News
2013 Akron Section Award Prof. Stephen Craig was awarded the 2013 Akron Section Award of the American Chemical Society. This Award recognizes younger scientists who show particularly great accomplishment and promise in their professional careers. Prof. Craig will receive the award this fall when he delivers the award seminar in Ohio.
Symposium on September 7 Duke Chemistry will host, on Saturday September 7 in 2231 French Family Science Center, a symposium entitled: "Frontiers of Theoretical Chemistry - the Parr Celebration," honoring our neighbor from Chapel Hill, Professor Robert Parr. The symposium program, featuring luminaries of theoretical chemistry, appears at: http://sites.duke.edu/parr/2013/08/26/frontiers-of-theoretical-chemistry-the-parr-celebration/.
Flexible Touch Screens A collaboration between Benjamin Wiley's lab at Duke and Karen Winey's lab at Penn resulted in a new computer model that will help design flexible touch screens.
Chemistry Major Tim Kreulen receives 2013 Award for Inorganic Chemistry! Chemistry Major Tim Kreulen (T'14) received a 2013 Award for Inorganic Chemistry from the American Chemical Society for his independent research conducted under the guidance of Professor Alvin Crumbliss.
Science Under the Stars This year's 9th annual Science under the Stars is scheduled for Tuesday September 24, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. The event will be held on the ground floor hallway (undergrad lab area) of the French Family Science Center and on the lawn between French and the Greenhouses.
From 6 to 7:30 PM, there will be hands-on interactive stations that the guests can partake followed by a demonstration show staged outside by the Duke Chemistry Outreach team, weather permitting. If weather does not permit, the stations will run to 8:00 PM.
Faculty Appointments in Beratan Group Congratulations to recent graduates of Beratan's group who have landed tenure-stream faculty appointments in 2012 and 2013:
Alexander Balaeff (University of Central Florida), Julia Contreras-García (CNRS, Paris, France), David Minh (Illinois Institute of Technology), Dequan Xiao (University of New Haven), and Ravindra Venkatramani (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India)!
The Current State of the Glass Problem Prof. Patrick Charbonneau's simulations of glasses in higher dimensions could have important implications for the degree of disorder in 3-D glasses. Read more on the Smithsonian Magazine blog.
Student Fellowship Awards Congratulations to our fellowship award winners for 2013-2014. These fellowships are made possible by the generous donations of various individuals and companies, and are intended to recognize our strongest students. Please take this opportunity to congratulate the awardees, who were selected from many outstanding nominees.
Adams Fellow
JongKang Park (Therien/Warren Groups)
Bradsher Fellow
Tana Villafana (Warren Group)
Burroughs-Wellcome Fellows
Lily Du (Yang Group)
Andrew Franks (Franz Group)
Minhee Lee (Hong Group)
Jerry Ortiz (Wang Group)
Gross Fellows
Yusong Bai (Therien Group)
Yang Yang (Yang Group)
Hauser Fellows
Zachary Kean (Craig Group)
DoYeon Kwon (Hong Group)
Megan Lanier (Hong Group)
Hobbs Fellow
Keely Glass (Simon Group)
Krigbaum Fellow
Tana Villafana (Warren Group)
Wilder Fellows
Ariel Geer (Fitzgerald Group)
Jason King (Toone Group)
Zeilik Fellows
Robert Harris (Widenhoefer Group)
Yingrong Xu (Fitzgerald Group)
The Science of Cooking Class Blog Check out Prof. Charbonneau's CHEM 89 class blog on the chemistry and physics of cooking.