Iowa State chemist Malika Jeffries-EL designs new polymer structures for use as ‘plastic electronics’

Malika Jeffries-EL, an Iowa State assistant professor of chemistry, is designing new organic polymer structures that conduct electricity and could be useful in solar cells, light-emitting diodes and thin-film transistors. News release.

2010-2011 Faculty and Graduate Student Awards
The Department of Chemistry's fall Convocation was held on Friday, August 26, 2011. Department chair William Jenks was the master of ceremonies and Professor Theresa Windus assisted. MORE...

 

 

Keith Woo, ISU & Ames Lab researcher, hunts for green catalysts

Keith Woo of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory is looking for cleaner, greener and cheaper catalysts. Woo and his research group are turning to biology for some ideas. And they're developing high-throughput approaches to quickly test a reaction using up to a hundred trillion different catalysts. News release.

 

 

Iowa State, Ames Lab researchers describe the pump that bacteria use to resist drugs

A research team led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory is identifying the structure of pumps that allow bacteria to resist toxins. Their discoveries are published in the Feb. 24 issue of the journal Nature. News release.

 

 

Chemist Mei Hong featured on the NSF's Discoveries website for 'Fighting the Flu'

Iowa State chemist Mei Hong uses NMR to study flu proteins in-depth to identify virus vulnerabilities. See the story from the National Science Foundation's Discoveries website. (Image: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation). NSF's Discovery

 

 

Thiel named Corbett Professor

Patricia Thiel, Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of chemistry at Iowa State University, has been named the next John D. Corbett Professor in Chemistry. More info...

 

 

Thomas Holme (top), Patricia Thiel (middle), and John Verkade (bottom) named AAAS Fellows

AMES, Iowa - Nine researchers from Iowa State University - two of them are also affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory - have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). More info...

 

 

Spectroscopy demo leads to flu discoveries

Mei Hong's studies of the flu virus have landed in Nature and Science, high-profile journals that regularly create science headlines across the globe. In both papers published this year, the Iowa State chemistry professor and associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory made important discoveries about the virus while demonstrating the capabilities of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to study the virus. more info...

 

 

Nicola Pohl receives innovation award

Four Iowa State women were among 10 award winners at the Technology Association of Iowa's third annual Women of Innovation ceremony, held Nov. 11 in West Des Moines. More info...

 

 

Iowa State, Ames Laboratory scientists advance the understanding of the big getting bigger

Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory scientists are studying a process called coarsening, a branch of surface chemistry that examines how objects of different sizes transform into fewer objects with larger average sizes. James Evans and Patricia Thiel say a better understanding of the process could improve the stability of nanoscale technologies. They describe the emerging field of study in the Oct. 29 issue of the journal Science. more info...

 

Jerome D. Smith, ('84, Corbett group) to receive the 2010 DuPont Excellence Award

 

The 2010 DuPont Excellence Awards honor employees worldwide who have made extraordinary achievements in science, engineering, sustainable growth, and marketing and sales. Jerome Smith ('84 Corbett group) and three others of Electronics & Communications/Microcircuit Materials were selected to receive the Bolton/Carothers Innovative Science Award, which recognizes creative scientific invention or discovery that results in a recently commercialized new product, technology, or business generating significant revenue with the potential for sustainable earnings. They received the award for Fodel® Bus Electrode Technology for Plasma Display Panels, eliminating lead and the rare metal ruthenium in the black pigment/conductive paste electrode assembly for the panels. All of the 2010 DuPont Excellence Awards will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at The DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.

Jacob Petrich selected as Honorary Member of Golden Key International Honour Society

Golden Key is a collegiate honor society that recognizes outstanding academic performance and high achieving individuals in all academic fields of study. Each year, five individuals are selected as Honorary Members due to their outstanding achievements at Iowa State University. Dr. Petrich.s selection was based on his commitment to higher education and his outstanding job in service to the Chemistry Department as well as the university.

Theresa Windus nominated to the JPC A/B/C Editorial Advisory Board

Professor Theresa Windus has been invited to be a member of the JPC A/B/C Editorial Advisory Board. This is a three year appointment (2011-2014). The JPC Journal publishes high impact research in physical chemistry; atomic, molecular and chemical physics; and nanoscience and nanotechnology. Out of 121 journals in the Physical Chemistry category, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ranks #1 in total citations with 107,337 total cites.

 

 

Iowa State, Ames Lab chemists discover proton mechanism used by flu virus to infect cells

Chemists led by Mei Hong of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have discovered the shuttle mechanism that relays protons from a healthy cell into a flu virus. The proton movement is an important part of the flu virus life cycle. The findings are published in the Oct. 22 issue of the journal Science. more info...

 

 

Iowa State, USDA researchers discover eye test for neurological diseases in livestock

Jacob Petrich and his collaborators have discovered that the eyes of sheep infected with scrapie return an intense, almost-white glow when they're hit with blue light. That finding suggests technologies can be developed to quickly and noninvasively test for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and progressive and fatal neurological diseases such as mad cow disease. more info...

 

Chemistry doctoral program ranks high in new rankings by National Research Council

 

The National Research Council has released rankings of more than 5,000 doctoral programs across the United States and 50 programs at Iowa State University. Iowa State's programs in statistics, chemistry, agricultural sciences, physics, electrical engineering and economics earned high rankings. more info...

Research Team Led by Edward Yu Identifies Structure That Allows Bacteria to Resist Drugs

A research team led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has discovered the crystal structures of pumps that remove heavy metal toxins from bacteria, making them resistant to antibiotics. The findings are published in the Sept. 23 issue of the journal Nature. more info...

 

 

Walt Trahanovsky and Ron Holton discover method to create high-value chemicals from biomass

Iowa State University researchers have found a way to produce high-value chemicals such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from biomass rather than petroleum sources. more info...

 

 

Arthur Winter honored with Iowa State's Caldwell Chair in Chemistry

more info...

 

2009-2010 Faculty and Graduate Student Awards

 

The 2009-2010 faculty and graduate student awards were presented during the Chemistry Department's Convocation on August 27, 2010. Associate Department Chair Keith Woo was the master of ceremonies and Professor Theresa Windus assisted.
more info...

Pat Thiel named LAS Master Teacher for 2010-2011

more info...

 

ISU researchers discover cause of immune system avoidance of certain pathogens

 

Two Iowa State University researchers discovered that a special set of sugars found on some disease-causing pathogens helps those pathogens fight the body's natural defenses as well as vaccines. This discovery may be a first step in understanding a disease family that includes tuberculosis for which there are currently no good vaccines or cures.
more info...

 

 

Congratulations to Walt Trahanovsky and John Verkade for being named 2010 ACS Fellows

They will be honored at the American Chemical Society's fall national meeting in Boston later this month.
more info...

 

 

Chemistry grad student on Ultimate world championship team in Czech Republic

Kurt Brorsen, a grad student in the department of chemistry, was a member of the ISU based team that won the mixed division of the World Ultimate Club Championships in Prague, Czech Republic by beating a Canadian team by a score of 17-10 in the finals.
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Mei Hong receives ICMRBS Founders Medal

Mei Hong, Professor of Chemistry, has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 International Council on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems Founders Medal. This award is given biennially to a young scientist who has made exceptional contributions to the development or progress of the field of magnetic resonance in biological systems.
more info...

 

 

Iowa State, Ames Lab researchers preparing for Blue Waters supercomputer
Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researchers, left to right, Theresa Windus, Monica Lamm and Mark Gordon are working to scale up their computational chemistry tools for the Blue Waters supercomputer being developed at the University of Illinois and its National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
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Nicola Pohl receives the Horace S. Isbell Award
Nicola Pohl, professor of chemistry, has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the Horace S. Isbell Award from the American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division. This award, to be presented at the fall ACS meeting, acknowledges excellence in and promise of continued quality of contribution to research in carbohydrate chemistry.
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Sarah Cady wins the Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation

Congratulations to Sarah Cady, PhD 2009 and current post-doc in Professor Mei Hong's group, for winning the Karas Award. The Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation has been established to recognize excellence in doctoral research at Iowa State University. Each year the two winners of this award become Iowa State University's nominees to the national competition for the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)/University Microfilms International (UMI) Distinguished Dissertation Award.

 

Ames Laboratory Researchers To Use Supercomputer and Chemistry to Solve Global Problems

 

http://www.external.ameslab.gov/final/News/2010rel/INCITE.html

Victor Lin, Chemistry, named next Corbett Professor

Victor Lin will hold the second John D. Corbett Professorship in chemistry at Iowa State.

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/CorbettProfessorship.shtml

Aaron Sadow Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Aaron Sadow, assistant professor of Chemistry at Iowa State University, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, a prestigious award that supports non-tenured faculty.

The five-year award recognizes junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/SadowNSFaward.shtml

Patricia A. Thiel selected as a member of the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

Patricia A. Thiel, distinguished professor of chemistry at Iowa State University and a senior chemist at Ames Laboratory, has been selected to a three year term as a member of the Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR). The CSR was established by the National Research Council (NRC) and its Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST). Its objectives are to facilitate enhanced understanding of issues in the chemical sciences and technologies that affect government, industry, academic, national laboratory, and nonprofit sectors, and the interactions among them; and to furnish a vehicle for education, exchange of information and discussion of issues and trends that affect the chemical sciences.

Aaron Sadow selected as Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

Aaron Sadow, assistant professor of chemistry, has been selected as a 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.

Nicola Pohl and Mei Hong receive grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2010/feb/ARRA-2

 

Sam Houk gives 2010 Werth Lectures at Concordia College

 

Sam Houk was invited to give the 2010 Werth Lectures at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN on January 21 and 22, 2010. His research lecture was: “Solving Scientific problems by Mass Spectrometry: From Elemental Analysis to 3D Structures of Proteins” and his career lecture was “Choosing a Career in Chemistry: Grad School, Job, Med/professional School?”

The Werth Lectures are done in honor of Dr. Richard G. Werth who began teaching at Concordia College in 1950. He was chosen in 1972 as an Outstanding Education of America for his civic and professional achievements. He retired in 1990 and passed away in 1993.

Tom Greenbowe nominee wins ACS James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching.

http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/cen/88/i05/html/8805awards4.html

Iowa State, Ames Lab chemists discover how antiviral drugs bind to and block flu virus

http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2010/feb/fluvirus

 

Mei Hong and Mark Gordon named AAAS Fellows

 

http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2009/dec/AAASFellows

Patricia A. Thiel wins Arthur W. Adamson Award

Patricia A. Thiel, distinguished professor of chemistry at Iowa State University and a senior chemist at Ames Laboratory wins the Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/email/html/8803awards8.html

 

Victor Lin leading a team embarking on a $5.3 million study of biodiesel production from algae.

http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2010/jan/biofuels

 

Edward Yu wins NIH award

Associate professor Edward Yu received an NIH R01 (a top 1% proposal) award for his proposal Metal ion export in bacteria. The award is $1.6 million for five years.

Rich Larock wins ACS Midwest Award

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Distinguished Professor Rich Larock was awarded the 2009 Midwest Award at the Midwest Regional American Chemical Society meeting in Iowa City on October 22. This award was established by the St Louis Section in 1944 to publicly recognize outstanding achievements in chemistry in the Midwest region. The award is conferred annually on a scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the advancement of pure or applied chemistry, chemical education, and the profession of chemistry. Congratulations Rich!

Patricia Thiel selected for APS Adler Lectureship Award

http://www.external.ameslab.gov/final/News/2009rel/ThielAdler.html

Jake Petrich part of team researching materials, combustion, cancer with new 'T-ray' instrument

http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2009/oct/t-ray

Ames is No. 3 on "best college towns" list

Ames ranks No. 3 on the latest "best college towns" list, created by the American Institute for Economic Research. The list is part of the institute's 2009-2010 College Destinations Index, which ranks university cities based on cultural amenities, student population, job and internship prospects and other academic, social and economic factors. Ames was ranked among college towns with under 250,000 residents. See the story at USA Today.

Several members of the Chemistry Department will be honored for their achievements at the Fall Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty/Staff

Convocation on Wednesday, September 2, 2009.

• Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award – William Jenks
• Outstanding Achievement in Departmental Leadership Award – Jacob Petrich
• Academic Advising Impact – Thomas Greenbowe
• Early Achievement in Academic Advising – Joseph Burnett
• Professional & Scientific Excellence Award – Michael Schmidt, associate scientist
• Merit Excellence Award – Paul Hollander, laboratory technician

The full list of this year's winners can be found here.

 

Patricia Thiel selected for the American Chemical Society's Adamson Surface Chemistry Distinguished Service Award

http://www.external.ameslab.gov/final/News/2009rel/ThielACS.html

John Verkade part of team winning an R & D 100 Award

http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2009/jul/awards

 

Mark Gordon elected to first class of American Chemical Society Fellows

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/markgordon0709.shtml

 

2008-2009 Faculty and Graduate Student Awards

http://www.chem.iastate.edu/news/awards0809.html

Chemistry receives good rankings in U.S. News and World Report.

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2009/apr/gradrankings.shtml

Malika Jeffries-EL Receives National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/jeffries-EL-NSF.shtml

George Kraus and Klaus Schmidt-Rohr named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2008/dec/AAAS.shtml

Mark Gordon looks for cheaper and cleaner rocket fuel

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2008/dec/rocketfuel.shtml

Professor Tom Greenbowe is named Iowa's Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

 

Chemistry professors receive Grow Iowa Values Fund money for their new projects:

 

Victor Lin, a professor of chemistry and program director of Chemical and Biological Sciences for the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory; and George Kraus, professor of chemistry and director of Iowa State's Institute for Physical Research and Technology. They'll work with a Muscatine company, Grain Processing Corp., to develop a catalytic process that efficiently converts renewable feedstocks into a chemical precursor to a common industrial polymer. The process could reduce industry's reliance on fossil fuels and some hazardous chemicals.

Richard Larock, a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and as associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Michael Kessler, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. They're working with an Iowa company to develop resins based on corn, soy and other bio oils that can be used to manufacture fiberglass-reinforced products.

Nicola Pohl, an associate professor of chemistry. Pohl will work with LuCella Biosciences Inc. of Ames to advance a carbohydrate synthesis technology for biologists and pharmaceutical scientists. The technology can fabricate a custom-order, complex carbohydrate molecule in 24 hours; current technology requires six to 12 months for the same molecule at a cost that can be 10 times higher than the new technology.

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2008/oct/givf08.shtml

Chemistry professor Gordon Miller has received the Cassling Family Faculty Award. The award honors an outstanding faculty member from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Gordon was awarded for his 18 years at Iowa State and his work on improving the student academic experience in Chemistry and other campuses in the state. He has also worked to improve safety in the lab and environmental responsibility and has increased opportunities for first-year undergraduates to become involved in research.

Congratulations Gordie!

Chemistry professors Mark Gordon and Theresa Windus are a part of a $208 million NSF funded supercomputer project

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2008/sep/petascale.shtml

Congratulations to Mark Gordon, winner of the 2009 ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research. This award is presented in recognition of the use of computers in the advancement of the chemical and biological sciences.

Congratulations Mark!

Chemistry professors receive ISU awards.

John Verkade and Victor Lin will receive awards at the 2008 University Convocation & Awards Ceremony.

Dr. Verkade will receive the Iowa State University Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research and Victor Lin will receive the Iowa State University Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research.

The ceremony will take place on Monday, September 22 at 3:15 in the Memorial Union Sun Room. Congratulations!!

Kudos to faculty and staff!!

Several members of the Chemistry faculty and staff will be honored at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall Convocation on Wednesday, September 3.

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/lasawards08.shtml

Victor Lin is helping to turn waste material into ethanol

http://www.ameslab.gov/final/News/2008rel/syngas.html

Nicola Pohl named LAS Master Teacher

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/masterteachers08.shtml

2007-2008 Faculty and Graduate Student Awards

http://www.chem.iastate.edu/news/awards0708.html

Board of Regents name new chemistry building Hach Hall

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/hachhall.shtml

Iowa State researchers developing system to efficiently convert biomass to ethanol

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2008/mar/syngas.shtml

Congratulations to Alex Blom from the Hans Stauffer group for winning the 2008 Cotton Uphaus Award! The finalists were, from left to right: Wei Sun, (Ed Yeung group), Kaking Yan (Aaron Sadow group), Yongchao Su (Mei Hong group) and Alex Blom (Hans Stauffer group).

 

Kathryn Hach Darrow commits $10 million for new Chemistry building

 

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/hachgift.shtml

Theresa Windus aspires to promote NSF international research program

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/windus0310.shtml

Iowa State chemists track how drug changes, blocks flu virus

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2008/feb/influenza.shtml

In theory, Miller's work leads to solid state results

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/miller0114.shtml

Jake Petrich and Gordon Miller named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/nov/aaas.shtml

New Chemistry building receives final approval.

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/chembuilding1.shtml

Ed Yeung and ISU researchers develop technology for early detection of viruses.

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/
oct/detect.shtml

Jake Petrich develops device for early detection of Mad Cow and Alzheimer's diseases

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/petrich1029.shtml

Mei Hong was recently honored as the first Corbett Professor in Chemistry. The Corbett Professorship in Chemistry was established by John Corbett, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, professor of Chemistry and senior chemist with the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. Pictured are President Gregory Geoffrey, Mei Hong, John Corbett and Michael Whiteford, Dean of the College of LAS.

 

The Department of Chemistry joined forces with Colleges Against Cancer and the American Cancer Society by forming a team and participating in the second annual Relay for Life which was held April 13-14, 2007. Members of Team Cymole raised over $1,100 dollars for cancer research with the help of friends and family. Team Cymole was sponsored by the local ISU ACS Chapter. Team Cymole members pictured front row from left to right: Renee Harris, Erin Rockafellow, Chip Peeraphatdit, Melanie Heying, Crystal Su, Maggie (in Crystal's arms); back row from left to right: Robin Laskowski, Stacey Stoffregen, Heather Spangler, Theresa Windus, Sarah Cady, Carlene Enderson.

 

Emily Smith's research may change the face of Iowa agriculture

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/smith0903.shtml

John Corbett receives American Chemical Society Cotton Award

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/corbettacsaward.shtml

Mark Gordon Recognized by IBM

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/gordon10.shtml

Victor Lin named Director of Ames Laboratory's Chemical and Biological Sciences Program

http://www.ameslab.gov/final/News/2007rel/VictorLin.html

Victor Lin cooks up more uses for the leftovers of biofuel production

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/business/08biodiesel.html?ex=1187236800&
n=4dd5579e2e680d3e&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Iowa State chemist hopes startup company can revolutionize biodiesel production

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/jun/catilin.shtml

Kraus named new director of Iowa State's Institute for Physical Research and Technology

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/jun/kraus.shtml

Professor Victor Lin's biodiesel research featured on public television

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/jun/victor.shtml

Iowa State scientists demonstrate first use of nanotechnology to enter plant cells.

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/may/nanotech.shtml

Chemistry Professor Emily Smith looking for better biofuel crops.

http://www.ameslab.gov/final/News/2007rel/Raman_imaging.html

2006-2007 Faculty and Graduate Student Awards

awards0607.html

Richard Larock receives ISU Distinguished Professor title

http://www.iastate.edu/Inside/07/0427/professors.shtml

Mei Hong named first Corbett Professor of Chemistry

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/hong-corbett.shtml

Ed Yeung named named a Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy

http://www.ameslab.gov/final/News/2007rel/YeungSAS.html

Live From Gilman Hall: Chemistry group likes to blow things up!

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/students0409.shtml

U.S. News ranks Chemistry among the top 25 programs again!

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/apr/gradrankings.shtml

Chemistry faculty member establishes Professorship at Iowa State University

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/corbettgift.shtml

Professor Larock Finding New Sources for Bio-Plastics

Larock-Story-02-07.pdf

Ames Lab Director returns to teaching Chemistry

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2006/dec/barton.shtml

Chemistry discovery could boost ethanol production from plant fiber

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2006/nov/verkade.shtml

Verkade group makes new discovery

Professor John Verkade and his students discovered that when two fluoride additives a and b were used separately for the synthesis shown in the invited cover art, only poor yields of product were obtained. When they used a and b simultaneously, however, they acted synergistically for some as yet unknown reason, and provided excellent yields. Professor John Hartwig and his group at Yale University independently discovered the same as yet unexplainable phenomenon with a different pair of fluoride additives c and d.

AngewChemCover.pdf

Nicola Pohl named Caldwell Professor of Chemistry

Nicola Pohl, associate professor of chemistry, has been named the new Caldwell Professor of Chemistry at Iowa State.
A member of the Plant Sciences Institute, Pohl's laboratory is developing new tools to make carbohydrates and the proteins that build carbohydrate structures much easier to study.
She is an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow and has previously received a five-year, $510,000 Faculty Early Career Award from the National Science Foundation to pursue further understanding of carbohyrates.
She has been a member of the Iowa State faculty since 2000.

Chemistry Graduate Opens Doors to the World of Science

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/alumni1030a.shtml

Chemistry Professors recognized for work to inhibit meth production

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2006/oct/stopmeth.shtml

Former students dedicate textbook to Chemistry's John Corbett

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/corbettbook.shtml

Chemistry Department Featured in Iowa State Alumni Magazine

http://visions.isualum.org/fall06/fall06.asp

Chemistry Professors Share in $60 Million DOE Award Money for Computational Science Projects

http://www.external.ameslab.gov/final/News/2006rel/SciDAC.htm

Professors Sadow and Zhao Receive Carver Trust Funds

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/newsa1002.shtml

Chemistry Professor is named University Adviser of the Year

Thomas Greenbowe, professor of Chemistry, was named as the University Adviser of the Year at the LAS Fall Convocation September 11. Greenbowe has been an adviser to undergraduate chemistry majors since joining the faculty in 1990 as coordinator of general chemistry. He also serves as an adviser to all chemistry majors who express an interest in the possibility of high school teaching.

Professor Mark Gordon honored as first Francis M. Craig Chair in Chemistry

http://www.foundation.iastate.edu/news/homepage.php?id=244

Kudos to faculty and staff!

Drs. Gordon Miller and Joseph Burnett will be honored during the LAS Faculty/Staff Convocation on Wednesday, September 6.

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/newsa0904.shtml

Iowa State corn/soy plastics to be made into hog feeders

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2006/sep/bioplastic.shtml

Richard Larock awarded Economic Developoment Grant

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/larock3.shtml

Iowa State is among Washington Monthly's top-ranked universities

For the second consecutive year, Iowa State University is ranked among the top U.S. universities by Washington Monthly magazine. Iowa State ranks 38th out of 245 national public and private universities. The ranking is based on three criteria: community service, research and commitment to educating lower-income students. Washington Monthly ranks Iowa State ahead of Northwestern, Princeton, Washington University, Michigan State, Purdue and many other notable private and public universities.

The Rankings

Geoffroys commit additional $100,000 to faculty fellowship

Iowa State University President Gregory L. Geoffroy and his wife, Kathy, have made an additional $100,000 commitment to the Gregory L. and Kathleen C. Geoffroy Faculty Fellowship Fund. The Geoffroys have contributed a total of $250,000 to the fund that provides annual support for teaching and research at Iowa State. They established the fund in 2001.

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2006/aug/geoffroys.shtml

Chemistry undergraduate write for Newsweek

ISU sophomore Andrew Krull's story of brotherly love appears in the current issue of Newsweek. The chemistry major from Sioux City originally wrote the essay for his first year Composition II class at Iowa State.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14208056/

Robert Angelici honored by the ACS

Robert Angelici, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has been honored with the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry. He will receive his award at the National ACS Meeting in Chicago in March.

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/angelici.shtml

Chemistry graduate students meets Nobel laureates

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2006/jun/lindau.shtml

Mei Hong wins Iota Sigma Pi Award

Mei Hong has received the 2006 Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award. This award is for research achievement in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry by women not over 40 years of age. Congratulations Mei!

Malika Jeffries-EL receives Emerald Honor for Most Promising Young Scientist

Malika Jeffries-EL was just awarded the Emerald Honor for most promising scientist by Science Spectrum magazine, which gives out several awards every year to recognize and honor minority scientists nationwide for both their scholarly activities and service to the community. She will receive her award at the Minorities in Research Conference to be held in September in Baltimore, MD.

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/jeffries-el.shtml

Chemistry professors find a better way to make biodiesel

http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2006/apr/biodiesel.shtml

Victor Lin Explores New Nanoscale Drug Delivery System for Chemotherapy

http://www.external.ameslab.gov/final/News/2006rel/nanoparticles.htm

Chemistry Professors Receive Funds from the Grow Iowa Value Fund

http://www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/valuefunds0220.shtml