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2006 Awards
Hashim
Al-Hashimi has been awarded a 2006 National Science
Foundation Career
Award.
Brian
Coppola has been awarded the 2006 James Flack
Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching
of Chemistry. The award, given annually by the ACS
Northeastern Section, will be presented on Nov. 16.
It recognizes an individual whose dedication and excellence
in the teaching of chemistry have had wide-ranging
effects on the profession.
Anna
Mapp (NSF) and Melanie
Sanford (NIH) have been awarded the 2005 Presidential
Early Career Awards for Scientists & Engineers,
one of the most prestigious awards to honor investigators
in the early stages of promising research and education
careers. They were two of fifty-six researchers honored
on July 26, 2006 in a ceremony presided over by John
H. Marburger III, science adviser to the President
and director of the White House Office of Science & Technology
Policy. Each presidential award winner receives a
citation, a plaque, and a commitment for continued
funding of their work from their agency for five years.
Recipients include engineers, computer and informational
scientists, and educators and researchers in the mathematical,
physical, and biological sciences.
Melanie
Sanford has been awarded a Research Corporation
Cottrell Scholar Award (2006). The award is based
upon proposals for achievement in both research and
teaching. Originality, feasibility, and the prospect
for significant fundamental advances to science are
the main criteria for the research plan. Contributions
to education, especially at the undergraduate level,
aspirations for teaching, and the proposed strategies
to achieve educational objectives are factors in assessments
of the teaching plan. The ability of applicants to
mount a strong research program and their commitment
to teaching are weighed in the two-phase review process.
Melanie
Sanford received an AstraZeneca Excellence in
Chemistry Award for 2006. This award is presented
annually to two talented academic researchers who
have demonstrated distinct potential in synthetic,
mechanistic or bioorganic chemistry. Past awardees
include many researchers who have gone on to become
leaders in the scientific community. Awardees are
selected by a team of AstraZeneca senior scientists
in consultation with world-leading academic scientists.
Congratulations to Raoul
Kopelman for being awarded a the Richard Smalley
Distinguished University Professorship of Chemistry, Physics
and Applied Physics by the University of Michigan. Professor
Kopelman received this award for his internationally
recognized scholarly achievement, his broad scholarly
interests and his originality as a scholar and for
his superior teaching skills.
Anna
Mapp received the 2006 Class of 1923 Memorial
Teaching Award from the College of Literature Science & the
Arts for the teaching of undergraduates. The award
is decided upon by the college executive committee
from a field of faculty eligible for promotion.
Congratulations to John
Wolfe for being awarded one of the 2006 Camille
Dreyfus Teach-Scholar Awards. This is a well-deserved
award recognizing John's outstanding accomplishments
as both a researcher and an educator.
Mark
Meyerhoff has been selected to receive the inaugural
University of Michigan Rackham Distinguished Graduate
Mentor Award for 2006.
Mark
Meyerhoff has been awarded the Charles N. Reilley
Award in Electroanalytical Chemistry from the Society
for Electroanalytical Chemistry. He received
this much deserved award at March 2006 PittCon Conference.
Anna
Mapp has been named the recipient of the 2006
CR&D Young Investigator's Award from Amgen. This
award recognizes the scientific contribution and commitment
to academic excellence from rising young investigators
in the field of Chemistry. She will be honored at
the annual CR&D Amgen Young Investigator's Symposium
as well as receive a monetary award.
Melanie
Sanford has been selected an Alfred P. Sloane
Research Fellow. This is a very competitive award
which indicates the high esteem in which her past
work and future potential is held by fellow scientists
both at U of M and in the outside community.
Melanie
Sanford has been awarded the prestigious Bristol-Myers-Squibb
Unrestricted Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
This is an enormously competitive award - the competition
included a site visit to Michigan in which they interviewed
her students and had them give presentations on her
research. Her picture and biographical information
appeared in C&E News. This is a well-deserved
recognition of the excellent research that Melanie
and her group are doing.
Congratulations to Neil
Marsh for being admitted as a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Chemistry. This honor is bestowed on members
of the Society who have demonstrated "substantial
career progression and who can offer evidence of seniority
and maturity of experience in any field which involves
or promotes the advancement or wider application of
chemical science." This is a well-deserved honor
for Neil.
Congratulations to Mike
Morris for being selected to receive the 2005-2006
Margaret and Herman Sokol Faculty Award in the Sciences.
This is a well-deserved recognition of his outstanding
contributions to graduate education, scholarship and
research at the University of Michigan.
Roseanne
Sension has been selected as the recipient of
an LSA Excellence in Education Award for her special
contributions to the College's educational mission.
I hope that you all join me in congratulating Roseanne
on being given this much deserved award.
Heather
Carlson has been awarded the Wiley International
Journal of Quantum Chemistry Young Investigator Award
(2006).
2005 Awards
Ioan Andricioaei has been awarded a 2005 National Science Foundation Career
Award.
Michael Morris has been awarded the Mann Award given by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies for achievements in applied Raman Spectroscopy. He is also the recipient of the Meggers Award given by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy for the best paper in Applied Spectroscopy in 2005.
Melanie Sanford received a 2005 National Science Foundation Career Award.
Kristina Hakansson has received a 2005 National Science Foundation Career Award.
Dimitri Coucouvanis has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is one of five University of Michigan faculty elected. This is a well-deserved recognition of Dimitri's many scientific contributions.
Heather Carlson has been awarded the National Science Foundation Career Award for 2005 and the College of Pharmacy's Student Appreciation Award for Excellence in Teaching (2005).
Congratulations to Kristina Hakansson for being the recipient of a 2005 Eli Lilly Analytical Chemistry Award. This grant is awarded by the Analytical Chemistry Academic Contacts Committee (ACACC) to untenured faculty who they feel are making an impact in the field of analytical chemistry. This award is a great honor and recognition of the strong research program that Kristina is establishing.
Anna Mapp received one of three GlaxoSmithKline Chemistry Scholars Awards for 2005, as announced in Chemical and Engineering News, Oct. 24, p. 42. This is a very well-deserved and prestigious award; the previous award winners are a star group of researchers in synthetic chemistry and chemical biology.
Carol Fierke has been awarded a Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award for 2005 from the University of Michigan.
Congratulations to John Wolfe and Melanie Sanford for being the recipients of the 2005 Lilly Grantee Award in Organic Chemistry (out of three grantees). This award is a great honor and recognition of the strong research programs that both John and Melanie are establishing.
Raoul Kopelman has received the 2005 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Spectrochemical Analysis, which is sponsored by the Division of Analytical Chemistry.
Adam Matzger has been awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship for 2005.
Kristina Hakansson has been awarded the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award (2005).
Vincent Pecoraro has
been awarded the 2005 Sokol Award which is given annually to a tenured faculty member with at least a partial appointment in the following departments only: Astronomy; Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; Chemistry; Geological Sciences; Mathematics; Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; Physics. The $25,000 award recognizes outstanding contributions to graduate education and scholarship. A Margaret and Herman Sokol Postdoctoral Award of $10,000 also will be made to the department of the Sokol Faculty Award recipient.
Carol Fierke has been awarded the 2005 Power Award.
2004-05
Awards
The
2004-2005 winner of the Society for
College Science Teachers (SCST)/Kendall-Hunt
Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher
Award (OUSTA) is Prof. Brian
P. Coppola. Professor of Chemistry,
Associate Chair for Curriculum and
Faculty Affairs, and the Arthur F.
Thurnau Professor in Chemistry at the
University of Michigan.
Melanie
Sanford has been awarded the
Boehringer Ingelheim New Investigator
Award in Organic Chemistry for 2004.
As the world's largest privately-held
pharmaceutical company, Boehringer
Ingelheim is proud to support a variety
of academic research projects and
is dedicated to enhancing the careers
of talented scientific professionals
around the world. The New Investigator
Award in Organic Chemistry carries
with it up to $70,000 for the funding
of a Postdoctoral Fellow in the recipient's
laboratory.
Zhan
Chen, Marc
Johnson, and Anna
Mapp have been named recipients
of National Science Foundation Career
Awards for 2004.
Brian
P. Coppola has been awarded the 2004
Professor of the Year for the State
of Michigan by the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education
and the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching for his outstanding
teaching, commitment to undergraduate
students and influence on education.
Omar
Yaghi received the 2004 Sacconi
Medal from the Italian Chemical Society.
Information about this award for
excellence in Inorganic Chemistry
is available on the following website: http://www.cerm.unifi.it/FondSacc/medal.html
Camille
and Henry Dreyfus Foundation announced
that Nils
Walter has been named a recipient
of the 2004 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Award. This year's list of recipients
is truly impressive.
Congratulations
to Hashim
Al-Hashimi for receiving the 2004
Ralph E. Power Junior Faculty Enhancement
Award. This award is sponsored by Oak
Ridge and is available to junior faculty
at Oak Ridge Associated Universities
member institutions. These awards are
intended to enrich the research and
professional growth of young faculty
and result in new funding opportunities
for them.
John
Wolfe received a 3M Nontenured
Faculty Award. This is an unrestricted
research award funded by the 3M Contributions
Program.
Paul
Rasmussen has been selected as
one of the Harold R. Johnson Diversity
Awardees for 2004. The Harold R.
Johnson Diversity Service Award recognizes
faculty whose service contributes
to the development of a more culturally
and ethnically diverse campus community.
Paul has made major contributions
at the college and graduate school
though his broad efforts to expand
the recruitment of underrepresented
minority students, not only into
chemistry, but into all of the natural
science departments on campus.
Congratulations
to Melanie
Sanford who has been named a recipient
of a Beckman Young Investigator Award.
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation makes grants
to non-profit research institutions to promote research
in chemistry and the life sciences to foster the
invention of methods, instruments and materials that
will open up new avenues of research in science.
The Beckman Young Investigators (BYI) Program is
intended to provide research support to the most
promising young faculty members in the early stages
of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.
Melanie
Sanford is a recipient of a Camille
and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award.
Larry
Bartell received the Metz-Starck
Award at the Austin Symposium on
Molecular Structure. This international
award recognizes a scientist who
has made major contributions to the
study of molecular structure, with
preference given to the fields of
microwave spectroscopy, high resolution
infrared spectroscopy, and gas-phase
electron diffraction. The selection
of the recipient is made by Juergen
Vogt of the Section of Spectral and
Structure Documentation at the University
of Ulm, Germany.
Congratulations
to John
Wolfe who has recently been named
the recipient of the 2004 Amgen Young
Investigatory Award.
Kristina
Hakansson has received the Elisabeth
Caroline Crosby Research Award (2004)
as well as the 2004 Searle Scholar
Award. This is an outstanding accomplishment
- a highly competitive award program.
Kristina is the second member of
the Chemistry Department to receive
this honor.
Congratulations
to Anna
Mapp, who is the recipient of the
prestigious 2004 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Fellowship in Chemistry. These annual
awards are intended to enhance the
careers of the very best young faculty
members in specified fields of science.
William
Roush was the 2004 recipient of
the ACS Ernest Guenther Award for
Natural Products Chemistry.
Ed
Vedejs has received the 2004
HC Brown Award for Creative Research
in Synthetic Methods, as announced
in Chemical and Engineering News.
2003
Awards
The
2003 Farrel Lytle Award for outstanding contributions
to synchrotron science involving SSRL was awarded
to Professor James
Penner-Hahn, in recognition of his imaginative
application of x-ray absorption spectroscopy
in all of its variations to a large and diverse
collection of important biological and biochemistry
problems over the past twenty years. It was noted
by many of the people who nominated Jim, that
during this same period he has also focused with
equal vigor on training the next generation of
biophysical x-ray spectroscopists.
Omar
Yaghi was the recipient of the first (2003)
Department of Chemistry "Chairman's Award for Excellence" in
Research.
Zhan
Chen received the 2003 Dow Corning Assistant Professorship.
Mark
Meyerhoff was the 2003 recipient of the ACS Analytical
Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry.
Will
Pearson was the 2003 recipient of an Arthur C. Cope Scholar
Award.
David
Lubman was the recipient of the R&D
100 Award (2003) - R&D Magazine.
Zhan
Chen was the recipient of the Beckman Young Investigator
Award (2003-06)
Adam
Matzger received the Beckman Young Investigator Award
(2003) and the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award.
James
Penner-Hahn received the 6th Annual Farrel W. Lytle Award
(2003) - Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory.
William
Roush received the Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service
Award (2003) recognizing outstanding service to the organic
chemistry community.
Melanie
Sanford received the Dreyfus New Faculty Award (2003).
2002
Awards
Heather Carlson
was the recipient of the 2002 Beckman Young Investigator Award.
Anna
Mapp received the 2002 Basil O'Connol Scholar Award from the
March of Dimes.
John
Wolfe received the Dreyfus New Faculty Award (2002-03), a Research
Corporation Innovation Award (2002-03), the 3M Untenured Faculty
Award (2002-03), and a Lilly New Faculty Grant (2002-03).
Nils
Walter was the recipient of the 2002 Dow Corning Assistant Professorship.
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