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2011-12-31 - Taking their cue from biological circulatory systems, University of Illinois researchers have developed vascularized structural composites, creating materials that are lightweight and strong with potential for self-healing, self-cooling, metamaterials and more.

2011-12-31 - Dr. Marinda P. Wu (Ph.D. '76, Drago)has been chosen to be President of the The American Chemical Society. The founder and president of Science is Fun! in Orinda, Calif., Dr. Wu will serve ACS president-elect for 2012.

2011-12-31 - Researchers have built a computer model of the crowded interior of a bacterial cell that – in a test of its response to sugar in its environment – accurately simulates the behavior of living cells.

2011-12-31 - Professor Yi Lu, along with postdoctoral researcher Yu Xiang, have found that glucose meters, when coupled with a class of molecular sensors called functional DNA sensors, can be used to monitor other molecules in blood, water, or food.

2011-12-31 - Researchers led by Professor Martin Gruebele have used high-resolution imaging technology to determine that amorphous silicon is a glass, until hydrogren is added. The group recently published its results in the journal Physical Review Letters. Amorphous silicon (a-Si) is a semiconductor popular for many device applications because it is inexpensive and can be created...

2011-12-31 - Researchers, led by Chemistry Department affiliate Jianjun Cheng, have developed a simple method of making short protein chains with spiral structures that can also dissolve in water, two desirable traits not often found together.

2011-12-31 - U.S. researchers have applied synthetic organic chemistry to solve a mystery that has baffled scientists for more than 50 years: how the powerful, naturally occurring antifungal compound amphotericin B interacts with sterols in cell membranes.

2011-12-31 - Ian Dailey (Burke Group) and Daniel Robbins (Hartwig Group) were named recipients of the Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award for research accomplishments in the field of organic chemistry.

2011-12-31 - Professor Ralph Nuzzo has received the Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The 60,000 Euro Humboldt Research Award is granted to researchers whose fundamental discoveries, inventions or novel theories have influenced essentially their fields of research and who are expected to continue being top researchers in the future. The award winners are enabled to work...

2011-12-31 - Dr. Scott E. Denmark will receive the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry (ISHC) Seniro Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry. The award, sponsored by Pfizer Inc. is presented at the biannual International Society of Heterocylclic Chemistry congress.

2011-12-31 - Professor Ben McCall has been named the 2011-2012 Helen Corley Petit Scholar by the College of Liberal Arts and Science. The scholarship is in recognition of outstanding research and teaching.

2011-12-31 - Dr. Cathy Murphy will receive the 2011 Inorganic Nanoscience Award, given by the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry.  The award is given to a mid-career scientist who has shown sustained excellence, dedication, and perseverance in research in the area of inorganic nanoscience. Dr. Murphy will receive the award at the Fall ACS meeting.   For more information about the...

2011-12-31 - Seiko Fujii, a member of Professer Marty Burke's research group, has made a major advance in small molecule synthesis which will be celebrated next month on the cover of "Angewandte Chemie", one of the top chemistry journals in the world.

2011-12-31 - So Hirata, Professor of Chemistry and Alumni Research Scholar, has been named a Scialog Fellow by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA). The RCSA is the nation's oldest foundation for science advancement. The fellowship is awarded through Scialog®, a major new research initiative. This multi-year grant program accelerates the work of 21st-century science by funding early career...

2011-12-31 - The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Dr. Prashant Jain will be joining our faculty beginning in the Fall 2011 academic semester.  Professor Jain received his B.Tech. from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, India in 2003 and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008. During 2008, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard...