DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS ARCHIVE
Intro. Chemistry Prof. Encourages Volunteering for Community
Professor Michael Kenney, instructor for the CHEM 105 and CHEM 111 introductory courses, encouraged over 600 students to volunteer on Case for Community Day, September 19.
Full story hosted at the Case Daily news blog.
Department of Chemistry Welcomes New Graduate Students
The Department of Chemistry welcoms its new fall 2008 graudate students. Click here for photos (Case network ID and password are required).
Department of Chemistry Welcomes Prof. Viswanathan
In August 2008, the Department of Chemistry welcomed its newest Assistant Professor, Dr. Rajesh Viswanathan. He and his wife, Nirmala Krishnamurthy, have come to Cleveland from the University of Utah. This fall, Prof. Viswanathan is teaching CHEM 435: Synthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry.
Learn more about Prof. Viswanathan and his research.
Prof. Zagorski awarded Presidential Research Initiative Grant
Profs. Michael Zagorski and Brian Cobb (pathology) were awarded $75,000 for work on "Carbohydrate Structural Epitopes and Novel Antigenic Activity".
Full story hosted at the Case Daily news blog.
Cancer Drug Delivery Research Speeds Time from Two Days to Two Hours
Prof. Clemens Burda and graduate student Yu Cheng author a paper on using gold nanoparticles in drug delivery.
Full story hosted at the Case Daily news blog.
2008 Chemistry Academic Award Recipients
To see list of recipients for the 2008 Academic Awards, please click here.
Photos from the 2008 Graduate Poster Party
To see photos from the 2008 Graduate Poster Party, please click here. (Case Network ID and password are required)
Graduate Smita Dayal Wins Prestigious Research Award
Graduate student Smita Dayal, a member of Prof. Clemens Burda's research group, recently won a prestigious National Graduate Research Award, the Closs Award in Photochemistry. This is given annually to the best Ph.D. work in Photochemistry in both South and North America, selected and awarded by the I-APS (Inter-American Photochemical Society).
Dr. Crespo-Hernández investigates photodegradation of nitropyrene
Professor Carlos Crespo-Hernández recently published a paper in The Journal of Physical Chemistry investigating the photochemical degradation of the harmful pollutant 1-nitropyrene.
Dr. Crespo-Hernández featured in CienciaPR newsletter
Professor Carlos Crespo-Hernández's research was featured in the November issue of Ciencia PR. From the newsletter:
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This month's Spotlight: Femtobiology: Biology in Real Time By the time you read this sentence a billion million femtoseconds have gone by. You might not notice, but it is at this timescale that many important chemical and biophysical processes occur. Dr. Carlos Crespo-Hernández, a Puerto Rican professor at Case Western Reserve University, specializes in investigating super-fast reactions, such as the ones that mediate UV-induced damage to DNA. Read more about how Dr. Crespo-Hernández works at the limit of time resolution at CienciaPR's main page. http://www.cienciapr.org |
YCES Director Accepts ECS Leadership Circle Award
Full story at the Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences
Undergraduate Thomas Teets Wins Prestigious Fellowship
Thomas Teets, a senior chemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of 15 students to receive a five-year graduate fellowship from the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. The foundation's mission is to identify and cultivate talent in the applied physical, biological, and engineering sciences; its full, unrestricted support—valued at a quarter of a million dollars for each awardee—gives the Hertz Fellows the freedom to conduct innovative research at universities of their choice. This year's fellows were chosen from among 580 applicants nationwide.
New Departmental Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer
A new cyber-enabled Bruker SMART APEX II CCD single crystal X-ray diffractometer, funded by NSF, has arrived and is now operating in the Department of Chemistry. The facility, overseen by Professor Protasiewicz, also houses a lot of other new equipment.
Chemistry Department welcomes Dr. Gregory Tochtrop
On July 1, 2006, the Department of Chemistry welcomed its newest member, Dr. Gregory Tochtrop.
Click to learn more about Dr. Tochtrop and his research.
Chemistry Undergrad Invited to Conference
Ishan Roy, a third-year chemistry student, was one of only two Americans recently invited to attend the 2006 Lindau Nobel Prize Laureates Conference in Germany. The conference was an opportunity for students to meet some of the world's top chemists.
Graduating Senior Going to Oxford
Raymond Choi, chemistry major class of 2006, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Oxford University next year.
In memory of Dee D'Angelo
New Publication from Protasiewicz Group
Graduate student Vittal (Babu) Gudimetla's first paper from the Protasiewicz research group makes June 26, 2006 cover of Inorganic Chemistry. This publication also highlights collaborative computation efforts from the Simpson research group.
View this publication. Protasiewicz Research Group
Dr. Ocasio Remembered at Commencement
At the 2006 Commencement Dr. Ocasio, affectionately known as Doc Oc, was posthumously granted an award for excellence in undergraduate mentoring. The award was presented to his family in his memory.
Dr. Mary Barkley Funded by NIH
Dr. Mary Barkley has received funding from NIH over the next 4 years for "Subunit Assembly and Substrate Interactions in HIV-1 RT".
Read more about Dr. Barkley research.
New Publications from Dr. Irene Lee's Lab
D. Vineyard, J. Patterson-Ward and I. Lee, "Single-turnover kinetic experiments confirm the existence of high- and low-affinity ATPase sites in Escherichia coli Lon Protease", Biochemistry 45, 4602-10 (2006)
X. Zhang, I. Lee, X. Zhou and A. J. Berdis, "Hydrophobicity, shape, and pi-electron contributions during translesion DNA synthesis", JACS 128, 143-9 (2006)
Dr. Joseph DeSimone - Liquid Fluoropolymers: A Gateway to Green Chemistry
Dr. Joseph DeSimone from University of North Carolina will be our last Frontiers Lecturer of the Spring 2006 semester. His title is: Liquid Fluoropolymers: A Gateway to Green Chemistry, and it will be presented on April 13th in the Goodyear Lecture Hall (Clapp 108).
Dr. Berkeley Cue of Pfizer - Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Dr. Berkeley Cue, retired from Pfizer, will be speaking in our Frontier's of Chemistry Lecture about Green Chemistry and how it relates to the Pharmaceutical Industry.
His presentation will take place on Thursday, March 30 in the Goodyear Lecture Hall (108 Clapp)
Dr. Chao-Jun Li from McGill University Lectures on Green Chemistry
Dr. Chao-Jun Li will give the second Frontiers in Chemistry lecture on March 2nd in the Goodyear Lecture Hall (Clapp 108). His is the second lecture this semester focused on Green Chemistry. The topic of his presentation is "Our Future Challenges in Chemical Synthesis."
Daniel Scherson and Attila Palencsar mentioned in MRS Bulletin
Attila Palencsar's (working with Daniel Scherson) publication on "single particle battery" from Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters was mentioned in the February MRS Bulletin, which highlights breakthroughs in Materials Research.
See page 82 of the linked PDF.
Dr. Paul Anastas of the Green Chemistry Institute First Lecturer of the Fall 2006 Frontiers in Chemistry Series
Dr. Paul Anastas was named to the 2005 "Scientific American 50" that recognizes "outstanding acts of leadership in science and technology."
Frontiers in Chemistry, February 23rd
Case chemistry prof wins award
Clemens Burda, assistant professor of chemistry at Case Western Reserve University, recently received an award of achievement at the American Chemical Society's national meeting in Washington, D.C. He was recognized for "Chemistry and Properties of Nanocrystals of Different Shapes," his article in ACS' journal, Chemical Reviews.
From The Plain Dealer Dr. Burda's Faculty page
Alumni News: Former Undergraduate Student Joins Faculty at UConn.
Dr. Shawn Burdette, who recieved his Bachelor's Degree from the Chemistry Department at Case, has joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut this summer. During his time at Case he worked with Dr. John Protasiewicz. Congratulations Shawn.
Dr. Burdette's UConn. Faculty Page Dr. Protasiewicz Faculty Page
In memory of Dr. Ignacio J. Ocasio.
This May saw the unfortunate passing of Dr. Ignacio J. Ocasio. Loved by many students, he will be missed.
Professor Guo recipient of New Investigator Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry
Dr. Guo will receive the third New Investigator Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry of ACS. The award recognizes "excellence of contributions to carbohydrate chemistry by innovative young scientists in the early stage of their career".
Guo is being recognized for his work on new synthetic methods for glycopeptides, chemical synthesis of GPIs and GPI-anchored structures and development of novel strategies to overcome the problem of immunotolerance to tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens for the design of new cancer immunotherapies.
Emeritus Professor Gilles Klopman, recipient of Patterson-Crane Award in Chemical Information
Gilles Klopman was named the 2005 winner of the Patterson-Crane Award in Chemical Information. This ACS sponsored award is given every two years by the Columbus and Dayton sections of ACS, and is open internationally.
A banquet will be held to bestow the award and hear his award address on May 11.
About the award and banqet Dr. Klopman's Faculty page
George A. Olah, 2005 Priestley Medalist
George A. Olah, 1994 Chemistry Nobel laureate who did much of his Nobel Prize winning research as a member of the Case Department of Chemistry, has been named the 2005 Priestley Medalist. This highest honor of the American Chemical Society recognizes Professor Olah's distinguished services to chemistry.
ACS news article about this award.
Dr. Burda selected for attendance at National Acadamies meeting
Dr. Burda was one of 86 of the nations top nanotechnology researchers selected to attend the recent National Academies Keck Futures Initiative conference. This selection made him eligible to compete for a seed grant aimed at advancing interdisciplinary work in nanotechnology.
Read more about this great honor.
Dr. Kenney, Dr. Oleinik and Pc4 in the news
Dr. Kenney, Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. Oleinik, Professor of Radiation Oncology, make the news again with their cancer drug Pc4.
Pc4 is a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. It has been previously tested on internal cancers, and has now entered clinical trials on skin cancer.
Dr. Scherson's company, Ogenix Corp., receives award mention
Ogenix Corp., co-founded by Dr. Scherson, is a runner-up in the Biotech-Medical category of Dow Jones' 2004 Technology Innovation Awards.
The device, EpiFLOSD, is a regenerative wound care therapy that provides continuous Transdermal Sustained Delivery of oxygen 24 hours per day for 7 days.
View the awards given by Dow Jones. Read more about Ogenix and EpiFLOSD
Nelson Yee receives award
Nelson Yee was granted the first place Oral Presentation Award at the Interdisciplinary Research Club 1st Annual Regional Symposium, hosted by Cleveland State University's College of Science.Nelson Yee is a graduate student in Dr. Scherson's group.
See the newsletter listing award winners from this event (PDF)
Chemistry Department welcomes Dr. Thomas Gray
On July 1, 2004, the Department of Chemistry welcomed its newest member, Dr. Thomas Gray from Harvard University.
Learn more about Dr. Gray and research opportunities in the Gray group.
Dr. Scherson receives mention at 2004 Northern Ohio Live Awards
Melvyn Burk and co-inventor Dr. Scherson have been given an honorable mention by the 2004 Northern Ohio Live Awards of Achievement for their device which aids in healing of chronic wounds.
View the excerpt from the awards booklet.
Dr. Scherson named new director of YCES
Dr. Scherson has been named as the new director of the Ernest B. Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences.Click the link for more information about YCES
View the webpage for YCES.
Dr. Guo's research is cover story of Eur. J. Org. Chem.
Dr. Guo research is the cover story of most recent issue (17/2004) of Eur. J. Org. Chem.View this publication.
Dr. Scherson receives Faraday Medal
Dr. Scherson has been named as the recipient for the 2004 Faraday Medal presented by Electrochemistry Group of the Royal Chemical Society.
Dr. Scherson will be speaking in September at Electrochem 2004.
More information about Dr. Scherson's research.
Dr. Kenney's Research on Pc 4
Drugs for Photodynamic Therapy
Pc 4 is a drug that has been developed through research from Dr. Kenney's Lab. Pc 4 has been approved for use in Phase 1 human clinical trials with cancer patients.
Read more about Dr. Kenney's research.
Marnita Sandifer, Ph.D. Graduate from Dr. Scherson's Group - In the News
Chemist gets beauty down to a science
Marnita Sandifer uses her Chemistry education from Case to develop her own line of cosmetics and open her own Salon.
Pat Eland and Jim Faulk to Receive Staff Service Awards
Pat Eland and Jim Faulk will be recognized at the Staff Service Awards Luncheon. The staff awards are presented in recognition of the contributions of individual staff employees toward the success of the university. Jim, who serves the department in the capacity of Lab Technician and Pat, who is the Department Assistant and Secretary to the Chairman, are both celebrating 10 years with the university. The awards will be presented by President Hundert.
Undergraduate Presented with Yeager Award
Congratulations to Tiffany Copeland, this year's winner of the Ernest B. Yeager Award from the Cleveland Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy and the American Chemical Society. Ms. Copeland, who performs undergraduate research in Prof. Cather Simpson's laboratory, was also an Honorable Mention for an NSF Predoctoral Fellowship. She will be attending Stanford U. for graduate studies in Chemistry in the fall.
Undergraduate Research Fellowships Awarded
Nathan Sears
Pfizer SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) award
Nick Sizemore
Howard Hughes Medical Institute SPUR (Summer Program for Undergraduate Research) fellowship
Dr. Scherson Develops New Ways of Using Microbatteries
Case partners with California firm to enable new microbattery-based communications devices
Dr. Scherson makes the Case news for developing a way of powering smart shipping labels for packages.
Recent JACS Publication from Garner Group
April of 2004 saw the publication of an article authored by Dr. Philip Garner's research group, entitled "The α-Helical Peptide Nucleic Acid Concept: Merger of Peptide Secondary Structure and Codified Nucleic Acid Recognition". This paper describes a chemistry-based approach to nucleic acid surrogate design that could be used for the development of novel drug platforms. The work was performed by students in the Department of Chemistry in collaboration with faculty from the Medical School.
Graduate Achievements: ACS Meeting in Miniature
Award for Student Presentation
"Cationic cyclization of iron tricarbonyl diene complexes with pendant alkenes and arenes"
Victor P. Ghidu (Pearson Group)
"Vibrational Dynamics in Five-coordinate, High-spin Hemes"
J. Reddy Challa (Simpson Group)
ΑΧΣ Featured in Case Engineering & Science Review
ΑΧΣ (Alpha Chi Sigma) has a 3 page spread in the Case Western Reserve University Engineering and Science Review magazine for Spring 2004 (Volume XLI Number I) which features an interview with the President and Vice President of the Gamma chapter.
Dr. Burda's Grants and Award Nominations
Dr. Clemens Burda has been awarded a Presidential Research Initiative Grant for 2004/2005 in collaboration with Prof. A. Abramson in Mechanical Engineering. He has also been nominated for the Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching