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January 26, 2010

UW is Top Producer of Bachelor’s Degrees in Chemistry

The UW Department of Chemistry conferred the most bachelor’s degrees in chemistry in 2007-2008 according to a recent report by C&E News.


December 18, 2009

Michael Gelb elected as AAAS Fellow

Gelb has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).


December 7, 2009

Thomas Spiro chosen to receive Eraldo Antonini Lifetime Achievement Award

Spiro to receive the Eraldo Antonini Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines.


Alumnus Bruce Montgomery receives Inventor of the Year Award

Dr. Bruce Montgomery was awarded the 2009 Special Honoree Inventor of the Year Award at the UW Medicine’s Fifth Annual Inventor of the Year Award Celebration on October 26, 2009.


December 2, 2009

Larry Dalton Named ACS Fellow

Professor Larry Dalton has been selected to be an ACS Fellow – a member of the very first class of fellows to be chosen by the American Chemical Society.


Goldberg et al. characterize methane-metal complex

Professor Karen Goldberg and researchers at the University of North Carolina and the University of Washington have described the first observation of a metal complex that binds methane in solution.


Sarah Keller wins 2010 Avanti Young Investigator Award

Professor Sarah Keller has been named the recipient of the 2010 Avanti Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research, established by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Lipid Research Division.


Gamelin et al. report light-induced spontaneous magnetization in Science

A paper by Professor Daniel Gamelin, members of his research group, and collaborators at the University of Duisberg-Essen appeared in the August 21, 2009 issue of Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).


August 28, 2009

Munira Khalil receives NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor Munira Khalil has received a 2009 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award from the National Science Foundation.


July 10, 2009

Xiaosong Li receives NSF CAREER Award

Li receives a 2009 NSF CAREER Award.



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