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September 2010
University of Oregon Chemistry Professor Geri Richmond Receives ACS Award
Dr. Richmond received the Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids sponsored by ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, Co. This award is intented to recognize distinguished contributions to the understanding of the chemistry and physics of liquids.
Marina Guenza Joins Editorial Advisory Board of Top Polymer Research Journal
Dr. Guenza has accepted a three-year term on the 39-member editorial advisory board of the journal Macromolecules, a publication of the American Chemical Society. The twice-monthly journal publishes original research on all fundamental aspects of macromolecular science including synthesis, polymerization mechanisms and kinetics, chemical modification, solution/melt/solid-state characteristics, and surface properties of organic, inorganic and naturally occurring polymers.
A primer at the 5th annual Greener Nano Conference.
University of Oregon chemistry professor and founding director of Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative (SNNI), Jim Hutchison and postdoctoral research associate in chemistry Lallie McKenzie make pitches for green chemistry in nanotechnology Read more...
UO's Darren Johnson praises chemistry breakthrough
UO chemistry professor Darren Johnson is quoted by Discovery News in a story about newly published research by UK scientists on using synthetic signaling to foster unprecedented life forms. Johnson calls the work, published in Nature Chemistry, "a real breakthrough in self-assembling systems." Read Story...
UO Professor Helps Shrink Frontiers of Academic World
Chemistry Professor Ken Doxsee, who also serves as the UO associate vice provost for academic affairs, participates in a distance learning program in Thailand. Read more...
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