News items about graduate students
NSF Graduate Fellow Joins Straub Group
2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award recipient, George Pantelopulos, has joined Chemistry to do his proposed graduate research in theoretical chemistry with Prof. John Straub and his group. George aims to model the kinetics of phase transitions in a system of components (lipids and cholesterol) commonly found in eukaryotic cell membranes using the […]
Whitty Lab Paper Chosen as Journal’s “Paper of the Week”
A publication from the research group of Professor Adrian Whitty has been selected by the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) as “Paper of the Week.” This distinction is conferred upon JBC papers that the Associate Editors and Editorial Board Members consider to represent the “top 2% of JBC papers in overall importance.” The paper, “Quantitative […]
Chao Qi Receives 2015 Vertex Scholar Award
Mr. Chao Qi is the recipient of the 2015 Vertex Scholar Award. He is a 4th year graduate student in the group of Prof. John A. Porco. Chao was selected based on his demonstrated excellence in organic chemistry. He has developed extremely elegant and enabling synthetic methodology towards two different natural products, making reactions work, […]
Doerrer Student Receives 2014 NSF Fellowship
Ariel Hyre, a first-year graduate student in Professor Linda Doerrer’s laboratory, has received a 2014 NSF Graduate Research Program Fellowship on her initial attempt. NSF stated that she was awarded the 3-year fellowship based on her “outstanding abilities and accomplishments, as well as [her] potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the US science […]
Chow Receives NIH Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Jennifer Chow, a third-year graduate student in the group of Professor Adrian Whitty, has received an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA). Jennifer received the award for her initial submission, which is a singular honor given how competitive this award is each year. Jennifer will receive 4 years of support to pursue […]
Golder Receives Vertex Scholar Award
Matthew Golder is the recipient of the 2013-2014 Vertex Scholar Award. The award is in recognition of his scientific creativity and leadership. Matt is a fourth-year graduate student in the group of Prof. Ramesh Jasti. Matt has been working for the past 3 years in the development of synthetic procedures to produce cycloparaphenylenes, the simplest […]
Jasti Group Hosts Steppingstone Students
For a second year in a row, Prof. Ramesh Jasti’s group has hosted students from the Steppingstone Foundation to share with them the excitement of nanoscale research. Steppingstone is a non-profit that develops and implements programs which prepare urban schoolchildren for educational opportunities that lead to college success. This year the students learned about nanoscale […]
Vertex Continues Support of BUWIC Programs
For the second year in a row, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has continued its support of Chemistry’s student organization, Boston University Women in Chemistry (BUWIC). Vertex’s 2013-2014 support will help facilitate professional development opportunities for BUWIC members and advance chemistry education for young women. BUWIC will use the funds to provide 10 conference registration fellowships, pay for […]
AstraZeneca Fellowship Awarded to Thomas Sisto
Fourth-year graduate student Thomas Sisto in Prof. Ramesh Jasti’s group has been awarded the 2013-2014 AstraZeneca Fellowship in Organic Chemistry. The award is in recognition of his scientific creativity and productivity. Tom joined the Jasti research group as a Dean’s Fellow in the Summer of 2010. Since then he has published four papers (three as […]
Demonstrating Chemistry – Learning Chemistry
This May, the BU Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with the student organization, BU Women in Chemistry (BUWIC), hosted 85 students from English High School and Brighton High School (BHS) for our fifth annual Chemistry Day. The successful day was coordinated by third-year graduate student, Kathryn Summo (Schaus Group), the BUWIC Outreach Coordinator, with […]