DeSimone Wins Alumni Achievement Award
(March 13, 2009) Prof. Joseph M. DeSimone (PhD 1990) has been selected to receive the 2009 Virginia Tech Distinguished Graduate Alumni Achievement Award. He will receive the award at the Graduate Commencement ceremony at 3 pm on Friday, May 15. Joe is Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at University of North Carolina and William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, at North Carolina State University. (more on DeSimone ...)
Chirik Wins Cope Scholar Award
(March 13, 2009) Prof. Paul J. Chirik (B.S., 1995) has received the 2009 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award for his invention of organoiron compounds that catalyze diverse chemical reactions including hydrogenation, and for his discovery of zirconium complexes that disassemble atmospheric nitrogen -- both potentially energy-saving contributions. Paul is currently Debye Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. (more on Chirik ...)
Schug Named LCGC Emerging Leader
(March 19, 2009) Prof. Kevin A. Schug (PhD, 2002) has received the 2009 LCGC Emerging Leader of the Year for Chromatography Award, for his contributions to the field of LC-MS, especially the development of electrospray ionization (ESI) applications. Kevin is presently an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. (more on Schug ...)
Other Recent Achievements
- Larry Fiegland is a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Colorado.
- Mary Tam is an instructor at James Madison University.
- Nick Russ is a post-doctoral research associate at Q-Chem in Pittsburgh.
- Scott Day is an assistant professor at Marshall University.
- Andrea Dunham is a chemist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center.
- John Berry, an assistant professor at University of Wisconsin, has received the NSF Career Award.