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Letter from the Chair

The last year has brought a number of 30, 2016. I encourage you all to join Contents exciting developments in the Chemistry de- these donors in supporting undergraduate partment. In this newsletter we are pleased research opportunities by designating a gift Letter from the Chair...... 1 to introduce our newest departmental hire, to support “Undergraduate Research” on Brent R. Martin, whose work at the inter- the enclosed reply envelope. New Faculty...... 2 face of chemical biology and analytical Faculty News...... 2 The summer research fellowship pro- chemistry sheds light on the identification gram matches undergraduate chemistry Faculty Profiles...... 4 of novel disease targets. Additionally we and biochemistry majors with Michigan are proud to profile the research of Prof. Graduate Program News faculty on campus every summer, provid- Melanie S. Sanford for which she was ing what is often the formative experience Degrees...... 5 awarded a 2011 MacArthur Foundation in a research lab. Stipends of approxi- Vaughan/Fajans...... 6 Fellowship, the “genius” award, among mately $3,500 are awarded to talented numerous other recent honors. Awards...... 7 students for 10 weeks of research, and The positive trajectory of the depart- demand for fellowships far exceeds our Undergraduate Program News ment has been recognized in our continu- ability to fund them. Currently, we identify Degrees...... 8 ally improving rank in the US News and more than 30 outstanding students from Awards...... 8 World Report rankings (currently at 16) a large applicant pool who would benefit and our QS World University Ranking from this program. To date we have been Summer Programs ...... 9 in Chemistry of 25 (16 in the US only). able to identify summer support for ap- Gifts...... 10 Our level of research funding has also proximately 15 students using a mix of Alumni News ...... 11-12 been rapidly rising and we rank in the discretionary funds and research grants. As top 20 in terms of schools with the most federal agency support for this important In Memoriam ...... 13 federal support for chemical research and educational mission wanes, it is especially Faculty Listing...... 14 development. important to generate additional resources Alumni Reply for this critical program and I hope you The Chemistry Department is com- Form ...... inside back cover will consider making a contribution to this mitted to providing the best educational or one of our other areas of need. Donations...... reply envelope flap experience for the University of Michigan undergraduate and graduate students, in- Both educational and research missions cluding the opportunity for undergraduate of the Chemistry Department are growing students to experience the thrill of scientific and thriving, despite budget challenges. research. To further this aim, two longtime, The Chemistry Department and I are generous donors to the department have grateful for your contributions and sup- pledged $200,000 in financial support for port of our endeavors to teach the future summer research funding for undergradu- generation of scientists and leaders. The 2011 ate students in the Department of Chemis- loyal donors to the Department’s various try. To help demonstrate their tremendous gift funds, scholarships and endowments The Regents of the University of Michigan: commitment to Michigan Chemistry, they are enumerated elsewhere in this newslet- Julia Donovan Darlow, Laurence B. Deitch, Denise Ilitch, Olivia P. Maynard, Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew C. Richner, S. are challenging fellow alumni, donors, and ter. On behalf of the students and faculty Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White, Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio. former faculty to contribute an additional who benefit from this support, I thank you Mary Sue Coleman, president. The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative $200,000 to the same program by June sincerely. I hope that you will come and action employer.

2011 U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY visit the Department anytime that you are in town. I look forward to meeting alumni/ anisms that control this lipid modification alumnae visitors. remain poorly characterized. In order to Best wishes, understand the processes regulating dy- Carol Ann Fierke, Chair namic palmitoylation, we have developed Jerome and Isabella Karle Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biological a quantitative chemo-proteomic platform Chemistry using cutting edge mass spectrometry applied to global comparative analysis of palmitoylated proteins, and used this platform to interrogate the population of palmitoylated proteins regulated by both Spotlight: Profiles of New Faculty palmitoyl transferases and thioesterases implicated in cancer and neurological We highlight faculty members who have joined the Department since the last newsletter. diseases. Additionally, using competitive Their appointment speaks well for our future. activity-based high throughput screening, we identified a new class of mechanism- Brent R. Martin chemical probes, mass spectrometry, and based in vivo-active, potent, and highly Assistant Professor imaging technologies presents a unique selective inhibitors to enzymes proposed PhD: UC San Diego opportunity for broad training in chemical to regulate protein palmitoylation. In PostDoc: Scripps Research Institute biology. This multidisciplinary approach combination with novel activity-based Bioanalytical Chemistry will rely on technological probes, we identified a unique subset of innovation focused on enzymatically regulated, dynamically Our group aims to explore the unexplored biochemical palmitoylated proteins in cells. function and physiological role pathways and their links of novel enzymes and lipids Understanding the functional role of to human disease. involved in the development dynamic post-translational modifications of neurological diseases and Cysteine residues in in disease will be explored through the cancer. To achieve these goals, proteins have pKa values application of new inhibitors and genetic we propose to bridge chemi- close to neutral and are models to test the importance of potential cal, analytical, and biological often in their reactive therapeutic targets in vitro and in vivo. approaches to identify novel thiolate form in cells, Additionally, these methodologies will disease targets and develop making them nucleophilic be used to globally assign substrates to new approaches for therapeutic and targets of distinct unannotated enzymes, as well as the intro- intervention. Our expertise in post-translational modi- duction of new fluorescence microscopy cell and molecular biology, fications. One such modi- approaches for visualizing the spatial fication, termed protein S-palmitoylation, and temporal control of membrane com- describes the thioester linkage of palmitic partmentalization. Furthermore, through the development of an expanded suite acid and cysteine in proteins, and is re- Department of Chemistry quired for membrane association and spa- of chemical probes, we will explore the tial regulation of diverse cellular pathways enzymology, regulation, interactions, and Newsletter involved in cell growth and signaling. In function of novel enzymes involved in the is published once a year by the Department many cases, palmitoylation is thought to be biosynthesis and degradation of unique of Chemistry at the University of Michigan, lipids altered in specific disease states. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055 dynamically regulated, although the mech-

Faculty News as 50-year members of the American Chemical Society. Printed on Recycled Paper Hashim Al-Hashimi was featured in Julie Biteen received the PicoQuant the October 2010 issue of Popular Science Young Investigator Award. She was Chair: Carol Fierke magazine as one of the “Brilliant Ten.” recognized at the 2011 SPIE Photonics Editor: Arthur J. Ashe, III Each year the magazine picks the ten most Publication: Agnes Soderbeck West Conference for applying single Alumni News: Arthur J. Ashe, III, innovative young US-based scientists and molecule and super-resolution imaging Robert Kuczkowski features them in a special issue. Hashim to live bacterial cells. Julie is part of a was cited for his pioneering work record- UM team of researchers who have been ing “nano-movies” of RNA and DNA granted an NSF Materials Research Sci- Web Address: showing how these vital biomolecules ence and Engineering Center for Photonic wiggle and move. http://www.umich.edu/~michchem and Multiscale Nanomaterials. E-mail: [email protected] Arthur Ashe, Michael Morris and Charles Brooks, the Warner-Lambert/ John Wiseman were honored this year Parke Davis Professor of Chemistry, has

2 2011 been included on the Thomson Reuters organic chemistry. Anna has been elected Brandon Ruotolo won the American Science Watch List, “Top 100 Chemists, a Fellow of the American Association for Society for Mass Spectrometry Research 2000-2010.” Charles’ work focuses on the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Award. The objective of the award is understanding the forces that determine She was cited for her fundamental studies to promote academic research by young the structure of proteins, peptides, nucleic leading to strategies for the development of scientists in mass spectrometry. He has acids and complexes containing these small molecule transcriptional regulators. also received the Ralph E. Powe Junior important biomolecules. He has also Faculty Enhancement Award sponsored Adam Matzger was elected a fellow of been recognized for his pioneering work by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. AAAS. Adam was honored for advancing in computational biophysics with a Com- the science and technology of crystalliza- Melanie Sanford was recently awarded puterworld Smithsonian Award. tion in areas including polymorphism, two- a MacArthur Fellowship. She was one of Zhan Chen is part of a research team, dimensional assembly and porous solids. just 22 new fellows in all fields named by including Charles Brooks and Neil the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Anne McNeil received a 2011 Alfred Marsh, which has received a Multidis- Foundation on September 22, 2011. Each P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Sloan fel- ciplinary University Research Initiative MacArthur Fellow receives $500,000 “no lowships have been awarded since 1955 from the Army Research Office. They will strings attached” support for the next five and are given to early career scientists in study biological molecules at interfaces at years. The so called “genius awards” are recognition of achievement and potential different humidity levels. Together with designed to give the recipients freedom to to make substantial contributions to their Neil Marsh, Zhan received a grant from explore new areas. Melanie also became fields. She has also received a LSA Ex- the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor this past cellence in Teaching Award. Ann is also investigate structure-function relation- year. She was named an AAAS Fellow for a recipient of the 2010 Presidential Early ships of chemically immobilized enzymes. distinguished contributions to the fields Career Award for Scientists and Engineers of organic, organometallic and inorganic Brian Coppola is one of three finalists (PECASE). This award is the highest chemistry, particularly the development for the 2012 Robert Foster Cherry Award honor bestowed by the United States and mechanistic studies of transition for Great Teaching. The award is conferred government on science and engineering metal catalyzed reactions. Finally she has biennially by Baylor University and carries professionals in the early stages of their received the Royal Society of Chemistry a monetary award of $250,000 as well as independent research careers. Awardees (RSC) Fluorine Prize for 2011. another $25,000 for his host department. are selected for their pursuit of innovative The winner will be announced in the spring research at the frontiers of science and Roseanne Sension has been appointed 2012. Brian has also been awarded the technology and their commitment to com- to a three year term on the LSA Executive UM Provost’s 2011 Teaching Innovation munity service as demonstrated through Committee. Prize. The purpose of this award is to honor scientific leadership, public education or Edwin Vedejs, Moses Gomberg Col- faculty who have developed innovative community outreach. legiate Professor of Chemistry, retired from approaches to teaching that incorporate John Montgomery was elected a fel- active status on June 1, 2011 and was ap- creative pedagogies. low of the AAAS. He was honored for pointed Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. Carol Fierke received a Rackham fundamental studies in catalytic reductive Professor Vedejs completed his BS at the Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award coupling involving metallacyclic inter- UM in 1962 and his PhD at the University recognizing her outstanding contributions mediates which allow the construction of of Wisconsin in 1966. He then spent a directing graduate students. She will complex organic molecules. post doctoral year at Harvard with E.J. also receive the 2012 Repligen Award in Corey. He was a faculty member of the Mark M. Meyerhoff received a Rack- Chemistry of Biological Processes. This University of Wisconsin 1967-1999 and ham Distinguished Faculty Achievement award is sponsored by the ACS Division joined the faculty at UM in 1999. Award for 2011. of Biological Chemistry. It recognizes her Ed is one of the leaders in the field of contributions to our understanding of how Michael D. Morris and Pavel Ma- synthetic and mechanistic organic chem- protein and nucleic acid catalysts achieve tousek have edited a volume, “Emerging istry. He is particularly known for devel- high efficiency with rigorous control of Raman Applications and Techniques in oping synthetic approaches to cytotoxic reaction specificity. Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Fields,” nitrogen-containing natural products and Springer, Berlin, 2010. Raoul Kopelman received a prize at mechanistic elucidation of the Wittig reac- the UM “Celebrate Invention” for submit- Ayyalusamy (Rams) Ramamoorthy tion. He has performed many services to the ting six inventions to UM Tech Transfer. organized a PACIFICHEM symposium in Organic Chemistry Community. He served Hawaii on, “Advances in Solid State NMR as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the Kevin Kubarych received a Camille of Biological Molecules.” A recent article American Chemical Society (1994-1999) Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award. by Rams, “Inhibition of Amyloid Peptide and was chair of the Organic Division of Nicolai Lehnert received a 3M Non- Fibrillation by Inorganic Naoparticles,” the American Chemical Society (2003). tenured Faculty Grant. [Angew. Chem. Int., 2011, 50, 1-7] was His honors include: Alexander von featured on the cover of that journal and Anna Mapp is receiving an Arthur C. Humboldt Senior Scientist Award (1984), highlighted in C&EN. Cope Scholar Award given by the ACS to the Pharmacia & Upjohn Teaching Award recognize her outstanding achievements in (1996), Paul Walden Medal (1997), the

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 3 H.C. Brown Award for Creative Research He supervised more than 80 PhD Nils Walter was the Buchanan Lecturer in Synthetic Methods (ACS) (2003), the students, numerous post-doctorals and at Bowling Green State University. He Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of undergraduates. As Professor Emeritus he serves as the director of the Single Mol- Sciences (2005), the Order of the Three intends to continue with his research work. ecule Analysis in Real-Time (SMART) Stars (2006) and ACS Fellow (2011). Center which has just opened.

Faculty Profiles

Melanie Sanford for forming of CO2 to methanol. Another relatively new them and project (collaboration with colleagues in Melanie Sanford was born in New Bed- also due to Chemical Engineering) involves designing ford, MA and grew up in Providence, their sus- new V and Cr complexes for applications RI. She received BS and MS degrees in ceptibility in redox flow batteries. chemistry from Yale University in 1996. to rapid de- Over the past few years, Melanie has won While there she worked with Professor c o m p o s i - a number of awards. Some highlights in- Robert Crabtree studying CF bond activation. Work in clude a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, tion reactions. She then pursued graduate the Sanford the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, and studies at Caltech working with Bob group has the National Fresenius Award. Her Pure Grubbs. During her time in Pasadena she shown that, Chemistry Award symposium at the Ana- conducted detailed mechanistic studies of with care- heim ACS meeting was chaired by former 1st and 2nd generation Ru olefin metath- ful design of student Dr. Lopa Desai, who is currently esis catalysts. In 2001, Melanie moved to supporting ligands, such complexes can pursuing a very successful research career Princeton University where she was an be synthesized and studied in detail. Fur- at Bristol Myers Squibb. Melanie has also NIH post-doctoral fellow working with thermore, they appear to play a heretofore received several awards for undergraduate Jay Groves studying the organometallic unappreciated role in a variety of catalytic teaching, including the John Dewey Award chemistry of metalloporphyrins. transformations. In many cases, they react for undergraduate education and the LSA with complementary selectivity compared Melanie started her independent career at award for excellence in teaching. She was to more conventional palladium(II) or pal- Michigan in 2003. She quickly built up also recently named Arthur F. Thurnau ladium(0) species (so called “low-valent a group of outstanding students to study Professor of Chemistry at the University palladium”). The Sanford group (and many problems at the interface of organic and of Michigan. inorganic chemistry. The Sanford group other research groups around the world) has made contributions to numerous areas. are now exploiting the unique chemistry of Graduates from the Sanford group have For example, they have developed new Pd(IV) in CH functionalization and alkene recently moved on to a variety of different catalysts and catalytic procedures for di- functionalization reactions. postdocs as well as to industrial careers (for example, at Bristol Myers Squibb, Abbott rectly transforming traditionally inert C-H More recently the Sanford group has Laboratories, Dupont Agrochemicals, Na- bonds into new functional groups. These started to move into other areas of catalysis lco, and Honeywell). Furthermore, several reactions have the potential for widespread and energy research. For example, a new former graduate students and post-docs applications in the late-stage modification project focuses on developing tandem have started faculty positions at schools of biologically active molecules. As a sequences of catalysts for the reduction including St. Olaf College, Worcester result, this work has garnered tremendous of CO . Preliminary studies show that the 2 Polytechnic University (WPI), and Wart- interest from the synthetic organic com- combination of three catalysts can enable burg College. munity and from the pharmaceutical and selective low temperature hydrogenation agrochemical industries. The Sanford group has also made fundamental contributions to understanding the chemistry of high oxidation state palladium complexes. Such compounds were once considered inaccessible under ambi- ent conditions due to high kinetic barriers

Back row: J. Brannon Gary, Monica Lotz, Amanda Hickman, Joy Racowski, Melanie Sanford, Sharon Neufeldt, Shinhee Lee, Asako Kubota, D. Marion Emmert Front row: Kevin Fortner, Rebecca Loy, Amanda Cook, Anna Wagner, Chelsea Huff, Kate Butler, Kara Stowers, Yingda Ye, Ansis Maleckis

4 2011 Graduate Program News Graduate Degrees - Masters & Ph.D August 2010, December 2010, May 2011 & August 2011

Doctorates Erica Lanni Anne McNeil Mechanistic Studies of Nickel-Catalyzed Chain-Growth Polymer- Seokhoon Ahn Adam J. Matzger izations: Additive and Ligand Effects Two-Dimensional Crystallization from Multicomponent Solutions Matthew Leathen John P. Wolfe Jessica Anna Kevin Kubarych Development of Reactions for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Exploring Condensed Phase Equilibrium Dynamics via Ultrafast Heterocycles and Benzylic Amines, and Exploration of Bisisoxa- Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy zolidines as Small Molecule Transcriptional Activation Domains Christopher Avery Zhan Chen Georgia Lemen John P. Wolfe Studies of Molecular Mechanisms of Synthetic Antimicrobial Extension of Carboamination Methodology to the Synthesis of Compounds Using Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spec- Isoxazolidines and 2,5-trans-pyrrolidines troscopy Vilmali Lopez-Mejias Adam J. Matzger Carlos Baiz Kevin Kubarych Applications and Mechanistic Studies of Polymorph Selection by Investigating Ultrafast Condensed-Phase Chemical Dynamics Polymer Heteronuclei with Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy Thomas Lyons Melanie Sanford Nicholas Ball Melanie Sanford Pd(II/IV)-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation Reactions and Site Selec- Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigations of Palladium Trifluo- tivity in Pd-Catalyzed Oxidative Couplings rides and Fluorides Towards Aryl CuCF3 and CuF Bond Forma- tion Duy Ngoc Mai John P. Wolfe Synthesis of Heterocycles via Enantioselective Palladium-Cata- Ryan Baxter John Montgomery lyzed Reactions Method Development and Mechanistic Investigation of Nickel- Catalyzed Reductive Coupling Processes Hasnain Malik John Montgomery Strategies for Regio-and Enantiocontrol in Nickel-Catalyzed Re- Anette Casiano-Negroni Hashim Al-Hashimi & Carol A. Fierke ductive Couplings of Aldehydes and Alkynes Investigating the Conformational Dynamics of RNA Induced by Metal Cations and Aminoglycosides Using NMR Robert McCanne Kevin Kubarych Applications of 2DIR on Solvation Dynamics and Reaction Chem- Saumen Chakraborty Vincent L. Pecoraro istry Designed Metalloproteins: From Structually Characterized Scaf- folds to Helical Bundles Ravi Prakash Reddy Nanga A. Ramamoorthy Structural Investigation of Helical Intermediates in the Misfolding Claire Chisolm Robert Kennedy Pathway of Amyloid Peptides Associated with Type II Diabetes Development and Characterization of Microscale Samplers and HIV Coupled to HPLC for Near Real-Time Reaction Monitoring Joshua Neukom John P. Wolfe Anna Clark Robert Kennedy Method Development for the Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Near Real-Time Microfluidic Monitoring of Cellular Secretions Nitrogen Heterocycles and Mechanistic Analysis of Migratory Using Fluorescent Enzyme Assays Alkene Insertion into Pd-N Bonds Amy Danowitz Anna K. Mapp Michael Orozco Roseanne J. Sension I. Synthesizing and Identifying Small Molecule Probes for Target- Temperature-Dependent Studies of Chemical Reaction Dynamics ing Transcriptional Co-factors II. Design and Implementation of a Peer-Led Practical Research Dustin Patterson E. Neil Marsh Ethics Module for Teaching Graduate Research Ethics Symmetry Assembled Supramolecular Protein Cages: Investigat- ing a Strategy for Constructing New Biomaterials Elizabeth Dethoff Hashim Al-Hashimi Structural and Dynamic Basis for Assembly of the HIV-1 TAR- Amy Payeur Robert Kennedy & Richard Sacks Tat Ribonucleoprotein Complex Novel Applications of Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Kathryn Dooley Michael D. Morris Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Bone Biomechanical Function Maura Perry Robert Kennedy and Development in Animal Models Fast Capillary Electrophoresis for the Study of Dopamine in the Central Nervous System Kevin Hagedorn Stephen Maldonado Experimental Studies and Numerical Simulation on Light-Har- Robert-Andre Rarig Edwin Vedejs vesting Devices Advances in Hydroboration: Metal-Free Oxygen-Directed Hy- droboration and Asymmetric Hydroboration with N-Tosyl-( R,R)- Andrew Higgs Melanie Sanford 2,6-Diisopropyl-1,4-Borazinane Nickel-Mediated Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation and Efforts Towards High-Oxidation State Nickel Complexes Matthew Remy Melanie Sanford Group 10 Methyl Transfer Reactions toward Catalyst Develop- Tamiika Hurst Carol A. Fierke ment for Oxidative Oligomerization of Methane Development of a Novel Protein Sensor for the Intracellular Imaging of Zinc

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 5 Jennifer Schnobrich Adam J. Matzger The Vaughan Symposium was designed by and is run by Michi- Linker Design Principles and Implementation in High Perfor- gan Chemistry Graduate Students. It serves as a venue in which mance Microporous Coordination Polymers to share exciting research taking place within the Department of Grant Sormunen John Montgomery Chemistry. Originally named Pecrum, the first symposium was Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Couplings of Aldehydes and Al- held in 2003. Through participants presenting their work to the kynes: Controlling Stereochemistry and Regioselectivity using Department as a whole, students foster collaborations, inspire new N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands avenues of research, and nurture a growing sense of community Francisco Vazquez Eitan Geva within the Department. The symposium has become an annual Calculation of time correlation functions and rate constants in tradition within the Department of Chemistry. liquid solutions This year’s symposium was chaired by Elaina Zverina. It Bo Wang Kristina Hakansson started and finished with two excellent plenary lectures by Dr. Multiplex mass spectrometric approaches for protein cross-linking Scott Young of Dow Chemical Company and Professor Edward analysis and protein functional studies Solomon of Stanford University. In between there were six 25 Meng Wang Robert Kennedy minute talks by graduate students. Student posters were presented In Vivo Neurochemical Monitoring with High Temporal and Spa- in morning and afternoon sessions. All registrants received a free tial Resolution using Segmented Flow Microfluidics lunch and a symposium t-shirt. Kazutoshi Yamamoto A. Ramamoorthy Atomic-Level Dynamical,Structural and Functional Investiga- The organizing committee selected an oral presentation by tion of a Membrane Protein Complex through Nuclear Magnetic Sharon Neufeldt (Advisor: Sanford) to receive the outstanding Resonance Spectroscopy oral presentation award. The award consists of an $800 travel award to attend a scientific meeting. There were two other awards Qinyi Yan Mark E. Meyerhoff Implantable Amperometric Glucose/Lactate Sensors with Nitric for oral presentations and 27 for excellent posters. The awardees Oxide Release/Generation Coatings for Enhanced Biocompatibil- are listed in this newsletter. These awards of $400 each are to be ity and Needle-Type Glucose Sensor for Tear Glucose Measure- used to attend a scientific meeting. We are grateful to the Dow ments Chemical Foundation for Wen Zhou Kristina Hakansson their generous support of Gas-phase Ion-electron and Ion-photon Reactions for Structural these awards. Characterization of Protein Glycosylation

Masters Ravi Prakash Reddy Nanga Bo Peng Lindsay Amos Ross Putman Andrea Bell Gabriel Roman Russell Bornschein Emily Salans Elizabeth Brisbois Nichole Schmidt Wenyi Cai Shuwen Sun Alana Canfield Christopher Taylor Chun Chow Laura Thoma Jessica Donehue Mallory van Dongen-Sohmer Di Gao Kasmir Fajans Dissertation Award Ning Wang Beth Haas Alexander Wolf Linjie Han On November 1, 2011 Dr. Kami Hull received the Kasimir Fajans Yingda Ye Xiaoguang Hao Award for the most outstanding chemistry dissertation for the years Yueyang Zhong Vishalakshi Krishnan 2008-2009. Dr. Hull, who is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Ying Zhou Susie Krzmarzick Stanford University, where she works with Professor Barry Trost, delivered a lecture on, “Pal- ladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions and Progress Towards the Total Syn- The Victor C. Vaughan Symposium thesis of (-)Lasonolide A.” Dr. Stefan Fajans [Kasimir Fajans’ The Vaughan Symposium (http://umich.edu/~vaughan/) was son] and her mentor Professor held in the Chemistry Department on July 28, 2011. The sympo- Melanie Sanford attended the sium is named in honor of Victor C. Vaughan (1851-1921) who Departmental reception prior was one of the first students to graduate from the University with to the lecture. Her name has a PhD in Chemistry (1876). Dr. Vaughan subsequently earned been placed on a bronze plaque an MD from Michigan in 1878 and went on to a distinguished on permanent display in the career in medicine. He served as Dean of the Medical School main conference room of the 1891-1921 and president of the AMA (1914-5). Chemistry Building. Melanie Sanford and Kami Hull

6 2011 Graduate Awards

Departmental Awards for a summer half-term stipend. • Junsi Gu (Maldonado) Florence Fenwick Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award Margaret & Herman Sokol Graduate Summer Research Fellowship Presented to Chemistry graduate students who taught under- Margaret Sokol, who passed away just a few years ago, along graduate courses in Chemistry during the 2010-2011 academic with her late husband, Herman, who graduated from U-M in year. Recipients are selected for their contribution to innovation 1940, established this fellowship for graduate students in chem- in the lab or classroom on the basis of teaching evaluations and a istry in 1983. This award is given to a student who has shown written recommendation by a faculty member. These awards are excellence in research and provides for a summer half-term sti- provided from the Florence Fenwick Memorial Fund. pend. Mrs. Sokol through her estate, has honored the Chemistry • Joseph Yourey (Bartlett) Department with a very generous endowment. Alumni Fund Outstanding Graduate Student Research • John King (Kubarych) Award NSF Graduate Fellowships Selection for this award is based on the research advisor recommendation letter, publications, posters & presentations made at This is an extremely competitive national competition, and is an meetings, uniqueness and nature of research during the 2010- testament to the outstanding accomplishments of these students! • 2011 academic year. This award is provided from the Chemistry Heidi Phillips (Dunietz/Geva) Alumni Fund. • Anna Wagner (Sanford) • Jameson Bothe (Al-Hashimi) • Kelsey King (McNeil) • Se Ryeon Lee (McNeil) American Chemical Society Outstanding Graduate Student • Alaina DeToma (Lim) Award for Research and Teaching • Cameron Moore (1st year, rotating in Szymczak) This award is given by the Huron Valley Section of the American Chemical Society. It is intended to recognize achievement in The following students received an Honorable Mention in the teaching and research during the 2010-2011 academic year. NSF Graduate Fellowship competition, which is also a great • Alex Johnson-Buck (Walter) achievement. Milton Tamres Outstanding Teaching Award • Sabrina Peczonczyk (Maldonado) The late Milton Tamres, established this award to recognize • Jessica Donehue (Goodson) outstanding cumulative teaching service. Mrs. Françoise Tamres • Tyler Carter (1st year, rotating in Szymczak) continues to maintain the support for this award in her husband’s honor. • Deidra Gerlach (Lehnert) Robert & Carolyn Buzzard Graduate Chemistry Student Vaughan Symposium Leadership Award This Leadership Award is given to a graduate student who has Dow Travel Award for best oral Inorganic shown leadership skills. The student takes an active role in the presentation: • Brannon Gray Department - assisting with graduate recruitment; working with • Sharon Neufeldt • Chelsea Huff faculty and staff to provide a better environment for graduate stu- • Fangting Yu dents; also serves as a morale and welfare support person. This Travel awards for oral presen- • Cameron Moore award is provided by Bob and Carolyn Buzzard. tations: • Thaddeus Boron III • Amy Danowitz (Mapp) • Joseph Jankolovits George Ashworth Analytical Chemistry Fellowship • Jameson Bothe Materials The George Ashworth Endowment provides for a fellowship to Travel awards for poster pre- • Rayeon Lee be given to a graduate student to continue research in analytical sentations by cluster: • Kira Landen-Berger chemistry. The award provides for a summer half-term stipend. Analytical • Jing Chen • Rui Huang (Ramamoorthy) • Junsi Gu • Joseph Yourey Robert W. Parry Fellowship • Billy Clifford-Nunn • Jeanne Hankett Organic The Robert W. Parry Award is made possible through the gener- • Dani Schultz ous donations of alumni, friends, industrial donors and the stu- • Will Conlin • Anna Wagner dents of Professor Parry. It is awarded to a graduate student who • Monica Lotz has shown excellence in research in inorganic chemistry. This Chemical Biology • Sameer Phadke • Doug Hansen award provides for a summer half-term stipend. Joseph Yourey (Bartlett) • Xin Liu • Benjamin Buer Physical Peter A.S. Smith Fellowship • Sethu Pitchiaya • Bei Ding The Peter A.S. Smith Fellowship was endowed in 1995. The fel- • Heidi Pedini • Beth Haas lowship is awarded to a graduate student who is doing research • Ramya Krishnan • Heidi Phillips in synthetic organic or inorganic chemistry. This award provides • John King

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 7 Undergraduate Program News Chloe Bass Vivek Behera ‡ Sarah Breed Undergraduate Degrees Azhar Carim August 2010, December 2010, May 2011 & August 2011 Thomas Chae Andrew Cipa Bachelor of Science. Junghyun Kim Alexander Sapick Patrick Collins Biochemistry Jessica Lai Nicholas Sattelberg Reza Djavadian Gelareh Abulwerdi Elizabeth Lasalle Erica Saunders Angelique Sao-Mai Do Michael Adams Lauren Leader Helen Shi Rachel Franzblau Sunil Agarwal Clara Lee Elizabeth Shy Anthony Grillo ‡ James Aldridge, III Linda Lee Bennett Smith Kaitlyn Hagan Benjamin Baldus-Strauss Sora Lee Jesse Song Alexander Hyla Katie Baughman Paul Lin Melissa Spalding Timothy Jin Rachel Beaupre Susan Liu Christina Suh Nickolas Linkous Stephanie Boyle Ramsay Macdonald Albert Tang Jessica Lopez Samantha Bruni Dorota Marchel Kimberly Taphouse Stephen Martin Eric Chen Miguel Martinez-Herrera Robert Teixeira Brittany Mitchell Loretta Choe John Mazzara Benjamin Throesch Kyle Nedic Rebecca Chota Brittney Miller John Wallington Mansur Pathan Devan Cote Jeffrey Morgan Chen Wang Andrew Robison Wasan Daimi Khalil Mroue Rebecca Weber Tyler Rohrs Yue Ding Christine Norton Seong Kyu Yang Brandon Rosen Maxwell Dixon Sameer Oak Juno Yoo Shu Situ Kevin Fay Caitlin O’Gara Sean Tompkins Julie Francisco Alex Paul Bachelor of Science. Mary Tran Samantha Glass Joshua Payne Chemistry Concentration Aamir Uddin Christopher Grondin Emily Riley Adam Runkle Matthew Wall Melissa Hoffman Margaret Rodgers Mosiah Smith Britt Wedenoja Michael Holland Nathaniel Root Katryn Williams Christopher Holt Samer Salamekh Brittany Worley Bachelor of Science in Marcella Kaddoura Andrew Samann Susan Yang Chemistry Michael Kheir Kamya Sankar Yefim Zaltsman ‡ John Balch ‡ dual concentration in Biochemistry and Chemistry Undergraduate Awards Alpha Chi Sigma Outstanding First Year Student Award American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Award This award is designated by the Alpha Beta Chapter of the The undergraduate advisors have established this award to recog- Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry fraternity to a student in first-year nize an outstanding junior chemistry major. chemistry who has demonstrated an interest in chemistry, shown • Joseph Reed outstanding academic potential as judged by instructors, and has American Institute of Chemists Award demonstrated leadership with fellow students. The American Institute of Chemists Awards are given by the • Sepideh Ashrafzadeh recommendation of the awards committee based on a student’s Alumni First Year Achievement Awards excellent record of ability, character, and academic achievement. The Department of Chemistry honors students in the first-year We consider the American Institute of Chemists Award to be the chemistry program who have demonstrated exceptional perfor- top recognition for our graduating seniors. mance in their laboratory and lecture work. The award is based • Biochemistry: Brandon Rosen on the recommendations of instructors, graduate student instruc- • Chemistry: Anthony Grillo tors and undergraduate advisors. CRC Outstanding Achievement Award • John Hsieh • Seth Klapman • Oliver Lam Each year, around the country, Departments of Chemistry are • Dale Lee • Humaira Nawer • Kailene Schabes asked to recognize a student taking introductory chemistry who Alumni Outstanding Awards has demonstrated exceptional performance in laboratory and The undergraduate awards committee established three awards in lecture work. The CRC Award has a long-standing recognition as 1991. These awards recognize academic excellence and leader- the top honor for an early-career student. ship potential of second year, third year, and senior chemistry • Xiao Wang and biochemistry concentrators. Seyhan N. Ege—WISE Award • Second Year — Henry Kuang Seyhan N. Ege was one of the founders of the University of • Third Year — Robert Lentz Michigan’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program. • Senior — Susan Yang Each year, the Program recognizes outstanding achievement by

8 2011 an undergraduate woman or student of color, signifying the par- Based on recommendations by the faculty, as well as their aca- ticipation of traditionally underrepresented groups in the chemical demic records, the selection committee recommended the follow- sciences. ing students for summer 2010 research support. • Melissa Hoffman Seyhan Ege Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award Honors College Vanko Award • Elizabeth Keenan • Joshua Symes • Pengrui Wang In August of 1966 Roger B. Vanko, a junior in the University of James E. Harris Scholarship Award Michigan Honors College, was killed under tragic circumstances • Kimberly Haupt • Austin McHenry • Christina Nieh while touring Europe with friends. He was not only an outstand- • Nicole Stegmeier • Holly Williams • Sheng Zheng ing student, but also an unusually well-rounded individual. He was an active member of Chi Psi Fraternity, and among other Novartis Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award interests he played in a band on campus. He loved his work and • Melissa Gildenberg • Weiwei Wu threw himself with equal enthusiasm into whatever he did. In PPG Undergraduate Award Roger’s honor and memory, his parents, teachers, and friends es- • Benjamin Levin • Rohit Vyas tablished a memorial award to encourage outstanding young men William G. Smeaton Memorial Award and women in the field of chemistry or biochemistry. The award • Sean Collins • Aaron Goodman • Tanvi Ratani is given through the Honors Program to a student in the Honors College who is concentrating in chemistry or biochemistry and Margaret and Herman Sokol Endowment Award possesses the characteristics appropriate to being associated with • Arnold Huang • Brice Jurban • Joshua Kurtz • Kevin O’Neill Roger’s name. • Azhar Carim Huron Valley Section Outstanding Student Leadership Award An important mission of the American Chemical Society is to Undergraduate Programs promote an understanding of chemistry and its place in society. International Summer Undergraduate Research The action and initiative of individuals are critical to this: to provide leadership, organization, and positive representation for Exchange with China science and citizenship. Each year, the Huron Valley Section is pleased to recognize outstanding achievement in professional In 2007, the Uni- citizenship demonstrated by an undergraduate student. versity of Michi- • Brittany Worley gan Chemistry Merck Index Award to Outstanding Seniors Department cre- ated the first truly The Merck Pharmaceutical Company provides the University of bilateral under- Michigan Chemistry Department with awards each year in the graduate research form of The Merck Index, to be given to outstanding graduating chemistry and biochemistry concentrators. All of these students exchange program, have demonstrated high standards of performance and exhibit in the sciences, promise of future high achievement. between China and • Bennet Smith the United States. Starting then with Summer Research Awards a pilot project, with seven total stu- The traditional rock picture, painted by the sum- Each year, thanks both to endowment funds and the generous do- dents, the program mer students from China nations of private and industrial sponsors, we are able to support has grown, in 2010, a large number of students for summer undergraduate research. to include 50 students per year (25 in each direction). Using partial funding from the National Science Foundation, many of the US-to-China positions within the existing UM program are completely open to students from around the US. US students are placed in research groups in the chemical and biological sciences at Peking and Tsinghua Universities, in Beijing, arguably the two premier research institutions in China. Additional funding has come from the universities, from their faculty and donors, and from Pfizer Global R&D. While productive research in both countries is certainly the most tangible outcome, an equally significant result is the increased sense of global and international confidence experienced by these students, who have fully integrated these experiences as a natural part of their undergraduate education. Above all, the program is concerned with providing all of its students with a quality education and a vision of a world with far fewer boundaries and limitations than any previous generation. Undergraduate awardees at the Spring Awards Banquet Humaira Nawer, Kailene Schabes, Xiao Wang, Sepideh Ashrafza- Information about the program can be found at http://www.umich. deh, Seth Klapman, John Hsieh, Masato Koreeda edu/~michchem/UMPKU/

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 9 Gifts Yulan Chang Tong Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur David S. Watt Contributions from private and corporate donors received from July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011. Carol and Ben White Asterisk indicates matching gift. Robert Winkler Josie Winterhalter Chair’s Discretionary Fund Thomas A. Caughey P & G Fund* Barbara M. Zeigler Lenore and Robert Damrauer Gary R. Chipman Richard A. Pacer In memory, Theodore Jacob ‘44 Antone L. Lott II Elna M. Clevenger Janet P. Padilla Marilyn L. Jacob Edwin and Roberta Przybylowicz Dwayne L. Cook David R. Parker In memory, Dr. Clare Johnston John M. Costantino Pfizer Foundation* Mark D. Johnston Renee I. Cribbins Pharmacia* Chemistry Alumni Fund In memory, Louis Leopold ‘41 Colleen M. DeKay John M. Powers Alexandra S. Ryan Norman P. Arends Richard H. Douglas PPG Industries Foundation* James P.A. Ryan BASF Corporation* Dow Chemical Company Fdn* Andrew M. Rasmussen Larry G. Bell Dow Corning Corporation* Christina M. Rearick Chemistry, Pres Challenge for Steven A. Clarke David Duchane James M. Reh Grad Support John B. Delos Diane Ver Plank Dugan William H. Reusch Helene S. Gabelnick Dominion Foundation* David W. Ebdon Steven C. Rifkin Bret T. Mercer Richard R. Doyle Kenneth L. Egger, Jr. Duane Keith Root Gregory K. Thompson Kurt and Kathy J. Dien Hillig Keary M. Engle Mark A. Roseman In memory, Theodore ‘Ted’ Jacob Jeffrey D. Hsi Larry E. Fink Charles A. Roth Marilyn L. Jacob James M. Julian II Kathryn L. Fok Walter E. F. Rupprecht Dominick A. Labianca Graduate Fellowship Funds Gerald David Fong Helen S. Schaefer Agnes S. Kim-Meade Eli Lilly & Company Foundation* Susan E. Forest Richard M. Scribner George B. Lowrie III Timothy F. Merkel Shirley Scott Fraley John A. Secrist III Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Donald F. Meyer John W. Frank Mark C. Segel P & G Fund* Division of Organic Chemistry Denise Gallagher Romita Sen Novartis Gordon E. Parrington Howard L. Garrett Stephen Hill Shane William A. Pavelich William L. Gebo Elvera B. Shappirio Chemistry Special Scholarships Klaus K. Schmiegel Thomas J. Giordano Joseph W. Shepard Fund John Vincent Scibelli Steven R. Goates and Juliana Boerio- Zhong-You Shi Roger W. Blain Gregg S. Spitler Goates David L. Siroky Robert & Carolyn Buzzard Grad Susan Marie Ward Michael D. Gordon Kristi D. Snell Chem Student Leadership Chemistry Department Fund Mark T. Goulet A. Douglas Stevens Robert A. and Carolyn Buzzard David W. Badger Tony O. Greco Scott F. Stoeffler Joel M. Goldberg David Greenblatt Duane N. Sunderman Undergraduate Summer Fel- Thomas W. Gougeon Walter M. Hall Jack Sweet lowship Philip L. Gravel M. Tinder Harris Lois S. Swick Novartis Walter M. Holloway, Jr. Barry P. Hart Ashley E. Tan Thomas M. Jackson David J. Hart James Hunter Thirtle Undergraduate Research in Harold L. Kohn Martha S. Hearron Richard F. Tomko Chemistry P & G Fund* Rebecca D. Henry John K. Tomlinson Mary Ellen Sheridan David P. Hesson Robert C. Tripp Pharmacia* Annabel Adams Muenter En- Russell E & Margaret G Price Roland F. Hirsch Anne P. Turner J. Fraser Jackson Nicholas P. Walker dowment Fund Charles J. V. Scanio Annabel Adams Muenter Estate Erich Schulz Nancy L. Jestel Edward P. Washabaugh III Veronica H. Wiley Robert L. Jones Jamie A. Wiersema Leigh Charles Anderson Memo- Susan L. Woodruff Steven R. Jordan Wen-Kuei Wong rial Fund Douglas M. Kalvin William Koon Chong Wong Henry Nelson Beck Estate Chemistry Strategic Fund Phyllis E. Karseboom William D. Wright Karen M. Adams Te Piao King Dorothy T. Wu Seyhan N. Ege Junior Faculty Bradley J. Adelman Harold L. Kohn Jingtao Wu Development Award Agilent Technologies* William D. Korte Wu Yang Marjorie L. Clary Carter Ruth M. Allen Paul Martin Kovach Grace S. Yee Cengage Learning Amgen Foundation* Paul E. Krieger Dean Zehnder Gerald David Fong Anonymous Robert A. Landowne Michael S. Zisman Robert Kuczkowski Faculty Arison Family Foundation Amador O. Leal Paul F. Zittel Award Nora H. Bahr Ginny Shen Lin Robert and Ann Kuczkowski Baldwin Wolber Gordon Lockyer Chemistry Strategic Fund In memory, Prof. Martin Stiles BASF Corporation* John F. Mahaney Kent P. Lanini Memorial Li- Elizabeth and Abraham Bass J. Dolf Bass Jessica M. Marsh brary John E. Bauman, Jr. Helen B. Breckinridge Kelly McDow Richard J. Bard Timothy G. Bee Carolyn P. Brock Myrtle S. McLain Stephen L. Gaudioso Jason A. Berner William R. Dibert Shirley A. McLean Xerox Corporation* Laura and Burgin Dossett III Steven A. Boskovich Merck Company Foundation* Ava Jewell Foster William F. Bradford Jerry R. Mohrig Milton Tamres Teaching Award M. Tinder Harris James L. Brewbaker Eric M. Monberg Irving M. Adler Norman P. Jensen Sigrid Stork Brown Elizabeth White Murray Marjorie L. Clary Carter Virginia H. McClain Diane H. Burley Paul J. Nowak Harriet P. McDougal Robert W. Parry Scholarship Amanda P. Buscetta William F. Oppat Mariam K. Moren David W. Badger Rachelle L. Caoagas Randolph K. Otto Richard Z. Rosenfeld Karen and Joseph Morse Paul J. Carrier D. Eugene Overton Catesby and Lad Simpson Wells Fargo Foundation

10 2011 Richard D. Sacks Memorial Dow Chemical Company Fdn* Richard N. Loeppky Nicholas A. Taylor Student Travel Dow Corning Corporation* Lorraine Macchello Warren E. Taylor Michael D. Morris Thomas M. Dunn Merck Company Foundation* Fumio Watari David W. Emerson Mark E. Meyerhoff John C. Whitmer Peter A.S. Smith Fellowship Allan R. Emery Michael D. Morris Martha Wintermeyer David W. Emerson Helen E. Fan John R. Moyer Werner E. Bachmann Memorial Richard N. Loeppky Sherry L. F. Garchow Christer E. Nordman Joanne and Jerry Robertson Gerald Jay Gleicher Bonnie Pauly and Robert Paine Lecture Fund Robert A. Gregg Peter A. S. Smith Joel A. Hickey Irene C. Piscopo Robert C. Taylor Fund Alexandria M. Hohman James V. Pivnichny Lecture and Symposium Funds Irving M. Adler Thomas Houser Irvin W. Potts, Jr. Novartis Arthur J. Ashe III Paul Jones Paul G. Rasmussen Organic Reactions, Inc. David W. Badger Jean S. Ketcham Samuel W. Root Sigma-Aldrich Robert and Ann Kuczkowski Morley E. Russell Michael J. Berry Other Support Coran L. Cluff David L. W. Kwoh H.W. Schiller Dow Chemical Company Fdn Rita L. Combest Jeanne M. Lagowski Richard H. Schwendeman 3M Company Virginia A. Dilkes Patty H. Laswick David R. Taylor

Named Faculty Fellowship Funds It seems appropriate to also mention several other endowed fellowship funds honoring former UM Chemistry faculty mem- Our 2010 Newsletter featured an appeal for contributions to the bers. The Robert W. Parry Fellowship is used to fund summer Robert C. Taylor Fund, an endowment for graduate student sup- fellowships for graduate students in inorganic and organometallic port in the Department of Chemistry at the University. We are chemistry. Awards have been made regularly. The Robert W. pleased to report that many friends and former students of Bob Parry Fellowship was featured in our 2007 newsletter. have generously contributed to the fund. The Robert C. Taylor fund has now passed the minimum value ($10,000) established by The Peter A. S. Smith Fellowship has been used to provide the University for an endowment fund and has become permanent. summer fellowships to graduate students in organic and inorganic If you would still like to contribute to the Robert C. Taylor Fund, chemistry. It was established shortly after Peter’s retirement in it is not too late. We welcome additional contributions 1991. Professor Smith regularly attends the award ceremony usu- ally held in June. If you would like to contribute to any of these endowed funds, please use the inserted envelope. Alumni News E-Mail your news: [email protected] Amelia Fuller (PhD, 2006, Update your contact information: http://www.umich.edu/~michchem/alumni/ Anna Mapp), who is currently If errors or misstatements are noted in any of the following items, the Editors of the Newsletter would a Clare Booth Luce Assistant appreciate such being called to their attention. Mistakes can and do, inadvertently, creep in. Correc- Professor at Santa Clara Uni- tions can easily be inserted in the next edition. versity, CA, has been awarded an NSF Career Grant. The Irving Adler Mark Even (PhD, 1970, ences’ Christine Mirzayan Sci- (PhD, 2007, Zhan grant is for her work on ex- Lawrence Brockway) writes ence and Technology Graduate Chen) is now an Assistant panding structural complexity that after 23 years in the wire Fellowship Program. Professor at West Liberty Uni- and functional repertoire of and cable business, he has Azhur Carim (BS, 2010), versity in West Virginia. He sequence-specific polyamide been working for five years as who did a senior project with is interested in continuing his oligomers. VP for Business Development Stephen Maldonado, is studies on marine antifouling. for a British Consultancy that Lindsey Gottler (PhD, 2008, now a graduate student Neil Marsh) has been promoted specializes in metals, mining at Caltech. and fertilizers. A fellow alumna to Lead Scientist in Protein from that era Virginia Dilkes David Ebdon, Norman Biochemistry at Proteos, Inc. (PhD, 1972, Robert Taylor), Jensen, Linda (Kan- Lindsey and her husband remains in touch with him and ner) Phillips, Marianna Jim Hiestand and their two other graduates who entered in Kotona Strumpel, and daughters Gracie (5 years) August 1965. Karl Weihman (All and Emma (7 months) live in BS, 1961) recently at- Kalamazoo, MI Chris Avery (PhD, 2010, Zhan tended their 50 reunion Chen) has been awarded an Kevin Hagedorn (PhD, 2010, at Homecoming in Ann Stephen Maldonado) is now ACS 2011-2012 Congressio- Arbor. It was a great nal Fellowship which began a research scientist at IMRA pleasure to see them and America. in September. He was most to take them on a tour of recently a graduate fellow in the Chemistry Building. David Ebdon, Norman Jensen, Marianna Charles B. Harris (BS, 1963), the National Academy of Sci- Katona Strumpel, Linda (Kanner) Phillips a Professor of Chemistry at U.

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 11 California at Berkeley, has been received Andrew Millward (PhD, 2002, Omar and for distinguished academic and profes- the 2011 Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultra- Yaghi) writes that after a year at a start-up sional service. He was also selected as an fast Science and Technology sponsored alternative energy company, my wife and ACS fellow in 2010. by the ACS. our six children have moved to Midland, Larry Sanford (MS, 1975) has spent 31 David J. Hart (BS, 1972), a Professor of MI where I am a Solar Silane Process years as assistant manager of the Ann Arbor Chemistry at Ohio State University, has Engineer at Dow Corning. Drinking Water System. He is also on the written a new book, “Organic Synthesis Arthur McCelland (PhD, 2009, Applied planning committee for the annual Pedal via Examination of Selected Natural Prod- Physics, Zhan Chen) is a staff scientist at Across Lower Michigan. ucts,” which has been published by World the Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) Roey Shaviv (PhD, 1988, Edgar Westrum) Scientific Publishing Company. at Harvard. visited the Department recently. He is William J. Kruper (PhD, 1982, John Ursula Mazur (PhD, 1979, Robert Kuc- now a senior integration technologist at Groves) will receive the 2012 ACS Award zkowski) is a Professor of Chemistry at Novellus Systems, Inc. He serves as chair for Affordable Green Chemistry sponsored Washington State University. She has been of the technical advisory board of the by the Dow Chemical Company and en- named a 2011 ACS Fellow. Semiconductor Research Council (SRC). dowed by Rohm and Haas. James A. Moore (Postdoctoral, 1968, Leo Sharkey (BS, 1986) is a general man- Douglas M. Kalvin (MS, 1978, PhD, 1985 Charles Overberger) is a Professor of ager for Siemens Hazardous Waste Ion Ex- R. Woodard) retired from Abbott Laborato- Chemistry at the Rensselaer Polytechnic change and Ground Water. He completed a ries in 2007. Since then he has been a part Institute, Troy, NY. He has been named a half Ironman Triathon in September 2010. time consultant and an Adjunct Chemistry 2011 ACS Fellow. Sheldon G. Shore (PhD, 1957, Robert Teaching Instructor at the University of Khoi Nguyen (PhD, 2009, Zhan Chen) Parry), the Charles H. Kimberly Professor Illinois, Chicago, the University of Wis- is now working in the Applied Chemis- of Chemistry at Ohio State University, has consin, Parkside and North Park University. try Department of the Vietnam National been named as a 2011 ACS Fellow. Dipannita Kalyani (PhD, 2008, Melanie University in Ho Chi Minh City. He is Barry B. Snider (BS, 1970) is a Profes- Sanford) will be starting as Assistant Pro- doing research in nano-science and nano- sor of Chemistry at Brandeis University, fessor of Chemistry at St. Olaf College, technology. Waltham, MA. He has been selected as a MN in Fall of 2011. Yoshio Okamoto (Postdoctoral, 1970- 2011 ACS Fellow. William D. Korte (MS, 1962) subsequent- 1972, Charles Overberger), Emeritus Anne Vazquez (PhD, 2010, Zhan Chen) is ly obtained his PhD in 1966 studying with Professor at Nagoya University, was a tenure track Assistant Professor of Chem- Leo Sommer at University of California, awarded the first Charles G. Overberger istry at North Park University, Chicago. Davis. He has retired from California State Excellence in Research Prize at the Annual University, Chico but is still doing research Symposium of Macromolecular Science Joseph Wallace (Postdoctoral, 2007-2010, in organic synthesis at that university. and Engineering held at Rackham Hall Mark Banaszak Holl) is a biomedical en- of Graduate Studies on October 27, 2011. gineering professor at Indiana University Robert D. Larsen (PhD, 1976, Joseph Purdue University in Indianapolis. Marino) has been named as a 2010 ACS Professor Okamoto was honored for his Fellow. seminal work on using chiral polymers Charles (Scott) Weinert (BS, 1995) has for efficient enantiomer separation. The been promoted to Associate Professor of Steven G. Link (PhD, 1977, Richard symposium was attended by a number of Chemistry with tenure at Oklahoma State Lawton) retired from Eastman Kodak Co. former Overberger students and postdoctor- University. His research involves the or- in 2008 after 31 years in R&D. He is now als including: Kartar Arora (PhD, 1984), ganometallic chemistry of germanium and enjoying a new career as a ballroom dance James A. Moore (Postdoctoral, 1968), related main group elements. instructor in Rochester, NY. He teaches four Thomas J. Pacansky (PhD, 1972) and classes per week and performs showcases Thomas W. Smith (PhD, 1973). Carl E. Wulfman (BS, 1953), PhD, 1957, with his students and teacher. He is affili- University of London and Professor of ated with MoDancing Studio of Rochester. Lisa Prevette (Postdoctoral 2008-2010, Physics Emeritus at the University of the Mark Banaszak Holl) is on the faculty at the Pacific, Stockton, CA, has published a book Xianolin Lu (Postdoctoral 2007-2010, University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. entitled, “Dynamical Symmetry.” The Zhan Chen) is an Associate Professor at David Rueda (Postdoctoral, 2001-5, Nils volume was published by World Scientific Zhejiang University of Science and Tech- in January. nology in China. He continues to do sum Walter) has been promoted to Associate frequency generation spectroscopic studies Professor of Chemistry with tenure at Shugji Ye (Postdoctoral, 2006-2009, Zhan on polymer surfaces and interfaces. He Wayne State University. Chen) is an Associate Professor at the recently received a research grant from Joseph C. Salamone (Postdoctoral, 1967- University of Science and Technology of the Chinese National Science Foundation. 9, Charles Overberger), the chief scien- China. He continues to do sum frequency tific officer of Rochal Industries LLP, San generation spectroscopic studies on vari- Thomas Lyons (PhD, 2011, Melanie ous biological and material systems. He Sanford) has received a NSF American Antonio, TX, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2011. He was recently received a research grant from Competitiveness in Chemistry Postdoctoral the Chinese National Science Foundation. Fellowship to work with Professor Maurice honored for his advances in ophthamologi- Brookhart at UNC, Chapel Hill. cal devices and wound healing therapies

12 2011 In Memoriam (PhD, 1963, Michael Martin) who became a Professor at Oregon State University. Mary We are saddened to announce the deaths of the following faculty, alumni, Kay was a senior instructor in Chemistry alumnae and friends of the Department. at Oregon State University in Corvallis. She is survived by her husband Professor Henry Nelson Beck (PhD, 1954, Leigh Sam H. Dreisbach (MS, 1951) died in Ann Gerald Gleicher. Anderson) died in Woodland, CA on August Arbor on August 31, 2011 at the age of 86. Martin Stiles died on January 16, 2011 6, 2010 at the age of 83. Dr. Beck was Born in Detroit, he served in the US Navy in Lexington, KY born in Troy, OH and was a veteran of the for four years during World War II. He at the age of 83. Korean War. He received his Ph. D. with earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Stiles received Leigh Anderson in 1954 and worked his Michigan prior to his MS in Chemistry. He his BS from Ohio entire life for the Dow Chemical Company spent most of his career at Federal-Mogul State University in Midland, MI, Pittsburgh, PA and lastly in Corporation, retiring in the late 1980’s. in 1950 and his Walnut Creek, CA. He was a recognized ex- Dreisbach was preceded in death by his wife PhD from Har- pert in the fields of polymer crystallization, Arlene. He is survived by daughter Brooke vard in 1954, polymer solubility, and macromolecular Hookham, two sons, Brad and Mark, four where he stud- phase equilibria. Dr. Beck held 37 U.S. grandchildren and a great-grandson. ied with Paul D. patents and was the author of nine journal Bartlett. In 1955 articles and one book chapter. He is sur- Clare C. Johnson (BS, 1948, MS, 1954) he came to the University of Michigan vived by his son Peter, daughter Teresa and died on November 23, 2009 at the age of where he served as Professor of Chemistry two grandchildren, who all live in northern 82. He was born in Rockford, MI. Sub- until 1978. He spent a sabbatical leave at California. Dr. Beck left a generous bequest sequent to his degrees in our department, the University of Munich, where he was a to the Chemistry Department. he obtained a PhD in Biochemistry from the University in 1961. Guggenheim Fellow. Michael P. Cava ( MS, 1948, PhD, 1951, Martin Stiles was an influential member Werner Bachmann) died on September 29, Dr. Johnson began his career at the Edsel of our profession. He served as assistant 2011 in Brookline, MA at the age of 84. B. Ford Institute for Medical Research in editor of the ACS’s Journal of Organic Professor Cava was an eminent member of Detroit. From 1967 until 1976 he worked at Chemistry. From 1969 until 1975 he was our profession. He published more than I.I.T. Research Institute in Chicago, where the Editor-in Chief of the Journal of the 500 scientific papers and was the coauthor he supervised the clinical chemistry and American Chemical Society. He was also a of a popular organic chemistry textbook. hematology laboratory for the Artificial Heart Test & Evaluation Facility. Subse- consultant to National Institutes of Health, Professor Cava was born in Brooklyn, quently he worked at Eberline Instrument Dow Chemical Company and General NY. He received his B.S. in chemistry in West Chicago, IL. From 1982 until 1992 Electric. His research dealt largely with from Harvard University before coming to Johnson was the chief chemist for Pontiac reactive intermediates. He was one of the Michigan to study with Werner Bachmann. Michigan’s waste water treatment facility. discovers of the intermediate benzyne. After graduation Cava spent two years as a He was named Employee of the Year for Stiles published numerous papers in pro- postdoctoral fellow with R. B. Woodward the city of Pontiac in 1991. fessional journals and lectured widely in at Harvard, where he contributed to the the US and in Europe. total synthesis of strychnine. Dr. Johnson is survived by his wife of 44 years, Priscilla Jean and his son Mark. After leaving the University Martin Stiles His independent scientific career began at became an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry Ohio State University where he became a Philip I. Pavlik (PhD 1967, Sy Blinder) at the University of Kentucky. However, full professor in 1965. He then moved to died in Marquette, MI on August 16, 2009 his major activity became the breeding Wayne State University and in 1969 joined at the age of 69. He was born in Chicago. of thoroughbred horses. He and his wife the faculty of the University of Pennsyl- After receiving his Ph.D. from Michigan Martha were the owners of Stockwell Farm vania. In 1985 he became the Ramsay he was hired by Northern Michigan Uni- near Paris, KY. The Stiles bred several Professor of Chemistry at the University versity and was a Professor of Chemistry stakes winners, including Buckys Solution, of Alabama from which he retired in 2004. there until he retired in 1998. He was a Canada’s champion 2-year-old filly in 1991. pioneer in the use of computers in chemical They also bred the full brothers House of Professor Cava’s research was wide- education, physical chemistry and quantum ranging. It included the study of stable Erin, Castle Green and Hard Green. The mechanics. He is survived by his wife Mary last two were English group winners. cyclobutadiene derivatives, biologically Kay Belmore, two sons Dr. Philip Pavlik, significant compounds and compounds Jr. of Pittsburgh, PA and Andrew Pavlik of Martin Stiles is survived by his wife Martha interesting to materials science. He is Minneapolis, MN and his mother Marcella Bennett (Wells) Stiles (BS, 1954) and a particularly known for his significant work Pavlik of Elmhurst, IL. sister Carol White. He was predeceased on organo-sulfur, -selenium and -tellurium by his son John Martin. He asked that compounds. Mary Kay Schmidt (Gleicher) (MS 1961) memorial contributions be made to the died in July 2011. She had served as the Cava’s first wife Ester died in 1995. He is University of Michigan, Department of coordinator of the freshman chemistry Chemistry, c/o LSA Development Office, survived by his second wife, Armelle, his laboratory in our department from 1961 son John and one granddaughter. 500 South State Street, Suite 5000, Ann to 1966. She married Gerald Jay Gleicher Arbor, MI 48109.

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