News & Events
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Three recognized for Achievement and Excellence
March 14 2013 Three chemistry professors will be recognized for achievement and excellence at the first annual CAS awards ceremony. The ceremony will be held from 4 to 6pm, April 23rd 2013 in the CUB. The honorees are
Ming Xian: College of Arts and Sciences faculty Recognition Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Scholarship/Research/Creative Activities.
Ken Nash: College of Arts and Sciences faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and or Mentoring in Teaching and Advising.
Sue Clark: College of Arts and Sciences faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Service to the Profession in Service.
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Adult Cougars Released Into the Wild
May 24 2012 The University awarded PhD degrees in Chemistry to a dozen students this year. Here is a sampling of some of the new graduates and where they will be making a difference in the world.
Dr. Mark BoggsCommittee Chair: Nathalie Wall Dr. Boggs is postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. Mark adds "the research here focuses on being able to predict environmental migration of radionuclides, more specifically those that were realized by nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site. I work in a large group of about 15 people, on a government funded grant." |
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Dr. Jessie ByersCommittee Chair: Cliff Berkman Dr. Byers moves to Pittsburgh, Penn to begin a postdoctoral appointment in the School of Medicine, Department of Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh. She will work under Dr. Carolyn Anderson, director of the Molecular Imaging Laboratory. Jessie adds "the major focus for my postdoctoral research will be the development, evaluation and application of radiopharmaceuticals containing metal radionuclides for diagnostic imaging and targeted radiotherapy of cancer." |
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Dr. Veronica ChiuCommittee Chair: Jim Schenk Dr. Chiu moved to Toledo, Ohio. She accepted a postdoctoral position with Dr. Bryan Yamamoto in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of Toledo Medical Center |
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Dr. Christina CrawfordCommittee Chair: Herb Hill Dr. Crawford is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hew work emphasizes explosives detection. |
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Dr. Upendra DahalCommittee Chair: Jeff Jones Dr. Dahal is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Pfizer Inc. He works in the Global Research & Development division located in Groton, Conn. |
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Dr. Eric DavisCommittee Chair: Herb Hill Dr. Davis joined Fresno Pacific University as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in Fresno, California. FPU is a small (3600 students), primarily undergraduate institution. Eric adds "I will be join the faculty as the third chemist on staff, so there is a lot of room for this department to grow." |
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Four students win for outstanding Physical Chemistry seminars
May 4 2012 Prof. Glenn Crosby was on hand to present prizes named in his honor to four physical chemistry students. Jeremy Eskelsen (Mazur lab) won the Crosby award while Kevin Lewis (Kang lab) was honorably mentioned. David Bross (Peterson lab) won the Dodgen award while Dane Tomasino (Yoo lab) was honorably mentioned.
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Jeremy Eskelson, Glenn Crosby award winner Investigation of Molecular Organization and Electron Transport in Ionic Binary Porphyrin Nanostructures |
Kevin Lewis, Glenn Crosby award honorable mention High-capacity Ca2+-binding by calsequestrin |
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David Bross, Harold Dodgen award winner Quantum Chemistry with Chemical Accuracy: Thermochemistry of Transition Metal Containing Species
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Dane Tomasino, Harold Dodgen award honorable mention Probing the Structures and Melting Curves of High-Density Fluids in-situ with Time-Resolved Spectroscopy |
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Chemistry places four in 2012 College awards
April 19 2012 Nikki Clark, manager of the General Chemistry program, won the Outstanding Staff award in the College of Sciences for 2011-2012. Clark commented "thank you, I am really touched". Prof. Nathalie Wall won the Early Career Faculty Award, while at the other end of the career spectrum, Prof. Donald Matteson was recognized for his 54 years of service to WSU. Prof. Ursula Mazur was named the Westinghouse Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering. College of Sciences article.
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Dodgen and Crosby Awards go to top students
April 29, 2011 Yasaman Ghadarghadr(Bross), Candy Mercado, Chris Rich and Bryan Wiggins were all winners at the final Physical Chemistry seminar of the year. Rich and Wiggins won the Dodgen award and the Crosby award respectively for best seminar of the semester. Bross and Mercado were honorable mentions for the awards.
Chair KW Hipps presented certificates to the winners.
Bryan Wiggins is a PhD candidate in Prof. KW Hipps' lab. His seminar titled Organic Solid State Sensors won the Crosby award. Candy Mercado is a PhD candidate in Prof. Jeanne McHale's lab. Her seminar titled Electron and Hole Trap Distribution and Transport in Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes was the honorable mention for the Crosby award. 
picture unavailable Chris Rich is a PhD candidate in Prof. Jeanne McHale's lab. His seminar titled The Effect of Solvent Isotopic Substitution on the Spectroscopic Properties of Hierarchal Porphyrin Aggregates won the Dodgen award. Yasaman Ghadarghadr(Bross) is a PhD candidate in Prof. Aurora Clark's lab. Her seminar titled Origin of Np3+ partitioning in Biphasic Systems was the honorable mention for the Dodgen award. 
The Crosby award is named for Prof. Glenn Crosby, a leading reseacher in Physical Chemistry and Chemistry education. The Dodgen award is named for Dr. Harold Dodgen, Chemistry faculty and first director of the University's nuclear reactor.
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2011 College Awards powned by Chemistry
April 15 2011 The College of Sciences celebrated the end of the school year with an Awards presentation at the Lewis Alumni Center. Chemistry faculty and students were winners of the following awards:
- Kirk Peterson named as the Meyer Distinguished Professor
- Benjamin Friesen, Distinguished Graduate Student Award
- Kirk Peterson, Distinguished Faculty Award
- Scot Wherland, Thomas E. Lutz Teaching Excellence Award
- First Donald S. Matteson Symposium Held September 13th. Follow this link to read more.
- The annual symposium of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the AVS was held the 18-19th of September in the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy national scientific user facility, located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington. For more information see http://www2.avs.org/chapters/pnw/