Alumnus Anupam Patgiri Joins the Faculty ay Emory School of Medicine
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Alumnus Billy Marsiglia Joins the Faculty at the University of Alabama-Birmingham
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Alumnus Abel Navarro Receives Teaching Award from the ACS NY Section
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Alumna Debra Rooker was on the Remdesivir Research Team at Gilead
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Alumna Diane Lye is on the Remdesivir Research Team at Gilead
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Alumnus Bill Probst Passes Away on November 22, 2020
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NYU Welcomes New Faculty Member Stephanie Lee
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Alumna Brooke Bullock Lau is on Pfizer's COVID Vaccine Research Team
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Alumna, Nobel Laureate and Antiviral Visionary Gertrude Elion is Featured in National Geographic
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Alumnus Tim Berkelbach Receives the 2021 ACS Fresenius Award
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NYU Chemistry Welcomes New Faculty: Claudia Avalos and Marvin Parasram
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NYU Chemistry Graduation Tribute Page for the Class of 2020
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Alumnus Bowen Yang is the First Chinese-American to Join the Cast of SNL, in its 45th Season
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Alumnus Neil Garg is Selected for the 2019 NYU Distinguished Alumni Award
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Alumna (and Faculty) Margaret Mandziuk's White Paper in the Journal of Molecular Structure
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Alumnus Tim Berkelbach Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
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Alumna and Administrator Danielle Nalband Featured in NYU Arts Digest
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NYU Chemistry Welcomes New Faculty Tania Lupoli (alumna) and Glen Hocky
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Alumnus Tim Berkelbach Receives a 2019 NSF Early Career Award
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Professor Emeritus Martin Pope Turns 100
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Alumnus Neil Garg Wins the 2018 Cherry Award for Great Teaching
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NYU Chemists Honor Kurt Mislow, in Memoriam
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Alumna Marie Maynard Daly, the First African American Woman to Earn a Ph.D in Chemistry
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Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Lehn, of Strasbourg, received an Honorary Degree from NYU
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Alumnus Dinshaw Patel is Honored by Sloan-Kettering with a 75th Birthday Symposium
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Professor Daniel Turner, Clinical Professor Petra Tosovska and Graduate Student Alex Andia won 2017 Teaching Awards from the College of Arts & Science
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Professor John Halpin received the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award 2017
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Alumna Veronica Murphy Authors Children's Book "CHEMISTRY" for Barnes & Noble
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Alumna Mia Huang Received an NIH Career Transition Award
Jerschow Postdoc Andy Ilott (Currently at BMS) Received the 2017 Blavatnik Award
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Alumnus Phil Baran is Elected to the National Academy of Science 2017
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Alumnus John Kulp is named Regional Dean at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
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Alumnus Christopher Alabi, now a Professor at Cornell, gives a seminar at NYU October 2017
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NYU Chemistry Welcome Symposium for President Andrew D. Hamilton, November 2016
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Alumnus John Kulp is recognized as an Emerging Leader
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New Senior Faculty Member Dirk Trauner
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Alumnus Phil Baran is the 2016 Blavatnik Laureate in Chemistry
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Alumnus David Rooklin Wins the 2016 NYU Entrepreneur's Challenge
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Frontiers in Organized and Nanoscale Matter: NYU-Tel Aviv University Conference, June 2016
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McNelis Thesis Prize Presentation 2016: Co-recipients: Briana Mullins and Ravi Pancholi
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Professor Ned Seeman's Book, "DNA Structural Nanotechnology" Wins the 2016 Prose Award
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Alumnus Neil Garg Presents TED Talk: Challenge Your Perceptions
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NYU-ECNU Shanghai Symposium on Frontiers in Computational Chemistry, August 2015
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Alumnus Harrison Hayward Receives Award from the American Medical Association 2015
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NYU Chemistry Alumni John Halpin and Phil Baran Speak at CAS Baccalaureate Ceremony 2015
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McNelis Thesis Prize Presentation 2015: Recipient Anthony Yu
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Frontiers in Polymer & Biomolecular Chemistry: NYU-Tel Aviv University Conference, March 2015
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Organic Chemistry Professor Morris Fishman 1939-2015
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NYU Receives a Multi-Million Dollar Grant for Materials Research and Engineering Center
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McNelis Thesis Prize Inaugural Presentation 2014: Recipient Sabrine Obbad
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Alumna Theresa Gioannini Passes Away January 4, 2014
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Alumna Betty Lipton Passes Away January 28, 2014 in East Hampton, NY
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New Faculty Member Tianning Diao
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Alumnus James R. Lupski Receives the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Award
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Alumnus Phil Baran Awarded the MacArthur "Genius" Grant
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McNelis Thesis Prize Inaugural Presentation 2013: Recipient Rachel Ness
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Dr. Janice Cuter 1918-2012, Honored at a Symposium
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Alumnus Philip J. Cangelosi passes Away on August 9, 2012
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New Faculty Member Daniel Turner
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New Faculty Member Stefano Sacanna
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Opening of the Laboratory for Molecular Nanoscience (LMN)
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Alumna Arielle Johnson Co-Authored a Book Chapter Highlighted in Nature
"The Kitchen As Laboratory: Reflections on the Science of Food and Cooking," published by Columbia University Press, hit the shelves in February 2012. The book, edited by Cesar Vega, Job Ubbink and Erik Van Der Linden, features a chapter authored by NYU Chemistry Professor Kent Kirshenbaum, Experimental Cuisine Collective Director Anne E. McBride and former undergraduate chemistry student Arielle Johnson. The NYU chapter, entitled Konjac Dondurma: Designing a Sustainable and Stretchable “Fox Testicle” Ice Cream, was featured in the December issue of Nature (Volume 480, pp. 452-453) in a Food Science book review: "With Pipette and Ladle" by Harold McGee. As author of one of the few contributions to be featured in the Nature review, NYU alumna Arielle Johnson should be very proud indeed. She is currently a doctoral student at UC/Davis continuing her research in food chemistry with the assistance of an NSF fellowship. Read more about Arielle.
McNelis Thesis Prize Inaugural Presentation
On May 14, 2012, the very first Edward J. McNelis Thesis Prize in Chemistry was presented to Noelle Catarineu at the New York University Department of Chemistry Graduation Ceremony. Edward J. McNelis was Professor of Chemistry at New York University from 1967-2003. An active scholar and devoted teacher, Professor McNelis' research was focused
Alumnus Yuzhou Liu Receives Honor from the Chinese Government
Alumnus Yuzhou Liu has received the 2011 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Student Abroad by the China Scholarship Council (CSC). This award was established by the Chinese government in 2003 with the purpose of rewarding the academic excellence of self-financed Chinese students studying overseas. Doctoral students studying all over the world compete for this honor. Having received his undergraduate education in organic chemistry at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China,
Retired Professor Edwin Campbell Passes Away on August 27, 2010
Edwin S. Campbell, 84, a retired chemistry professor at New York University, died on Aug. 27 of heart failure. Born in Ada, Ohio, Campbell received a B.S. in Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University in 1948 and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He taught at the University of Southern California and worked at the University of Wisconsin before joining the faculty of New York University in 1955 where he remained until he retired in 1991.
Robert T. Morrison Passes Away April 25,
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Chemistry Alumnus, Stephen Lopez, Featured in Chemistry & Engineering News
Recent NYU Chemistry alumnus and ACS Scholar Stephen Lopez is featured in a Chemical and Engineering News article, citing Professors James Canary and Maitland Jones as inspirational mentors. Lopez will begin his graduate work in physical organic chemistry in Ken Houk's lab at UCLA in Fall 2010. Check out the May 31, 2010 issue of C&E News, Volume 88, Number 22, page 65.
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Alumnus Phil Baran wins the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
One of the most prestigious of all ACS Awards was awarded to NYU Chemistry alumnus Phil S. Baran. Currently a Professor of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute and Member of the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Phil earned his bachelor's degree at NYU in 1997, having conducted outstanding undergraduate research under the direction of David I. Schuster. The American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry is awarded annually by the ACS to recognize and encourage fundamental research in pure chemistry carried out in North America by young men and women who have accomplished research of unusual merit for an individual on the threshold of her or his career. Special consideration is given to independence of thought and originality in the research. The award was first awarded in 1931, with Linus Pauling the inaugural recipient. We at NYU Chemistry are very proud of Phil. To learn more about his accomplishments and current research. http://www.scripps.edu/chem/baran/html/home.html.
Alumnus Eugene Brown passes away on January 21, 2010
Eugene Brown, 78, professor of chemistry at Nassau Community College, died on January 21, 2010, at his home in the Village of Hempstead, New York. Born on April 22, 1931, in Jamaica, New York, he earned his B.S. in Chemistry in 1953 from New York University and then went on to serve in the Army in Korea. He completed his M.S. in Chemistry at New York University in 1960. Gene held several positions in industry as an organic chemist from 1955 to 1965, including work at Universal Oil Products that resulted in a patent on catalytic hydrogenation. In 1965, he joined the chemistry department at the CW Post campus of Long Island University, and in 1969, he joined the Chemistry Department at Nassau Community College. He served as its Chair from 1969 to 1973 and was promoted to full professor in 1984. Gene joined the American Chemical Society in 1958 and was very active in the Long Island subsection of the New York section. He served as its Chair in 2007 and later as Director-at-Large. He was a constant and cheerful presence at all of the subsection’s meetings and events. NYU faculty who had the pleasure to work with Gene at the ACS remember him fondly and are proud that NYU was his alma mater. Eugene was also a successful entrepreneur and co-owner of Betar Pharmacy and House of Herbs. Professor Brown was an herbal health consultant and lecturer dedicated to providing information on natural and alternative healthcare. In April 2008, Gene received the New York State Chancellor’s Award, one of his most treasured accolades. Eugene was a humble man, generous and caring to many throughout his entire life. He was a mentor to many of his students and faculty alike. Because he touched so many lives, his legacy will live on forever. He is survived by his beloved daughter, Kathy Valoy; his son-in- law, Roberto Valoy; his three grandchildren, Elise, Jenele, and Eugene; their grandmother Sylvia Lovell; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.
SPECIAL SEMINAR-Alumni Peter
Peter graduated from NYU in 2003, completed his Ph. D. with Ken Houk at UCLA in 2007 and is now a postdoctoral fellow with Francois Diederich at the ETH Revised Title: "Power of the Acetylenic Functional Group: Advanced Organic Materials - Strained, Conjugated and Polarized Triple Bonds".
Al Meyers Symposium
Albert I. Meyers (22 November 1932-23 October 2007) was an American organic chemistry, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University, and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Born in New York City, Meyers earned undergraduate and doctoral degrees from New York University in 1954 and 1957, respectively. After finishing his graduate degree, Meyers worked as a research chemist for a year before joining the faculty of Louisiana State University as an associate professor. He rose to the rank of full professor in 1964, and was a special NIH fellow at Harvard University in 1965-1966. Meyers later moved to Wayne State University in 1970 and finally to Colorado State University in 1972. Meyers has served on the editorial boards and staff of several major chemical journals, including the Journal of the American Chemical Society. For his work in the area of synthetic organic chemistry, particularly in synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, Meyers was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1994. An endowed faculty chair at Colorado State in synthetic organic chemistry and Meyers Synthesis is named in honor of Meyers.
Alumna Andrea Holmes receives NSF Grant
Kudos to NYU Chemistry alumna Andrea Holmes, who is an assistant professor of chemistry at Doane College, on receiving a major competitive research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant provides $105,000 per year, up to $525,000 over five years, based on acceptable progress and the availability of funds.
Professor Holmes' grant award comes through the NSF Division of Chemistry as well as the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, which is NSF's most prestigious award in support of the early career-development activities of teacher-scholars who integrate research and education at their institutions. The proposed projects are reviewed according to the same scientific standards as other research projects funded
Professor Holmes will begin a new phase of her research program to develop chemical sensors that change color in the presence of abused narcotics within a liquid or other substance. After having success in detecting the presence of flunitrazepam (sometimes called the "date-rape drug"), she and her students will use the grant to develop other macromolecular color sensors to detect drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine. Eventually, the research project could contribute to future drug-detection tools for forensic scientists. A scientific abstract of Dr. Holmes' project, titled "CAREER: Design of Colorimetric and Chiroptical Sensors for Abused Narcotics," is available
At the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans next April, Professor Holmes and seven of her students will present their findings. In 2006 her work earned international media attention and a spot among 11 teams of finalists in the National Collegiate Inventors Competition in Washington, D.C.
Alumnus Phil Baran receives National Fresenius Award
Phil Baran, Chemistry Department alumnus, received the 2007 National Fresenius Award from ACS. This honor is presented annually to a faculty member under the age of 35 at the time of nomination. The honor recognizes high scholarship and original investigations in chemistry. Baran received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from NYU where he worked with Professor David Schuster. At age 18, Baran authored a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society on porphyrin-
NYU Alumnus Albert C. Henn Passes Away on February 19,
NYU Alumnus Irving Sunshine passes away June 14,
As reported in the C&EN obituaries this month, Irving Sunshine, passed away on June 14th, 2006 at age 90. Dr. Sunshine received his B.S. from New York University in 1937, his M.A. in 1941 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1950. Sunshine was the chief toxicologist at the Cuyahoga County
NYU Alumnus Edward Stiefel passes away on September 4, 2006
NYU alumnus Edward Stiefel passed away, from pancreatic cancer, in New Brunswick, New Jersey on September 4, 2006. He was 64 years old. He is survived by his wife, Jeannette, and daughter Karen Hoerhold, her husband, Udo, and their two sons.
After receiving his bachelor's degree from New York University in 1963, Stiefel earned his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1967. He taught for seven years at the State University of New York-Stony Brook, then served as an investigator and senior investigator at the Charles F. Kettering Research Laboratory. In 1980, he joined Exxon as a research associate. Over the next 21 years, he became a senior research associate, scientific adviser and senior scientific adviser. He was a scientific architect of the cleanup of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989, applying the principles of bioinorganic chemistry and microbiology to this large-scale environmental remediation project. He also was the inventor of the commercially important "thiomolybdate" additive for lubricating oils. After retiring from ExxonMobil, Stiefel joined the faculty of Princeton University in 2001 as the Ralph W. Dornte Lecturer, where he was affiliated with the Princeton Environmental Institute, in addition to the chemistry department. His research interests included the bioinorganic, coordination and environmental chemistry of transition metal ions.
Stiefel held 30 U.S. patents and published more than 150 scientific articles. His review article on "The Coordination and Bioinorganic Chemistry of Molybdenum" has been cited in more than 800 publications. He was co-editor with Harry Gray, Joan Valentine and Ivano Bertini of the recently published book "Biological Inorganic Chemistry." He was a member of the board of reviewing editors of Science magazine, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a winner of the American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry in 2000. He was founding co-chair of the Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes Gordon Conference (with Russ Hille) in 1999 and of the Inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry (with François Morel) in 2002.