Bischoff Receives DAAD Fellowship

(November 16, 2009) Dr. Florian Bischoff, a postdoctoral associate in the Chemistry Department, has received a research fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).  Dr. Bischoff received his PhD at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.  At Virginia Tech he is working with Prof. Edward Valeev on a new approach to electronic structure theory that replaces conventional orbital basis sets with localized mathematical functions.

McNair Featured as Icon of Chromatography

(November 12, 2009) Prof. Emeritus Harold M. McNair has been featured in the "Icons of Chromatography" series in LC-GC Europe, a leading trade journal for separation technology.  The article recognizes Dr. McNair as one of the world's "foremost authorities on the theory and application of virtually all mainstream separation techniques."  The text of an accompanying interview with Dr. McNair may be found here.

Mach Named ICTAS Scholar

(September 25, 2009) Taylor Mach, a first-year chemistry graduate student, was one of six VT students selected to receive an ICTAS Doctoral Scholarship.  The award includes a stipend and graduate tuition for four years, as well as support for conference travel.   Mach earned his undergraduate degree at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and he intends to study molecular electronic structure theory with Prof. Daniel Crawford.  (more...)

Reineke Wins NIH New Innovator Award

(October 6, 2009) Prof. Theresa M. Reineke is one of 54 scholars nationwide to receive the 2009 NIH Director's New Innovator Award, which recognizes "investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research."  Dr. Reineke and her research group will use the $2.3 million in funding to explore mechanisms of intracellular nucleic acid delivery using novel carbohydrate-containing polymers.  (more ...)

Nano Drug Delivery Initiative Receives Grant

(September 25, 2009) Professors Alan R. Esker and Richard D. Gandour have received $431,000 as part of a $1,512,000 grant from NSF for Cyber-Engineering Functional Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery. They are working with three cyber engineers--Professors Roland Faller (UC Davis), Amadeu Sum (Colorado School of Mines), and Markus Deserno (Carnegie Mellon)--who will simulate the design of the nanoparticles. Through a virtual feedback system, Esker's and Gandour's experiments will validate the simulations, which, in turn, will suggest new nanoparticle designs.

Chemists Receive Grant for SAXS

(October 10, 2009) Profs. Robert B. Moore and Herve Marand have received a $510,000 grant from NSF (plus $220,000 in matching support from VT) to purchase an instrument for small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). These techniques enable nanoscale morphological characterization of solid materials and liquid dispersions. Dr. Moore, Dr. Marand, and several science and engineering colleagues are exploring new materials for energy and bio-medical applications. The new equipment will complement existing capabilities of the VT Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory (NCFS).

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