Natalie LaFranzo, chair of the St Louis Younger Chemists Committee, has announced the 2014 winners of the YCC-sponsored Young Researcher Travel Awards. The winners, Garrett Patrick of Washington University in St Louis and Hailey Shoemaker of Saint Louis University, will each receive up to $250 to support their attendance at the Midwest Regional ACS Meeting, […]
Picking up some tidbits that had gotten lost in the virtual dustbin, we’re delighted to honor Donna Jo Malkmus as 2014 High School Chemistry Teacher-of-the-Year. Donna has been a science teacher for the Francis Howell School District for 28 years and has been teaching chemistry for 27 of those years. She was selected as Francis
Next time you see Keith Stine, wearing any of his hats or even hatless, congratulate him on his selection as a Fellow of the Americal Chemical Society. Keith was inducted at the San Francisco national meeting this week. The ACS Fellows program is intended, according to program guidelines, to “recognize and honor members of the
Natalie LaFranzo, Chair of the Saint Louis Section–Younger Chemists Committee, has announced that applications are open for the Younger Chemists Committee Young Researcher Award. The award winners will receive $250 to cover costs associated with attending the Midwest Regional Meeting this fall in Columbia, MO. If you have undergraduates in your research group, please encourage
We are pleased to announce that Bojana Opacic who works at Vi-Jon, Inc. is the winner of the 2014 Chemical Science and Technology Award for the St. Louis Section of the ACS. Because of her diligence, speed, and attention to minute details in using HPLC, GC and other methods and her ability to develop and
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Outstanding Junior Chemistry Student awards for 2014. Each college and university in the local section territory chooses its winner; all are feted at Awards Night on April 15. Neil T Berkel, McKendree University Dustin J Boogaart, Lindenwood University Zachary A Hemann, Maryville University Evan Lloyd, Saint
Awards have been determined in the 2014 High School Chemistry Contest, with students from teacher Nathan Peck’s Clayton High School chemistry boot campclass taking all five of the top places and 12 of the 15 Advanced Division honors. Places are based on a written test. The Regular Division exam is open to students who are
We are pleased to report the results of the special chemistry judging at the 2014 Missouri Tri-County Regional Science and Engineering Fair held at St Charles Community College on February 22. Sheryl Loux, Science Fair Coordinator, tells us: Grades 9-12 Honors First Place: Lance Novak, Enhancing MRI/PET and SPECT Imaging Through DOTA Nanoparticles, Grade 12,
Gordon Miller, winner of the 2013 ACS Midwests Award, is University Professor of Chemistry at Iowa State University. Niller received his BS summa cum laude in 1982 from the University of Rochester, where he worked under the direction of Richard Eisenberg. In 1986, he received his PhD degree from the University of Chicago, where he
Late last month, we heard we were in the running for four ChemLuminary Awards: Outstanding local section career program, large to very large section: Lisa Balbes, career services coordinator Outstanding regional meeting: Leah O’Brien, meeting general chair Outstanding local section Younger Chemists Committee, Natalie LaFranzo, YCC chair Outstanding performance by a local section, medium-large section:
