Professor Chris Vanderwal named Chancellor's Fellow

Professor Chris Vanderwal has been named a Chancellor's Fellow. Congratulations!

Karl Bedke wins the Hal Moore Award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry.

Jessica Arter selected to attend prestigious Lindau meeting of Nobel Laureates and young researchers

Congratulations to Jessica Arter, graduate student in the Weiss lab, for being selected to attend the prestigious Lindau meeting of Nobel Laureates and young researchers. Jessica joins about 50 other graduate students from the US at this meeting.

Congratulations to our outstanding graduate students!

Congratulations to our outstanding graduate students! The following students received honors at the recent E.K.C. Lee Dinner, May 26, 2011: Maureen Reilly in the Rychnovsky group has received the Eastman Chemical Graduate Summer Fellowship. The Hal Moore award was given to Karl Bedke of the Vanderwal group, who also received this year's Joan Rowland Award. Jing (Mandy) Zhang was the recipient of this year's Smitrovich award. The Gebel award went to Matthew Dawson (Finlayson-Pitts group) and Gregory Hartt (Blake group) this year.

UCI Chemistry teachers Honored

Congratulations to the excellent teachers in the Chemistry Department! Of special note, Dr. Ben Hafensteiner has been named UCI Lecturer of the Year. Additionally, Professor Andy Borovik has been chosen as The School of Physical Sciences Honoree for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Their efforts are being recognized at this year's Celebration of Teaching on May 26.

Victor Mak receives ACS Research Fellowship.

Victor Mak, an undergraduate in Professor Ken Shea's lab, received an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Jeff Cannon receives Bristol-Myers Squibb Minority Fellowship Award

Congratulations to graduate student Jeff Cannon of the Overman lab, who is this year's recipient of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Minority Fellowship Award.

Fool's gold catches eye of solar energy researchers

Iron pyrite — also known as fool's gold — may be worthless to treasure hunters, but it could become a bonanza to the solar industry.

The mineral, among the most abundant in the earth's crust, is usually discarded by coal miners or sold as nuggets in novelty stores.

Matthew Beaver first recipient of the Award for Outstanding Thesis Defense in Organic Chemistry

Congratulations to Matthew Beaver for being chosen as the first recipient of the Award for Outstanding Thesis Defense in Organic Chemistry. Matthew was selected among organic area graduate students at UC Irvine who defended their thesis during the 2009-2010 academic year. Honorees for the award are selected by fellow graduate students and the award is given based on the quality of the research conducted and pedagogical value of the student's thesis defense.

Can artificial antibodies fight real diseases?

The current issue of Discover Magazine lists "The Top Science Stories of 2010". Professor Ken Shea's work on artificial antibodies was one of those stories. (Can artificial antibodies fight real diseases?). Congratulations Ken!

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