Department of

CHEMISTRY CONNECTION Spring 2013

In this Issue

Faculty News 2&3

Student News 4

Honor Roll 5&6 Omar Farha (left) with NuMat Technologies founders and outgoing Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu (right) NuMat Technologies Capitalizes on Success In Memoriam 6 Innovative technology and diverse group their business idea before entering the PLU News 7 members turned out to be a winning combi- competitions, Farha says the group felt nation for NuMat Technologies. The team, validated after receiving such positive representing four departments and schools feedback from venture capitalists. Letter from the 8 at Northwestern (Chemistry, Kellogg/ Business, Law and McCormick/Engineering), Just this month, NuMat received firm Chair developed a new class of nanomaterials that commitments of approximately $1.8 M from can transform how natural gas is stored in an investor group based in Houston and has motor vehicle gas tanks. a target close date in mid-April.

NuMat is negotiating a lease at the Illinois Omar Farha, Chemistry Research Associate Professor, along with Chris Wilmer, Tabrez Science and Technology Park, where several Ebrahim and Ben Hernandez found success other Northwestern spin-off companies are located. NuMat has already hired three at numerous national business plan employees and hopes to grow its team size to competitions. Follow Chemistry Online nine by July 2013.

NuMat won the inaugural 2012 Department “The real work starts now,” Farha said. “We of Energy National Clean Energy Business are very much looking forward to the next Plan Competition held at the White House steps in the process of creating and and the 2012 Rice Business Plan commercializing materials for NuMat’s Competition where they were awarded more applications.” than $850,000 in prize money. The Rice win sent the NuMat team to to ring the closing bell at NASDAQ.

NuMat was also the top prize winner at the Venture Labs Investment Competition and the Chicago Clean Energy Student Challenge. While the team was confident in Faculty Chemistry Connection Page 2 News

Chemistry Faculty Lead New Research Initiatives

Wasielewski Co Geiger Poeppelmeier

SOFI Process to Mimic Center for Sustainable JCESR to Focus on Photosynthesis Nanotechnology to Study Impact of Batteries and Energy Nanoparticles

The new Solar Fuels Institute (SOFI) is The Center for Sustainable Nanotechnolo- The Joint Center for Energy Storage leading the way in solving the world’s gy was established to develop a deeper Research (JCESR) will develop and energy crisis. Led by Michael understanding of nanotechnology’s commercialize technologies that will Wasielewski and Dick Co, SOFI will use environmental footprint and potential provide five times the energy storage at artificial photosynthesis to fuel the planet toxicity. Franz Geiger, who leads the one-fifth the cost in five years. Advancing sustainably with sunlight. Unlike current Northwestern team, and researchers from battery and energy storage technologies solar power technologies, the solar fuels six other institutions will attempt to under- for electric and hybrid cars is a critical part produced by SOFI are liquid hydrocarbon stand how the surfaces of new and aged of President Obama’s strategy to reduce fuels similar to petroleum and can be nanoparticles interact at the molecular America’s reliance on foreign oil and processed, stored, transported and level with cell membranes and what kind of reduce energy costs for U.S. consumers. consumed using existing infrastructure. biochemical pathways are triggered with “It is exciting to be part of this large effort these interactions occur. They will study to push the boundaries of battery and two freshwater organisms, feeding them energy storage technologies—areas in

nanoparticles and tracking the particles to which Northwestern has a long history,” determine if they have any toxic effects on says Ken Poppelmeier, who leads the the organisms. project for Northwestern.

Three Junior Faculty Join Chemistry Department

Freedman Harris Shiozaki The department welcomed three new faculty members in Fall 2012. Danna Freedman completed her graduate work at Berkeley and was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT before joining Northwestern. Freedman’s research applies the approaches and tools of synthetic inorganic chemistry to understand and overcome fundamental obstacles in physics and energy research. David Harris received his Ph.D. from Berkeley and did his postdoctoral work at Harvard. Harris’ research program is dedicated to utilizing synthetic inorganic chemistry for the construction of functional inorganic molecules and materials, with an emphasis on compounds that exhibit interesting magnetic properties. Toru Shiozaki joins us from the University of Stuttgart in Germany, where he completed his postdoctoral work. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. Shiozaki’s research focuses on developing novel electronic structure theories to realize quantitative modeling of materials and biological systems. Faculty Chemistry Connection Page 3 News

Faculty Awards & Honors Lin Chen Mirkin, cont. Scheidt, cont. 2013 AAAS Fellow 2012 Award for Creative Invention from the 2012 Fellow, American Association for the American Chemical Society Advancement of Science (AAAS) Franz Geiger 2012 Irving M. Klotz Professorship 2012 Featured in special issue of National Richard Silverman

2012 AAAS Fellow Geographic titled “100 Scientific Discoveries 2013 Bristol-Myers Squibb-Edward E. That Changed the World” Smissman Award of the American Chemical Brian Hoffman Society 2012 Joseph Chatt Medal from Royal Society 2012 Honorary professorship from Hunan of Chemistry University in Changsha, China 2013 Roland T. Lakey Award from Wayne 2012 Alfred Baker Award in Bioinorganic State University Chemistry from ACS 2012 Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor to Singapore 2012 Sato Memorial International Award of Joseph Hupp the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 2012 Division of Analytical Chemistry Award 2012 Honorary degree from Nanyang in Electrochemistry from the ACS Technological University, Singapore Sir Fraser Stoddart 2012 AAAS Fellow 2012 Elected Fellow of the American 2012 Erik B. Young Lecturer, University of Academy of Arts and Sciences Mercouri Kanatzidis Maryland, College Park 2013 Cheetham Lecture Award 2012 Named Honorary Fellow of the Royal

2012 UCLA Hawthorne Lectureship, 2012 AAAS Fellow Society of Chemistry University of California Los Angeles Tobin Marks 2012 Distinguished Citizen Award from the 2013 Alan G. MacDiarmid Medal, University 2012 ACS Fall Plenary Symposium, Illinois St Andrews Society of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Samuel Stupp 2012 Theodore W. Richards Medal, American 2012 Case Western Reserve University Allen 2013 Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement Chemical Society and Constance Ford Distinguished Lecture in Biomimetic Chemistry 2012 U.S. National Academy of Sciences Series Award in the Chemical Sciences 2013 Centre for Nanomedicine Visiting 2012 Georgia Institute of Technology Professorship, University of New South 2012 Member, U.S. National Academy of Pritchett Lecture Wales Engineering 2012 University of Southern California Ming 2012 Member, National Academy of 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award and Hsieh Institute Symposium Engineering Election, Circle of Discovery, University of Maryland 2012 International Material Science Award 2012 International Scientific Advisory Board, 2012 American Chemical Society Somorjai from the International Centre for Materials Centre for Cooperative Research in Award for Creative Research in Catalysis Science, Bangalore Biomaterials-CIC biomaGUNE, Spain 2012 Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, The Milan Mrksich Alexander Statsuk Ohio State University 2013 Fellow, American Institute for Medical 2012 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Thomas Meade and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Sciences 2013 NIH/NHLBI SBIR Topic 80 Review Chair Mark Ratner Regan Thomson 2012 American Chemical Society Willard Illinois Division American Cancer Society 2012 World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) Fellow Gibbs Medalist Research Scholar (2012–2016)

Chad Mirkin 2012 Featured in special issue of National 2012 Excellence in Chemistry Symposium 2013 Materials Research Society (MRS) Geographic titled “100 Scientific Discoveries Speaker, University of Texas Southwest Fellow That Changed the World” Medical Center 2013 Honorary Member of Materials Re- search Society of India (MRSI) Karl Scheidt Michael Wasielewski 2012 Japanese Society for the Promotion of 2012 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the 2013 Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship American Chemical Society Walston Chubb Award for Innovation Student News Chemistry Connection Page 4

Love Triumphs Over Hate to Make New Compound

Chemistry graduate student Jonathan Barnes had a hunch for creating an exotic new chemical compound, and his idea that the force of love is stronger than hate proved correct. He and his colleagues are the first to permanently interlock two identical tetracationic rings that normally are repelled by each other. Many experts had said it couldn’t be done.

On the surface, the rings hate each other because each carries four positive charges making them tetracationic. But Barnes discovered by introducing radicals (unpaired ) onto the scene, the researchers could create a love-hate relationship in which love triumphs.

Unpaired electrons want to pair up and be stable, and it turns out the attraction of one ring’s single electrons to the other ring’s single electrons is stronger than the repelling forces. The process links the rings not by a chemical bond but by a mechanical bond, which, once in place, cannot easily be torn asunder.

The study detailing this new class of stable organic radicals was published January 25 by the journal Science. Barnes “It’s not that people have tried and failed to put these two rings together -- they just didn’t think it was possible,” said Sir Fraser Stoddart, a senior author of the paper. “Now this molecule has been made. I cannot overemphasize Jonathan’s achievement -- it is really outside the box. Now we are excited to see where this new chemistry leads us.”

The new Northwestern compound has attractive electronic characteristics and can be made quickly and inexpensively. Down the road, it may be possible to expand this first linked pair into a longer chain-like polymer where this methodology could be useful in new technologies for batteries, semiconductors and electronic memory devices.

Driven by curiosity, Barnes only began to look at the radical chemistry of the ring cyclobis (paraquat-p-phenylene) two years ago, nearly 25 years after the ring was first made.

“I wondered what would happen if we took it all the way to the max,” said Barnes, the paper’s first author and a member of Stoddart’s group. “Can we take two of these rings, each with four positive charges, and make them live together?”

The rings repel each other like the positive poles of two magnets. Barnes saw an opportunity where he thought he could tweak the chemistry by using radicals to overcome the hate between the two rings.

“We made these rings communicate and love each other under certain conditions, and once they were mechanically interlocked, the bond could not be broken,” Barnes said.

Barnes’ first strategy -- adding electrons to temporarily reduce the charge and bring the two rings together -- worked the first time he tried it. He, Stoddart and their colleagues started with a full ring and a half ring that they then closed up around the first ring (using some simple chemistry), creating the mechanical bond.

When the compound is oxidized and electrons lost, the strong positive forces come roaring back -- “It’s hate on all the time,” Barnes said -- but then it is too late for the rings to be parted. “That’s the beauty of this system,” he added.

Most organic radicals possess short lifetimes, but this unusual radical compound is stable in air and water. The compound tucks the electrons away inside the structure so they can’t react with anything in the environment. The tight mechanical bond endures despite the unfavorable electrostatic interactions. The two interlocked rings house an immense amount of charge in a mere cubic nanometer of space. The compound, a homo[2]catenane, can adopt one of six oxidation states and can accept up to eight electrons in total.

“Anything that accepts this many electrons has possibilities for batteries,” Barnes said.

“Applications beckon,” Stoddart agreed. “Now we need to spend more time with materials scientists and people who make devices to see how this amazing compound can be used.”

Reprinted by permission of NU NewsCenter Honor Roll Chemistry Connection Page 5

Contributors to the Department of Chemistry from September 2011 to August 2012

Sean S. Adams Robert J. French Elizabeth Litzinger Anthony W. Addison James A. Garrison Hui-Jean Liu Bradley Jay Adelman Susan Mabrey Gaud Michael S. Lyons Pamela M. Alexander Marc Aaron Giesener David B. MacLean Craig S. Allen Jo Ann Gilpin John A. Maguire II A. Louis and Nancy Willis Allred Benjamin M. and Jerry Watts Gimarc James G. and Elaine Stedman Magyar Frank and Marjorie Traxler Alschuler Nathan and Elaine Pensky Gochman John S. Magyar Mark Theodore Anderson Edward J. Golonka Mark Edward Mailliard Vartkess Ara and Alice Batts Apkarian Gary M. Goncher Arthur Mar Jo Ann Arceneaux Vinod K. and Vijay L. Goyal H. Glynn Marsh and Sue C. Cummings James R. Aronson John Leonard Grant William B. and Yvonne Connolly Martin Michael E. Barwig Harry B. Gray Paul Christian Marx Richard D. and Ruthann Bates Geoffrey L. Greene Mary Otto McCullough Richard Jay Bosch Claude R. Gunter Rex H. McGehee Kimberly Elizabeth Bowen Charles Hammond Craig C. McLauchlan Robert B. Bowman John D. Hansen Charles D. McLaughlin Cherlynlavaughn Bradley Howard Heck J. Donald McPike Jr. Brian M. Breczinski William A. Hermann Dorothy N. Meeker Douglas C. Brewer Jerome M. and Fleurette Kram Hershman Kelly N. Meissner Stanley M. Brown Menard G. Heydanek Jr. Paul Matthew Meister Bertie N. and Susan Beda Butts L. Kenneth Hiller Jr. and Barbara A. Bentson Sara Steck Melford D. Michael Byler Richard H. and Janet M. Hirsch Steve and Jennifer Frantz Miff Daniel Campbell Robert J. Hlavacek Deborah S. Mortensen Merle W. Carlson Norman E. Hoffman Patricia Krecker Moyer Nancy Ellen Carpenter Frederick A. and Judith Anderson Hohorst Thomas and Linda Mueller Jon S. Castor Mark W. Holladay Lois Myerholtz David S. Chan Anne L. Holmes Feeney John R. Nazy Stanton Ching Mele Howland Irene Kernaul Nero Jae-Hoon Chung Edward L. Huesing Norman P. and Georgine Reid Neureiter Cecilia Cicchinelli John W. Huffman Jr. R. Wayne Ohline Shaun Clancy Kristjan Ingvarsson Gene L. Oliver Albert C. Claus Benedict J. Invergo Mary Jo Ondrechen Richard R. Clikeman Malcolm P. Johnson Thomas W. Ott Noal Cohen Susan Mainwold Johnson E. James Owens Raymond E. Conrow Inga Faller Junk Joel D. Oxman Samuel C. Creason William Kalsbeck Steven Scott and Grace Wang Pabalan W. Kemp Culbreth III & Mary Maier Culbreth Gary C. Kanel Robert L. Palmer Theodore W. Cutshall David P. Keeton Jigar Patel Aristides J. Damascus M. Richard Kem John M. and Mrs. John M. Patterson Thomas J. Dannhauser William J. Kennelly III and Maureen A. Sullivan Kennelly William J. Peard David C. Darwin Frederick L. Killian Robert W. Peters Esther Yerger Dickens Ronald M. Kipnis James O. and Elizabeth A. Peterson Malcolm Dole Jr. Ruth M. Kowaleski James R. Petisce Mark Anthony Drezdzon Timothy K. Krauskopf Richard F. Piehl Harry S. Edwards Gregory J. Kubas Rangasamy Pitchai Robert Edwin Eilers Bonnie Ezan Lai Stuart Eric Pollack Paul E. Ellis Jr. and Donna M. Ellis Bernard B. and Helen Martin Lampert Ben Porter Lei Fang Edward Lee Margaret McAuley Preckel Hermann Faubl Edward L. Lee Babu Rajendran Eric L. Faulring Elizabeth Harwick Lee John A. Ranieri Morton and Jean Sabatka Fefer Mary Beth Leonard Mark A. and Nancy Ratner Philip L. Feidelseit Ronald E. Leone Matthew Gregory Reuter William E. Fialkowski Stephen R. Leone David Ronald Richards Patricia Palbicke Foley Allan B. and Sandra Matthews Levin Bruce W. Ristow Jerry Foropoulos Jr. Sheldon N. and Suzanne Goldberg Lewis Lynn J. and Cathy L. Robbins Sherri R. Forrester Eric S. Lightcap James E. Roberts Bruce H. Frank Manfred Lindner Julian L. Roberts Jr. Honor Roll Chemistry Connection Page 6

Contributors, continued Audrey Hasselbacher Stansfield Constance Brauer White Chandler Drew Robinson Kimberly D. Statler Kenton H. Whitmire Thomas R. and Elizabeth Miller Roesel Robert Scott Stearman John S. and Laurie Campbell Wilkes Bruce I. Rosen Kent P. Steele David L. and Virginia T. Williams Saul W. Rosen Virginia H. Stryker Joel M. Williams Jr. Salvatore F. Russo Dan Studebaker Marian Magnusson Wolf William H. Saunders Jr. Marilynn L. Sullivan Allen J. Wysocki Richard G. Scamehorn Derek R. and Charlotte Smith Supple Jiyang Yan and Yonghong Yang Charles J.V. Scanio Thomas and Nancy A. Szymanski Sina Yeganeh Luke A. and Pauline Klompien Schaap Kathleen C. Taylor Alex H. Yim Susan L. Schaper Stanton A. Taylor Nicholas George Zafer Jean E. Schelhorn Mollie L. Tevrucht James K. and Maria Capestany Zimmerman Gene McArtor Schiefelbein Walter E. Thatcher Richard S. Schiefelbein Lisa Parks Thompson Companies and Foundations Steven M. Schildcrout Mark A. Thompson Alumnae of Northwestern Northwestern Karl F. Schoch Jr. George J.W. Tichenor American Cancer Society Jeffrey G. Schubert Matthew Dean and Michaline Kuby Todd American Undergraduate Research Society Allan E. Schultz and Andrea Lubov Andrew Joseph Towarnicky -Israel Binational Science Foundation William J. Schulz Jr. James G. Traynham and Gresdna A. Doty The Dow Chemical Company Afif M. Seyam David Alan and Katherine Cason Treichel Howard Hughes Medical Institute Srujesh Shah Joseph A. Walder Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. David Shi Justine Simon Walhout Intel Corporation Richard B. and Barbara K. Silverman Constance Turner Walker JSR Corporation Charles N. Singman and Alicia I. Levy-Singman William L. Wallace The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Carla Slebodnick Cynthia Wang The New York Community Trust Reginald T. Smart George A. and Judith A. Ward Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Inc. Emily A. Smith Douglas J. Webb and Manisha D. Patel P.P.G. Industries, Inc. H. Gilbert Smith Jr. Wendell W. and Ladonna Weber The David and Lucile Packard Foundation David T. and Nancy Gottschalk Sonntag James K. and Lori Duff Weddell Polyera Corporation Ralph E. Spindler Patrick A. Wegner American Chemical Society-Washington Philip J. Squattrito Karen M. Weidenheim Andrew L. Staley Jacob Morey and Emily Samuels Weinig Wayne M. Stalick John Raymond Wells

Duward F. Shriver, former Morrison Professor and Chairman In Memoriam of the Chemistry Department passed away on March 6, 2013. Born in 1934 in Glendale, CA, Shriver was raised on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. He received his undergraduate degree George H. Anderson Pearl Lussky in 1958 from the University of California, Berkeley, working Courtney L. Anthony, Jr., Lucien G. Maury with William L. Jolly, and his Ph.D. in 1961 from the University Mrs. George M. Calhoun John G. Mayne of Michigan, working with Robert W. Parry. He spent his entire John L. Cooper, Jr. Thomas F. Mich academic career at Northwestern beginning in 1961. He was Mrs. Rosaland M. Crandell George B. Rathmann named Morrison Professor of Chemistry in 1987 and served as Department Otis E. Fancher Christian Rondestvedt, Jr. Chair from 1992 to 1995. Shriver published more than 400 scientific works and George Wright Fowler Richard S. Schiefelbein mentored more than 150 students and postdocs who went on to careers in in- Edgar W. Garbisch, Jr. John H. Seipel Mrs. Norman Gienapp Dwight A. Sweigart dustry and government, at national laboratories, and at colleges and universi- Gregory W. Grynkewich Eve Veis ties. His research interests spanned inorganic and organometallic synthesis, John R. Guilliams Patrick A. Wegner bioinorganic, solid-state, and polymer chemistry, and vibrational spectroscopy. Charles H. Hamilton Bernhard Wunderlich He was a key member of the Materials Research Center and the Ipatieff Catal- Nancy Rose Hime Ruth S. Wyler-Plaut ysis Center at Northwestern. Among the many professional awards Shriver William H. Howard Geri Doran Yanes received for his research are a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Alfred P. Sloan Ryotaro Kotani David A. Zaukelies Research Fellowship, the Royal Society of Chemistry Ludwig Mond Medal, the Stanley H. Langer Robert P. Zelinski Materials Research Society Medal, and the American Chemical Society Award Edward M. Lewicki for Distinguished Service in Inorganic Chemistry. He was a fellow of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science. Shriver is survived by his wife Shirley, children Justin, Daniel and their spouses, and two grandchildren. PLU News Chemistry Connection Page 7

Service We have had an exciting year for our service programs! In Fall 2012, our primary outreach program, Science in the Classroom (SITC), was fortunate to have full financial sponsorship by MRSEC. This is an exciting change that will allow our program to continue without worry of financial restraints. SITC is currently sending teams of graduate students to 3rd and 4th grade classes—including a special education class and bilingual classes—at the Stephen K. Hayt School in Chicago to provide monthly hands-on science experiences. We currently have more than 60 graduate student and postdoctoral volunteers participating in this program. Each 90-minute lesson has a specific theme, such as "Pressure and Gasses," "Electricity," and "Simple Machines." The program will culminate at the end of the year with all 200 students coming to Northwestern to watch a show of exciting science experiments put on by NU graduate student volunteers. In addition to SITC, we have begun to proudly sponsor another program this year, the Science Mentorship Program at the Boys & Girls Club.

Beyond our service programs, PLU has reinstated Service Grants for PLU members. With Service Grants, members can apply to receive PLU financial support for a service project. We have proudly awarded two service grants this year. Finally, PLU hosted its annual Holiday Food & Clothing Drive. We had the opportunity to donate 7 boxes of food and clothing and $60 in cash donations to a homeless shelter in Chicago, Cornerstone Community Outreach.

Travel Grants Because of our high involvement in new student recruitment this past spring, the department contributed to our travel grant fund and allowed us to increase both the amounts and number of chapter travel grants for PLU members. Since July 2012, AΓ Chapter has awarded 13 chapter travel grants and one international travel grant. Additionally, some of our members were awarded travel grants from the National PLU organization.

Socials Since August 2012, PLU has organized 5 departmental socials, each with an attendance of 75 or more. Highlights include our Chili Cook-off, the Oktoberfest Social (with Trivia), and the Super Bowl Beer Tasting Social!

Connecting Like our new PLU Northwestern Facebook page for updated announcements, service opportunities, and pictures! Join our revived Phi Lambda Upsilon – Alpha Gamma Chapter LinkedIn group to connect to the NU PLU network!

Upcoming Events

Seminars May 31: Marple-Schweitzer Lecture: Dr. John Warner from the Warner-Babcock Institute

TBD: Annual Career Panel: Non-traditional Careers in Science

Socials We have another exciting series of socials coming up including the Annual Trivia & Raffle Fundraiser to benefit the “We Are Newtown” Memorial Scholarship and the Mr./Ms. Northwestern Competition!

Service In addition to our annual SITC show in May, PLU is excited to co-sponsor the You Be the National Chemistry Bee competition for the first time this April!

Marie Heffern PLU President

NU grad student uses aluminum foil to teach SITC kids about gravity Letter from the Chair Chemistry Connection Page 8

As winter quarter Northwestern a unique place to study Planning is underway for a reunion comes to a close, we Chemistry. in 2014, which will celebrate 130 look forward to spring- years of excellence in Chemistry at time and becoming We have much to look forward to in Northwestern. We hope you will join reacquainted with the spring quarter. In April, faculty, us in fall 2014 as we reminisce green spaces and students and postdocs will attend and about past accomplishments and lakefront on the present at the ACS spring meeting in look ahead to future growth and Evanston campus. Winter quarter was New Orleans. In May, we welcome opportunities. Please be sure to busy and full of activity: industry representatives at our annual update your contact information so Industrial Associates event and we can send you a formal invitation - Eight faculty members presented during officially open the doors to the new to the reunion. our weekly lunch seminar series. Integrated Molecular Structure Education and Research Center A special note of gratitude to those - Amy Rosenzweig and yours truly were (IMSERC). And finally, in June, we of you who donated to Chemistry in invested with endowed chairs. will say goodbye to graduating the past year. Your contributions students and welcome them to the help us support initiatives that have - Sixteen distinguished visitors from alumni community. an immediate impact on the around the country presented seminars educational experience of our and lectures, including Charles D. Hurd I was sad to learn of Professor students. Thank you! Lecturer John Santini of RadioRx, Inc. Emeritus Duward Shriver’s passing on and L. Carroll King Lecturer Brian March 6. Du joined the faculty in Best regards, Coppola from the University of Michigan. 1961, rose through the ranks, and became Chair in 1992. He will be - 115 prospective graduate students visit- remembered as an authentic scholar ed campus during two weekends in and gentleman. I hope you read the March to meet faculty and students, and story about Du’s contributions to to learn more about what makes Chemistry on page 5 of this newsletter.

Northwestern University Department of Chemistry

Stay in Touch Do you have a new email address? Were you recently promoted or given an award? Please keep us informed of news and events in your personal and professional life. You can update your alumni profile by navigating to the Alumni tab on the Chemistry website.

Upcoming Events May 2: Industrial Associates May 17: IMSERC Grand Opening Event June 21: Commencement September 8-12: Alumni event at ACS National Meeting in Indianapolis Save the Date! The Department of Chemistry will host a reunion in fall 2014 to celebrate 130 years of excellence in teaching and research.

Technological Institute | 2145 Sheridan Road | Evanston, IL 60208 Ph. 847.491.5371 | Email: [email protected] Web: www.chemistry.northwestern.edu