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Fran Seabright Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
The intricate task of accommodating diverse learning styles presents a considerable challenge for educators, especially within the expansive lecture classes of organic chemistry. In response to this challenge, a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project was initiated by Anna Buttell and Dr. Polina Pine. Their commendable efforts garnered recognition at the Iota Sigma Pi Symposium on February 24th, 2024, where their work was honored with the prestigious Fran Seabright Award for excellence in undergraduate research as a 2nd best poster. The accolade was specifically bestowed upon Anna for their insightful poster presentation delving into the topic of "Learning challenging chemistry concepts through cartoon representation."
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Assoc. Prof. Jim Devery receives NIH Grant
to use over the next three years. The award will continue to support the research the Devery lab has explored in carbonyl-olefin metathesis and Lewis acid catalysis, allowing them to explain and design catalyst behavior via synthetic, spectroscopic, kinetic, and computational techniques.
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Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Chair is Awarded as a Sujack Master Researcher
Carl Moore Research Chair, Dr. Graham Moran was recently honored as a 2020 Sujack Master Researcher. Dr. Moran joined the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department in 2018 and has established a vibrant research program based in the study of enzyme reaction chemistry.
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The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry welcomes two new tenure-track faculty members!
Joerg Zimmermann and Pengfei Li are starting at Loyola in fall 2020. The department is very happy to have them onboard, and we are looking forward to hearing more about their accomplishments in the years to follow!
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Periodic stories about what some of our alums are up to after graduation.
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Graduate Student Daniel Catlin Receives Prestigious Award
Daniel Catlin, a fifth year PhD student in Professor Dali Liu’s research group, received an Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation Fellowship for 2018-19. Funding from the Fellowship provides Catlin vital support to conduct research while preparing him to be a leader in his field.
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Chemistry faculty inspire future scientists
In 1968, the American Chemical Society (ACS) developed Project SEED, a program geared toward economically disadvantaged, high-achieving high school students by providing them with an opportunity to work directly with professional chemists and university professors for a summer.
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Student Award
Recently profiled doctoral student Rachael Farber received the 2018 Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research through IOTA SIGMA PI, a national honor society for women in chemistry.