Chemistry News
Hans Schmitthenner awarded seed funding
RIT’s Sponsored Research Services is again offering its assistance to some of the university’s newer research participants. Fourteen principal investigators have been awarded $5,000 each in seed funding to support their explorations.
Molecular scaffolds for targeted molecular imaging agents
Outstanding Faculty / Scott Williams
Dr. Scott Williams was honored with a Raymond Bowman award given by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology. The award recognized Dr. Williams' "dedication to a teaching philosophy which inspires students to become critical thinkers and effective communicators." Additionally, Dr. Williams was invited to participate on the editorial board of the "Journal of Print and Media Technology Research" which is an internationally recognized journal in the graphic arts field and is printed out of Europe.
Outstanding Faculty / Lea Michel
Dr. Lea Michel was selected to be part of the National Institutes of Health Early Career Reviewer Program run by the Center for Scientific Review.
Joy Snyder '12 received an award from the ASBMB UAN (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Undergraduate Affiliate Network) which helped fund her summer research in Dr. Lea Michel's Lab. She will formally received the award during the ASBMB 2012 meeting in San Diego where she will also presented her work. Her photo and research summary will be in November's UAN publication Enzymatic. Congrats Joy!
Melody Frink '11 and Sebastian Ramirez '11 were both recipients of the 2011 RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship awards. This award goes to students who maintain a grade point average of 3.85, and participate in community service and/or independent research. Only about one percent of RIT students are selected each year to receive the award. Congrats to you both!
Our students did a fantastic job representing our RIT Chemistry Department at the 2011 Rochester ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Rochester. Congratulations to all the students and advisors who participated in this event.
