Department of Chemistry

Fall 2006 | Volume 25

Chair’s Report The response to the first newsletter was over- whelming. Some 57 alumni wrote back including Telling the Story – Staying in Touch news from Madeleine Reines Jacobs (BA’68) who 25 Years of Chemistry Department began working as a science writer for the Smith- Newsletters sonian News Service, Robert Brasted (BS ’38), who was directing the General Chemistry pro- his issue of the GW Chemistry gram at the University of Minnesota, and G. Lee Robert Brasted Prof. King Department Newsletter marks the Southard (MS ’62), who was president of his own Ttwenty-fifth consecutive departmen- research laboratories in New Brunswick, NJ. The 1981 newsletter tal newsletter we’ve published. Its primary also described the recruitment of Prof. Akbar Montaser as our new goal has always been to assist in remaining connected to our analytical chemist. alumni. It was in 1980 that co-editors, Robert Vincent and Theodore Perros set out to “inform you of our current activities, 1982 told of the beginning phases of the renovation of Corcoran to trace the wanderings of our graduates, and to report where they Hall and plans for an alumni reunion. A complete renovation, are and what they are doing.” Bob and Ted had no idea whether bringing the building up to code and adding a means of egress from their goal of informing and being informed would succeed when the large teaching labs, ultimately took place in 1987. Among the they set out on to tell the marvelous story of this department and its reports from our alumni, we learned that Joel Selbin (BS’53) was alumni, but some 25 years later I think it is fair to say it was a win- serving as Director of Graduate Studies at LSU and James Pavlik ning effort. During that time span the three (Ph.D.’70) was Head of the chemistry depart- chairs, Ted Perros, Dave Ramaker, and I have ment at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. endeavored to maintain a connection with our The alumni reunion of 1982 was reported a alumni and share the pride we have for all of success, with George W. Irving, (BS’33) re- you and your achievements and in the Depart- calling former days and Richard Reeves ment’s growth and development over this pe- (BS’50) flying in from Rochester. Prof. J. riod. Thus, instead of the usual review of Houston Miller joined the department that activities or focus on changes, I thought it might year and Alexander J. Fatiadi (MS’57) re- be interesting to look through some of those ceived the CSW Hillebrand award. We newsletters and share a few snippets of those learned about the doings of 71 alumni, includ- yearly highlights. My apologies that space will ing Bourdon Scribner (BS’33), Joel Schulman limit mentioning only a few of you who have (BS ’65) at Proctor and Gamble, William written over the years and condensing quite a Worthy (BS’67), David Venesky (BS ’44) at bit of departmental history into only a few snip- NRL, and Joseph Covey (BS ’76) postdocing pets. Several faculty members, circa 1955: Van Evra, Vincent, Naeser & Wrenn at NCI. Among the interesting notes the first newsletter Sad news was reported in 1983 with the pass- reported was that Dr. LeGrand Van Uitert received an Alumni ing of Prof. Emeritus Robert Vincent, a tour-de-force for all of our Achievement Award from the University. At the time he held 50 majors. Following that news was the sudden death from a heart at- patents and had received the ACS Award for Creative Invention, tack of a former chair, Prof. A.D. Britt, as reported in 1984. The among a host of other honors. Among the 21 graduates of 1980 Britt family established a scholarship in his memory, which has be- was Scott Han (BS’80), who went on to receive his doctorate under come a fund to support undergraduate research in the summer. F. Albert Cotton and whose son now attends the University. Sadly, Among those we heard from were Helen Dyer (Ph.D. ’36), Stephen the newsletter also reported the sudden passing of Prof. Reuben Krop (BS ’39), Nancy Jackson (BS’79) working on her doctorate, Wood, who had joined the faculty in 1945 and served as chair from and Alexis Gilliland (MA’56) who had become an award-winning 1976 to his passing. science fiction writer. Harden McConnell (BS’47) shared the Wolf

Department of Chemistry Fall 2006 | Page 1 Foundation Prize that year as well. labs and teaching general chemistry, left when her husband trans- ferred to China. Professors Theodore Perros and Akbar Montaser Dean Calvin Linton retired in 1985 and was succeeded by Dean were honored by the College for excellence in teaching and re- Clara Lovett; sponsored research in the department was approach- search respectively. Calvin Richie (BS’60) published the second ing $300K/year. Among the alumni we heard from were: Larry edition of his “Physical Organic Chemistry”, and Mary Lee Tupling Fertel (BS’81), Scott Keeler (BA’78) and William Sager (AA ’38, (BS’74) founded Radiant Life Products in Fort Lauderdale. BS’39, MA ’41), who had just been awarded the Distinguished Ser- vice Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago. By 1986, A new interactive computer-assisted instructional lab was estab- with $5 million allocated, plans were underway for the Corcoran lished in 1991 by Prof. Dave Rowley in conjunction with the Foren- Hall upgrade; sponsored research rose to $400K and Prof. Akbar sic Sciences Department. This facility was the start of the extensive Montaser published his first book. Phyllis Brown (BS’44) reported incorporation of technology in our instructional program and sup- that she was on the faculty at U of Rhode Island and had published port for our teaching mission. Professor William Schmidt (BS’43) two books, among other honors. Lt. Jack Crawford (BS’82) wrote became an emeritus after a about his move into computer resource management with the Air career of 38 years at GW, but Force, and Claire (Pierozak) Cullen had become chair of Pediatric stayed on to teach quant for Medicine at the University of Detroit Dental School. Anthony us a few more years. Winston (BS ’50) was chair at West Virginia University and James Richard Wallis (BS’45, Pavlik (Ph.D.’70) was chair at U Mass. MS’48) was selected for the Distinguished Alumni 1987 was consumed with the Corcoran Hall renovation. By 1988, Achievement Award, while the newsletter reported that all of the teaching labs were redeployed Alan Nadel (BS’71) became to the 4th floor, and the “chaotic state” of affairs was ending. Prof. the 53rd member of the GW Theodore Perros turned the reins of the department over to Prof. Athletic Hall of Fame and David Ramaker in 1988, expressing sincere thanks for the support first member of the crew team to be so honored. Prof. Prof. David and Mrs. Marge White Dave Ramaker was honored by the Washington Academy of Sciences for “outstanding achieve- ments in the Physical Sciences.”

Further faculty changes began in 1992, when Prof. David White took half-time retirement and Professors Joseph Levy and Theodore Perros (Ph.D. ’52 ) retired. New faculty included Assoc. Prof. Akos Vertes, and Assistant Professors Rosina Georgiadis and Martin Johnson. The second edition of Prof. Akbar Montaser’s book was published that year, as Prof. Ted Perros took over chairmanship of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. Robert Renovation of Corcoran Hall, room 302, 1987 Bowen (MS’64) retired from the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center. Nancy Jackson (BS’79) completed her from alumni, who were now contributing to the Department’s E&R doctorate and joined Sandia Labs, while funding and thereby supporting cost-sharing and startup packages Robert Pike (BS’82) joined the faculty at for the faculty. Harden McConnell (BS’47) was selected as the first the College of William and Mary, having GW Distinguished Alumni Scholar, Stephanie Smith (BS’88) was completed his doctorate at Brown. chosen as a Distinguished Student Scholar, graduating with 4.0 GPA, and Richard Wallis (BS’45, MS’48) coauthored a book. Alumni learned in 1993 of a new Insti- tute for Material Science at GW, co-di- While adjusting to his new role as chair of the Department, Prof. rected by Prof. David Ramaker and a Dave Ramaker was selected by Chemical Society of Washington colleague from Engineering. Prof. Joan as the Hillebrand Awardee for 1989. He joined colleague Prof. Ni- Hilderbrandt began the first of many ap- colae Filipescu, who had won the award in 1971. The newsletter Harden McConnell, pointments as Coordinator of the labora- also reported that the University received a bequest from the estate GW Distinguished tories courses for Introductory Chemistry Alumni Scholar of Theresa Karger (BS’17, MS’18). A portion of the bequest be- and Contemporary Science, Prof. Andy came a new equipment fund for cost-sharing and the general chem- Knight joined the faculty as an Assistant istry labs were renamed in her honor. David Goldberg (BS’54) Professor and Prof. Nicolae Filipescu received a Fullbright Schol- reported from Brooklyn College on his continuing output of books. arship for his sabbatical in Romania. Enrollments were soaring at The 1990 Newsletter greatly expanded the contributions from indi- all levels as the first BS degrees in Forensic Chemistry were vidual faculty, noting their scholarship and academic activities over awarded. A highlight of the year was the awarding of an honorary the year. Undergraduate enrollments were beginning to soar, par- degree to Professor Harden McConnell (BS’47) of Stanford. ticularly in Prof. Nicolae Filipescu’s Contemporary Science course. Prof. Diana Sedney, who had been with us for two years handling Professor Dave White took full retirement in 1994 after 40 years on

Page 2 | Fall 2006 Department of Chemistry the faculty, 25 as graduate advisor. The department completed a about Professors self-study which highlighted a doubling of enrollments over 10 Wrenn, Naeser, Minn, years and seven fold increase in sponsored research over the same Schmidt and Perros. period. Professor Akbar Montaser began his third book, Prof. Akos Vertes co-edited one of his own, and the Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Strategic planning Chi Sigma was reactivated as a colony through the efforts of Prof. was the focus of Ted Perros and Emily Yourd (BS’95). Thoughtful reflections of 1998, as set forth by chemistry at GW were served up by Murray Berdick (BS’42), our new Dean, Lester Charles Wales (BS’49), Harden McConnell (BS’47), Marie O’Dea Lefton. Data on the (MS’23), Guy Miller (’80), Harry McCament, Jr. (’58), Joel Sel- department showed bin (BS’53), William Sager (MA’41), and Emanuel Horowitz incredible progress (Ph.D.’63) among others. by a committed fac- AXE fundraiser, selling donuts, [left to right] ulty, motivated and Nancy Kim, Jackie Gesumaria, and Emma GW’s Trachtenberg Prize for engaged majors, and Spaulding Scholarship was awarded to increasingly capable Prof. Dave Ramaker in 1995, graduate students. A mission statement was adopted and a set of while Prof. Rosina Georgiadis goals established. Former Faculty Member Frederick Minn estab- received the first of several lished a Charitable Remainder Unitrust, which subsequently has NSF Career awards given to grown to $1million. Minn said that GW was “a terrific place to GW chemists. Sponsored re- teach and I loved the environment.” Professor Ted Perros received search rose to over $1 million, the AIC Honor Scroll Award and new multimedia technology was stockroom manager Russell added to our instructional capability. Among the alumni we heard Kingsbury celebrated his 25th from, Sigmund Schwimmer (Ph.D.’43) was recipient of the ACS year at the University and Agriculture and Food Chemistry Award, Lala Mathers (Dunbar) Russell Kingsbury’s 25th Prof. Joan Hilderbrandt re- (BS’54) was at LSU Medical Center, George Latimer (BS’55) was anniversary ported that over 1000 students were State Chemist in Texas, Mary Lee Tupling (BS’74) was a licensed doing labs in room 402 in the fall Acupuncturist in Florida, and Susan Menke (Ph.M.’70) was an As- for the first time. Equipment grants from NSF supported purchases sistant Managing Editor of Government Computer News. of a Phase Dopler Analyzer and new ICPMS. An annual depart- mental retreat grew to be a regular part of our program. Madeleine The 1999 Newsletter highlighted the growth in departmental in- Jacobs (BA’68) became editor of C&EN and Le-Nhung McLeland strumentation to support teaching and research. Resources to sup- (MS’76) and Alan Nadel (BS’71) told of their roles as Patent Attor- port these major purchases came from NSF instrumentation grants neys. (e.g. Thermal Analysis, Laser systems, ICPMS, Phase Dopler) and Departmental and University support (FT-NMR, FTIR, GCMS, Professors Rosina Georgiadis and Martin Johnson bid adieu in HPLC, AA, etc.) A biochemistry course was introduced into the 1996, replaced by Professors Michael Wagner and Richard Tarkka, curriculum and Prof. Dave Ramaker’s research space was remod- bringing new synthetic talents to the department. Professor Dave eled into a laboratory with a fume hood. Professor Michael Wagner Ramaker closed his 8th year as chair by taking a sabbatical at was awarded an NSF Career grant and Prof. Akbar Montaser served Utrecht and turning the chairmanship over to Prof. Michael King. on the King Faisal International Prize in Science selection commit- During Dave’s 8 years, the department experienced tremendous tee. Alumnus Richard F. Wallis (BS’45, MS’48) established an en- growth in research activity in terms of funding, invited and con- dowment in Chemistry and Physics to be used at the discretion of tributed talks, and publications. We heard from Carolyn Knobler the chairs and Prof. Emeritus Ted Perros celebrated 50 years as an (BS’55), a Professor at UCLA, Thomas Munson (BS’51) who had educator. The department received some 50 gifts from alumni and retired as President of a product development company and was heard from Nahla El-Kadi (Ph.D’92) who was teaching in Cairo, entering publishing, and N. Jani (BS’82) now Chief of Surgical Ser- Lily Marcano (MS’83) who was teaching vices in Salinas California. in Venezuela, and Bob Pike (BS’82) who had been tenured at William and Mary. Professor Akbar Montaser was honored with GW’s Trachtenberg Prize for Scholarship in 1997 and a Center for the Study of Com- The growing successes of our graduate bustion and the Environment was established by Prof. Houston students were highlighted in 2000 with a Miller and newly recruited colleague, Prof. Stephen Barone. The wonderful retelling of their current department was delighted to report on two major gifts, one from awards and honors from predoctoral fel- Harden McConnell (BS’47, D.Sc. ’93) (a Professor at Stanford) to lowships to conference awards. Profes- support graduate students and the second, a gift annuity from sors Martín Zysmilich and Christopher John McLean, circa Carolyn Knobler (BA’55) and her husband (both are Professors at Cahill joined the faculty, while Professors 1997 UCLA) to create a discretionary fund for the chair. A scholarship Andy Knight and Stephen Barone moved to honor former Professor Robert Vincent was also established. on to other positions. Professor Akbar Montaser and his student Alpha Chi Sigma celebrated full reactivation and we read from a John McLean were honored with one of R&D Magazine’s R&D letter by William Worthy (BS’67), who delighted us with anecdotes 100 Awards. Other colleagues honored that year were Prof. Nicolae

Department of Chemistry Fall 2006 | Page 3 Filipescu with an honorary membership in the Romanian Academy a Morton Bender Award for outstanding Teaching. Graduate Stu- of Sciences and Prof. Dave Ramaker as a Columbian Professor at dent Maggie Teliska (Ph.D.’04 ) was one of five students honored GW. Alexander J. Fatiadi (M.S. ’57) was named one of the 2000 by the University when the Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award Outstanding Scientists of the Twentieth Century. was inaugurated. Zhengtao Xu joined the faculty, and David Rowley took over as Deputy Director of the Honors Program. In 2001 we reported that Prof. Akbar Montaser was the latest of our Michael Mavrofrides (BS’97) enhanced his previous gift with sup- winners of the CSW Hillebrand Prize and that Prof. Michael port for undergraduate research early in one’s program. Theodore Wagner received the CSW Community Service Award. Graduate Kim (BS’90) wrote of extensive travels after medical school from student John McLean (Ph.D.’00) was only the second American Texas to Korea to Hawaii, while Paul Thomas (BS’47) returned to graduate student to be awarded the prestigious Bunsen-Kirchhoff campus for the 50th reunion of his medical school class. Prize of the German Working Group for Applied Spectroscopy. We all celebrated the 38 year association with GW of Professor Nico- The 2004 Newsletter reported the retirement of Professors Dave lae Filipescu as he retired and sadly noted the passing of Prof. Rowley and Ed Caress, who collectively had been at the Univer- Emeritus Joseph Levy. Professor Vlad Sadtchenko joined the fac- sity for over two generations. Prof. Christopher Cahill became the ulty as Prof. Richard Tarkka moved on to another University. second NSF Career Alumnus Robert J. Bowen (BA’59, MS’64) presented a gift of IBM Awardee during my stock as the founding gift for a new Chemistry Alumni Fellowship tenure as chair and fund. His benefaction was supplemented by support from Rosland added icing by win- Kornfield, Frank Miller, David Goldberg and Charles and Francis ning a Major Instru- Midkiff. Lee Silverberg (BS’86) was featured in C&EN, Joel ment Grant for an Schulman (BS’65) had become Manager of External Relations in X-ray Diffractometer. R&D at Proctor and Gamble, and Paul Veale (PhD’99) was settling A team lead by Akos in as a Senior Lecturer at Dartmouth. Vertes won the first ever W.M. Keck A 2002 feature story in C&EN related Prof. Dave Ramaker’s work Foundation Award for on X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy. He was also appointed to the the University to cre- Debye Chair at Utrecht and became an Associate Editor of Physi- ate an imaging device Professors Emeritus David Rowley cal Review Letters. Prof. Akos Vertes was awarded the title Doc- for proteins at the and Edward Caress tor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences by the HAS General neuromuscular junc- Assembly, Martín Zysmilich was named the winner of the Robert tion. Nancy Jackson (BS’79, MS’85) was honored with the Univer- W. Kenny Prize for outstanding teaching, and Ed Caress received sity’s Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. Quite active in a GW Award for contributions to the University. With Sponsored ACS governance and educational institutions, she joined Sandia research continuing at a rate of greater than $1million/year in ex- National Labs after obtaining her doctorate and became Manager of penditures, the department was leading the college in awards per Chemical and Biological Sensing. Scott Dubow (BS’97) reported faculty. Marc Alembic (BS’84, MS’86), now a physician in finishing up pediatrics training in Philadelphia, while Doren Indritz Alexandria, visited the department and committed to a multiyear (BA’73) wrote of fond memories of Drs. Rowley and Caress. gift to benefit the Department, as did M. Diana Metzger (BS’64). Mitchell Ross (BS’77) also visited and shared fond memories of Last year (2005) we learned about the renovation of the fourth floor Prof. Robert Vincent. laboratory complex to create a new space for wet analysis and a prep space for general chemistry, as well as a state-of-the art facil- Among the notable high- ity for the Vertes research program. Prof. Emeritus Ed Caress es- lights of 2003 was the tablished an endowment to support graduate student travel and Honorary Degree for alumnus Bourdon Scribner (BS’33) made an outright gift of $500K Madeleine Reines Jacobs to be used to support graduate students in the department reflecting (BS’68), who was pre- continuing confidence in the strength of our program. Sadly we sented to the Commence- reported the passing of Professors Emeritus David White and ment throng by Carly Charles Naeser. We were pleased to welcome Prof. Henry Teng Levin (BS’03). Dr. Jacobs who transferred to chemistry from the former geosciences program was the featured speaker at and celebrated with Professor Emeritus Dave Rowley for his GW the Phi Beta Kappa exer- Award. After 27 years John Van Patten (BS’85) retired from the cises. Prof. Michael King Navy and settled in upstate New York, where he intends to teach. was award the Trachten- Jack Crawford (BS’82) is Founder and Director of Managed Ven- berg Prize for University tures in California and Karl Miller (BS’98) is a counterfeit special- Prof. Emeritus Theodore Perros & Service that year and had ist with the Secret Service. Bob Pike (BS’82) was promoted to full Distinguished Alumnus Emanuel the pleasure of presenting professor, having just finished a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award. Horowitz, Spring 2003 the Distinguished Alumni Scholar Prize to Emanuel Of course there were more stories of our alumni told in the Newslet- Horowitz (Ph.D. ’63) . Akbar Montaser presented the 2003 Fassel ter over these 25 years. Hopefully the few tidbits and snapshots Lecture at Iowa State and Martín Zysmilich was selected to receive gave you a glimpse of the successes we have felt and the delight we

Page 4 | Fall 2006 Department of Chemistry take in everyone’s achievements. Congratulations to all. And es- pecially thank you to Professors Perros and Vincent for initiating this marvelous instrument of communication. We love retelling your stories and sharing the goings on in the Department. Please stay in touch and let us know what’s going on in your lives.

Memorial service for Dr. Charles Naeser at Arlington National Cemetary on September 12, 2005

Chemistry by the Numbers

Twenty-nine new multiyear grant proposals totaling almost $13 million were submitted during the year to external granting agencies and organizations. Over $1.1 million in new multiyear funding was awarded by the External Sponsors during that cycle. An additional $25K was awarded from Internal GW funds to chemistry faculty, whose proposals were funded. As of May 1, the department had 20 ac- tive awards from external sponsors valued at about $5.1 million for their life. Colleagues published 18 papers, journal articles, book chapters or conference proceedings during the year. An additional 14 papers have been accepted and 17 more have been submitted as well. Furthermore, colleagues gave 24 contributed talks or posters at meetings and conferences, and delivered some 30 invited talks at conferences, Universities, and other sites. One additional patent application was submitted this year. Professor Vertes and colleagues received the Elsevier/Spectrochimica Acta Award honoring the most significant article published in this top journal during 2003, and one of Professor Miller’s articles was featured on the cover of Spectroscopy. Professors Cahill, Montaser, Ramaker and Vertes serve as Associate Editors of journals.

Seven new doctoral candidates matriculated during 2005-2006, keeping our doctoral student population at a healthy level as three new doctorates and three new Master’s degrees in Chemistry were awarded. The number of chemistry majors continued to increase to a total of 61 declared major advisees as of this spring. Total undergraduate enrollments in chemistry courses rose again this year by 3%, totally saturating the available laboratory spaces. Summer session registrations increased another 11% such that they have risen 101% since 2000. Six of the refereed papers published in 2005-6 included undergraduates as co-authors, as eleven students were reg- istered for undergraduate research.

Prof. King, winner of Trachtenberg Prize for University Service, and President Trachtenberg 2003 Dinstiguished TA Award winner Maggie Teliska with Prof. King (left) and Prof. Ramaker (right)

Department of Chemistry Fall 2006 | Page 5 2006 Distinguished Alumni Scholar

We are delighted to report that Dr. George Mushrush was honored as the University’s Distinguished Alumni Scholar for 2006. Dr. Mushrush has had a long and distinguished career in environmental and fuels research since he received his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in chemistry from the The George Washington University in 1965 and 1968 respectively. His name caught our attention when we learned that he was being considered for an award from the Professional Chapter of the American Institute of Chemists which was subsequently given to him a few weeks after GW’s award.

Dr. Mushrush was a doctoral student in the 60’s of Prof. Nicolae Filipescu, completing his degree in 1968 in physical organic chemistry. He went di- rectly to an academic position at the George Mason University where he rose to become a Full Professor in 1977. Coincidentally, he served as chair of the chemistry department at George Mason for some 12 years (plus a year as act- ing chairman). During his thirty seven-year career at George Mason, he has published 266 scientific papers in refereed journals, delivered some 296 pre- sentations and acquired over $2 million dollars in sponsored research since 1990 to support his program. This record is truly a monumental accomplish- ment for any scientist in any field. Additionally, Dr. Mushrush has written a book, published in 1995, titled Petroleum Products: Instability and Incompatibility, and has four patents to his name. One of his patents, which was featured in Science News, is for aircraft deicing. He has won awards for superior publi- Assoc. VP Craig Linebaugh, Assoc. Dean Diana cations, inventions, and technology from the Naval Research Laboratory and Lipscomb, Prof. Michael King, Exec. VP Donald from the Virginia Academy of Science. These honors are based on his pro- Lehman, Distinguished Alumni Scholar George ductive and influential research, primarily focused on fuels research, includ- Mushrush, Exec. Dir. Cheryl Beil, and Prof. Emeritus Theodore Perros ing the analysis of petroleum, shale, tar sands, biofuels, additives, oxidative stability and diesel fuel composition. He has also studied indoor radon, its sig- nificance as a natural pollutant and its regional occurrence in Virginia and Maryland. As a consequence of his prolific and respected scholarship, he sits on 3 different editorial boards in the area of fuel science.

In addition to all of those accomplishments, Dr. Mushrush has been a remarkably good citizen of his discipline and his institution. He has served as the President of the Chemical Society of Washington, served on various American Chemical Society committees, organ- izer and session chair at a host of scientific meetings, judge of local science fairs and has provided distinguished service to the faculty of the George Mason University. Some twenty-five students since 1990 have received Master’s or Doctoral degrees under his direction and an additional 33 undergraduates have been a part of his research program during the same period.

Dr. Mushrush’s scholarship has been fresh, sharp, innovative, and current. We are quite proud that he has joined the ranks of other chem- istry alumni who were selected as Distinguished Alumni Scholars.

Fall 2005 retreat: Yue Li explains his research to Corcoran 405, newly renovated instructional lab Brendan McAndrew, Ryan Brennan and Stephanie McCartney

Page 6 | Fall 2006 Department of Chemistry Special Gift Acknowledgements

Madeleine Reines Jacobs Undergraduate Fund in Chemistry We are delighted to announce that Madeleine Reines Jacobs, who received a BS in Chemistry in 1968 and an honorary Doctor of Science in 2003, recently created the Madeleine Reines Jacobs Undergradu- ate Fund in Chemistry. Income generated from the fund will support undergraduate students majoring in chemistry by providing research grants, tuition assistance, and summer research stipend support. Madeleine, who has had an illustrious career as a public affairs executive and a scientific journalist, is the CEO of The American Chemical Society.

Jacobs’s motivation for establishing the fund centers on her appreciation of her undergraduate experience at GW and her desire to help others. “I am enormously proud of my alma mater, which launched me on a successful career as a chemist, journalist, and now CEO of the world’s largest scientific society,” she says. “Our nation desperately needs more talented and trained scientists. I hope that my endowed fund for undergraduate students majoring in chemistry will help, in a modest way, to meet student needs and na- tional goals.” The department enthusiastically endorses this goal and is pleased that this new fund will be especially helpful in enabling students to pursue research projects during the summer so they may con- Dr. Madeleine Reines Jacobs tinue the momentum and energy of the research activities initiated during the academic year.

Timely Generosity Yields Competitive Startup Funds In the late winter, as the department was in the throes of some negotiations to recruit Dr. Susan Gillmor (See related story), we were pleas- antly surprised by a special gift that made the negotiations much easier. As a physical chemist, Dr. Gillmor’s startup needs were a bit higher than we had been able to manage in recent years, but we wanted to be able to present a serious offer to her. The Dean stepped up with more resources, but also asked the Department to put up a larger share toward the package than we had been able to afford in the past. It was at this point we learned that Dr. Thomas M. Hall had made a very generous gift of 500 shares of stock worth roughly $22,000 as discretionary funds for the benefit of the department. The timing of the gift was incredible and made it possible for us to present a competitive offer and complete the recruitment of Dr. Gillmor.

After completing his undergraduate degree in Chemistry in 1973, Dr. Hall entered our Medical School, where he received his M.D. in 1977. Of his special gift to the department, Dr. Hall wrote, “I appreciate the educational foundation I received in the physical sciences as a GW undergraduate. It’s a pleasure to give something back to the University, and I trust you will use my gift for a worthy cause.” Indeed, helping our newest faculty get started with the appropriate resources is as important as any cause, and so we are most grateful for this very generous and timely gift.

Thirtieth Anniversary Reunion Gift As lead off gift in observance of his 30th anniversary class, alumnus Joseph M. Covey (BS ’76, Ph.D. ’82 in Pharmacology) designated the Department of Chemistry as the beneficiary of his life insurance policy. The Gift will be used to establish the Ellen and Joseph M. Covey Endowed Scholarship Fund to memorialize his parents, and will provide support for undergraduate chemistry majors. Starting out as a part-time student, Joe completed his bachelor’s degree in 1976 and then went on to complete a doctorate in Pharmacology. When he finished his degree, he joined the National Cancer Institute, where he is currently with the Developmental Therapeutics Program in the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis. In July, Joe came by to visit the University, providing an opportunity for us to share memories, show off many of the changes that have occurred since his graduation, and of course to thank him for his support. We wish Joe the best and assure him that the proceeds of his gift will be used to benefit undergraduate chemistry majors in a meaningful manner.

In Memoriam

We are saddened by the passing of Sidney Collegeman (BA ’36), a loyal alumnus and supporter of the Chemistry Department. Mr. Collegeman was a chemical engineer for the Naval Air Systems Command, specializing in fuels and lubricants. He leaves behind his wife Esther, his children Janet and Steve, two granddaughters, and two great-grandchildren.

Department of Chemistry Fall 2006 | Page 7 New Faculty The department is delighted to welcome Professor Susan Gillmor as its newest faculty member. A Dean’s List, honors graduate of Williams College, Dr. Gillmor was a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow in the Material Science Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Following receipt of her Ph.D. under the men- torship of Professors Max Legally and Lloyd Smith, where she studied patterned surfaces for biological arrays, Dr. Gillmor undertook at brief stint at Trex Enterprises in Hawaii as a scientist developing protein sensors using her skills in surface science and imaging. She currently holds a post-doctoral appointment in the preeminent group of Professor Paul Weiss at Penn State University, where she has added her expertise in materials science and sur- face chemistry to a group distinguished for its program in nano-scale scanning probe microscopy. Dr. Gillmor Prof. Gillmor will now bring her broad experience to George Washington as a contributor to the Institute for Material Science and collaborator with colleagues in the college-wide research cluster on nano-scale biomaterials. Her interests complement those of Houston Miller (spectroscopy), Michael Wagner (materials and membranes), and David Ramaker, Akos Vertes and Henry Teng (surfaces and imaging) of our Department, and colleagues in the Department of Biological Sciences. Dr. Gillmor’s research on the study of extracellular matrix architecture influences on membrane structure is likely to help coalesce a growing interest across de- partmental lines in “Imaging” at the University. Based on the quality of her presentations and her previous experience mentoring students, she will also be a first-rate educator and another exceptional contributor to the research and teaching mission of this Department. Although Dr. Gillmor will not officially begin her University appointment until January 2007, she has already been by for the new faculty orientation in August and for the Departmental Retreat at Twin Lakes Virginia. It is a pleasure to welcome her to the department.

Commencement 2006, Nelu Marginiean and ARCS Scholar Dan De Lill with Prof. Cahill Prof. Vertes

Special Congratulations

It is with great pride that we report that Dr. Phyllis Brown (BS’44) will receive the 2006 EAS Award for achievements in Separa- tion Science. A Professor Emerita at the University of Rhode Island, Dr. Brown was cited for her pioneering work on HPLC and CE separations particularly with respect to biomedical applications. A prolific author, she recognized early on the potential of re- verse phase chromatography in biomedical work, becoming an authority on the analysis of purines and pyrimidines by RPLC and CE. She has authored over 200 articles, written or cowritten four books, and coedited some 30 volumes of Advances in Chromatog- raphy, all the while serving on the editorial boards of Analytical Chemistry, J. of Chromatography and four others.

In reviewing materials for this edition of the Newsletter we chanced upon a note from Dr. Brown published in the 1986 edition. In it we learned that she had received an award for Excellence in Research from the University and had been selected as a plenary speaker at the 5th American-Eastern European Symposium on Chromatography. That note was a portent perhaps of other awards to come for this highly accomplished alumna of the department. At this time we join with others in congratulating her for all of her accomplishments.

Page 8 | Fall 2006 Department of Chemistry Cahill Research Group The Cahill group enters its seventh year at GW America Crystallographic Association’s Summer School in with a strong line up of graduate students, under- Small Molecule Crystallography. She brought her skills graduate students and for the first time- a post- back to the department and has been solving crystal struc- doctoral researcher. DOE funding has provided tures at a record pace. Further, Karah earned a Sigma Xi for the hire of Dr. Nebebech (Neely) Belai, a Grant in Aid of Research (aka GIAR) from the annual na- 2004 PhD from Georgetown University. Her ex- tional competition and now has funding to travel to national pertise in synthesis has made her a very welcome facilities for synchrotron x-ray work. Noel Gunning (MS addition to our efforts to explore rare oxidation Prof. Cahill 2005) has moved on to a PhD program at the University of states of uranium in aqueous solution. We also Oregon. Dan Bozzuto (BS 2006) is teaching high school welcome undergraduate Kate Ziegelgruber from DePauw Univer- biology (gasp) at a private school here in the District and has plans sity in Greencastle, Indiana. Kate is spending a full semester in our for graduate school in chemistry for Fall 2007. laboratory as a Science Research Fellow and has already made a few interesting compounds. NSF was kind enough to provide sup- Other exciting news includes the promotion of Professor Cahill plemental funding for Kate’s living expenses while in DC and thus (with tenure) to Associate Professor. A sigh of relief was heard let her concentrate on research full-time. throughout the DC area with the news that he’ll be staying put and continuing his research here at GW. Two high-profile publications Veteran graduate students Mark Frisch, Daniel de Lill and Karah are also noted: Cahill and Borkowski have written a review chap- Knope have each been making significant progress. Mark got his ter for “The Structural Chemistry of the Actinides” to be published second Dalton paper published (“Synthesis, Structure, and Fluo- this fall by Elevier, and de Lill and Cahill have written a chapter for rescent Studies of Novel Uranium Coordination Polymers in the “Progress in Inorganic Chemistry” entitled, Lanthanide Coordina- Pyridinedicarboxylic Acid System”), Dan was selected as an ARCS tion Polymers: A Structural Survey.” We look forward to the com- Scholar (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists), for the sec- ing year and are excited about some great projects that are ond year in a row- a prestigious title that comes with $15,000 to- underway and/or planned for new students. wards tuition. Karah received a full tuition scholarship to attend the

Miller Research Group During this past academic year, the Miller group added lease based on formaldehyde detection. two graduate students, but lost postdoctoral scientist Brendan McAndrew to the Army Research Labora- Eric spent most of the last year testing our “smart” fire tory/Aberdeen Proving Ground (where he now works sensor that simultaneously detects the concentrations with Reed Skaggs, GW Ph.D. 1997). Returning grad- for carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, acetylene, uate students Maria Puccio and Eric Fallows were and carbon dioxide at various test facilities at the joined by Jennifer Herdman, who came to us from Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the National St. Mary’s College (Indiana), and Esra Yonel who Institute of Standards and Technology. The sensor is joined us after doing graduate work in chemical engi- Prof. Miller based on cw laser cavity ring down spectroscopy. neering at Lehigh University. In her first year, Jen Although never likely to displace residential CO and worked on theoretical studies of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon smoke detectors, technology such as this would be agglomeration using both electronic structural calculations and mo- valuable for the protection of capital in larger commercial and in- lecular dynamics simulations. A complimentary experimental pro- dustrial facilities. This approach to fire detection will form the basis gram in which fame gases will be sampled, and rapidly frozen in an for continuation of our NASA funded work that aims to deploy a inert matrix of solid argon is beginning to take shape. Esra will be “brassboard” optical fire sensor for use in human space flight. In re- working in the field of biophotonics. Her first project has been ex- lated work, Miller coauthored a paper describing the cavity-en- ploring the use of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) hanced absorption of formaldehyde using a novel, mid infrared, with gold nanoparticles to detect dipicolinic acid (DPA) thought to Interband Cascade laser [Applied Physics B]. be a chemical marker for anthrax spores. Finally, two manuscripts were published describing the application Maria has been supported by the National Science Foundation in an of (SERS) using gold nanoparticle aggregates to the detection of ongoing project aimed at understanding the interaction of chem- bacteriophage binding events [Proceedings of the National Acad- istry and fluid mechanics in acoustically-forced, flickering flames. emy of Sciences] and to the (first) in vivo detection of tumors [An- A manuscript, co-written with our colleagues from Yale University, alytical Chemistry]. Both of these articles were coauthored by describes the agreement between concentration profiles from ex- Glauco Souza (Ph.D., 2003). The second article is also authored by perimental data and direct numerical simulation of flames and will Carly Levin (B.S. 2003). appear in the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. A second manuscript with the same authors will be submitted for publication Further details can be found on the internet at in Fall 2006 that focuses on experimental diagnostics for heat re- http://home.gwu.edu/~houston.

Department of Chemistry Fall 2006 | Page 9 Montaser Research Group Professor Montaser and his group con- led to the selection of the paper by the Editors as the Cover Page ar- tinued their research program, address- ticle in JAAS in 2006, the fourth Cover Page article by Professor ing, from theory to practice, novel Montaser’s group since 1998. Ryan Brennan was also recognized plasma sources and sample introduction by three awards; 1) the 2006 Society for Applied Spectroscopy Best devices for optical emission and mass Student Poster Award at FACSS; 2) 2006 Sigma Xi Student Re- spectrometry. Department of Energy and search Award, and 3) FACSS Graduate Student Travel Scholarship. several industrial firms sponsor this re- Mazdak Taghioskoui received travel support for his presentation search. The primary aim is to ultimately at FACSS. Jessica Gray received the Benjamin Van Evera Me- Prof. Montaser develop measurement technologies that morial Prize for Best Graduate Teaching Assistant. will, compared to the existing technol- ogy, offer better selectivity, sensitivity, precision, reliability, and Four members have graduated and started new careers. Kaveh ease of operation; allow chemical analysis at reduced cost with less Jorabchi received his Ph.D. in June 2006 and began postdoctoral re- sample consumption and minimal waste generation; diminish in- search with Professor Lloyd M. Smith at the University of Wiscon- strument size and cost; and simplify analytical measurements. The sin-Madison. Jessica Gray and Cristina Nechita received their MS research team published 6 manuscripts, including a Cover Page ar- degrees. Jessica is employed by the Scientific Services Division, ticle in the special issue of the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spec- Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of Treasury Depart- trometry (JAAS), and presented 7 papers at national and ment. Cristina works at the Northern Virginia Community College international meetings, including 3 invited lectures at major confer- where she teaches and manages chemistry labs. Undergraduate re- ences. Professor Montaser also organized and chaired a symposium search scholar Jonathan Levine received his BS degree, and started on Advances in Sample Introduction at the Federation of Analyti- a Ph.D. program in biochemistry and molecular biology at the cal Chemistry and Spectroscopy Society (FACSS) conference. The University of Maryland, Baltimore. They will be missed by all of U.S. patent application on d-DIHEN was also granted in 2006. us, and we wish them the best. These contributions are due to the selfless efforts of B.W. Acon, R. Brennan, M. Farmand, J. M. Gray, K. Jorabchi, K. Kahen, J. A. We are grateful to former members of the group, who despite their Levine, S. E. O’Brien, C. M. Nechita, W. F. Rutkowski, S. Samii, departure from GW, still contributed to the publication of several M. Taghioskoui, and C. S. Westphal. manuscripts as the result of joint research. Dr. Billy W. Acon fin- ished his postdoc at the FBI, and accepted a permanent position as Members of the research team made progress and shined in their re- a physical scientist with US Customs at the Targeting Center in VA. search and in the scientific community. Dr. Craig Benson is now employed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center after a postdoc experience at NRL. Congratulations to Dr. Kaveh Jorabchi received this year the prestigious Swiss based D. John McLean and Dr. Mary Widmark Tungol (now Dr. Mary W. N. Chorafas Prize, a $4,000 international prize for exceptional Carrabba) for accepting tenure track assistant professorships at the achievements in research, in addition to the 2005 American Chem- Vanderbilt University and Southern Oregon University, respec- ical Society - Division of Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellow- tively, effective August 2006. Finally, we congratulate Dr. Craig ship and the 2005 Society for Applied Spectroscopy Graduate and Mrs. Jenny Westphal for the birth of their baby boy Charles Student Award. The research by Kaveh, Ryan Brennan, and Robert, who is now 7 months old. Jonathan Levine on interferometric droplet imaging in plasmas

Professor Joan Hilderbrandt

Joan Hilderbrandt continues as the Coordinator of the laboratory courses for Honors Chemistry (Honors 33/34), Contemporary Science (Chem. 3/4) and General Chemistry (Chem. 11/12.) These laboratories take place in Corcoran 402 and in Acheson Hall on the Mount Vernon Campus. (Approximately 120 students per semester now complete the laboratory requirement at MVC. The enrollment on the Foggy Bottom Campus is close to 1100.) Professor Hilderbrandt remains a lecturer in the Chemistry 11 and Chemistry 12 series. She is the Departmental Advisor for the Graduating Class of 2009. Joan will continue as the advisor for the 7 year BA/MD program. Professor Hilderbrandt is also part of the newly formed nine-member Undergraduate Stud- ies Committee of the Columbian College. In reflection, Professor Hilderbrandt notes “that when she began as Prof. Hilderbrandt the Coordinator for the introductory laboratories in 1990 the combined total for the Fall 1990 Semester was 697 students. The current registration, Fall 2006, for just Chemistry 3 is 720 students. The growth of the intro- ductory laboratory programs in chemistry has been a tremendous challenge!”

Page 10 | Fall 2006 Department of Chemistry Ramaker Research Group Prof. Ramaker and his group continued With a graduate enrollment of 30 students, around 6 per year work this year on the utilization of x-ray ab- graduate (this year there were 8), thus faculty spend a lot sorption spectra (XAS) to study operating more time reading dissertations and attending the oral exams fuel cells. This year was marked by two fac- and defenses of graduate students. tors: b) The dramatic growth in outside funding in the Department, 1) Frances Scott completed her disserta- with currently all faculty being funded. 25 years ago, he re- tion on the application of X-ray Absorption calls only one faculty member was funded. However, the Prof. Ramaker Spectroscopy (XAS) to study CO poisoning number of tenure slots still stands at 13, and currently we of the anode in operating fuel cells in both have 2 vacancies. Research lab space has grown within Cor- methanol and in hydrogen reformate. Badri coran Hall, by taking over some lecture space and class- Shyam, a new graduate student in the group will be working on rooms, and converting still other space to research labs. the interpretation of XAS data taken both in heterogeneous cat- alysts and from operating full cells. Badri has already had two c) The dramatic growth in undergraduate chemistry enrollments trips to the synchrotron at Brookhaven National Lab to take data from 2,252 in 1996 to 2,829 in 2006. However, the amount of lab space for freshmen and sophomore chemistry labs has on RhS2, a possible non-Pt fuel cell catalyst showing some not grown by one square foot. Chemistry 3/4, 11/12, and promise. 153/154 are still taught in the exact same fourth floor labs, 2) Prof. D.C. Koningsberger from the University of Utrecht, NL a although they were upgraded approximately 20 years ago. long time collaborator, spent nearly 2 months working at GW Labs sections are now held from early morning into the late writing papers and working on data interpretation. This work evenings to handle the load. continues along with his other collaborators at NRL and North- d) The long range stability exhibited by the Department Chairs eastern University. This year Prof. Ramaker and his group pub- over these 25 years, with Prof. Perros serving 7 years, Ra- lished 4 papers, and gave 4 presentations at conferences such maker - 8 years, and King - now at 10 years, in spite of the as at the North American Catalysis Society meeting in Philadel- exponential growth in complexity of this task over the years. phia and the ECS meeting in Denver. Graduate student, Danny This can be compared with 7 different deans in CSAS dur- Gatewood, and postdoc, Denis Areshkin, continue in his ing this same time period. group, the latter funded by an NRL contract. e) Finally Prof. Ramaker notes that the students, although sup- Since this year marks the 25th anniversary of this newsletter, Prof. posedly representing a higher cross section on the SAT na- Ramaker gives some personal reflections on the changes over the tional percentile scale, still struggle with the math in years to the Department, which he has witnessed in his 30 years at Chemistry, but remain a joy to teach and interact with. GW. He lists the following points: Thus much has changed, but much has not. a) The dramatic growth in graduate student enrollments from around 5 students to about 30.

[First row, left to right] Prof. Akos Vertes, Prof. Martín Zysmilich, Prof. Joan Hilderbrandt, Prof. Akbar Montaser and Prof. Vlad Sadtchenko [second row, left to right] Prof. Chris Cahill, Prof. Michael Wagner, and Prof. Houston Miller

Department of Chemistry Fall 2006 | Page 11 Sadtchenko Research Group

Over the past five years, the Sadtchenko group has in- Taking advantage of the unique capabilities offered by vested an outstanding effort in the development of our Fast Thermal Desorption method, we were also unique experimental techniques for studying phase able to conduct the first ever studies of vaporization transitions, molecular transport and reaction in volatile kinetics of single crystal ice at temperatures near its condensed phases. Using our novel approach, termed bulk melting point. Very recently, we demonstrated Fast Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy –Ultrafast Mi- that this technique is also capable of studying reaction crocalorimetry, we have been able to resolve several in polycrystalline ice films. Our measurements of the long-standing controversies in the field of condensed isotopic exchange kinetics between D2O and H2O in phase aqueous chemistry. For example, our most re- Prof. Sadtchenko thin polycrystalline ice provided a wealth of informa- cent article published in the Journal of Chemical tion on the properties of water confined at the grain Physics, describes the first ever ultrafast mi- boundaries at temperatures near ambient. The results of crocalorimetry study of the thermal properties of Amorphous Solid these studies were presented by Stephanie McCartney, Haiping Water in a temperature range which was thought to be inaccessible Lu, and Prof. Sadtchenko at several scholarly meetings, including with current analytical techniques, called “No Man’s Land.” The re- the Gordon Research Conference, the Annual Meeting of the Geo- sults of these experiments provide fundamental insights into molec- logical Association of America, and the 11th Conference on the ular structure and dynamic properties of water, which are still not Physics and Chemistry of Ice. Our conclusions were received with well understood. great enthusiasm by diverse members of the scientific community.

Teng Research Group This year has been a transition period for our group, on mineral surface chemistry with two directions: one is a time when we were transformed from GEO- the thermodynamics and kinetics of surface processes chemists to geoCHEMISTS. This is not to say we during crystallization and dissolution, the other is inter- suffered the pain of shedding; rather the opposite, actions of bio-molecules with minerals. We have re- we grew and thrived happily. Several events can cently begun to investigate mineralization process be cited to indicate our well-being. First of all, we mediated by microorganisms such as bacteria. We pub- successfully renewed our DOE project and ex- lished four papers in three different journals, contributed tended the research funding for another 3 years. a book chapter to the Water Encyclopedia, and delivered Secondly, we established a strong and productive Prof. Teng a number of lectures (including three invited ones) in collaboration with scientists at Nanjing University, conferences and other research universities/institutions. China, supported by a grant from the Chinese Na- tional Natural Science Foundation. And thirdly we acquired a On the teaching front, Prof. Teng is still heavily involved in the Scanning Electron Microscope from the Smithsonian Institution courses listed under the Geology program. However, geochemistry and expanded our instrumentation capability. Most importantly, related courses are now cross-listed under both geology and chem- thanks to the help and encouragement of chemistry colleagues, we istry. In the Spring of 2006, for the first time in the recent history felt right at home in the chemistry department and never had the of GW, the ‘Aqueous Geochemistry’ class had a roster of half feelings of being a foster child. chemistry and half geology majors.

The Teng group is also growing in size. When we joined Chem- In addition to research and teaching, we also hosted a visiting sci- istry, we had two PhD students, Chunfang Fan (Congratulations to entist from China who spent 9 months with us on campus doing re- him for the recent GCA paper!) and Eli Pauli (Congratulations to search using Atomic Force Microscopy. Her visit was supported by her for getting a student grant from NASA this year!). Since then, Prof. Teng’s NSF grant and is part of our collaboration with Chinese we have taken on two more students, Dawn Hawkinson (MS) and scientists. Jessica Stolee (undergraduate). Our research continuously focuses

Page 12 | Fall 2006 Department of Chemistry Vertes Research Group

It was easy to get used to our new laboratory on the fourth floor of During his career in the group, Yong Chen distinguished himself as Corcoran Hall. Conditioned and regular power, cooling water and a superb experimentalist. He not only built one of our mass spec- compressed air, brand new air handling and furniture enable us to trometers from scratch but also came up with the idea of using sil- focus on scholarship and research at a new level. With state-of-the- icon microcolumn arrays as laser desorption substrates. These art equipment, including four mass spectrometers, at the four exper- surfaces gave us new insight into how nanostructures produce ions imental stations the conditions are ideal to advance our three under laser irradiation. They also turned out to exhibit such unique projects at full speed. Fundamental studies of laser desorption ion- properties that the University decided to protect the intellectual ization from nanostructures, funded by the Department of Energy, property and filed a provisional patent application. Yong’s disser- inquiries into forced and natural pulsation of electrosprays, sup- tation entitled “Laser Desorption Ionization of Large Molecules: ported by the National Science Foundation and the development of From Matrix-Assisted to Matrix-Free” describes how these and a one-of-a-kind protein microscope, sponsored by the W. M. Keck other nanostructured surfaces can produce ions from large biomol- Foundation are the research areas pursued in the group. ecules. Dr. Chen’s current employer is the Novartis Research Insti- tute in San Diego, CA, where as a postdoctoral scientist he works on the biomedical applications of mass spectrometry.

With three senior students leaving the projects, new group members were urgently needed. Fortunately student interest in these projects is high. Last year Peter Nemes joined the group and quickly took over the helm from Nelu on the electrospray project. Bindesh Shrestha joined the protein microscope project to work with the new and very capable postdoctoral scientist Dr. Yue Li in this ex- citing endeavor. More recently, Bennett Walker and in a half time assignment Mazdak Taghioskoui started to work on the laser des- orption project. Dr. Zhaoyang Chen, a computational physicist, provides new insight to both the Fully operational new laboratory is home to six graduate protein microscope and the electro- students, two undergraduates and two postdocs. spray projects.

Even the best environment, however, cannot lead to scientific ad- The last year also brought exciting vances without talented and focused students. At six graduate stu- changes in the personal lives of dents, two undergraduates and two postdoctoral scientists the group some of us. Chief among them was is fully staffed. This past year was especially eventful in terms of the marriage of two group members, changes in group membership. Three of the senior graduate stu- Lida Parvin and Ioan Marginean. dents completed and defended their dissertations. In his thesis en- They tied the knot in a beautiful titled “Internal Energy Transfer in Soft Laser outdoor ceremony shortly before Lida and Nelu tied the knot. Desorption/Ionization: MALDI and Silicon Nanostructures” their departure to Washington State. Guanghong Luo described how the experimental parameters in We wish them well in what surely promises to be a thriving life to- these ionization methods affect the produced spectra. Now Dr. Luo gether. works at Western Digital Corporation as a senior scientist in re- search and development. His exceptional motivation, persistence The multiple graduations in the group also resulted in a flurry of and reliability will serve him and his employers well in any future publications. During this one year period we published nine peer re- position he takes. viewed research articles in leading journals (Analytical Chemistry, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Physical Chemistry and Phys- Dr. Ioan (Nelu) Marginean, now employed at the Pacific North- ical Review Letters) and Prof. Vertes completed a chapter for the west National Laboratory, was a key member of the electrospray book entitled Laser Ablation and its Applications. He also deliv- project in the Vertes Lab. His dissertation entitled “From Chaotic ered invited talks at the US Naval Research Laboratory, the Depart- Cone Pulsation to Ion Evaporation in Electrosprays” stands as one ment of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the University of Delaware, of the most insightful dissertations ever written in the group. It has the 2006 DOE/BES Analysis Program Contractors’ Meeting, the also resulted in international recognition at various meetings and 231-st American Chemical Society National Meeting and the 2005 high profile publications, including most recently a paper in the Conference on Laser Ablation in Banff, Canada. Other members of prestigious Physical Review Letters. Nelu’s future research as a the group also gave numerous talks and poster presentations at na- postdoctoral research scientist at PNNL with Prof. Richard Smith, tional and international meetings. Additional information on the a leader in the field of mass spectrometry, focuses on how to make group is available at our redesigned web site: electrospray ion sources more stable. http://www.gwu.edu/~vertes.

Department of Chemistry Fall 2006 | Page 13 Wagner Research Group This past year has been a very good one for our fullerene soot can so dramatically extend the life of the group and former group members. Rob Doe com- batteries, a process for which we have applied for patents. pleted his Ph.D. last summer and has moved on to MIT as a postdoctoral researcher in Gerd Ceder’s I’m very pleased to report that my former students are group. He will be studying computational model- also doing very well. Jennifer Nelson, my first Ph.D. stu- ing of advanced material, a departure from his doc- dent, left her postdoctoral position at Penn State for a per- toral studies that should make him an extremely manent position at Duracell in Boston. Kim Mooney well rounded scientist. Amal Bassa decided that Prof. Wagner moved on from her postdoctoral position at the FBI for a she would rather spend more quality time with her permanent position as a Forensic Chemist at the US Army first child and left GW with a M.S. degree. Michael Erikson, a Criminal Investigation Laboratory in Atlanta. Kim also became the postdoctoral researcher who worked on lithium ion battery project, proud mother of a healthy baby boy, Caleb! She has had quite a accepted a permanent position at Alza Corporation and has moved year. Louie Rendek, is still enjoying sunny Florida working for the out to the beautiful bay area in California. Three graduate students, Harris Corporation and raising his son, Aedan, who recently passed Olivera Zivkovic, Cliff Cook and Chao (Jerry) Yan continued his first birthday. Susie Keeton, left CMS Field Products for a po- their studies here, and another, Jonathan Cox has joined the group. sition as a process/business analysts for a health informatics com- Olivera should finish her Ph.D. research this year, studying ferro- pany (MedMined) and enjoyed a second year of motherhood. electric nanorods and nanocrystalline phosphors for field effect dis- Bhoomi Bhrambratt is now a gynocologist, and judging from her play technology, potentially a “next generation” replacement for mood when she dropped by to say “hi” recently, she is very happy. LCD displays. Cliff is developing membranes that will enable the Khalid Hanif left his postdoctoral position at the Naval Research use of lithium/water batteries. His first cells made with our mem- Labs for a permanent position at Ventana Medical Systems in sunny branes are running well, raising our hopes that we will succeed in Arizona. I hope I’m not letting the “cat out of the bag”, but Khalid developing the first viable lithium/water battery. Jerry is develop- recently informed me that he has found the love of his life and will ing ways to coat nanoparticles to make them air stable and biocom- marry in December. Congratulations! Oh, and on a more personal patible, hopefully enabling much better contrast in MRI images so note, I married, and my wife and I had our first child, Richard James that, for instance, tumors can be located at much earlier stages. Wagner, who is healthy and growing bigger every day! Jonathan has just started his research and will be continuing the Li- ion battery research that Rob started, investigating the reasons why

Professor Martin G. Zysmilich In August 2000, Prof. Martin G. Zysmilich joined 2005, he was The George Washington University Nom- the Chemistry Faculty at The George Washington inee for the U.S. Professors of the Year Award, offered University as an Assistant Professor. His main re- by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of sponsibilities include teaching two of the most Teaching. highly populated courses at GW, Contemporary Science for Non-Science Majors (CHEM003 and In March 2006, Professor Zysmilich presented an invited CHEM004). The steady improvement of these two talk “Innovations in Contemporary Science for Non- courses, with the inclusion of science topics that Science Majors” at the 231st American Chemical Soci- make headlines in some of the most respected news- Prof. Zysmilich ety (ACS) Meeting, in Atlanta, GA. The presentation papers and publications in the world, as well as the focused on the incorporation of different kinds of class- use of state-of-the-art classroom technology, have kept CHEM003 room technologies in large lecture courses. and CHEM004 among the most popular courses at GW, with enroll- ments surpassing 700 students per semester. Professor Zysmilich He has been advising Chemistry majors since 2001, and joined the is also a member of the Honors Program, teaching the highly freshman advising team in 2004 by teaching a Proseminar for praised Honors General Chemistry courses, HONR033 and Scholarship and Advising (CCAS001), and by participating as a HONR034, and has recently been appointed to the Honors Science Faculty Advisor in the 2005 Colonial Inauguration. Pro-Seminar Development Team. Professor Zysmilich holds an appointment to the 2006 Chemistry In recognition for his achievements, he has received the student- in Context Examination Committee of the ACS Division of Chem- nominated 2002 Robert W. Kenny Prize for outstanding teaching ical Education. innovation, creativity, and originality in teaching an introductory course, as well as a Bender Teaching Award for the year 2003. In

Page 14 | Fall 2006 Department of Chemistry Graduation 2006

Graduate Students

Amal Bassa Guanghong Luo MS, Summer 2006 PhD, Summer 2006

Yong Chen Ioan Marginean PhD, Summer 2006 PhD, Summer 2006

Robert Doe Cristina Nechita PhD, Summer 2006 MS, Fall 2005

Kaveh Jorabchi Frances Scott PhD, Summer 2006 PhD, Summer 2006 Dr. Kaveh Jorabchi and Prof. Akbar Montaser Kunhao Li Hanhui Xu PhD, Spring 2006 MS, Fall 2005

Undergraduate Students Daniel Bozzuto Teaching high school biology for 1 year before going to graduate Julia Lee school in Chemistry. Working as a research assistant for the Emergency Medical and Trauma Center at the Children's National Medical Center. Kelly Brown Working at The Bode Technology Group Forensic DNA Identifi- Jonathan Levine cation Laboratory in Springfield, VA. Ph.D. program in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Deepak Chander Applying to medical school. Ashley-Brooke Lynch No information at this time. Kristen DeDominicis Working as a Formulations Technician at Gene Logic in Gaithers- Ryan McCormick burg, MD. Applying for medical school in 2008. No information at this time.

Lauren Gassman Mahdee Monam Applying to the Arlington County police department before grad- Employment with the State Department in Iraq. uate study in forensic psychology. Sunjeet Sidhu Lauren Haar Attending medical school, which is the second half of his 7 year Working at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in BA/MD program. Rockville, MD. Mill Tran Heather Jameson No information at this time. Doing research in neuroscience at the GW Medical Center with Dr. David Mendelowitz, Department of Pharmacology and Physi- Timothy Tran ology. No information at this time.

Jay Johnson Katherine Weiberth No information at this time. No information at this time.

Department of Chemistry Fall 2006 | Page 15 Chemistry Department Prizes and Awards 2006

Alpha Chi Sigma Awarded to the graduating senior with the highest aca- demic record in chemistry courses (with at least 16 hours at GW). Sunjeet Sidhu

American Institute of Chemists Awarded to the graduating senior majoring in chemistry, who excels in scholarship, integrity and leadership. Un- dergraduate: Daniel James Bozzuto, Graduate: Ioan Marginean

A. D. Britt Memorial Scholarship Awarded to one or more outstanding junior or senior un- dergraduate majors to carry out research in the summer. Dan Bozzuto, recipient of Byrne Thurtell Megan Janelle Burns Memorial Prize, and Prof. Akos Vertes

Chemical Society of Washington Prize Awarded to the outstanding junior majoring in chem- istry. Alexander Lee Matz

Byrne Thurtell Burns Memorial Prize Awarded to the graduating chemistry major who has show the greatest proficiency in organic chemistry as demonstrated by a written examination. Daniel James Bozzuto

William E. Fitch Prize Awarded to the graduating chemistry major with the best written comprehensive examination in chemistry. Deepak Prabhat Chander

Chemical Rubber Company Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award May 2006 Commencement [first row, left to right] Jay Johnson, Heather Awarded to one or more freshmen who have achieved Jameson, Lauren Haar, Julia Lee, and Kristen the highest records in their respective sections of Intro- DeDominicis [second row, left to right] Jonathan ductory Chemistry. Sible Antony, Jennifer Hanson, Levine, Kelly Brown, Deepak Chander, Katherine Weiberth and Dan Bozzuto Joseph Lombardi and Sonia Samtani

Benjamin D. Van Evera Memorial Prize Awarded to the most effective Graduate Teaching As- sistants in Chemistry. Nausheena Baig, Jessica Gray, and Frances Scott

Page 16 | Fall 2006 Department of Chemistry Alumni News GW School of Medicine ‘75, GW Depart- Marsha worked for the Alcohol and ment of Medicine, Internship Radiology Tobacco, Tax and Trade Bureau in the Trea- Residency, ‘76-‘79, Chief Resident, ‘79, sury Department for a little over a year in Billy Acon, Ph.D. ’04, fin- and Medical Practice, ‘79 to present. Beltsville, MD. ished his post-doc at the FBI, and he recently accepted a Stuart Cohen, PhD ‘84, who was a student Lauren Gassman, B.S. ‘06, reported that permanent position with the of Dr. Filipescu & Dr. Lou Cohen, NIH, left she’s taking a year off before earning a mas- U.S. Customs Targeting the EPA in 1986 to work for Biospherics. In ter’s in forensic psychology/counseling. Center in VA. He says the work is “very in- 1991, he started his own firm, Environmen- Lauren would like to pursue a career in teresting, as it combines the technical as- tal & Turf Services, Inc., which is a small criminal investigation after getting her mas- pects of science for CBRNE initiatives high tech firm that specializes in risk assess- ters, but is also considering becoming a high within the framework of security and trade ments, risk management, and water quality school science/math teacher. compliance issues.” monitoring. Stuart is remarried and he and his wife have a total of 7 children. He’s an Jennifer Gauntt, M.S. ’00, Craig Benson, Ph.D. ’02, reports that his avid baseball player and lives in Silver was accepted at Georgetown postdoc at NRL has been completed and Spring, MD. University Medical School, that he was recently hired by the Goddard to which she matriculated Earth Sciences and Technology Center, a Claire L. (Pierozak) Cullen, B.S. ‘74, one in August. Best of luck, cooperative agreement between NASA of Dr. Naeser’s students, received her DMD Jennifer. Goddard Space Flight Center and Univer- at University of Medicine & Dentistry of sity of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is New Jersey in ‘77. She practiced and taught Matthew Gummerson, B.S. ‘01, graduated currently based at NASA GSFC, working in physical therapy in Boston at Tufts Univer- from GW School of Medicine in ‘05. The the field of global climate modeling with a sity (‘79-‘81), was full-time faculty at year following, he completed a 1 year in- large team of scientists. Craig sends his University of Detroit School of Dentistry ternship in general surgery in San Antonio. best to everyone. (‘81-‘90), and taught at University of Matt just began a 3 year residency in anes- Western Australia in Perth (‘90). Currently, thesiology for the US Air Force. He is cur- Kelly Brown, B.S. ‘06, wrote to let us Claire works full-time at a private practice rently an Air Force captain and will be an know that after a bit of a wait, she received in Novi, Michigan. She is married to Tim attending anesthesiologist for the USAF word that she was accepted at VCU for their Cullen (Geology, ‘73) and her daughter, after his residency. Masters of Forensic Science program. Abbey, age 24, is starting a Ph.D. program at Loyola University, Chicago in History. Susan Heald, B.A. ‘85, completed her Heather Canavan, PhD ‘02, graduate degree at the University of one of Dr. Ramaker’s stu- Anitra P. Denson, B.A. ‘97, graduated Delaware/Winterthur Museum in art con- dents, was a postdoc at from GW Medical School in 2000. Anita servation. She is a Senior Textile Conserva- University of Washington completed a pediatric residency in 2003 at tor at the National Museum of the American under Dave Castner and Miami Children’s Hospital and just finished Indian and has worked for NMAI for the Buddy Ratner. Since ‘05, Heather has been 1 the clinical portion of her fellowship to spe- past 12 2 years. Her favorite part of her job an assistant professor at The University of cialize in Pediatric Infectious Disease at is mentoring her department’s interns and New Mexico, Albuquerque. She is involved Children’s National Medical Center in DC. post-graduate fellows. Previous to her time in a new research aspect in the use of ‘smart Currently she works at Children’s in the In- there, she worked for the Minnesota Histor- polymers’ as a novel cell culture substrate fection Control Department. ical Society. Susan is married and has 2 to study cell/surface interactions. An image children (4 and 7). of her work was on the cover of Langmuir We hear that Lala Mathers Dunbar (B.S. in March 2005. ’54, M.S. ’69, Ph.D. ’72) was the ER Direc- Stephanie Holt, B.S. ’76, and her son Seth tor of Charity Hospital (A casualty of hur- visited campus in Sept 2005 as part of the Mary Corrabba, Ph.D. ’95, has accepted a ricane Katrina) in New Orleans. Her father fall marathon of pre-college campus visits. position at Southern Oregon University received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry It was a delight to show off the labs to starting in September. She expects this to from GW with Dr. Samual Wrenn as a men- Stephanie and talk about her time as a chem be a big change from anything she has done tor. He returned to his birthplace, major. before, particularly the first year when she Mathersville, Mississippi, to develop a wine will be filling in for an electrochemist who producing facility which regrettably suf- Blake Horridge, B.S. ‘05, is a 2nd year is going on sabbatical. After that, she as- fered substantial damage in Katrina. Masters of Divinity student at the American sumes things will get easier and she will be Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, able to spend more time on forensics with Marsha Caganap Galicia, CA. He is also an active member of the the Fish and Wildlife Forensic Lab. Mary M.S. ‘01, who was a student Center for Theology and the Natural keeps thinking of Bill Schmidt and his drop- of Dr. Vertes, transferred to Sciences. ping the mercury electrode! California (Bay Area) in Oc- tober for work. Previously, Michael Hudson, B.S. ‘99, recently gradu- Alan Abood Cohen, B.A. ‘72, completed

Department of Chemistry Fall 2006 | Page 17 ated with a PhD from the University of Medical School at Virginia Commonwealth sity of California, Irvine. Christa is writing Washington and is currently searching for University in Richmond, VA(expected ‘07). her dissertation, which is entitled “Eddy positions at a biotech/pharmaceutical firm He is a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army’s Correlation Direct Air/Sea Flux Measure- in the Puget Sound area. Michael’s disserta- Medical Service Corp. and will be pro- ments of Trace Gases Using Atmospheric tion was on the NMR characterization of moted to Captain after graduating in May. Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spec- beta hairpin and sheet peptides. As an un- He is married to Alana (Conors) Laliberte, trometry”. When it is complete, she plans dergrad he did his research with Dr. Tarkka who is also a GW grad (B.A. psych/M.A. to do a postdoc with her current advisor, on rigid rod polymers. art therapy) and they have a puppy. Bryan Eric S. Saltzman. hopes to become an otolaryngologist. Malika Jeffries-El, Ph.D. Larissa May, B.S. ‘97, received her MD ’01, accepted an appointment Congratulations go to Carly from GW in ‘02. Before medical school, as an Assistant Professor at Levin, B.S. ’03, who was Larissa worked at a healthcare consulting Iowa State. married this fall in Cleveland company and Shire Pharmaceuticals. She to Sebastin. Emily Barter, completed her residency at GW and is now Helen Jeppson (BS’46) B.S. ‘03, served as the Maid an attending physician in Emergency wrote in to say that she is finally on our of Honor. Carly is a doctoral student with Medicine at GW. Larissa has a 9 year old mailing list! We look forward to a continu- Naomi Hallis at Rice. daughter, Leila, whose father she divorced ing dialog. in ‘01, but Larissa is now engaged to a Kira Kalvik Lueders, B.S. ’62, M.S. ’65, physician and the wedding is scheduled for Kaveh Jorabchi, Ph.D. ’06, is now a Re- wrote that she very much enjoyed reading May. search Associate in the Department of the story about Dr. Naeser in the fall 2005 Chemistry at University of Wisconsin- issue of the Chemistry Department Robert McClenon, B.A. ‘69, received a Madison. Newsletter. “I’m glad he had such a long MA in History of Science from Yale (‘72) life. His entertaining lectures to chemistry and a MS in Computer Science from GW Meanwhile, Kaveh Kahen, Ph.D. ’05, ex- freshman class are still vivid even though I (‘80). Before getting his MA, Robert pressed the hope that things are going well experienced them 47 years ago. Other mem- worked as a scientific programmer and is south of the border! He is finally getting set- ories are of Dr. Wrenn climbing out the now working for Northrop Grumman in Re- tled in Toronto. He writes that “it is a very classroom window to retrieve flasks from ston, where he designs databases and tests nice city and everything is OK, except that the adjoining rooftop, and his efforts to beat software. Robert lives in downtown DC and I am still living in a hotel room (a nice one, back the ivy growing up the outside walls has 2 children and a granddaughter. though!). Nevertheless, Sciex has been of Corcoran Hall with a chloroform soaked quite helpful in the relocation process. I rag on the end of a stick. Needless to say, John A. McLean, Ph.D. ’00, was pleased hope that I can attend the Winter Confer- he was not successful in the ivy department. to report that he accepted an appointment at ence and see GW colleagues there.” Also memories of boring holes in cork and Vanderbilt University as an Assistant Pro- rubber stoppers in labs, and having to suffer fessor. John wrote that “in something as Preethy Kolinjivadi, B.S. labs with medical students whom we chem- complex as faculty negotiations Vanderbilt ‘00, who resides in Silver istry students considered a lower form of truly impressed me and I look forward to Spring, MD, is currently life since they were not at all serious about the teaching and research opportunities that working on an NIH-funded the subject. Undergraduate organic chem- this appointment will provide. It also re- research study on prevention istry with Dr. Wrenn was the most miser- flects well on the caliber of teaching, re- of diabetes in middle school children and is able experience of my life at GW. In search, and training in the Department of completing a 2nd MS in epidemiology at contrast, I loved my graduate level organic Chemistry at The George Washington GW. Preethy has received an MHS in inter- classes with Dr. Theodore Perros, from University.” national health from Johns Hopkins Univer- whom I actually learned the subject. sity. Since 1963, Alan Mighell, B.S. ‘57 & M.S. I recently retired from the Laboratory of ‘60, has been a research scientist at NIST in Biochemistry at the National Cancer Insti- This fall is one of new beginnings for Teira the Materials Science and Engineering Lab- tute, NIH after a 43 career doing research, (Zajac) LaBrie, B.S. ‘05, which includes oratory. Alan attended Princeton University mostly molecular biology. After earning my her marriage to Joseph LaBrie in August as for graduate school. He has done lots of B.S. in Chemistry at GW in 1962, I got my well as beginning to teach chemistry and work with structural crystallography, crys- M.S. at GW in 1965 while working at NIH physics at Kent County High School in tallographic databases, and the mathemati- and attending GW part time. I later got a Worton, MD. Teira is also working towards cal properties of lattices. her Standard Certification for teaching Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1975.” through the Resident Teacher program at Kate (Richardson) Omron, B.S.’97, went Chesapeake College. on to graduate from GW medical school in After graduation, Christa Marandino, B.S. ‘01. By ‘04, she had completed her intern- ’98, spent one year in the AmeriCorps pro- Bryan Laliberte, B.S. ‘02, received his ship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospi- gram in LA. She is currently pursuing a M.S. in Forensic Science from GW in ‘03 tal and returned to DC. Currently, Kate Ph.D. in Earth System Science at the Univer- and is currently working on his M.D. at works at a community clinic in Adams Mor- Page 18 | Fall 2006 Department of Chemistry gan and occasionally at Children’s Hospital. Kate has kept in touch tionally volunteers as a calculus tutor and at a local rescue/retreat with Nikki (Hutt) Edleman, B.S. ’97, who completed her PhD in for parrots. Jacqueline is also applying to medical school. chemistry at Northwestern University and now lives in New York with her husband and their 2 children. Kate has also had contact Lee Silverberg, B.S. ‘86, works at Johnson Matthey in West Dept- with Christine Booth, B.S. ’97, who attended medical school in ford, NJ doing Pharmaceutical Process R&D. Lee still rows com- Florida and went on to complete her internship and residency with petitively at Fairmount Rowing Association and is active with the the military. Christine was recently married and is an OB/GYN in GW program. North Carolina. Rekha S. Thomas, B.S. ‘98, previously worked at the Behavioral From 1961-63, Adam Peiperl, B.S. ‘57, worked as a Russian sci- Pharmacology Research Unit at Johns Hopkins University until ‘02. entific translator for the Library of Congress and was then self-em- Rekha will graduate with a PharmD from The University of Mary- ployed as a translator. Afterwards, he began a successful career as land, Baltimore in May of 2006. an artist. Mike Tolocka, Ph.D. ’98, has accepted a position in the Chemistry Bryan Rabatic (BS ’98) noted our posting for a faculty position in Department at LSU starting in this fall. Nanoscale Biomaterials last year and was happy to see the depart- ment moving into this type of research. He writes that he did his The report on renovations of the fourth floor of Corcoran brought graduate work with Sam Stupp at Northwestern studying inorganic back some memories for Charles Wales (BS. ’49). Charles began templating of self-assembling systems and is currently a postdoc- at GW in 1944. After 1945-46 US Army time, he resumed his stud- toral fellow investigating the interface between metal oxide ies Feb. 1947. In that semester he had Qualitative Analysis under nanoparticles with biological molecules at Argonne National Lab Dr. Vincent in the old lab. The summer of 1946 he had Quantita- in Chicago. While at GW he did his undergraduate research with tive Analysis there. The teacher was someone from the Bureau of Dr. Tarkka. Standards, which was then located in D.C. Probably about 1948 came Organic Preparations under Dr. Wrenn. After graduating wih a B.S. in 2003, Scott Ruplinger moved to Florida to train full-time for distance running going into the 2004 Hanhui Xu, M.S. ‘05, is currently working towards Olympic trials. He then worked at the State Crime Lab in Tallahas- a Ph.D. at Georgetown. see doing DNA analysis. In April ’05, Scott moved to Texas where he is currently a drug chemist in a crime lab and owner of his own athletic training company. After working in the CNS Drug Metabolism Depart- ment at Pfizer Research Headquarters in Groton, CT for four years, Jacqueline Ryan, B.S. ‘05, recently began a full-time Adam Yasgar, B.S. ‘01, accepted a job in August to work as a Re- job at Hoag Hospital in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit in search Associate for the National Chemical Genomics Center Newport Beach, CA. She has also volunteered her time (NCGC) at NIH. Good Luck in your new position. at Hoag Hospital as a Clinical Care Extender and addi-

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