News & Events
- Professor Andrzej Sygula Wins Eminent Scholar Award
Professor Sygula, an internationally prominent organic chemist, has won the 2009 Eminent Scholar Award. The intent of this award is to acknowledge and retain exceptionally meritorious faculty who have achieved national recognition and have enhanced the quality and stature of academic programs in Arts & Sciences. The award provides $3000/yr of research funding for the next three years.
- Spectroscopy Student Wins Award
Pravindya Haputhanthri, a student from Dr. Dongmao Zhang’s research lab, won 3rd place for the best student poster at the Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Society (FACSS) meeting held in Louisville, KY in October. His poster was titled “Detection of Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Compounds using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy”. Pravindya won a certificate and a $100 cash award.
- Students Garner Awards
Three Chemistry students have received Hunter Henry and Henry Family scholarships for Fall 2009: Maureen Cooper, Tyler Eakes and Rachel Mustain. In addition, Rachel Mustain has been accepted into a study abroad program where she will spend the Spring semester studying in Belfast,Ireland.
- The National Institute of General Medical Sciences Funds Professor Mead
Dr. Keith Mead was awarded a $208,000 grant from NIGMS for his project “Novel Reactions of Arynes and their Application to the Synthesis of Anti-Cancer Agents” to develop new synthetic routes to naturally occurring plant compounds that are known for their anti-cancer activity.
- Dr. Andrzej Sygula Receives Department of Energy Award
Dr. Andrzej Sygula was recently awarded $405,000 by DOE for his proposal "Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Curved Surfaces: Buckybowls". The funding will run from Feb. 1, 2009 - Jan, 31, 2012.
- Chemistry Department Receives NSF ARRA Funding
The National Science Foundation, through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, has funded the Chemistry Department’s CRIF proposal for a new 600MHz NMR. The PI is Dr. Ed Lewis and the two Co-PIs Drs. Keith Mead and Debbie Beard. The amount funded totaled $510,000.
- Department of Defense Funds Prof. Mlsna
Dr. Todd Mlsna was selected for award of a Phase I STTR from the US Navy. The project entitled ‘Real Time Feedback Control of Biomass Gasification to Biofuels’ will be a collaboration with researchers at Seacoast Science Inc., to develop a monitoring system for the process control of biomass to fuels.
- Dr. Keith Mead Named Researcher of the Month - 7/01/2009
The College of Arts & Sciences has chosen Dr. Keith Mead as Researcher of the Month. Dr. Mead's research interests involve studying stereochemistry, which is the art of chemistry in 3-D. Read More...
- Dr. Andrzej Sygula named Researcher of the Month – 3/01/2009
The College of Arts & Sciences has chosen Dr. Andrzej Sygula as Researcher of the Month. Dr. Sygula's research interests involve synthesizing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, specifically Buckybowls. Read More...
- New Faculty Announced
Drs. Joe Emerson and Todd Mlsna have accepted positions in the Chemistry Department at MSU. Both scientists will join the department over the summer and both will be accepting new graduate students in the fall.
Dr. Emerson is currently an assistant professor at McNeese State University in Louisianna and brings an established research group with him to MSU. His exeprtise is in biological inorganic chemistry and he will continue his work in that area.
Dr. Mlsna has a long standing interest in chemical sensors. He is president and founder of Seacoast Science, Inc., a company which specializes in the development of new analytical devices. Dr. Mlsna joins the department as an associate professor. Welcome Todd and Joe!