Department News
Department News
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.
Six students receive NSF graduate research fellowships
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Six Department of Chemistry students have received fellowships in the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program and two more have earned honorable mentions.
Atomic-scale imaging reveals secret to thin film strength
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An international team of scientists and engineers, led by University of Minnesota Associate Professor K. Andre Mkhoyan and Professor Emeritus Michael Tsapatsis (currently, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University), have made a discovery that could further advance the use of ultra-thin zeolite nanosheets, which are used as specialized molecular filters.
Xiao Xiao receives department's thesis award
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Xiao Xiao, Ph.D., received the Department of Chemistry’s Best Thesis Award for 2019. Xiao earned his doctorate working with Professor Thomas Hoye, researching aryne-based synthetic methodologies.
Monica Ohnsorg selected for CAS Future Leaders program
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Monica Ohnsorg has received a prestigious CAS Future Leaders program award.
Alumna Shikha Nangia seeks to understand blood-brain barrier
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Alumna Shikha Nangia, who earned her doctorate at the University of Minnesota working with Regents Professor Donald Truhlar, published an article in Scientia, The Blood-Brain Barrier: More than just a Barrier.
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.
Rebeca Rodriguez receives fellowships and awards
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Rebeca Rodriguez is an outstanding graduate student and researcher earning fellowships and awards for her work, including a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Fellowship, Louis T. Dosdall Fellowship, and Women Chemists Committee Merck Research Award.
Graduate students receive poster session awards
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Amy Ott and Blair Troudt receive poster awards at conferences and discuss their research
Hannah Lembke receives NIH Biotechnology Training Grant
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Hannah Lembke has received a National Institutes of Health Biotechnology Training Grant. The Biotechnology Training Program at the University of Minnesota provides students with cross-disciplinary skiils, knowledge and prospectives that are needed to solve challenging questions questions and problems in biotechnology.