Chemistry News and Seminars
Downloadable pdf's of Departmental Seminars
Fall 2012-Spring 2013 (pdf)
Fall 2011-Spring 2012 (pdf)
Fall 2010- Spring 2011(pdf)
Fall 2009 - Spring 2010 (pdf)
Fall 2008 - Spring 2009 (pdf)
Fall 2006 -Spring 2007 (pdf)
Archived News and Announcements:
2012:
Congratulations to Prof. Brian Williams and Prof. Eric Tillman, on promotions to full professor!
Congrats! A recent article from Professor Stockland and his undergraduate research team has been flagged in Dalton Transactions as a HOT Article for its importance in inorganic chemistry and catalysis.
Chemistry Department reports online. The 2008-2010 reports are downloadable!
The Department of Chemistry regrets to share news of the passing of Professor Emeritus Meldrum B. Winstead. Prof. Winstead served from 1952 to 1991. Read more.
2011:
Congrats! For the fourth year in a row, the Bucknell Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society has been recognized with the Commendable Chapter Award.
Chemistry alum John Hartmann ('79) returns to campus to restore rare art deco murals in the Campus Theater. Read more
2010:
The chemistry department is delighted to welcome Prof. Todd Morris as a new Visiting Assistant Professor. Prof. Morris brings expertise in surface science and environmental chemistry, and is currently teaching Chem 201 lecture and laboratories this fall.
A very warm welcome to Professor George Shields who joins Bucknell as Dean of College of Arts and Sciences and as a Professor in the Chemistry Department! Prof. Shields brings his extensive expertise in computational chemistry to Bucknell. Since 2000, Shields has directed the MERCURY collaborative consortium on undergraduate computational chemistry, and currently pursues interests in structural biochemistry and environmental chemistry.
Alumni News: Congrats to Karyn Visscher (BS '85,MS '87) who accepted a position last august as a Polymer Chemist at International Specialty Products in Wayne, NJ. She is working with the Performance Chemicals division of the Household, Industrial and Institutional Products division of ISP. Karyn reports"It's good to be 'back at the bench! Chem alumni, send us your news here!
Congratulations to Professor Eric Tillman who has been recognized with a Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award to support his group's research on cyclic polymers.
2009:
Bucknell's chemistry student club (aka - American Chemical Society Student Affiliates) is recognized with a Commendable Chapter Award by the American Chemical Society. Great job!
April 2009- Congratulations to two alums in the news: Prof. Dennis Doughery (B.S./M.S. 1974) was just elected to the National Academy of Sciences. And Prof. Amos B. Smith II (B.S./M.S. 1967) was honored with the 2008-2009 George Büchi Visiting Lectureship in Organic Chemistry at M.I.T., delivered January 22, 2009. Professor Dougherty was the 2001-2002 Büchi Lecturer as well. Honoring the late Professor Büchi through the generous support of friends and colleagues, 20 have been recognized with this honor since 1988.
March 2009- Learn about summer research in Spain. Application Deadline is March 30, 2009. For more information, contact Dr. Joanne Romagni, Bucknell's Director of Sponsored Research.
2008:
November 2008- Prof. Amos Smith (B.S./M.S. '66) receives 2008 RSC Simonsen Lectureship!
Fall 2008 - Bucknell chemistry students receive "Commendable Chapter Award" from the American Chemical Society (ACS). Read full story.
August 2008- Welcome to Dr. Sarah Bolton and Dr. Innocent Pumure.
June 2008 - Welcome Dr. Thomas Selby to Bucknell Chemistry! To learn more about the Selby lab and research, check out his web page and research brief.
April 2008 - Congrats to chemists inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this year: Bryan Bzdek, Adam Catherman, Nicole Cohen, and Nate Contrella. Pictured here are 5 of the 6 chemists in PBK at the recent ceremony from left to right: Jayne Kubat (inducted last year), Nate Contrella, Nicole Cohen, Bryan Bzdek, Adam Catherman. Lindsey Markey was inducted last year (not pictured). Well done!
April 2008 - Bryan Bzdek (B.S. '08) receives student travel award from the Clay Minerals Society to present his research at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans. At the meeting, Bryan was recognized by the Division of Geochemistry for having one of the "Top Undergraduate Posters."
January 2008 - The new NSF-funded atomic force microscope is installed and students and faculty are taking data. Congratutaions to Prof. Molly McGuire, the PI on the grant and co-PIs Prof. Tim Raymond and Prof. Erin Jablonski.
January 2008 - STUDENTS : summer research approaching fast.
2007:
August 2007 - Prof. Dennis Dougherty (B.S./M.S. -'74) receives the James Flack Norris Award!
August 2007 - The 4'th Annual NMR Conference to be held on Sept. 29, 2007!
August 2007 - Welcome to Dr. Nicole Crowder, Dr. J. Clay Harris, Dr. William Kerber, and Dr. Thomas Murosky to Bucknell Chemistry for 2007-2008!
July 2007 - Five faculty awarded grants to support their undergraduate research programs
January 2007 - Bucknell mourns the passing of Professor Hans Veening.
2006:
September 2006 - Bucknell Alum Frank "Biff" Williams receives ACS National Award
September 2006 - Senior chemistry major Brit Merola receives WCC funding
May 2006 - Bucknell acquires major new NMR Instrumentation
The Department welcomes Prof. John Stahl, Prof. Kathrym Hicks, and Prof. Lou Ann Tom to the department for 2006-07.
2005:
University of Minnesota Chemistry Professor Thomas Hoye (Bucknell BS/MS Chemistry, 1972) has isolatedand solved the structure of an important sea lamprey pheromone.
Professors Rovnyak (CHEM), Stockland, (CHEM), Strein (CHEM), Maneval (CHEM ENG), and Cunningham (PHYS), awarded $475k from NSF for high field NMR.
