News items about Students
Ji Qi Receives 2006-2007 Novartis Fellowship in Organic Chemistry for Women and Minorities
Ji Qi is a third-year graduate student in John Porco’s laboratory. Ms. Qi’s fellowship will support her ongoing project “Studies Towards the Synthesis of Polyprenylated Benzophenone Natural Products.” She has developed a novel process to assemble the bicyclo [3.3.1]-nonane-1,3,5- trione core of this natural product class.
Leland L. Johnson, Jr., Research poster cited for exceptional quality
A research poster presented by Lee Johnson, a third-year graduate student in the laboratory of Professor James Panek, was cited for its exceptional quality. The poster was presented at the March 2006 ACS meeting organized by the German Chemical Society’s Younger Chemists Committee in Konstanz, Germany. The title of Lee’s poster was: “Expansion of [4+2] […]
Iwona Wrona Receives 2005-2006 Novartis Fellowship in Organic Chemistry for Women and Minorities
Iwona Wrona is a fourth year graduate student in James Panek’s laboratory. She graduated with a B.A. in chemistry (cum laude) from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA (2002), and she received her M.S. in Chemistry from Boston University (2004). Iwona is working on the total synthesis of reblastatin. Her publications include: Wrona, […]
Sha Lou Receives Merck Research Laboratories-Boston 2005-2006 Fellowship
Merck Research Laboratories (MRL)-Boston awarded us a graduate fellowship to support an advanced-year student whose thesis research focuses on organic synthesis. After careful consideration of several outstanding nominees, the recipient of the 2005-2006 MRL-Boston Fellowship is Sha Lou. Sha joined the graduate program in 2002 and is a member of Professor Scott Schaus’s Group. His […]
Jason Lowe wins ACS Organic Division 2005-2006 Fellowship
Jason Lowe is a fourth year graduate student in James Panek’s laboratory. He graduated with a B.A. in chemistry and geology from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, RI. Jason is working on the total synthesis of bistramide A and kendomycin using a [4+2] annulation approach. His winning fellowship essay was “Direct Coupling of […]
2004-2005 Novartis Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry for Women and Minorities.
Lauren Wolf (5th year graduate student in the Georgiadis Group) accepted a ChemLuminary Award at the August 2005 national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Washington, DC. The Northeastern Section Younger Chemists Committee (NSYCC) was given the competitive “Most Creative Local Section Younger Chemists Committee Event Award” for the Career Fair they organized […]
Sujata Bardhan receives 2004-2005 Novartis Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry for Women and Minorities
Sujata Bardhan is the recipient of the 2004-2005 Novartis Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry for Women and Minorities. Sujata Bardhan joined the graduate program in 2001. She is conducting research in the laboratory of Professor John A. Porco, Jr. Her research has focused on the synthesis of complex molecules that alter the signal transduction pathways […]
Boston Undergraduate Research Center (BURC) Pilot Program Begins
This fall (September 2004), Boston University (BU) and Roxbury Community College (RCC) launched a one-year pilot program for an undergraduate research center funded by the Chemistry Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF’s goal is to support collaborations between research universities and two- and four-year colleges, as well as with secondary schools to encourage […]