and to CCB staff member Elke Blackstone, who received her ALB in Extension Studies from Harvard as well!
The following graduate students were honored in June as recipients of the Dudley R. Herschbach Teaching Award.
This award "recognizes excellence in teaching and dedication to departmental service."
Mathieu Lalonde
Karen O'Brien
Hong Geun Lee
Yimon Aye
Leslie Vogt
Two preceptors were honored with the CCB Research Mentoring Award, also presented by Dudley Herschbach. The Mentoring Award is given in recognition of "exemplary service in the area of research training, advising, and mentoring of undergraduate students." Timothy Cook, pictured above with Prof. Herschbach and Leslie Vogt, and Israel Meir received the Mentoring Award.
Jeremy R. Knowles, 1935-2008, in memoriam
It is with great regret that we note the passing of our friend and colleague,
Professor Jeremy Knowles, on April 3, 2008. His Memorial Service was held
on Friday, May 30th at 11 am in Memorial Church, Harvard Yard. In lieu of
flowers, please consider making a contribution to the charity of your choice.
For additional information, please visit
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/04.03/99-knowles.html
Congratulations to Professor Alan Saghatelian, who has been named one of
15 Searle Scholars for 2008!
In memoriam Ahamindra Jain, 1963-2008:
Alumnus, teacher and friend, Ahamindra served CCB as inspirational mentor to
undergraduate students while he was a graduate student in our department, and
more recently as Director of Undergraduate Laboratories and Lecturer. A book
remembering Ahamindra and his contributions to our community is available both
online and in the CCB Director's Office. He is survived by his wife Richa and
their two children Divya and Amartya.
Congratulations to Professor Sunney Xie, who has been awarded the Berthold
Leibinger Research Prize for Laser Technology! This prize, awarded every two
years by the German non-profit foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung, supports
research and innovations on laser sources and the applications of laser light.
An international jury of laser experts, medical doctors and former business
executives selected the prize winners.
Co–workers of George Whitesides have reason to be proud. They created the
technology behind new non-profit company Diagnostics–For–All, which
just took top prizes in both the
MIT 100K and
Harvard business
plan contests. Not only is Diagnostics–For–All the first company
ever to win both competitions, they are the first company based on Harvard
innovation – from CCB –– to win the Social Enterprise contest at
Harvard Business School. Based on a new generation of devices microfabricated and
patterned in paper, DFA's technology is meant to enable tools for diagnosing
ailments including liver, kidney, and metabolic diseases that are easy to use,
cheap, portable, and disposable. The technology will benefit the developing world,
and also the U.S. where there is a great need to find ways of reaching the poor
and underserved, explains T.J. Martin, lab administrator of the Whitesides group.
Congratulations to Professor Eric Jacobsen, elected on April 29th to the National
Academy of Sciences, in recognition of his distinguished and continuing
achievements in original research. The Academy was established in 1863 by a
congressional act of incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln that calls on it to
act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter
of science or technology.
Professor Sunney Xie was elected on April 28th to the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, one of the nation's oldest honorary societies and independent policy
research centers, founded in 1780. "The academy honors excellence by electing to
membership remarkable men and women who have made preeminent contributions to
their fields, and to the world," said AAAS President Emilio Bizzi.
Lydia Carmosino, Lab Manager of the Verdine group, was awarded the Warren R. Stockwood Prize in a departmental lunch in June. The Stockwood Prize is intended to recognize the "exceptional and sustained contributions" of CCB's nonacademic employees, and is awarded on a non-regular basis to individuals selected by the Faculty. Previous award recipients, pictured with Lydia below, are Jerome Connors (October, 1998), Robert Hoijer (June, 2000), Carol Gonzaga (August, 2002), and Gregory Tucci (May, 2006).
CCB is happy to recognize Matt McDonald as a recipient of the CCB Staff Administrator
Award, given for exceptional and continuing performance in the service of the
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Department.
We are delighted to announce the participants in CCB’s Summer Minority and
Female Undergraduate Fellows Program:
Isha Agarwal, working with Professor David Liu
Blair Greenwald and Hai Xi Li, working with Professor Gregory Verdine
Megan Blewitt, working with Professor E. J. Corey, also named the Novartis
Summer Fellow
Tamara Halkina, working with Professor David Evans, also named the Wayland E.
Noland Summer Fellow
The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry announces that Stephan Zuend of the
Jacobsen lab has been awarded a graduate fellowship on the basis of research
accomplishments and his essay entitled "Small-Molecule-Catalyzed Stereoselective
Functionalization of Nearly Unbiased Substrates." He will present his research
at the 2009 National Organic Symposium. Congratulations, Stephan!
Congratulations to CCB graduate students Mark Chen, Meredeth McGowan, and Landy Blasdel, who have been selected as recipients of the 2008 Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award!
