Department News
Department News
Graduate student Chris Warkentin named REC Fellow by UMN Institute on the Environment
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Chris Warkentin has been awarded a $50,000 Renewable Energy Commercialization (REC) Fellowship. Warketin is a graduate student with Prof. Renee Frontiera. He is one of three new fellows announced for 2021-22
Four Chemistry Graduate and Undergraduate Students Recognized for Leadership and Service
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Two chemistry graduate students, Maetzin Cruz-Reyes and Rebeca Rodriguez, and two undergraduate chemistry majors, Meghan Cahill and Jeffy Jeffy are 2021 recipients of the President’s Student Leadership & Service Award (PSLSA).
Two outstanding graduate students receive Overend Award in Physical Chemistry
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Jiaxin Ning and Chris Warkentin have received the 2020-2021 Overend Award in Physical Chemistry. This award honors outstanding physical chemistry graduate student researchers.
Chemistry graduate student Rebeca Rodriguez honored with Josie R. Johnson award
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Chemistry graduate student Rebeca “Becky” Rodriguez has received the Spring 2021 Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award. Becky is the first recipient from the College of Science & Engineering in the 23-year history of the Josie R. Johnson award.
In memorium: Professor Emeritus Larry Miller
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Professor Emeritus Larry Miller passed away at the age of 81.
Five graduate students honored in NSF graduate fellowship competition
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Five Chemistry graduate students were recognized in the 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) this year.
Nicholas Garcia awarded a DoE Office of Science Graduate Research Award
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Nicholas Garcia awarded a Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Research (SCGSR) Award
Dr. Evan Beaumier has been awarded the Department of Chemistry’s 2020 Best Thesis Award
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Dr. Evan Beaumier has been awarded the Department of Chemistry’s 2020 Best Thesis Award
Jennifer Kimbrough awarded a National Cancer Institute Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
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Jennifer Kimbrough, PhD, is a postdoc in the lab of Prof Will Pomerantz and has been recently awarded a National Cancer Institute Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award.
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.