BLUE HEN CHEMIST University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Annual Alumni Newsletter Number 37 August 2010 John L. Burmeister, Editor Page ii August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

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COVER: This is the 37th issue of the BLUE HEN CHEMIST and, accordingly, the cover picture

shows a sample of natural alabaster (gypsum, CaS04 • 2H2O). Why? Because, as discovered by Jen Durkin, the 37th wedding anniversary is the alabaster anniversary! The distorted crys-

tal structure of CaSO4 brings to mind the climactic battle scene in Avatar.

—Sample courtesy of the University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum —Photo by Jen Durkin —Crystal structure provided by Prof. Svilen Bobev Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 1

CONTENTS

From the Chair ...2 Professor John Hartwig to be Awarded 6th Annual Richard F. Heck Lectureship Award ...4 From the Associate Chair: ...5 Current Faculty URP Participants ...8

From the Director of Graduate Studies: ...9 Farewell to Joel Schneider ...12 Changes in the Wind for Introductory Chemistry ...13 Additional Faculty/Staff Activities and Awards: ...14 Visit us on Facebook! ...16 Postdoctoral Researchers and Fellows, 2009-10: ...17 Visiting Scholars, 2009-10: ...17 Let’s Communicate! ...17 Visiting Faculty, 2009 - 2010: ...18 2009-2010 Colloquia and Symposia: ...18 Graduate School Placements, 1994-2010 ...19 15th CHEM/BIOC Graduation Convocation, May 29, 2010 ...20 2009 - 2010 Undergraduate Awards ...22 2010 BA/BS/MA/MS/Ph.D. Graduates ...24 Fall 2010 Upcoming Seminars and Colloquia ...26 Graduate or Professional School Bound: ...27 Headed for Industry, Teaching, Etc.: ...27 2010 Graduate Student Placements: ...27 Alumni News ...28 Honor Roll of Gifts To The Department ...33 Kudos ...35 Giving To The Department ...36 Personal Information for CHEM/BIOC Records ...38 Page 2 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Fr o m t h e Ch a i r

Professor and Chair Klaus Theopold (b. 1954) Vordiplom, 1977, Universität Hamburg; Ph.D., 1982, University of California, Berkeley; Postdoctoral, 1982–1983, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Every four years during year saw the appointment of work with Prof. Dan Nocera at summertime I have ‘Fussball’ on Prof. George Watson, a member MIT in 2007, and since then he my mind. By the time you read of UD’s Department of Physics has been a Ruth L. Kirschstein this, the 2010 Soccer World Cup and Astronomy, as Dean of the NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in the in South Africa will be receding College of Arts and Sciences. laboratory of Steve Lippard, into memory. However, I am Our colleague Prof. Doug Doren also at MIT. Joel will initiate a writing under the immediate continues as Associate Dean for research program in inorganic influence of two very different Research and for the Natural chemistry related to energy matches, which highlight both Sciences. After a three-year and human health. His work how the world is changing, and hiatus from administrative duties, will focus on the development how it stays the same. Yesterday, Prof. Charlie Riordan has been of electrocatalytic systems for two relative newcomers to the tapped as the new Vice Provost the reduction of CO2 as well as ‘beautiful game’ met for the for Graduate and Professional neurochemistry and molecular second time in World Cup Education; his role will be to imaging. Meredith did graduate competition, and once again – support the University’s strategic work at the University of Georgia, as in 2006 - the United States initiative emphasizing research where she combined research team was sent home by Ghana, and graduate study. As the first in bioinorganic chemistry with the sole African team to make it fiscal year under a new budget earning a master’s degree in into the round of 16. Today, in model comes to a close, we are science education in 2000, the continuation of a rivalry of still here and the anxiety about much longer standing, Germany the impending change and the beat England 4:1, including a impact of the recession shows reprise of the infamous ‘Ghost signs of receding. Budgets are Goal’ of 1966 (yes, I was around still tight, but we are hopeful that for that one too). Let’s just call it things will improve in the years even! In other, and possibly more ahead. important news, I am happy to As the saying goes, change is report that our Department is the only constant, and the past weathering the current economic year has been no exception. I am crisis. Indeed, there is much that particularly pleased to announce we are proud of. Herewith, then, the arrival of two new faculty my annual report. members for the next academic The affairs of the University of year. Profs. Joel Rosenthal and Delaware remain in good hands. Meredith Wesolowski begin Following last year’s elevation their respective appointments Joel Rosenthal, Assistant Professor, of Prof. Tom Apple, Ph.D. ’81 as assistant professors on July Inorganic Chemistry, Ph.D. to the position of Provost, this 1. Joel completed his graduate Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007) Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 3

followed by a doctorate in long and productive research Baldwin, B.S. ‘56, Dr. Randy educational technology from the career. Prof. Joel Schneider A. Bull, Ph.D. ‘81, Dr. Arthur University of Delaware in 2008. has accepted a position as J. Coury, B.S. ‘62, Dr. Martin She has a wealth of teaching Laboratory Chief of the newly DeBerardinis, B.A. ‘78 and Dr. experiences in chemistry, biology, established Chemical Biology William A. Welsh, Ph.D. ’74. The and physics, and is skilled in a Laboratory at the National Cancer Board will meet twice a year to variety of pedagogical approaches, Institute in Frederick, Maryland. provide perspective and advice including student-centered active After 10 years at the University regarding the operation of the learning methods and innovative of Delaware, Joel moved his Department as well as assisting technology. Her main focus will be laboratory during the fall of 2009. with development initiatives. teaching CHEM-103/104 Honors While we were sorry to see him Coincidentally, board member Art General Chemistry. Meredith is go, we wish him much success in Coury was inducted into UD’s a denizen of the web; check out his new position and look forward Alumni Wall of Fame in 2010, her regular contributions to the to keeping in touch and exploring recognizing his ‘outstanding departmental Facebook page. In potential collaborations. professional and public service another indication of the progress As with the faculty, so it goes achievements’. Congratulations, of time, we congratulate Prof. with the Department’s valued Art! , who has been Svilen Bobev staff. During this past year Members of this Department promoted to Associate Professor administrative coordinator Gus have had some heartening with tenure effective September 1, Mandrachia left the Department successes in improving our 2010. to pursue other opportunities. research infrastructure. Most On the other hand, we were auspicious in this category was glad to welcome senior secretary an award from the NSF to Profs. Debbie Fox, to fill the position Polenova (PI), Rozovsky, and vacated last summer by Tracy Dybowski, totaling $2.2 M for the McQueen. Recent additions to acquisition of a high-field NMR our staff include Meg Frost, who spectrometer. We are looking is serving as assistant to the forward to the arrival of an 850(!) Director of the COBRE grant, MHz spectrometer, which will and Wanda Cibroski, whose be a significant step up for our position as sponsored program excellent NMR facility. Another coordinator will augment our success in this regard was an grants management team. There NIH award to Prof. Joe Fox, of $ have also been some welcome 500,000 for the purchase of a 500 promotions of members of our MHz NMR spectrometer. Another staff. Thus Federico Cruz is now notable achievement was the Meredith Wesolowski, Assistant a laboratory coordinator in charge award of the fifth(!) consecutive Professor, Chemical Education, Ed.D. of our instrumental teaching labs Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Delaware (2008) and Patrick McMahon has been (HHMI) grant under the direction promoted to CITA IV, the highest of Prof. Hal White. This $1.2M This last year has also brought rank on the career ladder for grant will provide funding in some departures. Roberta campus IT associates. support of innovative programs , the Colman Willis Harrington A new initiative this past to strengthen undergraduate and

Professor of Biochemistry year has been the constitution precollege science education. formally retired at the end of of an Advisory Board for the Several of our colleagues have 2009, after 36 years of service as Department of Chemistry and attracted honors and prizes a faculty member. Roberta’s last Biochemistry (affectionately during the past year. Thus Prof. graduate students are defending abbreviated CBAB). The five Svilen Bobev was selected as their dissertations this summer inaugural members of this 2009 recipient of the Young and she is thus concluding a board are alumni Dr. John J. Co n t i n u e d o n p a g e 4 Page 4 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Fr o m t h e Ch a i r Co n t i n u e d f r o m Pa g e 3 Scholar Award of UD’s Francis Finally, Prof. Sue Groh was has continued its unrestricted Alison Society. The purpose honored by the University with an support of the Department. We of the award is to recognize Excellence in Teaching Award. have once again used these promising young scholars at the It is always a particular precious funds to appoint six University and encourage their pleasure on this occasion to ‘Lipp Family Foundation Teaching future development of research acknowledge the support that the Fellows’, thereby aiding our at the University. Prof. Cecil Department has received during increasing needs for teaching was the recipient of Dybowski the past year from its alumni assistant positions. the 2010 Eastern Analytical and friends. As is the custom, Last, but not least, I want Symposium (EAS) Award for Associate Chair Prof. John to thank all of you who sent Outstanding Achievements in Burmeister has provided more us donations throughout the Magnetic Resonance and he will extensive coverage elsewhere in year. Your tangible support is be the recipient of the 2010 EAS this newsletter; however, I wish critical to our continued function Gold Medal Award, which was to express our appreciation for and our current students established in 1952 to recognize some outstanding contributions. are the beneficiaries of your outstanding contributions to the Following a precedent of several magnanimous support. Your field of Applied Spectroscopy. years, Mr. David Plastino, B.S. spirit of giving back to your alma was Prof. Kate Scantlebury ’78, has made a substantial gift to mater and to the generation of selected as a Fellow of the the University, underwriting both students coming after you is American Association for the the ‘David A. Plastino Scholars inspiring and much appreciated. Advancement of Science (AAAS) Program’ at the University level We shall be most grateful for your and she has been selected to and the ‘Alumni Undergraduate continued support in the coming receive the Outstanding Mentor Research Fellows Program’ in year. Award by The Association for the Department of Chemistry Science Teacher Education With best regards, and Biochemistry. The latter (ASTE). Prof. Zhihao Zhuang funds the summer research of six was the most recent recipient of a undergraduate students as of this Faculty Early Career Development writing. In another tradition, the (CAREER) Award from the NSF. David Lipp Family Foundation

Pr o f e s s o r Jo h n Ha r t w i g t o b e Aw a r d e d 6t h An n u a l Ri c h a r d F. He c k Le c t u r e s h i p Aw a r d The Department established and carbon-carbon bond the Heck Lectureship in 2004 to formation. The ‘Buchwald-Hartwig recognize visionary leadership reaction’— a Pd-catalyzed method in the field of organometallic for constructing carbon-nitrogen chemistry, and to honor the bonds— is utilized extensively in contributions of Richard F. Heck. pharmaceutical research and for The Department is pleased to applications in materials science. recognize Professor John Hartwig Other research interests include of the University of Illinois for his the development of methods contributions in the development for olefin hydroamination, of transition metal catalyzed bond enantioselective allylic amination formation. Dr. Hartwig’s research and etherification, and has advanced fundamentally new catalytic methods for alkane methods of carbon-heteroatom functionalization. Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 5

Fr o m t h e As s o c i a t e Ch a i r :

Alumni Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair John L. Burmeister (b. 1938) B.S., 1959, Franklin and Marshall College; Ph.D., 1963, Northwestern University Instructor, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, 1963 - 1964

AN ISCC RETROSPECTIVE

The first Intercollegiate held in Brown Laboratory on April A. Cotton (better known today as Student Chemists Convention 24, 2010. Since the history of (the late) F. Albert Cotton). His was organized in 1936 under the ISCC is intertwined with the Advanced Inorganic Chemistry the guidance of Professor B. history of our Department, I have text, written with (the late) Nobel Meldrum of Haverford College, decided to, once again, utilize Laureate Geoffrey Wilkinson, now with eleven charter member my annual letter to lead you on in its 6th edition, has become institutions participating: a trip down Memory Lane. I will the bible of inorganic chemistry. Bryn Mawr College, Dickinson concentrate, for the most part, Prof. Cotton, prior to his death in College, Drexel Institute of on the ISCC’s held in Beautiful 2007, became the most published Technology, Gettysburg College, Downtown Newark. chemist in history. The premier Haverford College, Johns Hopkins While the U of D was not position has subsequently been University, Lafayette College, involved in the creation of the taken over by our own Arnie Swarthmore College, Temple ISCC, it did not take us long to Rheingold (FAC 84-03), with University, the University of become active. Indeed, the 3rd the number of published papers Pennsylvania, and Ursinus ISCC was held in the Blue Hens’ standing at 1712 (AR) to 1599 College. Every year, for the last 73 Coop on April 30, 1938 (the year (FAC), as of the date of the last years, except for one year during I was born). Unfortunately, no ISCC. The keynote lecture for World War II, undergraduate other written record remains of the 1950 ISCC was given by chemistry students from that meeting. Dr. V.R. Hardy, of the DuPont institutions in Pennsylvania, New Experimental Station. His topic Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Our second ISCC, held on was indicative of the tenor of the New York have been meeting to May 6, 1950, was of cosmic times: “The Type of Man Industry present scientific papers based significance, insofar as the Needs.” on their original research. The future development of inorganic chemistry was concerned. Two Our third ISCC, April 27, 1957, ISC Convention is believed to be produced another Honorable the oldest continuously meeting students received Honorable Mention for their presentations: Mention for one of our majors – annual convention of its type in (the late) Roger Thornton. His North America. Henry R. Krysiak (UD BS50), who went on to earn his widow, Martha (Morgan) (BS57), Eight ISCC’s have been hosted doctorate, and is still living is still living in Willow Street, PA. by the University of Delaware. in Wilmington, and a Temple The keynote lecture, “From the The most recent (the 74th) was University student named Frank Co n t i n u e d o n p a g e 6 Page 6 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Fr o m t h e As s o c i a t e Ch a i r Co n t i n u e d f r o m Pa g e 5 3R’s to the 3C’s,” was presented Prof Richard Heck (FAC 71-89), The Department’s yield of by Dr. Robert W. Voris, of the the discoverer of what is now awards at the April 26, 1997 Hercules Powder Company. called the Heck Reaction, was the meeting in Brown Laboratory and the Perkins Student Center The 1967 meeting at the U of subject of a recent feature article was even larger: Laura Jane D was actually spawned at the in C&E News (5/17/10, pp. 31- (Swanson) Henning (BS97, 1966 meeting in Gettysburg – my 33), in which one commentator Prof Hal White, 2nd place, first ISCC. My first undergraduate verbalizes what a number of his biochemistry I – her second research student, C. Frank peers and erstwhile colleagues award in a row); Amy Mach Shaw III (BS66), now a Professor have felt for a long time: “he is (BS97, Prof Hal White, 1st of Chemistry at Illinois State long overdue for a Nobel Prize!” U place, biochemistry II, Ph.D., University, who has endowed of D – related judges included Georgetown); Frank Cochran two inorganic awards in our Prof Henry Blount (FAC 70-84), (BS97, Prof Arnie Rheingold, Department, earned a first place AZ Conner (MS52, then at 2nd place, inorganic, Ph.D. MIT); award for his presentation. Hercules), and (the late) Leonard JM Geremia (BS97, Dr. Martha Flushed with victory, we Edwards (PhD71, then a faculty Bruch (NMR Spectroscopist), 2nd immediately offered to host the member at a Penn State branch place, physical, Ph.D.Princeton). next meeting! campus). JM also gave a second paper The ISCC returned to Clayton That ISCC took place on April on a project of his own devising Hall on April 25, 1987. The 29, 1967, in Brown Laboratory which also garnered a 2nd research group of Prof Lila and what is now called the place aware in organic! Laura Gierasch (FAC 79-87) produced Perkins Student Center. It was Jane and Keith Hornberger two awardees: Jennifer chaired by Wayne Fenton (BS97, Ph.D.Columbia) served Johnston (BS87, 1st place in (BS67). Ben Dunn received a as co-chairs of the meeting. We biochemistry) and Sarah Stradley 3rd place award in the organic brought back Prof Davenport for (BS87, 1st place in organic II). division. Dwight Swigart (F&M), an encore keynote presentation Even more impressive was the now a Professor of Chemistry at that proved to be even more accomplishment of Christopher Brown University, was also an compelling: “A Reflected Portrait Hadad (BS87), who carried out awardee. The keynote speaker, of Linus Pauling.” UD – connected his undergraduate research Prof. Charles Overberger, of the judges included Barbara Jezl in the laboratory of Prof Jim University of Michigan, lectured (BS69, Ph.D.74, DuPont), Jennie Damewood (FAC 68-74). For on “Problems in Macromolecular Nerenberg (BS87, Ph.D.Yale, the second year in a row, Chris Chemistry.” Prof Wallace Merck), Charles Polley (Ph.D.80, received an award – this time, McCurdy (FAC 59-92) served as ARCO), and Steven Stuart a 1st place recognition in the one of the judges. (BS90, Ph.D.Columbia, US Naval physical division. Chris, who is Academy [now a professor at The 1978 meeting, held on April now a Professor of Chemistry and Clemson]). 22nd in Clayton Hall, will best Vice Chair for Undergraduate be remembered for producing Affairs at the Ohio State We would have continued our the funniest keynote address in University, will return to campus string of Lucky Seven meetings the history of the ISCC: “How to on May 28, 2011 to present our in 2007, but the renovation of Run a Small Chemical Company 16th CHEM/BIOC Graduation the north and west wings of for Fun and Profit,” presented Convocation address. The keynote Brown Laboratory intervened. by Max Gergel, Chairman of the speaker, Prof. Derek Davenport, Consequently, we did not regather Board of the Columbia Organic of Purdue University, was, in my in Brown Laboratory and the Chemical Company. Joseph opinion, the best chemist lecturer Perkins Student Center until Plevyak (BS78) served as the I’ve ever heard. He converted a 4/24/10. The meeting attracted Chair of the meeting. The first seemingly dry subject, “Going 28 papers from presenters at place award earned by Bruce Against the Flow: Moissan’s 11 different schools, including Hrnjez (BS78), now an Associate Isolation of Elemental Fluorine” 3 from the U of D. Prof Conrad Professor of Chemistry at Yeshiva into a presentation that held the Stanitski (Franklin and Marshall University, was prophetic, in its audience spellbound. College) filled Prof Davenport’s own right. His research mentor, keynote shoes admirably with Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 7

his fascinating lecture on “Joseph While Delaware’s premier presentation of his undergraduate Priestley – Polymath and Chemist.” position is, indeed, quite research results, working with The judging contingent again satisfying, the more important Prof Doug Taber, at the 1996 included several representatives point to be derived from the list ISCC, held at Ursinus College. In with UD connections: Julie is more subtle. We are the only a still more interesting twist of (Lloyd) Palkendo (Ph.D.09, Ph.D-granting school which has fate, his future wife, Catherine Kutztown University), Dr. Chad consistently participated in the Jones (BS96, Ph.D.Columbia) Tolman (PT FAC, DuPont CR&D ISCC. Temple and Georgetown also received a 2nd place award – retired), Michael Bower (BS92, are our closest, albeit far distant, (inorganic) at the same meeting, Ph.D.California – San Francisco, competitors. In point of fact, for her presentation of her work Incyte Genomics), and Dr. undergraduate research has with Prof Klaus Theopold. Allen Denio (FAC 78-79, 98-99, always been a very important What goes around comes Wisconsin-Eau Claire – retired). component of our undergraduate around! Those of you who know me well program. The University formally know that I have a penchant for recognized undergraduate list-making. Thus, it was only research as one of its highest natural for me to initiate a running priorities when it established the total of ISCC award winners, by Undergraduate Research Program school, when I acquired the ISCC in 1980, with Dr. Joan Bennett (since retired and replaced by P.S.: Enrollment Tsunami archives during my stint as ISCC The enrollment explosion that I Dr. Lynnette Overby) as its first Executive Secretary from 1968- fussed about in BHC#36 came to Director. 1971. While the complete list of 63 pass last fall, exactly as described schools is too long to reproduce As part of the URP’s 30th therein. We taught 1200 CHEM- in the BHC, a perusal of the list of anniversary celebration on 103 students in four lecture those schools who have produced May 7-8, 2010, the URP staff sections in Smith Hall, plus double-digit awardees is revealing. compiled lists of participants, by 50 weekly laboratory sections, Department, starting in 1980. Our utilizing even Friday nights and list included 300 entries, although Saturday mornings. Sc h oo l No o f ISCC even those are incomplete. A What I didn’t foresee, at Aw ar d s non-systematic eye-balling of said the time, was a comparable Delaware 94 list by yours truly produced the enrollment tsunami of new Ursinus 70 following, rather impressive list CHEM/BIOC majors. After of current faculty members (with experiencing a steady state of 72- Franklin & 69 apologies to those whose academic 78 new majors from 2005-2008, Marshall appointments are not in my our freshman crop of CHEM/BIOC Lebanon Valley 41 memory banks): see table on page majors jumped to 120 (!) last fall. We managed to survive this double 8. Muhlenberg 40 whammy – barely. Gettysburg 24 It was fitting that the final Happily, the enrollment pressure Juniata 19 keynote address for the 30th appears to be easing this fall, at anniversary celebration was Bucknell 17 least at the freshman level. Better presented by Charles Bergquist yet, the University is committed Indiana U of PA 17 (BS96), Director of National to renovating our three organic Villanova 16 Public Radio’s. Talk of the Nation: teaching labs (QDH-112, 318, Science Friday. Charles, you may Temple 14 and 320), beginning possibly as recall, was the speaker for our early as this summer. In addition, Elizabethtown 10 15th CHEM/BIOC Graduation a complete overhaul of Drake’s Georgetown 10 Convocation in 2009. Mention of ventilation system is in the offing. his lectures closes an interesting Note: Records for 1936-1948 have circle in this annual missive, been lost. for Charles received a 2nd place award (organic I) for his Page 8 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Cu r r e n t Fa c u l t y URP Pa r t i c i p a n t s

CHEM/BIOC Al u mn u s Gra d u ation Year Fac u l ty Member at : Larry Principé 1983 Johns Hopkins Vincent Conticello 1985 Emory Christopher Hadad 1987 Ohio State Kristi Kiick 1989 Delaware Andrew Hollenbach 1989 Louisiana State Rebecca Alexander 1990 Wake Forest Iris Gibbs 1990 Stanford Steven Stuart 1990 Clemson Holly Gaede 1991 Texas A&M Joseph Shane 1991 Shippensburg University Christopher Krause 1993 Rutgers Jennifer (Ogrodnick) Cochrane 1995 Stanford Jeffrey Reinking 1995 SUNY-New Paltz Raymond Trievel 1995 Michigan William Donovan 1996 Akron JM Geremia 1997 New Mexico Jill (Trafton) Venton 1998 Virginia Justin Donato 1999 University of St. Thomas (MN) John Dueber 1999 California-Berkeley Amanda Simons 1999 Framingham (MA) State Joshua Figueroa 2000 California-San Diego Suzanne (Bart) Doucette 2001 Purdue Adam Hock 2001 Illinois Institute of Technology Kristine Nolin 2002 Richmond Bryan Davis 2003 Shenandoah

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Fr o m t h e Di r e c t o r o f Gr a d u a t e St u d i e s : award ($2500) is presented each year to the student in our Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director of program who is deemed to have Graduate Studies Brian Bahnson contributed the most to the (b. 1964) B.S., 1986, University of Department in each important Massachusetts, Amherst; Ph.D., 1991, area: scholarship, research, Brown University; National Institutes teaching and service to the of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, 1991– Department. In the competitive 1994, University of California Berkeley; selection of this award, Andrew Visiting Assistant Professor, 1994, was noted for his creativity, Williams College; Postdoctoral Fellow, scholarship, and willingness 1994–1998, Brandeis University to mentor fellow students, and thereby allow them to tackle challenging problems. The award is named in honor of Glenn S. Our graduate program in the of our success in recruiting great Skinner, who was an active Department of Chemistry & students has been the consistent member of the University’s Biochemistry has continued to and dependable involvement chemistry faculty from 1928 to grow and thrive. We currently have of current students, as well as 1958. 158 PhD and 4 Masters students faculty, in the recruiting process. The 28th annual Elizabeth in our graduate programs. We The 44th Glenn S. Skinner Dyer Excellence in Teaching awarded 4 Masters and 22 Ph.D. Award was presented to Andrew Awards were presented to three degrees in the past academic DeAngelis at the Colloquium on outstanding graduate student year. The students in our program May 17th. Andrew is working with teaching assistants: Kaitlin provide the backbone of our Prof. Joe Fox This prestigious Papson, Carol Roach and Pavan faculty’s research. The vitality of these programs was recently demonstrated at our Convocation ceremony this spring. We had a record turnout of graduate students participating, with 18 PhD and one Masters student marching in full regalia. Just as last year, we recruited a larger than average class of students for our PhD program. The recruiting year started with a larger than average number of applications with well over 300 applicants. Our teaching assistantship and fellowship (TAF) committee worked hard to select a terrific crop of students coming this year that include 28 new Ph.D. graduate students that will officially begin this fall semester. Following the trend of recent years, we again had Left to right: Professor Joe Fox, Andrew DeAngelis and Professor and Direc- a successful graduate student tor of Graduate Studies Brian Bahnson recruiting weekend. A large part Co n t i n u e d o n p a g e 10 Page 10 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Fr o m t h e Di r e c t o r o f Gr a d u a t e St u d i e s Co n t i n u e d f r o m Pa g e 9 Cross-Talk for Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy”. The 2nd place winner went to Vidyadhar Daithankar (Prof. Thorpe) for his presentation titled “Characterizing the Molecular Basis of a New Mitochondrial Disease”. The 3rd place award went to Obaidur Rahaman (Prof. Doren) for his presentation titled “Development of ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for Glycine and Other Chemical Reactions”. The other presenters, all impressive, were: Bayrammurad Saparov (Prof. Bobev), Yuqian Gao (Prof. Johnston), From left to right: Pavan Mantravadi, Alumni Distinguished Professor and Melissa Blackman Associate Chair John Burmeister, Director of Graduate Studies and Associate (Prof. Fox), Sandip Kumar (Prof. Professor Brian Bahnson, Kaitlin Papson and Professor and Chair Klaus Chen), Kathryn Perrine (Prof. Theopold Teplyakov), Mayura Dange (Prof. Colman), Yuzhen Wang (Prof. Mantravadi. Kaitlin Papson The 37th annual Joel L. Silver Chen), Yang Zhong (Prof. Patel), received her bachelor’s degree Award Symposium was held May and Feng Gao (Prof. Zondlo). from the College of New Jersey and 19, 2010. This annual competition is currently pursuing a PhD with encourages the development of The 3rd annual Trofimenko was awarded to Prof. Doug Ridge. Kaitlin served our graduate students’ ability Memorial Prize as a TA in CHEM-111 and 112, to communicate their scientific Bayrammurad Saparov. Bayram General Chemistry, during the fall research. Twelve participants is a senior graduate student in of 2008 and spring of 2009. Carol presented a 15 min research talk the laboratory of Prof. Svilen Roach received her bachelor’s followed by a 5 min question and Bobev. The prize recognized degree from Temple University answer period. All of the talks Bayram’s work on the synthesis and is currently pursuing a PhD at this year’s symposium were and structural characterization of intermetallic phases of rare- with Prof. Sharon Neal. Carol fantastic, making the jury’s task served as a TA in CHEM-438, very difficult to choose a winner. earth metals and transition metals Instrumental Analysis, during We extend our sincere appreciation containing the heavier pnicogens, the fall of 2008 and CHEM-120, to this year’s Silver symposium which are of interest in the search for more efficient thermoelectric Quantitative Chemistry, during the jury: Prof. Karyn Usher, Dept. spring of 2009. Pavan Mantravadi of Chemistry, West Chester materials. This $500 award, in memory of received his master’s degree from University (Analytical), Prof. Carl Dr. Swiatoslaw , creator of the Indian Institute of Technology Schmidt, Dept. of Animal and ‘Jerry’ Trofimenko in Madras India and is currently Food Sciences, UD (Biochemisty), the polypyrazolylborate ligand system and visiting scholar in the pursuing a PhD with Prof. John Prof. Meredith Wesolowski, Dept. Department from 1996 until his Koh. Pavan served as a TA in of Chemistry & Biochemistry, death in 2007, is given annually CHEM-102, General Chemistry UD (Inorganic), Dr. Geoffrey to a graduate student in the during the fall of 2008 and CHEM- Sametz, Dept. of Chemistry & 322, Organic Chemistry in the Biochemistry, UD (Organic) and Department who has distinguished him/herself in the area of ‘creative spring of 2009. The Dyer Award Prof. Matthew DeCamp, Physics, inorganic synthesis’. honors the memory of Professor UD (Physical). Carol Roach Elizabeth Dyer, a member of the (Prof. Neal) won 1st place for her Bayrammurad Saparov was Chemistry and Biochemistry presentation titled “Numerical furthermore the recipient of faculty from 1933-1971. Correction of Detector Channel the 2nd Brennie E. Hackley, Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 11

Jr. Award for Excellence in In addition to Research (Story on page 16). This Departmental and $2000 award is given annually University awards, special to a graduate student who has recognition goes out to demonstrated excellence in Melissa Blackman (Prof. research. It honors the memory Fox) who was recently of Dr. Brennie E. Hackley, Jr. recognized as a student (UD Ph.D. ’57), who devoted his award winner at the 3rd remarkable 57-year career at the National IDeA Symposium Edgewood Chemical and Biological of Biomedical Research Center, Aberdeen, MD Proving Excellence held in Bethesda, Grounds to the development of MD. Melissa’s presentation medical antidotes to chemical was titled “A Bioorthogonal warfare agents. Reaction Based on an The University of Delaware Inverse Electron Demand awards a limited number of Diels-Alder Reaction”. graduate student fellowships In closing, I would like to that include stipend support thank our current Chair, for one year. This year Brad Prof. Klaus Theopold, and Bauer, who is working in the the entire faculty and staff lab of Prof. Sandeep Patel, was of the Department for their granted a University Graduate tireless efforts to advance Fellows award. Brad has our graduate program. Chair Klaus Theopold, Trofimenko Award everything you would like to see I need to specifically recipient Bayram Saparov and guest in a future scientific leader. He acknowledge the tireless speaker Dr. Roy Periana, Scripps Re- has demonstrated outstanding efforts of the previously search Institute (Florida) accomplishments in both research mentioned TAF Committee, students deserve considerable and teaching during his time in as well as the Graduate praise for their efforts to make our department. Curriculum Committee (GCC). our Department a successful and Furthermore, our current and past interesting place to learn and do cutting edge research. Finally, I enthusiastically applaud the efforts of Jen Durkin and Susan Cheadle for their work with prospective and current graduate students in our program. Their continuous and superb work makes all of our lives a lot easier in the Department. I look forward to my final year as Director of Graduate Studies to continue to grow and improve our graduate program.

1st Place: Carol Roach [center] (Dr. Sharon Neal’s research group) 2nd Place: Vidyadhar Daithankar [left] (Dr. Colin Thorpe’s research group) 3rd Place: Obaidur Rahaman [right](Dr. Douglas Doren’s research group) Page 12 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Fa r e w e l l t o Jo e l Sc h n e i d e r Award and the first of a recent trend of NSF CAREER Awards to Department faculty (followed by Fox, Zondlo, Polenova, Bobev & Zhuang). He serves on the Editorial Board of Peptide Science and Current Opinion in Chemical Biology and is Associate Editor of Peptide Science. For many alumni, Joel was best known for being an outstanding teacher. He was an animated lecturer who kept even the most sleep-deprived undergraduate pre-med student awake with his vociferous CHEM-321/322 Organic Chemistry lectures that were often heard echo through Brown Foyer. He was the recipient This year was also marked work on unnatural amino acid of the Francis Alison Award, with the disappointing news design, fluorometric redox sensors always highly recommended at of the departure of Prof. Joel and arsenic peptide interactions. “ratemyprofessor.com” (where he Schneider from the Department. However, he is perhaps best finally received a chili pepper). Joel has moved to Frederick, known for his collaboration As his new NIH position does not Maryland, where he is Laboratory with Professor Darrin Pochan involve teaching, his contributions Chief and Head of the Peptide (Dept. of Material Science and to the education of the next Design and Materials Section of Engineering), wherein Joel applied generation of scientists will be the National Cancer Institute. his knowledge of peptide design to sorely missed. Joel will be missed as a friend, create environmentally sensitive Speaking for myself, his colleague, scientist and teacher. biocompatible hydrogel materials. knowledge and mastery of the grill He was one of Jeff Kelly’s very His work on peptide materials (clearly another trade he learned first Ph.D. students (then) at has burgeoned into a flurry of in Texas) will be missed at this Texas A&M and joined the creativity, resulting in over two year’s Departmental Barbeque. Department in 1999 after a post dozen publications and expanding We wish him and his family (Jen, doc with William DeGrado at the his work to include antimicrobial Jack, Jimmy) much happiness and DuPont Experimental Station and materials, stem cell growth, and success in Frederick. UPenn. He quickly rose through artificial tissue design. the ranks, being promoted to — John Koh Needless to say, Joel is Associate Professor in 2005 internationally recognized for his and Full Professor in 2009. The work while at UD. He has received Schneider group has worked in many recognitions and honors, many areas while at UD, including including a DuPont Young Faculty Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 13

Ch a n g e s i n t h e Wi n d f o r In t r o d u c t o r y Ch e m i s t r y The University of Delaware Approximately 50% of the The Integrated Science has been awarded its fifth students taking our CHEM- Teaching area will have teaching Undergraduate Science Education 103 General Chemistry course laboratories flanking cooperative Grant from the Howard Hughes have majors in the life sciences learning classrooms on all four Medical Institute (HHMI). Hal and a majority of them take floors. The classrooms will be White is the Project Director BISC-207 Introductory Biology equipped with modern teaching for this $1.2 million grant. The I concurrently. A theme in technology and be set up for Assistant Director is David Usher, Introductory Biology I is the group work. How introductory Associate Chair of Biological Chemistry of Life, where many chemistry and biology courses will Sciences. chemistry concepts are introduced be integrated in problem-solving Various national meetings and superficially and sometimes activities and laboratory exercises reports sponsored by the National more than a year before they in this building of the future is Academy of Science, AAAS, and are introduced in chemistry being considered. courses. By coordinating and HHMI have called for changes in A group of about 15 faculty integrating material from science education with respect from biology and chemistry have CHEM-103 and BISC-207, to what is taught and how it been meeting monthly for over life science students should is taught, based on current a year to consider changes in gain a better understanding of understanding of how people learn the curriculum that address chemistry concepts and a greater and poor student performance integration of introductory appreciation of the importance in science. Chemistry educators biology and chemistry. The final of chemistry to understanding around the country have been form remains to be decided. The modern biology. These are among leaders in the efforts to rethink possibilities range from a single the goals of the HHMI initiative. science education. Two major integrated course taught in a themes emerge in these efforts— Simultaneously with the problem-based learning (PBL) or integration of science disciplines new HHMI initiative will be the process-oriented guided-inquiry and inclusion of active learning construction, recently begun, of a learning (POGIL) format with activities that change or modify new interdisciplinary science and investigative laboratories, to traditional practice. engineering building at the corner separate courses in which content Our previous HHMI grant of Lovett and Academy Streets. is coordinated and linked to an focused on the integration of The 194,000 sq. ft. facility will integrated laboratory serving both math and biology with particular house the core research facilities courses. In any event, faculty in emphasis on introducing more for teams of researchers and space chemistry and biology are talking quantitative elements into biology for the University of Delaware to each other about how and laboratory courses and developing Energy Institute and the Delaware where their courses overlap and a Quantitative Biology major in Environmental Institute, as well how they might better facilitate the Department of Mathematical as an Integrated Science teaching student learning. Many challenges Sciences. The new grant will focus section. The building is scheduled remain. Suggestions and on the integration of introductory to be completed in 2013. participation are welcome. Stay biology and chemistry for life tuned. science majors. ─ Hal White Page 14 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Ad d i t i o n a l Fa c u l t y /St a ff Ac t i v i t i e s a n d Aw a r d s : Dr. Henry Blount (FAC 70-84) Dr. Allen Denio (FAC 78-79, the Textile Fibers Department at is the Director of NSF’s EPSCoR 98-99), co-founder of the Delaware DuPont, was also honored at the Program. Academy of Chemical Sciences, event. To top off the afternoon’s organized a 75th Anniversary festivities, Dr. Michael Stemniski Dana Chatellier (MA83, (PT FAC) performed the nylon rope EDUCATION SPECIALIST) Celebration of the Invention of trick (C&E News, 4/12/10, p.46). continues to do his part in Nylon at the Hagley Museum on dispelling chemistry’s bad image, 2/28/10. Joseph X. Labovsky, We note, with sadness, the 97, the last survivor of Wallace having performed chemical passing of Dr. Roger Crecely, on Carothers’ research group, was demonstration shows at 1/15/10. In the words of Prof. the ceremony’s guest of honor. Maclary Elementary School and Cecil Dybowski: Salesianum High School. Stephanie L. Kwolek, who invented [email protected] Kevlar as a research chemist in

Roger was manager of the NMR facility for were not necessarily originally designed to do. ╔15 years, starting in 1976, and oversaw the in- But he was also skeptical of people who simply stallation of a number of spectrometers as the wanted to invent new NMR techniques that did facility grew from a single instrument to a mod- not provide new information compared to older erate-size facility for a research department. ones. No matter how elegant, if some technique Roger was a good friend to me. He was the did not give important new information easily, best man at our wedding, and we did many he eschewed it. He also had an innate sense things with him and Karin over the years. He of what needed to be done, so he would often was an avid squash and tennis player, along advise students to use other techniques if he thought they would more straightforwardly an- with Bob Wood (FAC 57-02), Hal White, and me, every Thursday night in the early days of swer a question than NMR. my career. I am sure that most of you remem- Roger was the third manager of the NMR fa- ber the Fourth of July parties at his “Southern cility, having followed David Dalrymple (FAC Plantation.” 68-74), who followed Walter Freeman (PhD 72), in the job. After Roger, He had an encyclopedic knowledge of NMR Martha Bruch (BS78, PhD84) was manager for a while, and spectroscopy, as well as infrared spectroscopy. is our current manager. Roger was He helped several generations of graduate and Steve Bai the longest-serving manager and Steve is the undergraduate research students from across next longest-serving manager. We have been the Department and the university to their de- exceptionally fortunate, in that all of these are grees. He was practical, and was able to make highly qualified NMR spectroscopists. spectrometers do many experiments that they

To quote our Chair, “Cecil followed by the Gold Medal of the (PhD82) was Cecil’s first╝ doctoral (Dybowski) has recently been Society for Applied Spectroscopy. student. Providing the icing on on a tear!” He is the recipient of The EAS session honoring Cecil his award cake is a $2.2 million two national awards this year, is being organized by one of his grant from the NSF to Cecil, Prof both to be presented at the former students, Anita Brandolini Tatyana Polonova, Prof Sharon Eastern Analytical Symposium (MA 82, PhD 83), Assistant Rozovsky, and Dr. Steve Bai in November. First to be Professor in the School of for the acquisition of an 850 announced was the EAS Award Theoretical and Applied Sciences MHz NMR spectrometer that will for Outstanding Achievements in at Ramapo College (NJ). University serve as a valuable resource for Magnetic Resonance. This was of Delaware Provost Tom Apple scientists throughout our region. Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 15

Another pithy Chair’s quote: Mentor Award, presented by the dinner held at Clayton Hall on “It’s raining NMR’s!” An NIH Association for Science Teacher 6/2/10: Prof John Burmeister proposal for a 500 MHz NMR Education, and was a Visiting (45 years), Prof Donald Sparks spectrometer, promoted by Scholar at Uppsala University’s (JOINT FAC, Plant and Soil Prof. Joe Fox, has also just Center for Gender Research in Sciences, 30 years), Mr. Michael been funded and great news for Sweden. Lastly, she had two DiMauro (STAFF, 25 years), Prof everyone in the Department who books published: “Re-visioning Susan Groh (25 years), and Prof use solution NMR.George Luther Science Education from Feminist George Hadjipanayis (JOINT FAC, (JOINT FAC), Maxwell P. and Perspectives: Challenges, Choices, Physics, 20 years). The following Mildred H. Harrington Professor and Careers” (co-author), and retirees were also officially of Oceanography, had the highest “Coteaching in International recognized: Prof Roberta Colman percent increase in total citations Contexts: Research and Practice” (see BHC#36, 36 years), Prof in the field of geosciences between (co-editor). Mahendra Jain (see BHC#35, 35 1998 and 2008, according to an Prof Donald L. Sparks (JOINT years), Ms Cathy Skelly (Asst. to analysis of citation data completed FAC), S. Hallock duPont Chair the Chair, 98-03, see BHC#30). by Essential Science Indicators. in Plant and Soil Sciences Prof Harold White’s HHMI- [email protected] and Director of the Delaware funded CHEM-601 Introduction Prof Burnaby Munson was Environmental Institute, has been to Laboratory Instruction class honored at the aforementioned honored with the Liebig Medal for first-time TA’s in CHEM/ 30th Anniversary Celebration by the International Union of BIOC and BISC was reviewed of the Undergraduate Research Soil Sciences for his outstanding in the November, 2009 issue of Program for his seminal contributions in soil science the HHMI Bulletin, pp. 30-33, contributions to the URP during research. Earlier this year, he won 48. With co-PI Prof David Usher his stint as Director of the the Geoffrey Marshall Mentoring (BISC), Hal succeeded in securing University Honors Program. Award from the Northeastern the University’s fifth HHMI grant – Prof Ulhas Naik (JOINT FAC, Association of Graduate Schools this one for $1.2 million. BISC) has been elected a Fellow of for outstanding mentoring support Mary J. Wirth, Ph.D.(FAC 86- the American Heart Association. of graduate students. 04) is now the W. Brooks Fortune [email protected] [email protected] Professor of Chemistry at Purdue Arnie Rheingold, Ph.D. (FAC Dr. Michael Stemniski (PT FAC) University. 84-03), Professor of Chemistry at received the Rolf Dessauer Award Prof Zhihao Zhuang’s research UC-San Diego, reports that he is for Excellence in Public Outreach group has developed a new method now servicing nearly 300 active from the Delaware Academy of for producing proteins critical to NIH grants and “retirement is not Chemical Science. research on cancer, Alzheimer’s, even remotely on the horizon.” [email protected] and other diseases, as reported [email protected] Prof Douglass Taber spent two in the April, 2010 issue of Nature Prof Charlie Riordan has weeks in China this past May, Chemical Biology. been named a Fellow of the Royal giving lectures at the West China Bayram Saparov Named Society of Chemistry (FRSC). School of Pharmacy in Chengdu, Recipient of Second Brennie USTC in Hefei, the University Prof Kate Scantlebury has E. Hackley, Jr. Award for of Science and Technology in Excellence in Research also been on a tear. She has been Qingdao, and the Institute of named a Fellow of the American Materia Medica and Peking Bayrammurad (Bayram) Association for the Advancement University in Beijing. He was an Sparov, a doctoral candidate in of Science, joining fellow Fellows invited speaker at the 1st Annual Prof Svilen Bobev’s research Cecil Dybowski, Al Matlack World Congress of Catalytic group since 2006, was presented (ADJ FAC), Burnaby Munson, Asymmetric Synthesis in Beijing. the second Brennie E. Hackley, Don Sparks (JOINT FAC), Doug Jr. Award at a Departmental Taber, and Klaus Theopold. She University Service Awards Colloquium on March 12, 2010. also received the Outstanding were recognized at a special Co n t i n u e d o n p a g e 16 Page 16 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Ad d i t i o n a l Fa c u l t y /St a ff Ac t i v i t i e s a n d Aw a r d s Co n t i n u e d f r o m Pa g e 13 Vi s i t u s o n Bayram received his Diploma in papers for which he was the first Chemistry (equivalent to our M.S.) author, and has presented papers Fa c e b o o k ! from Moscow State University, the at two national ACS meetings, as It was a dark and stormy night foremost University in Russia. He well as the Mid-Atlantic Inorganic - on August 21, 2009, when the is a native of Turkmenistan, and Symposium. Department of Chemistry and was a bronze medal winner in the In addition to the Hackley Biochemistry made its debut International Chemistry Olympiad. Award, Bayram has already on the social networking site received an Elizabeth Dyer (FAC Facebook. Having gone live at 83-71) Excellence-in-Teaching 10:40 PM that Friday night, I Award and a Ludo Frevel was amazed to see that the page Bayram Saparov Crystallographic Scholarship, one attracted its first fan one(!) minute Named Recipient of of only 8 given, worldwide, by the later and by midnight our group Second Brennie E. International Center for Diffraction of followers had grown to six. The Data. rate of growth has slowed down Hackley, Jr. Award a bit since, but at last count the for Excellence The Brennie E. Hackley, Jr. departmental page (at http://www. Award for Excellence in Research in Research facebook.com/UDChem) is ‘liked’ is being given in perpetuity, by 422 people and that number is thanks to a most generous increasing slowly but steadily. endowment established by his family. Dr. Hackley received his We think of the page as yet His research project focuses M.S. (1954) and Ph.D. (1957) another way to connect to the on synthetically very challenging degrees from the University of community of our students, intermetallic compounds of Delaware, working with (the late) alumni and friends. It's a bit more the rare-earth metals with Professor Betty Dyer. He was the immediate and more interactive the d5 and d10 metals and the first African-American to receive a than the annual copy of the Blue heaviest pnicogens (antimony doctorate in chemistry from the U Hen Chemist you are reading and bismuth). He has already of D. right now. So, if you want to published eight peer-reviewed stay abreast of what’s going on in good old Brown Laboratory, or if you have something you want everybody to know (be it an announcement, question, comment, or simply a ‘Hello, remember me?’), there’s now a place (and of course an app) for that. In our business, we meet many people for short periods of time (typically 4 or 5 years) and then we go our separate ways. And yet, we remember you and hope you are doing well, and we absolutely love to hear from you. So, here’s a new and simple way to be part of this diverse community, all of whom have (Bio)Chemistry and Newark, From left to right: Alumni Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair John L. Burmeister, Bayram Saparov, Director DE in common. Stop by and say of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor Brian Bahnson, hello. We are ‘likeable’ enough! Associate Professor Svilen Bobev and Professor and Chair Klaus –Klaus Theopold Theopold Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 17

Po s t d o c t o r a l Re s e a r c h e r s a n d Fe l l o w s , 2009-10: Yong x ing Ai (Ji l i n Un i v e r s i t y , Ah met Gu nay (Un i v e r s i t y o f Nico l a Menega z z o (Ge o r g i a Ch i n a ) [Zh u a n g ] Ro c h e s t e r ) [Th e o p o l d ] In s t i t u t e o f Te c h n o l o g y ) El sa Bá r á ny -Wa l l j e Gu ang j in Ho u (Wu h a n In s t i t u t e [Bo o k s h ] (St o c k h o l m Un i v e r s i t y , Sw e d e n ) o f Ph y s i c s & Ma t h e m a t i c s , Ch i n a ) Tammy Mi l i l l o (St a t e [Ro z o v s k y ] [Po l e n o v a ] Un i v e r s i t y o f Ne w Yo r k a t Santos h Bh or (Un i v e r s i t y o f Ph anees w ara -Rao Kommo j u Bu f f a l o ) [Br o w n ] Ro s t o c k , Ge r m a n y ) [Zo n d l o ] (Un i v e r s i t y o f Ko n s t a n z , Nirma l Pa h a d i (To h o k u Yong k w an Dong (Aj o u Ge r m a n y ) [Ro z o v s k y ] Un i v e r s i t y , Ja p a n ) [D. Wa t s o n ] Un i v e r s i t y , So u t h Ko r e a ) Pranti k Maity (Un i v e r s i t y Tae -Soo Yo u (Io w a St a t e [Bo b e v ] o f Re g e n s bu r g , Ge r m a n y ) [M. Un i v e r s i t y ) [Bo b e v ] Wa t s o n ]

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Le t ’s Co m m u n i c a t e ! All of the current chemistry faculty use e-mail. Here for your convenience, is a complete listing: Apple, Tom...... [email protected] Polenova, Tatyana...... [email protected] Bahnson, Brian...... [email protected] Ridge, Douglas...... [email protected] Beebe, Thomas...... [email protected] Riordan, Charles...... [email protected] Bobev, Svilen...... [email protected] Rosenthal, Joel..... [email protected] Booksh, Karl...... [email protected] Rozovsky, Sharon...... [email protected] Brown, Steven...... [email protected] Scantlebury, Kate...... [email protected] Burmeister, John...... [email protected] Taber, Douglas...... [email protected] Chen, Junghuei...... [email protected] Teplyakov, Andrew...... [email protected] Doren, Douglas...... [email protected] Theopold, Klaus...... [email protected] Dybowski, Cecil...... [email protected] Thorpe, Colin...... [email protected] Fox, Joseph...... [email protected] Watson, Donald...... [email protected] Groh, Sue...... [email protected] Watson, Mary...... [email protected] Johnston, Murray...... [email protected] Wesolowski, Meredith...... [email protected] Koh, John...... [email protected] White, Hal...... [email protected] Kramer, Mary Beth...... [email protected] Wingrave, James...... [email protected] Munson, Burnaby...... [email protected] Zhuang, Zhihao...... [email protected] Neal, Sharon...... [email protected] Zondlo, Neal...... [email protected] Patel, Sandeep...... [email protected] Page 18 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Vi s i t i n g Fa c u l t y , 2009 - 2010: Dr. Richard C. Gearhart (UD (Hercules Research Center-retired), Organic Chemistry; Dr. Michael PhD 72), CHEM-100 Chemistry CHEM-680 Introductory Polymer Stemniski (McKean High School- and the Human Environment Science, CHEM-681 Green retired), CHEM-102 General (on-line course); Dr. Karen L. Chemistry; Dr. Paul A. Silver (UD Chemistry, CHEM-103/104, Hoober (UD PhD99), CHEM-106 PhD73), CHEM-103/104 Honors CHEM-213/215 Elementary Elementary Bioorganic Chemistry, General Chemistry; Dr. Geoffrey Organic Chemistry. CHEM-214/216 Elementary Sametz, CHEM-101 General Biochemistry; Dr. Albert Matlack Chemistry, CHEM-321/322 2009-2010 Co l l o q u i a a n d Sy m p o s i a :

Prof Barry Trost, Stanford Approaches to Sorting Out Protein Talks were presented by speakers University, presented the annual Acetylation” was presented by from the University of Delaware, Richard F. Heck (FAC 71-89) Prof Phil Cole, Johns Hopkins University of the Sciences in Lecture, “On the Design of Chiral University, on 4/16/10. The Philadelphia, Drexel University, Space for Asymmetric Induction remaining external colloquium Rutgers University, Johns Hopkins in a Catalytic Synthetic Reaction” speakers were Profs. Louis Brus, University, Princeton University, on 9/9/09. The Charles Darwin Columbia University and Steven University of Maryland, DuPont, Commemorative Lecture, Rokita, University of Maryland. and Science and Engineering on 10/2/09, was given by Dr. Internal colloquium lectures Services, Inc. Topics included Stephen O’Brien, of the National were presented by Profs Douglas aerosol mass spectrometry, Cancer Institute. His topic was Buttrey (CHEG), Douglas Ridge, MALDI, proteomics, peptide “Retracing Genomic Natural Brian Bahnson, and Karl Booksh. sequencing, and FT/ICR studies of History across the Mammalian The 31st East Coast Ion ion/molecular reactions. The 32nd Radiations.” This year’s John Chemistry Conference was held ECICC will be held on Saturday, (FAC 55-85) C. Wriston, Jr. on Saturday, October 17, 2009. October 2, 2011. Memorial Lecture on “Chemical

ASBMB UAN Ch apter ACS SA Ch apter Of f icers f or Of f icers f or 2010-2011are : 2010-2011 are : President: Sarah King (BS/BIOC/11) President: James White (BS/CHEM/11)

Vice President: Michael Brister (BS/BIOC/12) Vice President: Sarah King (BS/BIOC/11)

Secretary: Matthew White (BS/BIOC/13) Treasurer: Robert Sido (BS/CHEG/12)

Treasurer: Sarah Stamm (BA/BISC/12) Secretary: Laura Wertman (BS/BIOC/12)

Webmaster/Public Relations: Alex Bott (BA/BISC/12) Webmaster: Christopher Black (BS/BIOC/12)

Adviser: Prof. Hal White Adviser: Prof. Burnaby Munson

The UD ASBMB/UAN Chapter was named the Outstanding UAN Chapter in the Northeast Region for the second year in a row. Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 19

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15t h CHEM/BIOC Gr a d u a t i o n Co n v o c a t i o n , Ma y 29, 2010 Our 15th CHEM/BIOC This year’s placement pattern Graduation Convocation was of the BS and BA contingent consummated on Saturday, May exhibited a dramatic downturn 24, 2010, to the pleasure and in advanced study commitments, satisfaction of all concerned. especially in the area of graduate Indeed, the feeling of unbridled school (2009 data in parentheses): joy oozing from the pores of the Graduate School: 7 (20) extended family members present Medical School: 3 (4) has to be experienced personally, Dental School: 2 (2) to be truly appreciated. Pharmacy School: 1 (4) Special commendation goes Law School: 2 (2) to our speaker, Dr. Michele Nursing School: 0 (2) (UD BA/ Hackley Johnson Industry: 8 (2) CHEM ’75), Chief of Interventional Government: 1 (2) Neuroradiology at the Yale University School of Medicine, Teaching: 1 (4) whose remarks were meaningful, Other: 3 (3) moving, and right on target. I Undetermined: 13 (10) will always treasure the moment Finally, the Unsung Heroine we recognized the presence of Award goes to Debbie Fox, who her mother, Ethel, widow of provided the on-site reception Alumni Distinguished Professor and Dr. Brennie Hackley, Jr. (UD presence usually provided Associate Chair John L. Burmeister Ph.D. ’57). The remarkable 57- by Susan Cheadle, who was year career of Dr. Hackley, our celebrating the graduation of first African American chemistry her daughter, Kerry, from the Ph.D. graduate, at the Edgewood U of D. Debbie and John were Chemical Biological Center faced with the formidable task of of the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen post-reception clean-up, which Proving Grounds will be forever they handled admirably. memorialized in the form of the Brennie E. Hackley, Jr. Award for Excellence in Research, generously Chair Klaus Theopold and Juan endowed by the Hackley family. It Carlos Rodriguez-Reyes was fitting that the first recipient of this Award, Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Reyes, received his doctorate during the ceremony. Completing the noteworthy use of the numbers 5 and 7 is the fact that Ethel (who is also a chemist) and Brennie were married 57 years! Dr. Michele Hackley Johnson The turnout by the graduating graduate student contingent, 19 strong, set an all-time record for the occasion. Forty-one of the 50 baccalaureate degree recipients Ph otos co u rtesy o f Mi k e Dao . (18 BS/BIOC, 21 BS/CHEM, 11 Mike Dao is a current graduate student BA/CHEM) participated. in the Riordan lab. Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 21

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Professor and Chair Klaus Theopold with doctoral Double Del: Prabhavathi Srinivasan and husband, Vamsi Kodali.

Associate Chair John Burmeister, Mark Madachik and mentor, Professor Andrew Teplyakov

Le t ’s d o i t a g a i n o n Ma y 28, 2011! Associate Chair John Burmeister and Dyer Awardee, Heather Hartman Professors Charlie Riordan and Roberta Colman with the second doctoral Double Dell Due: Piyal Ariyanada and wife, Lushanti De Zoysa Ariyananda

Radhika Nagarkar and mentor, Professor Joel Schneider

Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor Brian Bahnson with three of his doctoral progeny: Subhendu Th e a f t e r p a r t y b e f o r e Chakraborti, Prabhavathi Srinivasan and Anastasia Fuzaylova Thévenin. t h e AFTERPARTY! Page 22 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

2009 - 2010 Undergraduate Aw a r d s

Nationa l Aw ar d s Recipients ACS/Hach Scientific Foundation Scholarship Award Kammas R. Murphy (BA/XCE/12) Beckman Scholar Soma Jobbagy (BS/BIOC/12) ESPN The Magazine/College Sports Information Kyle F. Davis (BS/BIOC/10) Directors of America Academic All-America Soccer Team Goldwater Scholarship Michael G. Napolitano (BS/CHEM/11)

Regiona l Aw ar d s Recipients ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 Kyle F. Davis (BS/BIOC/10) Soccer Team University of Maryland-Baltimore County 12th Annual Steven J. Foltz (BS/BIOC/11) 2nd place, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical & Molecular Biology and Biological Sciences James L. White (BS/CHEM/11) 2nd place, Chemical Sciences

University Aw ar d s Recipients Blue Hen Team Sportsmanship Award Amanda B. Halstrom (BS/BIOC/13) Women’s Tennis Laura L. Wertman (BS/BIOC/12) Women’s Crew

Edgar N. Johnson Award Kyle F. Davis (BS/BIOC/10) Sigma Xi Summer Undergraduate Michael G. Napolitano (BS/CHEM/11) Research Symposium Award 1st place

Department Aw ar d s Recipients American Chemical Society Award in Chemistry James L. White (BS/CHEM/11) American Chemical Society James L. White (BS/CHEM/11) Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Devan L. Turner (BS/CHEM/11) Inorganic Chemistry American Institute of Chemists Award in Chemistry Emily J. Spang (BS/CHEM/10) Kevin Scott Beall Memorial Awards James T. McParland (BS/BIOC/13) Matthew C. White (BS/BIOC/13) Wallace H. Carothers Scholarships Timothy E. Gilpatrick (BS/BIOC/12) Soma Jobbagy (BS/BIOC/12) Frank W. Collins Undergraduate Award in Biochemistry Amy L. Styer (BS/BIOC/10) Quaesita Drake Scholarships Valerie W. Shurtleff (BS/CHEM/11) Devan L. Turner (BS/CHEM/11) Tara L. Rhoades (BS/BIOC/10) Amy L. Styer (BS/BIOC/10) Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 23

Department Aw ar d s Recipients Elizabeth Dyer Awards for Excellence in Chemistry and Heather A. Hartman (BS/CHEM/10) Biochemistry Kyle F. Davis (BS/BIOC/10)

Hypercube Scholar Award Sean T. Hunt (BS/CHEM/11) Wallace H. McCurdy, Jr. Undergraduate Award in James L. White (BS/CHEM/11) Analytical Chemistry Merck Index Awards Andrew J. Meyer (BS/CHEM/10) Patrick J. Straney (BS/CHEM/10)

James A. Moore Undergraduate Award in Organic Patrick J. Straney (BS/CHEM/10) Chemistry James E. Newton Black American Studies Student Shakir J.-M. McLean (BA/CHEM/11) Award Joseph H. Noggle Undergraduate Award in Physical Sean T. Hunt (BS/CHEM/11) Chemistry Gene J. and Frances F. Schiavelli Undergraduate Michael G. Napolitano (BS/CHEM/11) Research Fellowship C. Frank Shaw III Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Charles F. Polotti (BS/CHEM/11) chemistry C. Frank Shaw III Undergraduate Inorganic Research Devan L. Turner (BS/CHEM/11) Fellowship Carl A. vonFrankenberg Undergraduate Award in Samantha A. Martin (BA/XCE/11) Chemistry Education EPSCoR Lauren McFadden (BS/CHEM/12) Shannon M. Owings (BS/CHEM/13) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Donald A. Allen (BS/BIOC/12) Research Fellows Nicholas J. Audette (BS/BIOC/12) Michael A. Brister (BS/BIOC/12) Timothy E. Gilpatrick (BS/BIOC/12) Matthew C. White (BS/BIOC/13) INBRE Jennifer L. Kim (BA/CHEM/11) David A. Plastino (BS/CHEM/78) Alumni Derek T. Ahneman (BS/CHEM/12) Undergraduate Research Fellows Cory M. Anson (BS/CHEM/12) Alyssa B. Hellreich (BS/CHEM/11) Dorottya Miketa (BS/CHEM/12) David M. Raciti (BS/BIOC/12) Renee P. Rubenstein (BS/CHEM/11) Science & Engineering Scholar Christopher D. Wright (BS/BIOC/12) Page 24 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

2010 B.A. Ch emistry Gra d u ates : Otto C. Burger III Christopher J. Mandalaa Samil J. Patel Matthew H. Carella Gregory F. Marra Brent M. Shick, Jr. Kayli D. Cheyne Sarah W. Meadows Kimberly C. Webb Caitlin E. Fox Brannon M. Moore a Honors Degree

2010 B.S. Bioc h emistry Gra d u ates : Andrew J. Besherwor Julian D. Gonzalez Kevin W.-C. Siu Aditya P. Bosea Jason A. Lennon Amy L. Styera Christine M. Brandt Samuel S. Linton Shazim T.Uppal Kyle F. Davisb Jaheda Nisar Amanda B. Vent Stacie E. Dutton Tara L. Rhoadesa Jason S. White Angela A. Genoese Kevin A. Sforzab Christine M. Whitfield aHonors Degree-with-Distinction | bHonors Degree

2010 B.S. Ch emistry Gra d iates Gregory M. Blasdelb Benjamin I. Hmielb Kathleen M. Pasqualini Zachary S. Boyles David M. Lewis Alexandra R. Perry Dora Chang David J. Meningerb Meghan E. Scott Hiu Y. Choic Andrew J. Meyerb Emily J. Spang Justin P. DiIorio Gloria A. Miner Patrick J. Straney Tatsiana Haidzinskaya Nicholas D. Mulder Steven R. Ursaki Heather A. Hartmana Dung T.P. Nguyen Gregory T. Winter aHonors Degree-with-Distinction | bHonors Degree | cEnvironmental Chemistry Concentration 2010 M.S. Gra d u ates : Name Mentor Bacca l a u reate Degree , Sc h oo l Eric Allgaier (MA) - B.S. James Madison University Stephanie Bolte (MS) Polenova B.S., Mary Washington College Joliene Trujillo (MS) Riordan B.S. Univ of Northern Colorado Dereck K. Wilson (MS) Bobev B.S., U.S. Military Academy Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 25

2010 Ph.D. GRADUATES: St u d ent /Previo u s Degree (s) Tit l e o f Dissertation Mentor Adou, Kouame Charge Reduced Electrospray Interface for Flowing Johnston B.S., National Advanced School of Systems: Development and Applications to Quantitative AG Nanoparticle Analysis M.S., Michigan State University Piyal W. Ariyananda Synthetic Chemistry for Understanding the Elementary Riordan Grad. Ichem.C, Institute of Steps in Acetyl Coenzyme a Synthase Mechanism Chemistry Ceylon M.S., University of Louisiana at Monroe Berry, James Development of New Synthetic Methodology and Taber B.S., Ursinus College Enantioselective Synthesis of the A-B-C Ring System of the Veratrum Alkaloids Dange, Mayura N. Study of the Functions of the 3 Different Subunits of Colman B.Sc., University of Pune Human NAD-Isocitrate Dehydrogenase M.Sc., University of Pune De Zoysa Ariyananda,Lushanti M. Adenylosuccinate Lyases (ASL) from Bacillus Subtilis Colman Grad. Ichem.C, Institute of and Homo Sapiens: (I) Evaluation of Types of Chemistry Ceylon Interactions in the Subunit Interface (II) Studies of Five M.S., University of Louisiana at Point Mutations and Mutant ASL Hybrids Associated Monroe with ASL Deficiency Guo, Na Quantum Chemistry Studies in Applications: Molecular Doren B.S., Jilin University Electronics and Biofuels M.S., Jilin University Kodali, Vamsi K. Studies on the Quiescin Sulfhydryl Oxidase from Thorpe B.Sc., Nagarjuna University Trypanosoma Brucei and a Novel Structural Protein M.Sc., University of Delhi from Chicken Egg Shell Membranes Kumar, Sandip Establishment of a Universal DNA Fingerprinting Chen M.Sc., Indian Institute Tech- Technique using Microarray Technology Kharagpur Leftwich, Timothy R. Modification of Silicon-Based Substrates with Teplyakov B.S., College of William and Mary Cyclocondensation and Cycloaddition Reactions Madachik, Mark R. Organic Modification of Si(100) ~2x1 Surface Through Teplyakov B.S., Salisbury University Reversible Coadsorption Monillas, Wesley H. Synthesis, Catalysis, and Reactivity of Low-Valent Theopold M. Tech., Seton Hall University Chromium Complexes Supported by a ß-Diketiminate Ligand Rahaman,Obaidur Development of Reactive Force Fields and an Empirical Doren BTEC, Indian Institute of Scoring Function for Drug Screening Technology, Bombay Rodriguez-Reyes, Juan Carlos Chemical Control Over the Formation and Reactivity Teplyakov B.S., Pontificia Universidad Catolica of Ultra-Thin Films and Amino-Terminated Layers on del Peru Silicon Sauers, Daniel J. Light Directed Gene Patterning Using Photocaged Koh B.S., University of Delaware Doxycycline Saul, Thomas Reactive Uptake of Nitric Acid Onto Sub-Micron Sea Johnston B.A., Western Maryland College Salt Across a Wide Range of Relative Humidities Page 26 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

2010 Ph.D. GRADUATES: Co n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 25 Student/Previous Degree(s) Title of Dissertation Mentor Sheth, Ritesh B. Development of New Synthetic Methodologies and the Taber B.S., George Washington University Synthesis of Natural Products Spraggins, Jeffrey M. Environmental Applications of ESI FT-ICR Mass Ridge B.A., College of Wooster Spectrometry: Oxidized Peptides and Metal Sulfide Clusters Srinivasan,Prabhavathi Characterization of the Association of Human Plasma Bahnson B.Sc., Bangalore University Platelet-Activating Factor Acetyl Hydrolase with M.Sc., Bangalore University Lipoproteins Tarwade, Vinod C. Directed Carbozincation Reactions of Cyclopropene Fox B.S. University of Pune, India Derivatives M.S., University of Pune, India M.S., Lamar University Theilacker, William Extracellular Matrix Protein Patterns and Gradients to Beebe B.A., Chemistry and B.A., Biology, Modulate Axonal Growth West Virginia Univ. Thévenin, Anastasia Fuzaylova Investigation of the Interaction of Human Glutathione Colman/ B.S., Lynchburg College S-Transferase PI with C-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Bahnson Urena, Damian E. R. Mechanistic Studies of the Human Recombination Chen B.S. Felician College Proteins RAD51 and RAD54 at the Molecular Level Via Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Xie, Xiaocong Applications of Cyclopropenes: Methylenecyclopropanes, Fox B.S., University of Science and Alkylidenecyclopropanes and Butenolides Technology, China Yang, Liu Quantum Chemistry Studies of Molecular Electronic Doren B.S., Peking University Devices: from Electronic Structure to Current Flow

Fa l l 2010 Upc o m i n g Se m i n a r s a n d Please note, this is just a listing of the seminars that are scheduled as of the date of the Co l l o q u i a distribution of BHC37. Visit us on the web for updates. www.udel.edu/chem 9/1/2010, Colloquium, Prof 10/1/2010, Seminar, Prof 11/3/2010, Seminar, Prof Bill Joseph Fox, University of Delaware Devarajan (Dave) Thirumalai, Geiger, University of Vermont 9/10/2010, Colloquium, Prof University of Maryland - College 11/5/2010, Seminar, Prof Qiang Tatyana Polenova, University of Park Cui, University of Wisconsin- Delaware 10/6/2010, Seminar, Prof James Madison 9/15/2010, Seminar, Prof P. Donahue, Tulane University 11/8/2010, Seminar, Prof Xiaodong Michael Shi, West 10/8/2010, Seminar, Prof Mark Robert Crabtree, Yale University Virginia University Kobrak, Brooklyn College: CUNY 11/10/2010, Seminar, Prof Nora 9/17/2010, Seminar, Prof 10/13/2010, Seminar, Prof Anna Radu, DuPont Christopher Jaroniec, Ohio State Mapp, University of Michigan 11/11/2010, Seminar, Prof Shih- University 10/18/2010, Seminar, Prof Yuan Liu, University of Oregon 9/22/2010, Seminar, Prof Cheryl P Bailey, University 11/12/2010, Seminar, Prof Gordon Miller, Iowa State Nebraska-Lincoln Tatyana Igumenova, Texas A&M University 10/20/2010, Seminar, Prof University 9/29/2010, Heck Lecturer, Prof William B. Tolman, University of 11/17/2010, Seminar, Prof John F. Hartwig, University of Minnesota Ulrich Haussermann, Arizona State Illinois *see short biography on p.26. 10/22/2010, Seminar, Prof Phil University Baran, Scripps San Diego 12/1/2010, Seminar, Prof David MacMillan, Princeton University Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 27

Gr a d u a t e o r Pr o f e s s i o n a l Sc h o o l Bo u n d : Matthew Carella, University Rochester (Ph.D. in Chemistry), University (Dickinson Law School), of Maryland (Dental School), [email protected]; David Lewis, [email protected]; [email protected]; Laura Virginia Commonwealth University Dung Nguyen, University of North Feitelson, Rutgers University- (Post-baccalaureate program in Carolina-Chapel Hill (Medical Camden (Law School), laura. Health Sciences); Christopher School); Patrick Straney, [email protected]; Angela Mandala, Rutgers University University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D. in Genoese, Philadelphia College (Pharmacy School), Organic Chemistry), of Osteopathic Medicine (M.S. in [email protected]; [email protected]; Amy Biomedical Sciences), Gregory Marra, Temple University Styer, University of Georgia [email protected]; Heather (Dental School); Sarah Meadows, (Ph.D. in Biochemistry); Shazim Hartman, Thomas Jefferson St John’s University (M.S. in Uppal, Villanova University (M.S. University (Medical School), Pharmaceutical Sciences), in Chemistry); Amanda Vent, [email protected]; [email protected]; Thomas Jefferson University Benjamin Hmiel, University of Andrew Meyer, Penn State (Medical School). He a d e d f o r In d u s t r y , Te a c h i n g , Et c .: Jason Buchta, Physics Teacher, Samuel Linton, Research Research Technician, Center for Mount Saint Joseph High School, Chemist, Mitosciences, Eugene, Translational Medicine, Thomas Baltimore, MD, OR, sam.linton87@gmail. Jefferson University; [email protected]; com; David Meninger, Youth Kevin Sforza, AmeriCorps Dora Chang, Research Chemist, Pastor; Christ Community Volunteer, U.S. Army’s Edgewood Chemical Church; Nicholas Mulder, [email protected]; Biological Center, Aberdeen Research Technician, Sepax Emily Spang, Research Chemist, Proving Grounds, MD; Technologies; Nathaly Murillo, ANP Technologies, Kyle Davis, Environmental Product Coordinator, Innospec, [email protected]; Jason Research, University of Ibadan, Inc., Newark, DE, nathaly. White, Intern, Bank of America. Nigeria; Jason Lennon, Chemical [email protected]; Gregory Winter, Research Analyst, Innospec Fuel Specialties, Brittany Ogden, Research Chemist, Physical Pharmacy LLC, Newark, DE, Chemist, Agilent Technologies, Group, Siemens Healthcare [email protected]; Wilmington, DE; Meghan Scott, Diagnostics, Inc., Newark. 2010 Gr a d u a t e St u d e n t Pl a c e m e n t s : Eric Allgaier, Siemens of California-Riverside (Post- Corporation (Research Scientist); Healthcare (Research Chemist), doctoral Fellow), [email protected]; Anastasia Fuzaylova Thévenin, [email protected]; Mark Madachik, Elizabethtown Yale University (Post-doctoral Piyal Ariyananda, University of (PA) College (Visiting Assistant Fellow in Prof. Benjamin Turk’s Delaware (Post-doctoral Fellow in Professor), Laboratory), Prof Joel Rosenthal’s Laboratory), [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Tara Radhika Nagarkar, Damian Urena, Genewiz, Inc. Baney, Merck & Co., Inc., White GlaxoSmithKline, (Research (Project Manager); Xiaocong Xie, House Station, NJ (Clinical Scientist); Obaidur Rahaman, Lonza, Inc., Guangzhou, P.R.C. Scientist), [email protected]; University of Delaware (Post- (Research Scientist), Subhendu Chakraborti, University doctoral Fellow in Prof Douglas [email protected]; Derek of California-San Francisco (Post- Doren’s Laboratory), Wilson, U.S. Military Academy doctoral Fellow in Prof. James [email protected]; Juan Carlos (Chemistry Instructor). Marks’ Laboratory), Rodriguez-Reyes, Harvard [email protected]; University (Post-doctoral Fellow); Timothy Leftwich, University Vinod Tarwade, Martek Biosciences Page 28 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Al u m n i Ne w s University o f De l a w are Ina u g u ra l Cl ass o f John R. Kosak, Ph.D. (BS51, MS52) died on 7/5/10. John, Wa l l o f Fame ACS Fe l l o w s who earned his doctorate in Dr. Arthur J. Coury (BS62) became The 162 members of the inaugural organic chemistry at Michigan the 9th CHEM/BIOC alumnus class of ACS Fellows (C&E News, State University, spent his entire to have his name added to the 7/27/09, pp. 62-64) included three professional career (1957-1993) University of Delaware’s Wall of Fellows with strong ties to the U of in DuPont’s R&D Department Fame on 6/7/10. Art, who served as D: Dr. Jean F. Futrell (FAC 86- at the Experimental Station. His our 10th CHEM/BIOC Graduation 99, Chair 86-95, 96-97), Senior area of expertise, in which he Convocation speaker in 2005, Batelle Fellow, Pacific Northwest held numerous patents, was in received both Ph.D. and M.B.A. National Laboratory; Prof. Ned D. the catalytic hydrogenation of degrees from the University of (MS61, PhD63), H.S. Bunn Heindel aromatic compounds. Minnesota. He has held leadership Professor of Chemistry, Lehigh positions at General Mills, University, Past ACS President; Louis R. DePrisco (BS53) is a Medtronic, Focal, and most recently, Prof. Jeannette E. Pemberton member of the Board of Regents Genzyme Corp. where, prior to this (BS77), Professor of Chemistry, of Ave Maria University and is a retirement, he was Vice-President University of Arizona. founding Board Member of the for Biomaterials Research. The Shamrock Bank of Florida. Louis holder of more than 50 patents, he 50’s retired as a General Manager of ICI has published widely in the field of Gabriel Chuchani, Ph.D. Americas, and lives in Naples, FL. polymeric biomaterials for medical (BS50, MS51), throughout his [email protected] products. He was inducted into the extraordinary 56-year career, Martin B. Price (PhD56) is National Academy of Engineering in has become known as the living in Pittsburgh, having retired 2009. Father of Modern Venezuelan as Director of Research for Akzo Chemistry. Still active, at age Nobel. [email protected] Fi f ty -an d Si x ty Year 86, at the Instituto Venezolano ACS Members de Investigaciones Cientificas, 60’s Once again, the Honor Roll of in Caracas, he has published Thomas J. Kelly (PhD63) 50- and 60-year ACS members 205 scientific papers in the passed away on 2/6/10. Tom (C&E News, 4/12/10, pp. 40- general area of the kinetics and retired from DuPont in 1998, after 46) included good representation mechanisms of organic reactions, 35 years of service. among our alumni: Eugene C. including those in the gas phase, Shirish K. Shah (PhD68), while Capaldi (MS61, PhD64), Leon with 5 more currently in press. still continuing to teach at Towson de Brabender (BS56), John He is credited with establishing (MD) University, has embarked L. Hess, Ph.D. (MS63), John graduate education in chemistry on a new direction of service. He E. Innes (PhD64), Robert J. in Venezuela, and has personally has been certified to work as a Kobrin (PhD69), Manfred Katz mentored 74 research students. volunteer at the Gilchrist Hospice (PhD61, 60-year member!), Roy He received his doctorate in Center. F. Nichols, Jr. (BS50, MS58), chemistry from Tulane University Kenneth H. Schroeder (MS60), in 1954 and, in 1999, received Sylvan D. Hersh (PhD69) and Charles G. Wade (MS68), and Roy an honorary doctorate from his wife, Anita, have relocated to L. Williams (PhD65). Heartiest Universidad Simón Bolivar Portland, OR. congratulations to all! (Venezuela). [email protected] [email protected] Isaac C. Sanchez (PhD69), The ACS De l a w are Section Charles F. Raley (PhD 50) has William J. Murray, Jr. Endowed Of f icers f or 2010 been a member of the ACS for Chair of Engineering at the U of D alumni continue to serve the 66 years (!), having retired as an University of Texas-Austin, has local ACS Section: Associate Scientist with the Dow received the American Institute Andrea Martin (PhD81), Secretary; Chemical Co., in Midland, MI in of Chemical Engineers’ Award for Lois Weyer (MS71, PhD96), 1982. Service to Society. Director Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 29

70’s and an old friend of Faust’s, patients for treatment at faraway John C. (Josh) van Houten, Professor John Allison (PhD77) centers. Marty was the speaker at PhD (BS70), Leavy Family from the nearby College of New our 12th CHEM/BIOC Graduation Professor of Chemistry at Saint Jersey! If you’d like to read about Convocation in 2007. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT, how Professors Allison and [email protected] organized a symposium on solar Faust use laser desorption mass Karen D. Riding, PhD (BS79) energy conversion and storage at spectrometry to develop a method is the Director of Lean and the spring ACS National Meeting for dating bones (interpreting Continuous Improvement for in Salt Lake City. mass spectra and everything!) you Vertis Communications, in [email protected] should read MURDER 101 (book II Castleton, NY. of The Mystery Series), which was [email protected] Eric Buel, PhD (BA75), Director published last year (April 2009) by of the Vermont Department Heath P. Boice (Orchard House s of Public Safety’s Forensic Press, Port Orchard, Washington). 80’ Barbara (Shaw) Harrison (BS80) Laboratory, testified 9/9/09 before It’s rare to find a real person in is now “working with many of my the U.S. Senate’s Committee on a fictional mystery novel, but Dr. old DuPont buddies” at Incyte the Judiciary on “Strengthening Allison will go where he is needed Corporation, in Wilmington. Forensic Science in the United to provide expertise in Forensic States – a Path Forward.” [see Chemistry, even to a fictional Jane Margaret O’Brien (PhD81) http://judiciary.senate.gov/ college in a fictional town just has stepped down from the hearings/hearing.cfm? north of Asbury Park! Presidency of St. Mary’s College id@38] [email protected] [email protected] (MD) to assume the Presidency of the Center for Medieval and Charles C. LeFlar (BA76) is Michael Hazuda, Jr., D.M.D. Renaissance Studies Consortium a Group Manager of Business (BS77) has completed 27 years in (with which St. Mary’s has had Operations in Immunodiagnostics his dental practice in Wilmington. a 35-year association) in Oxford, for Beckman Coulter, Inc., in [email protected] Chaska, MN. England. Her 13-year term as [email protected] Debra Hess Norris, PhD (BA77), President of St. Mary’s resulted Henry Francis duPont Chair of in a dramatic reshaping of the I have said, several times in Fine Arts, Chairperson of UD’s College in appearance and in past BHC issues, that chemists do Department of Art Conservation, substance. A 10-year building the darnedest things. This one is and Vice Provost for Graduate effort added 86 acres, increased near the top of the list: Forensic and Professional Education, student housing by 50%, and Scientist Helps Solve a Murder was one of 60 of the world’s added a new academic building, Case – in the Land of Fiction! leading conservators and cultural a new student services building, Some of you are familiar with heritage and policy professionals, a new campus center, and two Westmire College, in the quirky representing 35 countries, who new recreational facilities. Its little college town of Westmire convened last fall in Salzburg, campus was extended overseas Shores on the New Jersey shore. Austria to explore global with the establishment of study Recently, a skull was dug up on challenges related to cultural centers in Gambia, West Africa the campus, and once again, Dean preservation and to develop and Alba, Italy. A formal affiliation became Doug Carter-Connors an action plan for protecting with Historic St Mary’s City was involved in investigating the crime. irreplaceable treasures around the established in 1997. The Heritage One particular challenge was world. [email protected] Campaign, under her leadership, trying to determine how long the successfully raised $40 million skull and accompanying bones Martin DeBerardinis, PhD to support academic and study- were in the ground, so he went (BA78), Director of Medicines abroad programs through a new to a Chemistry Professor on his Evaluation at AstraZeneca, is one Core Curriculum, to grow the campus, When of a group of local private pilots Dr. Allen Faust. residential campus, and to offer Dean Doug arrived at the lab who give their time and talent to two new lecture series. Forty he was met by Professor Faust Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic, a group that helps transport needy medical Co n t i n u e d o n p a g e 30 Page 30 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Al u m n i Ne w s Co n t i n u e d f r o m Pa g e 29 new student scholarships and laboratory of Kristi Kiick, PhD the past academic year, he taught nine endowed professorships (BS89), Associate Professor in the general and organic chemistry at are credited to her efforts. Small Department of Materials Science Penn State’s Schuylkill Campus wonder, then, that St. Mary’s has and Engineering at the U of D, (located in your Editor’s home been consistently ranked as one of has been highlighted in a special county). [email protected] the top public liberal arts colleges series in Macromolecular Rapid Joseph J. Urban (PhD91), by U.S. News and World Report, Communications, one of the Associate Professor of Chemistry and that the Washington Post has leading journals in the field of at the U.S. Naval Academy, was described St. Mary’s as “a place polymer science. The manuscript quoted in a feature article on to get an Ivy League education describes her group’s work on the “Naval Chemistry,” in C&E News, at a public school price.” Maggie design of polymer-based hydrogels 2/15/10, pp. 49-50. Joe recently served as our 4th CHEM/BIOC that are capable of targeted protein returned to Newark for his son, Graduation Convocation speaker delivery to cells. Kristi served as Matthew’s campus visit. in 1999. [email protected] the Program Chairman for the [email protected] Polymer Division at the 2010 San A lawsuit brought by Anita Francisco ACS National Meeting. Mark W. Embrey (BS93) is a Brandolini (MA82, PhD83) [email protected] Senior Research Associate in the and a female colleague against Medicinal Chemistry Department their former employer, William of Merck’s Research Laboratories Patterson University (NJ) was the 90’s I have always found giving a in West Point, PA. subject of a feature article in C&E [email protected] News (11/16/09, pp.33-36). The lecture at one’s alma mater(s) to be lawsuit alleges that WPU tolerated a special treat. Three of our 90’s George S. Watts, Ph.D.(BS93) a hostile work environment alumni indulged in this pleasure is the Director of the Microarray against women in its chemistry during the past academic year: Facility in the University of department, specifically allowing Steven J. Stuart, PhD (BS90), Arizona’s Cancer Center. gender discrimination and Associate Professor of Chemistry, Jonathan T. Goodman, PhD harassment. The case was to be Clemson University, “Modeling (BS94) has added a third degree tried in the Superior Court of New Energetic Impacts with Reactive (J.D.) to his name, and is now Jersey. Potentials,” 10/12/09. a practicing Patent Attorney in James A. Daley (BA82) is a Gas Jennifer (Ogrodnick) Cochran, Chicago. [email protected] Chromatograph Specialist with Ph.D. (BS95) Assistant Professor Jeffrey L. Reinking, Ph.D. Emerson Electric in Houston, TX. of Bioengineering, Stanford (BS95) is now an Assistant [email protected], University, “Engineered Protein Professor of Biology at SUNY-New [email protected] Therapeutics and Diagnostic Paltz. His grandfather, Norman Jeffrey A. Gates (PhD85) has Agents Inspired by Nature,” Reinking, who died this past year, been promoted to the newly 11/18/09. was my group leader at Bakelite/ created position of Director of John E. Dueber, Ph.D. Union Carbide Plastics during Marketing at Syrgis Performance (BS99), Assistant Professor of the four summers that I worked Products, in Covington, KY. Bioengineering, University of in Bloomfield/Bound Brook, NJ California-Berkeley, “Engineering during my Franklin & Marshall Gerard M. Koether (BS85) days. was a member of AstraZeneca’s Modular Control Over Signaling “Schizophrenia Squad” – the and Metabolic Pathways,” 3/5/10. Raymond C. Trievel, Jr., Ph.D. team of AZ scientists who created Thomas P. Russell (PhD90) is a (BS95) Assistant Professor at the AZD2624, a drug candidate that Director at the Air Force Office of University of Michigan’s Medical reached Phase II clinical trials in Scientific Research. School, is the recipient of an Early patients with schizophrenia, before Career Award from the American being discontinued in 2009. (C&E Lee J. Silverberg (PhD91), Crystallographic Society. News, 4/12/10, pp. 30-32). having spent 18 years in industry, most recently with Merck, has Research conducted in the transitioned to academia. During Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 31

Michael D. Gentile (BS96) is a Law and Intellectual Property new appointment as an assistant Research Technician in the Stroud Group in Proskauer’s Boston professor at Shenandoah Water Research Center, Avondale, office. University this fall. PA. [email protected] Valerie J. (Dzubeck) Bradford, Keith R. Hornberger, Ph.D. Ph.D. (BS02) is a Scientist Gerald W. Farmer, Jr., Esq. (BS97) is now a Project Leader in Global Grooming R&D for (BS03) is the Coordinator of the in cancer chemistry at OSI the Gillette Division of Procter Dawn Career Institute’s Legal Pharmaceuticals, in Ardsley, NY. & Gamble, in Needham, MA. Assistant Program in Wilmington, [email protected] [email protected] DE. Anita (Robinson) Brown Dwight L. Higgin, M.S. Wenny (Shih-Wen) Lin, (PhD98) is the Chair of Salisbury (BA02) is a doctoral candidate Ph.D., M.P.H. (BS04) is a (MD) University’s Chemistry in Neuroscience at Drexel Cancer Prevention Post-Doctoral Department. University’s College of Medicine. Fellow in the Division of Cancer [email protected] [email protected] Epidemiology & Genetics, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch Thomas M. Razler, Ph.D. Matthew J. Swierzbinski, of the National Cancer Institute, in (BS98) is a Research Scientist M.D. (BS02) is a Resident in Bethesda, MD. [email protected], in the Pharmaceutical Division Internal Medicine at the George [email protected] of Bristol Myers Squibb, in New Washington University in Brunswick, NJ. Washington, DC. Lakshmi S. Subbarao (BS04) [email protected] [email protected] is an Applications Chemist with TharSFC (recently acquired by Bryan J. Davis, Ph.D. (BS03), 00’s Lecturer in Chemistry at Guilford Waters). [email protected] Walid ben Ayed (AS00) is a College, Greensboro, NC, also Business Analyst for the CEO of returned to campus to give a the EMITAC Group in Dubai, Arab teaching-oriented seminar on Emirates. [email protected] 1/26/10. Brian will begin his Daniel R. Dries, Ph.D. (BS00) is a Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. [email protected] Joshua S. Figueroa, Ph.D. (BS00), Assistant Professor of Chemistry at UC-San Diego, has received an NSF CAREER Development Award. Irina (Rudik) Miksa (PhD00), having completed her M.B.A. at Lehigh University , is a US Regional Planning Leader for Global Pre-clinical Drug Development at Johnson & Johnson, in Raritan, NJ. [email protected] Reunited: Having begun his research career in the laboratory Isaac A. Hubner, Ph.D. (BS01) of Prof. Arnold Rheingold, Josh Figueroa is now a colleague of has decided to change fields, and Arnie's at the University of California - SanDiego is now a Law Clerk in the Patent Co n t i n u e d o n p a g e 32 Page 32 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

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Catherine I. Daigle (BS05) Michael E. Meredith (BA06) is Simon E. Hamermesh (BA09) is is a Biochemist with Siemens a Civilian Chemist in the Organic a Junior Product Manager with the Healthcare Diagnostics, in Pesticides Section, Directorate Buchi Corporation, in New Castle, Newark. Cathy completed of Laboratory Service of the U.S. DE. [email protected] her M.S. in Clinical Research Army’s Public Health Command, Amanda J. Pickard (BS09) Organization and Management Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. is a doctoral candidate in the at Drexel University in 2009. [email protected] laboratory of Prof. Ulrich Bierbach [email protected] Michael T. Mock (PhD07) is at Wake Forest University. Miya D. (Drury) Howell (PhD05) a Staff Scientist at the Pacific [email protected] is a Scientist with the Monsanto Northwest National Laboratory. Steven J. Tereniak’s (BS09) Company, in Chesterfield, MO. Daniel L. Silverio (BS07) poster received a 2nd place [email protected], is a doctoral candidate in the award at the annual Delaware [email protected] laboratory of Prof. Amir Hoveyda, ACS Section Student-Industry The One Road South bicycle at Boston College. [email protected] Poster Session, held at the U expedition of of D on 4/22/09. Daniel W. Lins Matthew T. Kieber-Emmons Narmada R. (BS05) and his three UD (PhD08) is an NIH Post-doctoral Gunawardena (MS01), a Scientist classmates turned into many Fellow in Prof. Edward Solomon’s with AstraZeneca, and Andrea roads north, as they cycled from group at Stanford University. E. Martin (PhD81), an Assistant the southern tip of South America, Professor of Chemistry at Widener in Patagonia, to Lima, Peru – a Patrick J.Knerr (BS08) is University, served as two of the distance of 6,500 km, over 9 a doctoral candidate in the judges. months, ending 9/1/09. Dan laboratory of Prof. Wilfred van der Donk at the University of Illinois, traveled, alone, for an additional 10’s two months, via hitchhiking Urbana-Champaign. Eric D. Bugglin-Borer (BS11) and buses, to Southwest Brazil, [email protected] has had one of the more unusual Paraguay and Uruguay. He will Ann E. Benavidez (BS09) summer jobs. In 2008, he served begin his missionary studies at the is a doctoral candidate at the as a wildland firefighter, fighting Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago University of Pennsylvania. wildfires in two locations in this September. For a brief [email protected] Northern California. Last year, overview of their extraordinary his first assignment took him to Joseph E. Davis (MS09) is journey, see the 3/18/10 issue of Utah, after which he was assigned a Chemist/Software Engineer the News-Journal at to Los Padres National Forest, in Liaison for Siemens Healthcare www.delawareonline.com For the Southern California. full 6,500 km, see Diagnostics, in Newark. www.oneroadsouth.com [email protected] Christopher R. Hanson (BS06) David F. Grieco (BS09) is and Nicole (Stephenson) Hansen a Chemist at the Edgewood (BS07) have moved their Double Chemical Biological Center, Del abode to Cranbury, NJ. Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. [email protected] Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 33

Ho n o r Ro l l Of Gi f t s To Th e De p a r t m e n t The Department would like to acknowledge, with extreme gratitude, financial support from the following alumni, parents, faculty members, staff members, and friends during 2008-2009: Barbara M. Albanese (MS90) Arthur J. Christensen (BS67) Margaret L. Fonda, Ph.D. (BS64) Joseph A. Albanese (PhD91) Peter A. Christie (PhD67) Perry M. Forman (MS55) Richard L. Ammlung, PhD (BS74) Glenn D. Christman (BS06) Mary J. Francis (PAR) Wayne M. Anderson (BS49) Rodger F. Clark (BS96) Beverley R. Garrett (PhD59) David P. Arnott, PhD (BS89) Marshall H. Cohen (PhD68) Jeffrey A. Gates (PhD85) Joan G. Ashworth-Glenn (MS59) Amy J. Cohn (BS94) Carlton R. Gebauer (PhD82) Eric L. Astle (BS98) Margaret A. Conte, M.D. (BS77) Joanne Gehas (PhD90) Alvin C. Bach II (PhD86) Garland G. Corey (MS60) Steven J. Geib (PhD89) John J. Baldwin, Ph.D. (BS56) Arthur J. Coury, Ph.D. (BS62) Angela A. Genoese (BS10) Qi-Bin Bao (PhD87) Harold J. Coyne III (BS92) Holly Gloeckler (BS05) William E. Barnette, Jr., Ph.D. Laurie Cross-Bazzoli (PAR) Susan V. Goff (PhD77) (BS75, MS77) Kristine A. Curtiss (FRIEND) Alan L. Goodman, Ph.D. (BS59) Lynne C. Bartholomew (FRIEND) Stephen E. Cyran, M.D. (BS77) Richard E. Gorman, M.D. (BS84) James D. Beck (PhD69) David L. Dalrymple, Ph.D. (FAC68- Carl Gotzmer (MS66) Thomas P. Beebe, Ph.D. (FAC) 74) Cierra D. Green (BA06) Loyce M. Bergin (BS95) Thomas Daniel (MA05) Michael J. Greig (BS89) Jacqueline Betz (BA87) Mary R. Davis (BS74) Christine A. Grygon, Ph.D. (BS84) W. Brooks Bigelow, Ph.D. (BS65) Allen A. Denio, Ph.D. (FAC78-79, Karl E. Guyler (MS72) 98-99) Walter G. Blenderman, Ph.D. Mrs. Ethel B. Hackley (PAR) (BS71) Douglas Y. Desario (BS09) Steven R. Haecker (BA77) Svilen S. Bobev, Ph.D. (FAC) Mr. & Mrs. Ronald DeWitt (PAR) Richard H. Hall (MS52, PhD53) John R. Boon (BS85) Leon G. Dillman (MS61) Karen A. Harding, Esq. (BS87) Mr. & Mrs. Prasenjit Bose (PAR) William J. Donovan, Ph.D. (BS96) James R. Harper (PhD90) Robert L. Bostick (BS96) Judith G. Doorenbos (FRIEND) Francis W. Hatch (MA74, PhD77) Thomas R. Bowen, M.D. (BS96) Douglas J. Doren, Ph.D. (FAC) Michael Hazuda, Jr., D.D.S. (BS77) Charles R. Bradley (PhD86) Cecil R. Dybowski, Ph.D. (FAC) Cmdr. Thomas M. Hickey (PhD72) Neil W. Brister, M.D. (PAR) W. Noel Einolf (PhD71) Irvin N. Hirshfield, Ph.D. (BS61) Christopher A. Brown (BS84) Jacqueline A. Erickson (BS88) Adam S. Hock, Ph.D. (BS01) Laurence E. Brydia (PhD64) Steven Evans (PhD77) Candice L. Hoffman (PAR) Randy A. Bull (PhD 81) Kristine L. Fairbank (PhD97) Donald E. Hoffman (PhD60) John L. Burmeister, PhD (FAC) R.W. Peter Fairbank (PhD97) Joanne L. Horn, Esq. (BS68) Eileen L. Burns (STAFF) Mr. & Mrs. John B. Faulk David S. Howland, Ph.D. (BS82) William J. Calhoun, M.D. (BS75) (FRIENDS) W. Alan Huebner (BS58) Zhisong Cao (PhD92) J. Michael Fay, D.D.S. (BA66) Donald H. Hughes (MS59, PhD61) Wenfang D. Chen, Esq. (MS95) John J. Felten (PhD73) Co n t i n u e d o n p a g e 34 Page 34 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

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Lucinda A. Ivanoff (MS87, PhD90) (the late) David W. Lipp, Ph.D. Tracy S. Olson, Ph.D. (BS82) Kenneth J. James (BS84, PhD98) (MS72) Family Foundation Wilma K. Olson, Ph.D. (BS67) Karen A. Johnson, M.D. (PhD72) Lynn A. London (FRIEND) George J. O’Neill (PhD65) Michael Hackley Johnson, M.D. James P. Louey (MA91, PhD94) Ying Pan (PhD89) (BA75) Annemarie Mackway-Girardi, Kathleen M. Pasqualini (BS10) Ph.D., D.O. (BS65) Steven R. Johnson, Ph.D. (BS94) Yogesh K. Patel (BS86) Richard N. Macnair (PhD60) Murray V. Johnston, Ph.D. (FAC) Mr. & Mrs. Roger G. Peteroff (PAR) Vasyl Markus (FRIEND) William H. Jones, Jr. (PhD59) Sheree M. Petrone (BA78) Andrea E. Martin (PhD 81) Staci L. Julie, Esq. (BA96) Claudio Pettinari (FRIEND) Eric N. Martin (BS86) Silvia S. Jurisson, Ph.D. (BS78) Joseph J. Piascinski (BS57) Kevin V. Martin, Ph.D. (BS86) John W. Kane, Jr., Esq. (BS58) Linda J. Pike, Ph.D. (BS75) Scott C. Mayer, Ph.D. (BS87) Richard J. Karpowicz (MA83, David A. Plastino (BS78) PhD83) Joseph J. McBride (MS47, PhD50) Joseph E. Plevyak (BS78) Manfred Katz (PhD61) Timothy J. McGahan (MS84) Charles W. Polley (PhD80) Stanley Katz, Ph.D. (MS55) Colleen M. McGuire (BS78) Judith S. Polley (MS75) Joseph C. Kelley, Jr. (BS69) Jeffrey M. McGuire (MS81) Thomas E. Prisinzano, Ph.D. Carolyn C. Kent (MS66) Gregory L. McIntire (PhD82) (BS95) Nancy K. Kim, Ph.D. (BA64) John A. Michnowicz (PhD72) Kuangnan Qian (PhD90) Richard W. King (MS59) William H. Miles, Ph.D. (BS79) Charles F.Raley (PhD50) Robin D. Kinser (MS77, PhD93) Douglas C. Miller (PhD78) Michael X. Repka, M.D. (BA75) Sarah M. Klivans (FRIEND) Edward J. Miller (PhD84) Yorke E. Rhodes, Ph.D. (MS59) Donald L. Knauss (BS52) Timothy J. Miller (BS04) Monica D. Rieder (BS76) Robert J. Kobrin (PhD69) Gloria A. Miner (BS10) Charles G. Riordan (FAC) Charles M. Kopay (MS69, PhD71) John P. Mizzer (PhD83) Helen L. Robbins (MS84) Mary Beth Kramer (MS76, FAC) Krista L. Morgan, Ph.D. (BS97) Lisa C. Robinson (STAFF) John W. Kraus, M.D. (FRIEND) Charles A. Morris (BS57) William B. Russo (PhD73) Kenneth R. Krewson (BA84) M. S. Burnaby Munson, Ph.D. Anthony P. Scarpaci, M.D. (BS01) (FAC) Kathleen M. Kronau, Esq. (BA76) Laura Tolen Scarpaci, D. Pharm. Christopher L. Kulp (BS95) G. Earl Newborn (MS55, PhD58) (BS01) Walter J. Lafferty, Ph.D. (BS56) Michele E. Nicastro (BA80) Mr. & Mrs. Jerry H. Seibert Robert W. Lamon (FRIEND) James A. Nichols (BS84) (FRIENDS) Shayne J. Landon (PhD84) John H. Nickle, Jr. (PhD75) Keith E. Senecal, M.D. (BS75) James C. Lansing (BS09) David A. Nicolson (STAFF) Shirish K. Shah (PhD68) Jay G. Lehman (PhD73) Cynthia L. Nolan (FRIEND) David T. Shang (MS75) Alexander S. Liacouras (FRIEND) William R. Nottingham, M.D. Stanley S. Shapiro (PhD66) (FRIEND) Raymond T. Leibfried (PhD66) Ann H. Sharp (MS61) Dr. & Mrs. Donald B. Nuzzio (PAR) Ching-Lung A. Lin (PhD93) C. Frank Shaw III, Ph.D. (BS66) Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 35

Timothy A. Sherwood (PhD92) (BS61) Marvin E. Wildfeuer (PhD63) Karl W. Shuler (BS78) Douglas A. Treco (BA79) Donald R. Wilkinson (PhD72) R. Joseph Siple (BS69) Martha B. Trofimenko, Esq. James A. Wingrave (FAC) Glenn S. Skinner, Jr., M.D. (BS56) (FRIEND) Marion L. Wolen (FRIEND) Kevin C. Skinner, V.M.D. (BS79) Zoya Trofimenko, Esq. (FRIEND) Geoffrey L. Woolery, Ph.D. (BS78) Mary B. Sliwkowski, Ph.D. (BS76) Alan H. Ullman (PhD77) James R. Wright (MS49, PhD51) Kenneth C. Smeltz (MS49, PhD51) Joseph J. Urban (PhD91) Guangzhon Wu (PhD88) Joan P. Snyder, Esq. (BS78) Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas G. Valko (PAR) Paul R. Wunz, Jr. (PhD50) Herbert A. Spannuth (PhD67) H. Curt Vogt (MS54, PhD57) John Wyeth (MS53) William P. Steen III (MS69) Eugene J. Volker (PhD70) Yansheng Xie (PhD96) Katherine B. Stewart (PAR) Elizabeth M. von Frankenberg Shawn W. Yeisley (BS02) (FRIEND) Beily B. Street (STAFF) David R. Yerger, Jr. (BS70) Kerry N. Walzl, Ph.D. (BS80) Shirley M. Stuntz (MS48) Howard B. Yokelson, Ph.D. (BS78) Thomas A. Washall (BS51) Douglass F. Taber, Ph.D. (FAC) Walter Youngblade (MS72, PhD84) John J. Wasniewski III, D.M.D. Elinor J. Tanck (MS59) Han Yu (PhD98) (BS03) Virginia G. Tannenbaum (BS62) Runzhi Zhao (PhD96) William R. Watt (MS52, PhD55) Klaus H. Theopold, Ph.D. (FAC) Jianfei Zheng, Ph.D. (MA07) Owen W. Webster, Ph.D. (PAR) Ellen M. Thompson (FRIEND) John Weikart (FRIEND) Anna Marie Connerty Tifany Sybil Silver Weingast (FRIEND)

We would also like to express our sincere appreciation to the following companies and foundations for their un- restricted financial support of the Department: AstraZeneca E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co. H&S Chemical Company, Inc. Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, Inc. Cengage Learning ExxonMobil Foundation Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Supercritical Fluid Technologies, Inc. Covidien FMC Corporation Merck Company Foundation Thomson Reuters Dow Chemical Company Foundation Fujifilm Imaging Colorants, Inc Procter & Gamble Fund GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Dow Corning Corporation Schering-Plough Foundation We have made every effort to make the preceding lists complete. Please let me know of any omissions. Ku d o s This edition of the Blue Hen Chemist blended the talents of two very capable administrative assistants: my right arm, Linda Staib, who did all of the word processing, and Jen Durkin, who created the layout and did the formatting. As usual, your Editor is responsible for all of the non-attributed content. Page 36 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

Gi v i n g To Th e De p a r t m e n t Sincere thanks to all the friends and alumni who have made generous contributions over the past year. Your gifts are used for many worthwhile purposes — to create professional development opportunities for our students, to support programs that enrich our curriculum, to fund special events that deepen our understanding of modern chemistry and to reward exemplary performances. To make a gift to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, please visit our online form at www.udel.edu/makeagift. When you visit the form, please earmark your gift to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry or any of the funds listed below in the "Other Designation'" box. For additional information on how to make a gift, please call the Development Office's toll free number at 866.535.4504 during normal business hours. Kevin Scott Beall Memorial Awards [1994]: These awards of $500 are presented to the most outstanding fre shman chemist nd biochemistry majors. They are given in the memory of a graduate of the Department who was killed in an automobile accident in 1993. Wallace H. Carothers Scholarships [1980]: These awards, presented by an anonymous donor to students in chemistry or biochemistry, are to commemorate the achievements of this pioneer in polymer chemistry. The $500 awards, based on academic merit, have traditionally been given to the students deemed to be our most outstanding sophomore chemistry and biochemistry majors. Frank W. Collins Undergraduate Award in Biochemistry [2002]: An endowed award given to the graduating senior who best exemplifies scholarship in biochemistry. The award consists of an honorarium of $400, provided by the Frank W. Collins Endowment. Elizabeth Dyer Excellence in Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergraduate Award Fund [1989]: supports awards (currently two $2.5K awards/year - one to a CHEM major, one to a BIOC major) given to senior majors in recognition of excellent performance in one or more of the following areas: scholarship, research and service to the Department. The awards honor Prof. Elizabeth Dyer, faculty member 1933-1971. Elizabeth Dyer Excellence in Teaching Award Fund [1982]: supports awards (currently $300-$600, depending upon the number of awardees) given to graduate teaching assistants in the Department for excellent achievement in the teaching of chemistry. Quaesita Drake Scholarship Fund [1969]: supports scholarships (currently four $1.5K scholarships/year) given to outstanding junior or senior women who are chemistry or biochemistry majors, on the basis of academic accomplishment and potential and excellence of character. The funds for these awards are obtained from gifts of alumni and alumnae to honor Prof. Quaesita Drake, chairperson of the Women’s College Chemistry Department for over 25 years. Alberta E. Edge Fund: This fund, created from the estate of Alberta E. Edge (BA35), underwrites the financial component of the awards given to outstanding senior (American Institute of Chemists Award, currently $500) and junior (American Chemical Society Award, currently $500) CHEM or BIOC majors, as well as the two senior Merck Index Awards (currently $250 each). Brennie E. Hackley, Jr. Award for Excellence in Research [2009]: Given annually [currently $2,000] to a graduate student who has demonstrated excellence in research. It honors the memory of Dr. Brennie E. Hackley, Jr. (UD Ph.D. ’57), who devoted his remarkable 57-year career at the Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center, Aberdeen, MD Proving Grounds to the development of medical antidotes to chemical warfare agents. Wallace H. McCurdy, Jr. Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry [2000, reconstituted 2007]: An award given to the graduating senior in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry who best exemplifies scholarship in analytical chemistry. The award consists of an honorarium of $400. The award honors Wallace H. McCurdy, Jr., faculty member 1959-1992. William A. Mosher Fund: supports fellowships for CHEM/BIOC graduate students. The fellowships honor Prof. William A. Mosher, who chaired the Department from 1945 to 1969. Blue Hen Chemist Number 37 August 2010 Page 37

James A. Moore Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry [2000]: An award given to the graduating senior in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry who best exemplifies scholarship in organic chemistry. The award consists of an honorarium of $400. The award honors Prof. James A. Moore, faculty member 1955-1988. Joseph H. Noggle Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry [1999]: supports an annual award (currently $400) given to the graduating senior who best exemplifies scholarship in physical chemistry. The award honors Prof. Joseph Noggle, faculty member 1971-1998. NUCLEUS Fund: The NUCLEUS (Network of Undergraduate Collaborative Learning Experiences for Underrepresented Scholars) Program assists underrepresented ethnic students earn their bachelor’s degree in biomedically related disciplines. Gifts to the NUCLEUS Program will support retention and post-baccalaureate placement programming that enhance the experiences of underrepresented ethnic students in the Department. Gene J. and Frances E. Schiavelli Undergraduate Research Fellowship [2005]: An award (currently $500) given to an undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry major who shows special promise as a research scientist, as demonstrated by work accomplished during his or her academic career. The award is supported by an endowment provided by Dr. Mel Schiavelli, University Provost (1994-2001). C. Frank Shaw III Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry [1992]: The award, presented by Dr. C. Frank Shaw III ’66, Professor of Chemistry at Illinois State University, is given for outstanding classroom and laboratory performance in inorganic chemistry by an undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry major. The stipend is $400. C. Frank Shaw III Undergraduate Inorganic Research Fellowship [2010]: This $500 award, endowed by Dr. C. Frank Shaw III ’66, Professor of Chemistry at Illinois State University, is given to an undergraduate CHEM/BIOC major who demonstrates exceptional aptitude and promise for research in the area of inorganic chemistry. The primary intent of the Fellowship is directed at providing financial support for a junior CHEM/BIOC major engaged in full-time research in inorganic chemistry during the winter (usually) or summer session. Awards to senior, sophomore, or freshmen students are not precluded, should the situation warrant them. Selection of the recipients will be made by the members of the INOR Division. Joel Silver Award Fund [1973]: supports an award (currently $300) given in memory of Joel L. Silver, a graduate student killed in a traffic accident in his last doctoral year (1971), that recognizes excellent achievement in research, as well as a highly professional presentation of results at an annual symposium. Glenn S. Skinner Award Fund [1968]: supports an annual award (currently $3K) to a graduate student in recognition of distinction in scholarship, research and service to the Department. The award honors Prof. Glenn S. Skinner, who was a chemistry faculty member from 1928 to 1958. Trofimenko Memorial Prize [2007]: This $500 award, in memory of Dr. Swiatoslaw ‘Jerry’ Trofimenko, creator of the polypyrazolylborate ligand system and visiting scholar in the Department from 1996 until his death in 2007, is given annually to a graduate student in the Department who has distinguished him/herself in the area of ‘creative inorganic synthesis.’ Carl A. von Frankenberg Undergraduate Award in Chemistry Education [2005]: supports an annual award (currently $400) given to the graduating senior who best exemplifies scholarship in, and the practice of, chemistry education. The award honors Prof. Carl von Frankenberg, faculty member 1961-1997. Please identify your contribution by writing the name of the Fund on your check, made payable to the University of Delaware, AS WELL AS THE CODE 6814. Send the contribution to: Chemistry/Biochemistry Department Annual Gift, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-4006. Does your company match educational gifts? If you are not sure, please call the Alumni Office [(302) 831-2341)], and they will check for you. Page 38 August 2010 Blue Hen Chemist Number 37

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