Chemistry Department Awards
The 2007-2008 Chemistry Graduate and Faculty awards were held on Friday, May 9 in Gilman Hall. Professor Jake Petrich, department chair, was the master of ceremonies and assistant chair, Professor Keith Woo, presented the awards.
Congratulations to our faculty members for their achievements in 2007-2008
Robert Angelici- Alumni Achievement Award from St. Olaf College
- VEISHA Faculty Cook Off Award for Best Burger 2008
- The Department of Chemistry Wilkinson Teaching Award
- F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, ACS
- Terra Rarae 2007 Award
- Harry Emmett Gunning Lecturer, University of Alberta
- IBM Faculty Award
- LAS P & S Award for Excellence in Information Technology
- Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy
- Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award
- Appointed Director of the Institute for Physical Research & Technology (IPRT)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Lecture Awardee
- First University of Nevada at Reno Chemistry Graduate Student Association Distinguished Lecture Awardee
- ISU Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research
- LAS Award for Outstanding Teaching
- Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- LAS Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research
- National Honorary Member of Iowa Sigma Pi
- Appointed Division Director for Science and Technology, Ames Laboratory
- LAS Ruth W. Swenson Award for Outstanding Advising
- LAS Institutional Service Award
- Fellow of the Society of Applied Spectroscopy
- Named Chang Jiang Scholar, People's Republic of China
- Promoted to associate professor with tenure.
Charles Barnes
- Carver Biophysical Training Fellowship
- Wakonse Graduate Fellowship
- Outstanding Mentor Award for the SULI program sponsored by the DOE and Ames Laboratory
- Carver Biophysical Training Fellowship
- The International Precious Metals Institute Recognition
- Carver Biophysical Training Fellowship
- Conoco Phillips Fellow, 2007 - 2008
- ISU Research Excellence Award, Department of MSE
- Honorable Mention for the Zaffarano Prize, Department of MSE
The ISU Teaching Excellence Awards. Recipients of this award receive an award of $150, a letter of commendation from the President of ISU and a certificate of achievement from the Graduate Dean/Vice Provost for Research and Advanced Studies. Recipients will be recognized at the time of graduation—each will be given an honor cord, cited in the ISU Commencement Program and recognized during the ceremony. Documentation will be made on the student's transcript. A formal photograph will also be taken each semester of recipients with the President, Provost and/or Vice Provost. This photograph will appear in Research and Graduate Education along with an accompanying article.
Kanmi Mao, Steven Neal, Daniel Pfister, Beth Prince, Benjamin Prince, Erin Rockafellow, George Schoendorf
The ISU Research Excellence Awards. Recipients of this award receive $150, a letter of commendation from the President of ISU and a certificate of achievement from the Dean and Vice Provost for Research and Advanced Studies. Recipients will be recognized in the ISU Commencement Program and on their transcripts. A formal photograph will be taken with the President, Provost and/or Vice Provost.
Sumohan Misra, Prasun Mukherjee, Benjamin Prince
The Alpha Chi Sigma Awards. This award recognizes outstanding research contributions in each discipline. The award if $400.
Sangwon Cha, Phillip Henna, Daniel Kemp, Bosijlka Njegic, Tae-Soo You
The Cotton-Uphaus Award. This award is given to a student who has not yet completed their third year of graduate study. Finalists are chosen from a poster competition and those chosen give a presentation to a panel of judges. The winner receives a trophy and $500.
Winner: Alex Blom
Finalists: Yongchao Su, Wei Sun, Kaking Yan
The Frank J. Moore and Thoreen Beth Moore Fellowship. This fellowship was awarded this year for the first time. The award is named for Dr. Moore, who received his Ph.D. in plant chemistry in 1940 and worked for Texaco in Port Arthur, Texas and Glenham, New York. He went on to become the Director of the Gent Research Laboratory in Gent, Belgium. The award is $1600.
Vinayak Gupta, George Schoendorf, Toni Smith, Fei Wang
The Arthur P. Hellwig Memorial. Endowment established by Edna Hellwig Graham in 1987 for Arthur Hellwig, Ph.D. 1933. The endowment recognizes the best of the present incoming class just completing their second semester in residence in either academics and or research. The award is $1000
Brandon Kobilka
The Chevron Phillips Fellowship. The Chevron Phillips Chemical Company sponsors Ph.D. fellowships in both chemistry and chemical engineering and a professional development fund for both departments. Students are selected for the fellowship based on their research achievements. The award amount varies.
Pooja Arora, Daniel Pfister, Luke Roskop, Yongchao Su
The Women in Chemistry Award. The award is $1000.
Yanyan Hu, Robyn Laskowski
The Proctor & Gamble Fellowship in Analytical Chemistry. Established in 1983, P & G makes available each year funds to sponsor one fellowship and a travel grant award program to help promote study in chemistry at the doctoral level. The award is $3000
Qin Zhao
The Mary K. and Velmer A. Fassel Fellowship. This fellowship celebrates the memory of Velmer A. Fassel, a graduate and distinguished professor of chemistry at Iowa State and provides financial assistance to deserving graduate students in the Ph.D. track majoring in analytical chemistry. The award is $5000 and tuition and fees for 12 months.
David Perdian
The Joseph F. Nelson Fellowship. This fellowship is open to all graduate students and is based on research performance. Dr. Nelson received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Iowa State University in 1937 under Dr. Gilman. He was employed with Esso Research and Engineering Co. (Exxon), where he did research making synthetic rubber, detergents and other chemicals from petroleum. He was the inventor and co-inventor of 81 U.S. patents on chemicals, rubber and detergents made from petroleum. The award is $5000 and tuition and fees for 12 months.
Jonathan Mullin
The Henry Gilman Fellowship. This fellowship is open to all graduate students and is based in research performance. The award is $5000 and tuition and fees for 12 months.
Mingmin Shen
