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Eric Schelter Receives EPA Green Chemistry Award

Jun 13, 2017

Associate Professor Eric Schelter has been selected as the academic recipient of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2017 Green Chemistry Challenge Award. The Green Chemistry Challenge Awards promote the environmental and economic benefits of developing and using novel green chemistry. Eric is receiving his award for his innovations in the recycling of rare earth metals.

 

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David Chandler (1944-2017)

Apr 21, 2017

The Department of Chemistry is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Professor David Chandler of the University of California, Berkeley. Prof. Chandler spent two years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania before beginning his remarkable career at Berkeley.

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Dan Mindiola named Guggenheim Fellow

Apr 10, 2017

Dan Mindiola, Presidential Professor of Chemistry, has named as a 2017 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow. More information on the Fellowship program can be found here.

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Madeleine Joullié to Receive Provost Award

Mar 28, 2017

Professor Madeleine Joullié has been selected to receive a 2017 Penn Provost Award for Distinguished Ph.D. Teaching and Mentoring. The award will be presented at a ceremony on Tuesday, April 25.

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David Christianson to Receive Lindback Award

Mar 28, 2017

Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology David Christianson has been selected to receive a 2017 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. The award will be presented at a ceremony on Tuesday, April 25.

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Karen Goldberg Joining Penn Chemistry

Mar 1, 2017

Karen I. Goldberg, the Nicole A. Boand Endowed Professor in Chemistry at the University of Washington, will be joining the Penn Chemistry Department in September 2017 as the first Vagelos Professor of Energy Research. Prof. Goldberg will also serve as Director of the new Vagelos Center for Energy Research.

 

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Chemistry Students Named 2017 Dean's Scholars

Feb 28, 2017

The School of Arts and Sciences has named twenty 2017 Dean's Scholars from across the school. Three Chemistry students have been recognized.

 

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Graduate Student Honored by APS

Dec 1, 2016

Shi Liu, a recent graduate of Andrew Rappe's research group, has been awarded the prestigious Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics by the American Physical Society.

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Gary Molander Honored by Division of Organic Chemistry

Aug 23, 2016

Department Chair Gary A. Molander has been awarded the Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award by the Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. The award was established in 1994 to recognize outstanding service to the organic chemistry community.

 

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Neil Tomson Awarded Grant

Aug 16, 2016

Assistant Professor Neil Tomson has been awarded a New Investigator Grant by the Kauffman Foundation for research on “Coordination chemistry and catalysis using molecular-scale electric fields”. The grant is part of $1.8 million in grants awarded to support basic research in biology, chemistry and physics by the Charles E.

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