News items about Faculty Members
BU’s Chemistry and Electrical and Chemical Engineering Departments welcome Professor Chen Yang!
BU’s Chemistry and Electrical and Chemical Engineering Departments welcome Professor Chen Yang! We are happy to welcome a new colleague to our ranks in Professor Chen Yang. Professor Yang will be moving from the Purdue University Chemistry Department where she also has a joint appointment in Physics. Her work focuses on the development of new […]
BUnano Symposium sheds light on innovations in imaging
On May 2 BU Nanotechnology Innovation Center (BUnano) held its inaugural symposium “Nanotechnology for Imaging”. The symposium focused on The “Nanotechnology For Imaging” symposium will be focused on highlighting accomplishments of BUnano faculty and students, and featured keynote presentation by 2014 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, Professor Stefan Hell. BUnano Center Director Prof. Mark […]
Boston Universities 2017 Chemistry Undergraduate Symposium
On Friday, May 5th, 2017 the work of 11 students was spotlighted in this year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS). The outstanding quality of the projects presented underscored the importance of the hands-on, challenging research that is the hallmark of BU’s Chemistry major. The even was […]
Boston University to Host the American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry July 16th-21st, 2017
With a $10,000 grant from the Department of Energy (DOE), secured by Dr. David Coker, Boston University is pleased to host the 2017 American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry! Held every three years since 1972, the ACTC is widely attended by chemists from both the United States and […]
Professor Rosina M. Georgiadis’ use of “virtual machines” featured in Chemical & Engineering News
New approaches to undergraduate lab classes Virtual machines, digital badges, and trips to the museum enrich the undergraduate lab experience. When it comes to developing fresh educational approaches, college and university professors focus on the classroom and often neglect the laboratory. But, at the ACS national meeting, held earlier this month in San Francisco, attendees […]
Melissa Marquez of the Perlstein Group award NSF-GRFP Fellowship
Melissa Marquez, a second-year graduate student in Professor Deborah Perlstein’s group, has recently received a 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. She earned a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry with a minor in mathematics from Mount Saint Mary’s University and as an undergraduate conducted research in Dr. Eric Stemp’s lab focusing on DNA-protein cross-linking resulting from […]
Dr. Sean Elliott Receives 4 Year National Institute of Health Grant to study “Structure, Function and Diversity in the Bacterial Cytochrome c Peroxidase Family”
Dr. Sean Elliott was recently awarded 4 years of support from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for his research into bCCPs. The new grant will enable studies in the Elliott Group to dissect the way in which nature has made use of a common motif […]
Professors Snyder and Abrams collaborate with colleagues in Biology and Neuroscience to create novel, interdisciplinary courses: Integrated Science Experience 1 & 2
Interdisciplinary, Integrated Course Ideas Receive Provost Grants Chemistry faculty, John Snyder and Binyomin Abrams, in conjunction with colleagues in the Departments of Biology (Kathryn Spilios and John “Chip” Celenza) and Neuroscience (Paul Lipton and Lucia Pastorino) have successfully proposed ideas to develop integrated, inquiry-based laboratory courses for first and second year biology, chemistry, […]
Dr. Arturo Vegas Highlighted in BU Today
Dr. Arturo Vegas was recently featured in BU Today for his research into Type 1 Diabetes. The full article is called “New Targets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes” and there’s an excerpt from the article by Barbara Moran is below. For more information about Dr. […]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named Professor Catherine Costello a 2016 AAAS Fellow for her distinguished contributions to mass spectrometry.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society, an international non-profit with a mission to promote, defend and support science as method to improve humankind. Founded in 1848, AAAS serves 272 affiliated societies and academies of science throughout the world and publishes the peer-reviewed general science journal Science. […]