Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Call for Beckman Scholar Applications
This year's undergraduate Beckman Scholar competition has begun.

Professors Anslyn and Krische Recognized
Professors Anslyn and Krische Recognized by the Journal of Organic Chemistry for Having the Most-Cited Articles of 2007

Professor Kenneth A. Johnson and student Yu-Chih Tsai Receive ACS Recognition
A paper published in the ACS journal Biochemistry by Kenneth A. Johnson and his student, Yu-Chih Tsai, has been recognized by the American Chemical Society as a Most-Cited Article for the year 2006.

Professors Bielawski and Mahal named Sloan Research Fellows
Congratulations to Chris Bielawski and Lara Mahal for receiving the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship!

Professor Chris Bielawski to receive a 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Bielawski for being awarded a 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant form 3M's Research and Development sector, in partnership with the Corporate Giving Program.

Women in Chemistry Career Fair
Women in Chemistry is proud to present a career exploration event entitled “Your Career in Chemistry: Thinking Outside the Beaker” on Saturday, February 23, 2008, 8:30am-5pm, in Welch Hall.

Austin Symposium on Molecular Structure, May 1st-4th
The 22nd biennial Austin Symposium on Molecular Structure is scheduled for May 1st through 4th at the Radisson Hotel in Austin.

Dr. Krische Receives Green Chemistry Grant
Professor Michael Krische is the recipient of the first Green Chemistry grant awarded to a member of the University of Texas faculty.

New fall 2007 issue of Chemical Compositions
The new Chemical Compositions newsletter for Fall 2007 is out and available as a PDF.

Department Promotions
Congratulations to Professors Rick Russell and Jason Shear on receiving faculty promotions! Biochemistry Professor Rick Russell has recently been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor and awarded tenure, and Physical and Analytical Chemistry Professor Jason Shear has been promoted from Associate Professor to Full Professor

Dr. Wyatt the Focus of ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry
The Festschrift issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry, released on October 18, 2007 contains 31 papers on theoretical chemistry.

Congratulations to Grant Willson for the 2007 SEMI Award
Grant Willson has been named the 2007 recipient of the SEMI Award for North America, given by SPIE (the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers).

ACS Chapter Wins Award
American Chemical Society Student Affiliates chapter at the University of
Texas wins Honorable Mention award

Professor White Passes Away
With great sadness, we learned this week of the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Professor John “Mike” White, who passed away on Friday, August 31st. Dr. White was a physical chemist who had been with the university since 1966 when he was hired as an assistant professor. He cared passionately for his students and coworkers and remains an inspiration to them as well as all others who interacted with him. He was never too busy to provide advice and counsel, something we all shall miss. Our thoughts are with his family at this time. More on his life's work inside.

Dr. Chris Bielawski receives DuPont Grant
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Chris Bielawski for his receipt of a 2007 DuPont Young Professor Grant. This award is given to 15 young faculty members worldwide each year to encourage highly original and outstanding research in matters that are of value to DuPont’s scientific research and development.

Congratulations to Dr. Liu
Professor Hung-wen (Ben) Liu has been awarded the 2008 Repligen Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes.

Congratulations to Dr. Bielawski
Dr. Christopher Bielawski has been named a 2007 Cottrell Scholar, one of ten scientists to earn the award this year.

Welch Summer Scholars present their research
July 13, 2007, is the last day of the Welch Summer Scholar Program and is the day that the Scholars present their research.

Congratulations to Dr. Krische
Dr. Michael Krische has been awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award.

Chemistry Professor and Former President Hackerman dies at age 95

Welch Summer Scholar Program
Welcome to the 2007 Welch Summer Scholar participants in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Congratulations to Sawyer Croley
Chemistry undergraduate student, Sawyer Croley named as 2007/2008 Beckman Scholar

Congratulations to Nicholas Simmons
Chemistry undergraduate student, Nicholas Simmons named as 2007/2008 Beckman Scholar

Congratulations to Chemistry graduate student Ming-Yu Ngai
Congratulations to Chemistry graduate student Ming-Yu Ngai who has been selected to receive a 2007 William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee Award.

Congratulations to Suvi Simila
Congratulations to Suvi Simila who was recently was selected for the 2007 Roche Symposium: Excellence in Chemistry

Dr. Cowley elected as member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Professor Alan Cowley has recently been elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Dr. Bielawski recipient of a 2007 Beckman Young Investigator Award
Dr. Christopher W. Bielawski has been named a recipient of a 2007 Beckman Young Investigator Award

Chemistry & Biochemistry Staff Excellence Awards Announced
Congratulations to the 2007 winners of the departmental Staff Excellence Awards.

Congratulations to Ken Hsu
Chemistry doctoral student Ken Hsu has won a University Continuing Fellowship.

Congratulations to Seth Alexander
Congratulations to Seth Alexander for receiving a 2007 Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Congratulations to Dr. Anslyn
Congratulations to Dr. Anslyn for creating technology recently licensed to Beacon Sciences LLC of Austin.

Congratulations to Dr. Bielawski
Professor Christopher W. Bielawski was recently awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) by the National Science Foundation.

Congratulations to Dr. Mahal
Professor Lara Mahal has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) by the National Science Foundation.

Congratulations to Dr. Krische
Professor Michael Krische recieves the Dowpharma Prize Lecture - Creativity in Chiral Chemistry.

Congratulations to Daniel Knueppel and Suncerae Smith
Two UT-Austin Chemistry students awarded 2007 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Awards

Congratulations to Dr. Russell
Professor Rick Russell has been awarded a College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award.

Chemistry Student receives Hertz Graduate Fellowship Award
UT Undergraduate Chemistry Student, Richard Darst receives Hertz Graduate Fellowship Award.

Call for Beckman Scholar Applications
This year's undergraduate Beckman Scholar competition has begun.

Congratulations to Dr. Alan Cowley
Dr. Alan Cowley has been selected as a Corresponding Member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences. This academy was founded in 1751 and includes the names of Gauss, Planck and Heisenberg as past members.

A rapid new process for fabricating microstructures from protein
In an advance in microfabrication technology, scientists report development of a new method for rapidly engineering complex micro-scale patterns and three-dimensional microstructures from biocompatible protein.

Symposium in Honor of Dr. Norman Hackerman's 95th Birthday
Future Directions in Chemistry and Biochemistry. Sat, March 3, 2007, 1:00PM, WEL 1.308. Speakers: Dr. Stuart Schreiber, Dr. Richard Zare, and Dr. George Whitesides

Congratulations to Dr. Cowley
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Alan Cowley who has been chosen to receive the C. N. R. Rao Award of the Chemical Research Society of India.

Congratulations to Dr. Makarov.
Congratulations to Dr. Dmitrii E. Makarov who has been promoted to Associate Professor and awarded tenure.

Congratulations to Dr. Bard
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Allen J. Bard on the occasion of his receiving the Heinz Gerischer Award of the European Section of The Electrochemical Society.

Teaching specialists for Spring 2007
Hiring teaching specialists for Spring 2007, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

Congratulations to Dr. Rossky
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Rossky on his election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Congratulations to Dr. Anslyn
Congratulations to Dr. Eric Anslyn on his election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Congratulations to Dr. Johnson
Congratulations to Dr. Ken Johnson on his election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Funding Opportunity
The Atomic and Molecular Imaging of Interfaces/Defects in Electronic, Spintronic and Organic/Inorganic Materials IGERT Program is accepting applications for 2-year Graduate Fellowships.

Congratulations to the American Chemical Society Student Affiliates
Congratulations to the UT Austin chapter of the American Chemical Society Student Affiliates for receiving an Honorable Mention Award for the 2005-2006 academic year.

XXII Southwestern Theoretical Chemistry Conference
The XXII SWTCC will be held in Welch Hall on October 28-29. This conference, held annually in different universities, brings together the various theoretical chemistry groups from Texas and surrounding states.

Congratulations to Dr. Liu
Dr. Ben Liu has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the Nakanishi Prize.

Congratulations to Dr. Krische
Dr. Michael Krische receives the Elias J.Corey Award for 2007.

General Lecturer Position
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is developing a pool of candidates for possible full- or part-time non-tenure track faculty positions for the 2006-07 academic year.

Welch Summer Scholars present their Research
July 14, 2006, is the last day of the Welch Summer Scholar Program and is the day that the Scholars present their research to the University of Texas at Austin research community.

Welch Summer Scholar Program
Welcome to the 2006 Welch Summer Scholar participants in the College of Natural Sciences!

Chemistry & Biochemistry Spring Symposium
Saturday, May 6, 2006: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences Building - Reception Lobby, Courtyard, and Avaya Auditorium. Presentations from scientists at Boehringer-Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, and Pfizer, Inc.: Dr. Dhileep Krishnamurthy, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Dr. Jeffrey Dodge, Eli Lilly; Dr. Jotham W. Coe, Pfizer Global Research and Development. View the full flier.

Krische Receives Solvias Prize
Professor Michael J. Krische has been awarded the 2006 Solvias Ligand Prize in Asymmetric Catalysis.

Call for Beckman Scholar Applications
This year's departmental undergraduate Beckman Scholar competition has begun.

Scientists seek to unwrap the sweet mystery of the sugar coat on bacteria
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a quick and simple way to investigate the sugar coating that surrounds bacteria and plays a role in infection and immunity.

Congratulations to Dr. Cowley
Dr. Alan Cowley receives the University Cooperative Society's 2006 Career Excellence Award.

Dr. Ray Davis retires from teaching
Dr. Ray Davis will retire (from teaching) at the end of this academic year after 40 years at UT.

New fall 2005 issue of Chemical Compositions
The new Chemical Compositions for Fall 2005 is out and available as a PDF.

Texas students create living bacteria photographs
Texas students and their living bacteria photographs are featured on the university web site.

Dr. Iverson & Dr. Georgiou research featured
Dr. Iverson & Dr. Georgiou featured for their development of a new anthrax antibody on utexas.edu and KEYE.

Congratulations to Dr. Liu
Dr. Ben Liu elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Cowley receives the Gauss Professorship
Congratulations go out to Alan Cowley on receiving the Gauss Professorship from the Goettingen Academy of Sciences.

UT Chemistry & Biochemistry in Wired News
Handheld Puts AIDS Fight in Field features work from the UT Chemistry & Biochemistry department.

Dr. Chelikowsky to receive the David Adler Lectureship Award
Dr. Chelikowsky will be receiving the David Adler Lectureship Award at the 2006 March Meeting of the American Physical Society in Baltimore, MD.

Congratulations to Dr. Anslyn
Dr. Eric Anslyn selected for the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award for 2006.

Congratulations to Grant Willson
Dr. Willson was just named one of two Heroes of Chemistry by the American Chemical Society.

Congratulations to Dr. Mike Krische
Professor Mike Krische has received the "The Society of Synthetic Chemistry, Japan, 2005 - Lectureship on Organic Synthesis."

Merit Awards for Martin Research Group Graduate Students
Generous Support Makes Possible Merit Awards for Martin Research Group Graduate Students

Congratulations to Jason Shear
Congratulations go to Jason Shear on receiving the American Chemical Society's Arthur F. Findeis Award.

Congratulations to Jim Holcombe
Congratulations go to Jim Holcombe on being made a Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy

Congratulations to Dr. Willson and Dr. Stevenson
Dr. Willson selected as 2005 Hero of Chemistry and Dr. Stevenson receives 2006 SEAC Young Investigator Award

5th Symposium - PTRoPGE
The 5th Symposium on Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Plant Gene Expression will be held June 8-12 hosted by Dr. Karen Browning.

Emily Barton Awarded Top Prize
Emily Barton was awarded the top prize of $20,000 in the University Co-op / George H. Mitchell Undergraduate Student Awards for Academic Excellence

Congratulations Dmitrii Makarov and Svetlana Leytner
Dr. Dmitrii Makarov and Dr. Svetlana Leytner selected as recipients of College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Awards.

Staff Members Recognized For Excellence
Several of our dedicated staff members have been awarded Staff Excellence Awards this year.

Graduate Students Receive Research Awards
Graduate students Anna Smith and Jennifer Davoren receive research awards.

Call for Beckman Scholar Applications
This year's departmental undergraduate Beckman Scholar competition has begun.

Congratulations to Dr. Brent Iverson
Dr. Brent Iverson is named a 2005 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award recipient.

Dr. Mike White aids in PNNL Agreement
With the aid of Dr J. Mike White, the University of Texas at Austin and Pacific Northwest National Lab agree to affiliate scientists program.

Chem/Biochem Dept. faculty member Ben Liu: Breaking the Antibiotic Habit
UT News features an article on the research of Dr. Ben Liu: Overuse may have built bacteria's resistance to drugs, researchers say.

Congratulations to Dr. Krische and Dr. Hackerman
Dr. Mike Krische receives Johnson & Johnson Focused Giving Award, and Dr. Norman Hackerman is designated a lifetime National Associate of the National Academies.

Chem & Biochem Dept high ranking for R&D Spending
UT Austin is now ranked as the second highest US academic institution in research and development spending.

Dr. Steve Martin elected Fellow of AAAS
Dr. Stephen Martin has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Allen Bard wins 2004 Welch Award
Dr. Allen J. Bard, The University of Texas at Austin, was awarded the 2004 Welch Prize in Chemistry "For his major accomplishments in the field of electrochemistry and the effect of these on the discipline of chemistry itself."