NEW FACULTY

January, 2008 - Professor Charles L. Brooks returns to his Michigan roots as the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biophysics.

July, 2008 - Assistant Professors Bart M. Bartlett and Stephen Maldonado will be coming to Michigan.

August, 2008 - Mi Hee Lim, Assistant Professor, will be joining us.

RECENT AWARDS

Neil Marsh has been awarded the Doctor of Science degree (Sc.D.) from Cambridge University. This degree is confered on alumni of the University who have made important and extensive scholarly contributions to an area of research as demonstrated by a substantive body of published work.

Vincent Pecoraro is the recipient of a 2008 U of M Distinguish Faculty Achievement Award.

Congratulations to Ted Goodson on being awarded a Collegiate Professorship effective September 1, 2008, for a five-year renewable term. This is one of the highest honors the College and the University can bestow upon an eminent member of the faculty.

Ted Goodson is the recipient of a 2008 Faculty Recognition Award for his excellence in research, teaching and service.

Brian Coppola has been selected as the recipient of an 2008 LSA Excellence in Education Award for his special contributions to the College's educational mission.

Kevin Kubarych has received a NSF Career Award (2008).

Mike Morris has been awarded the 2008 Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award.

Nicolai Lehnert is a recipient of a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship to visit Japan for one month in summer of 2008. This fellowship sponsors a visit to Japan for an extended period of time to do research. It is aimed at promoting international scientific cooperation and exchange.

Anna Mapp is the 2007 recipient of the Novartis Young Investigator Award in Chemistry.

John Wolfe has received the 2008-2009 GlaxoSmithKline Research Scholar Award.

Theodore Goodson is the recipient of the ACS Award for Minority Development (2007).

Roseanne Sension has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. This recognition is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the total membership. Dr. Sension is honored for pioneering work on dynamics in the condensed phase, steady state and ultrafast measurements of excited state dynamics, and optical control of chemical reaction dynamics.

Robert Kennedy has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This recognition is bestowed upon members by their peers. Dr. Kennedy is honored for his distinguished contributions to analytical chemistry including development of techniques for ultrasensitive analysis and their application to neuroscience and diabetes research.

Gary Glick has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This recognition is bestowed upon members by their peers. Dr. Glick is honored for his distinguished scholarship in the field of organic chemistry, particularly the discovery of molecular targets, mechanisms and development of potential therapeutic compounds for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Melanie Sanford has been named a 2007 DuPont Young Professor. The DuPont Young Professors Program is designed to provide unrestricted startup assistance to promising young and untenured research faculty.

Melanie Sanford has been named a 2008 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar. The awards are sponsored by the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Fund and administered by the American Chemical Society to recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry.

Barry Dunietz has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the 2007 James T. Neubacher Award Committee for his activities in raising consciousness on campus about disability issues.

Jim Coward has been elected (one of three) to the Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame. The Medicinal Chemistry Division of the ACS selects this group of people based on their contributions to teaching, research, and service in the area of medicinal chemistry.

Carol Fierke has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for distinguished contributions to bio-inorganic chemistry, particularly the mechanisms of zinc metalloenzymes and the ribozyme ribonuclease P, and the development and use of biosensors.

Congratulations to Mark Meyerhoff on his appointment to the Philip J. Elving Collegiate Professorship in Chemistry. Professor Meyerhoff’s lecture took place on September 27th in the Rackham Amphitheater, a public reception followed.

James E. Penner-Hahn has agreed to serve as LSA Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences for a three-year term beginning September 1, 2006. He is currently serving as Chair of the Biophysics Research Division and has just finished a term on the College Executive Committee. Jim has previously served as associate chair of the Chemistry Department and Associate Vice President for Research.

Congratulations to Anna Mapp for being awarded the 2007 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry. from the Division of Biological Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.  This award recognizes outstanding research in biological chemistry of unusual merit and independence of thought and originality. The award was presented at an award symposium held during the 234th ACS National meeting August 19-23, 2007, Boston, MA. 

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