Department of Chemistry News

October 18, 2007

Rob Synovec succeeds Heinekey as Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Heinekey steps down after a decade of service as Associate Chair.


October 4, 2007

Daniel Chiu receives Life Sciences Discovery Fund Grant

Chiu receives one of the first six grants awarded by the LSDF, receiving $760,000 to fund his breast cancer research.


August 29, 2007

Alvin Kwiram receives Hopkins Faculty Award

Kwiram is the fourth recipient of the Hopkins Award, and will present a seminar in 2008.


August 10, 2007

CENTC awarded $15M NSF grant

CENTC is the NSF-funded Chemical Bonding Center based at UW, and is the only Center of its kind to receive Phase II funding.


June 29, 2007

Daniel Chiu receives National Fresenius Award

Chiu recognized as one of the top young faculty in pure and applied chemistry in the nation.


May 26, 2007

David Ginger receives Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Ginger awarded one of fifteen Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards given out nationally in 2007.


May 24, 2007

Pradip Rathod and research team receive MMV grant

Professor Pradipsinh Rathod’s team will receive a Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) award.


May 11, 2007

Mel Koch receives 2007 IFPAC Award

Mel Koch, CPAC Executive Director of CPAC, recognized by international community in process analytics.


April 29, 2007

Michael Gelb receives NIH MERIT Award

Gelb’s research is in the area of medicinal enzymology, and the funding will support his work with phospholipase A2.


February 27, 2007

David Ginger receives Sloan Research Fellowship

Ginger one of two UW faculty to receive prestigious fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.


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