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NEW! Read the 2012 Department Newsletter from the Chair. [PDF]
McQueen Lab Publishes in Nature Materials
Congratulations to graduate student John Sheckelton and Dr. Tyrel McQueen's laboratory for publishing in Nature Materials with research entitled “Possible valence bond condensation in the frustrated cluster magnet LiZn2Mo3O8”. Click here to read a full summary and access the associated paper.
Chemistry Graduate Student Receives KSAS Award
Tyler Chavez, a graduate student in Dr. John Toscano's laboratory, was awarded the 2012 Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Teaching Assistant Award. Please take a moment to congratulate Tyler for receiving this prestigious award.
Dr. J.D. Tovar Makes Cover of Advanced Materials
Congratulations to Dr. J.D. Tovar for making the cover of Advanced Materials with research entitled "Aligned Macroscopic Domains of Optoelectronic Nanostructures Prepared via Shear-Flow Assembly of Peptide Hydrogels." Click here to read the associated paper.
Dr. Kit Bowen Makes Cover of Journal of Chemical Physics
Congratulations to Dr. Kit Bowen for making the cover of the Journal of Chemical Physics with an illustration to accompany research entitled "Valence anions of N-acetylproline in the gas phase: Computational and anion photoelectron spectroscopic studies". Click here to read the associated paper.
Dr. Kenneth Karlin Named Maryland Chemist of the Year
Congratulations to Dr. Kenneth Karlin for being named the 2011 Maryland Chemist of the Year. The Maryland Chemist Award was established in 1962 to recognize and to honor, each year, a member of the Maryland Section for outstanding achievement in the fields of chemistry. The achievement, as originally stated, may be in pure or applied chemistry, chemical engineering, or chemical education. This year, the award goes to Dr. Karlin for his wide-ranging contributions to inorganic chemistry, particularly for his research focusing on coordination chemistry relevant to biological and environmental processes, involving copper or heme (porphyrin-iron) complexes. Click here to read more in the Chesapeake Chemists newsletter.
Dr. Howard Fairbrother Named 2011 ACS Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Howard Fairbrother for his recent appointment as a 2011 ACS Fellow. The American Chemical Society recently named the 2011 class of ACS Fellows, an honor bestowed upon 213 distinguished scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS, the world’s largest scientific society. The 2011 Fellows will be recognized at an induction ceremony on Aug. 29 during the Society’s 242nd National Meeting & Exposition in Denver. Click here to read the full press release, and visit the ACS website for a full list of 2011 Fellows.
Commemoration of Dr. Doering
A Commemoration of the Life and Career of Dr. John P. Doering will be held on August 20, 2012. Click here for more information.
Welcome to Dr. Cathy Moore
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Cathy Moore, who has joined the department as our new NMR/Core Instrument Facility Manager. Cathy received her Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University under Juliette Lecomte (now here at JHU in the Department of Biophysics) and conducted postdoctoral research at Brandeis University with Alfred Redfield and Gerald Fasman. Most recently, Cathy was part of Pfizer's Global Research and Development Laboratories in La Jolla, CA where she was in the Analytical Chemistry Group of the High Throughput Discovery Department and then in the Analytical Biology Group of the Structural and Computational Biology Department.
Chemistry Graduate Student Receives NSF Fellowship
Congratulations to Ryan O’Donnell, a graduate student in Dr. Gerald Meyer’s lab! Ryan has been selected to receive a 2011 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship. His selection was based on his “outstanding abilities and accomplishments, as well as his potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise”.
Chemistry Open Positions
Click here to view open positions in the Chemistry Department.
Department Seminars, Colloquia and Events
Access departmental event calendars here, inquire about departmental events by contacting us.
Download the Graduate Student Handbook 2011-2012 [PDF] (last updated 8/25/11)
Click here to visit the new Chemistry Department Mass Spectrometry Facility website
Remote Order from the Stockroom or Schedule Instrumentation Time From Your Desktop!!
It is now possible to order supplies from the stockroom and to schedule instrumentation time conveniently from your computer. To use these systems you must be set up as a user. For access to the system contact Jacko Wakudumo at jwakudu1@jhu.edu
To remote order from the stockroom click here Remote Ordering
To schedule instrumentation time click here Schedule Instrumentation Time