari as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2022. Dr. Gadkari earned his PhD in biochemistry from The Ohio State University and is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Michigan.
ACS Student Chapter selected for Commendable and Green Chemistry Awards
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The University of Minnesota (UMN) American Chemical Society (ACS) Student Chapter received special recognition for the 2020-2021 academic year, earning both Commendable and Green Chemistry Chapter Awards.