Professor John Straub Awarded Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) bestows three faculty teaching awards, including the Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching. The recipients are selected by a committee comprised of associate deans, faculty, and students. On April 9, CAS Dean, Jeffrey J. Henderson, announced that the recipient of the 2003 Gitner Award is Professor John Straub. This is […]
Professor Scott Schaus Receives Research Innovation Award from Research Corporation
On November 18, 2002, Professor Scott E. Schaus (organic chemistry) received a Research Innovation Award from the Research Corporation. This highly competitive award is given each year to the top young faculty members in Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy in the United States and Canada. Professor Schaus’ proposed research focuses on the development of asymmetric catalytic […]
Professor James Panek Receives Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
Professor James S. Panek has been named a recipient of the prestigious Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award sponsored by the Arthur C. Cope Fund of the American Chemical Society for his important contributions to the field of asymmetric chemical synthesis. The award was presented before the Division of Organic Chemistry at the 224th ACS National […]
Professor Mark Grinstaff Joins Chemistry Department
Professor Mark Grinstaff has accepted a newly created position at Boston University — a joint appointment between the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry — funded by a Whitaker Foundation Leadership Award. The Whitaker Foundation’s mission is to promote better human health by supporting academic research in biomedical engineering. Professor Grinstaff’s highly interdisciplinary research is […]
Professor Kevin Smith Accepts Joint Appointment with Chemistry Department
In recognition of the important role chemistry plays in his scholarship, the Chemistry Department has extended a joint appointment to Professor Kevin Smith of the Boston University Physics Department. Prof. Smith’s research is highly interdisciplinary, involving aspects of physics, chemistry, and materials science. He uses high-resolution versions of x-ray fluorescence and photoemission spectroscopies to study […]
Professor Sean J. Elliott Joins Chemistry Department
Professor Sean J. Elliott (Inorganic Chemistry) joined our faculty in Fall 2002. Sean received his B.A. summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1994 in Chemistry and English. He received his Ph.D. with Sunney Chan at Caltech 2000, for his work on the enzymology and biophysical characterization of the copper centers of particulate methane monooxygenase. […]
Professor Scott E. Schaus Joins Chemistry Department
Professor Scott E. Schaus (Organic Chemistry) joined our faculty in Fall 2001. Scott received his B.A. in Chemistry, summa cum laude from Boston University in 1995 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry with Eric Jacobsen at Harvard University in 1999. In the Jacobsen laboratory, Scott worked on the development of asymmetric catalytic reactions for the synthesis […]