Harvard Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
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PRECEPTOR POSITIONS AVAILABLE

FIESER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

The Mary Fieser Postdoctoral Fellowships Program seeks to enhance diversity and excellence in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) of Harvard University by providing postdoctoral fellowship support to women and groups that are historically underrepresented in science and to others whose background, experiences and research interests will contribute to academic diversity in CCB. Promising scholars male and female who have been historically underrepresented in chemistry (including but not limited to African American, American Indian, and Hispanic/Latino) are encouraged to apply.

Up to 12 fellowships may be awarded in 2009. Fellowships will be for an initial period of one year, with potential for renewal of up to one year (a two-year maximum level of support). Stipends will be targeted to the NRSA year ‘0’ amount and will include employee benefits as well as the opportunity to enroll in an employee health plan. Applicants are required to have completed all PhD requirements prior to arrival. All applicants must be eligible to work in the United States before arrival.

Faculty in CCB are listed at the following web address: http://www.chem.harvard.edu/research/index.php.

The next application deadline will be posted on this site Spring 2009.

Please contact Barbara Anderson, banderson@chemistry.harvard.edu, with any questions regarding the application process.

CCB COMMUNITY



Congratulations CCB PhD graduates!

Emily Balskus
George Borg
Jason Brubaker
Derek Bruzewicz
Carol Chao
Dick Co
Chris Coletta
Param Dhillon
Abigail Doyle
Brian English
Xiao Fang
Ying Fang
Michael Fischbach
Ken Fraunhoffer
Cindy Ginsburg
Melissa Grachan
Andy Ho
Jake LaPorte
Jonathan Lawrence
Julius Lucks
Fang Qian
Izzat Raheem
Leo Rodriguez
Mary Rozenman
Tom Snyder
Marie Spong
Michael Stiffler
Brian Tse
Arturo Vegas
Ping Xie
Qiaobing Xu
Yanqiu Yuan
Yi Zhang
Wenjiang Zhu
 
 
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

Dudley R. Herschbach Teaching Award
Dudley R. Herschbach Teaching Award

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. Diagnostics For All


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).
Warren R. Stockwood Prize recipients


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!


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