News from the Chemistry Department

• Dr. Susanna Widicus-Weaver (2000) was the recipient of the IWU CHEMISTRY Alumni of the year. 
• https://www.iwu.edu/news/2022/widicus-weaver-00-named-iwu-chemistry-alumni-of-the-year.html

 

• Dr. Mohan and HIS STUDENTS (ERICK LOPEZ, 2023 and SOPHIE THORP, 2023) published a review article titles "Applications of Bismuth Compounds in Organic Synthesis" in the journal POLYHEDRON.  

 

• Dr. Mohan and his students published a manuscript titled "Bismuth(III) chloride catalyzed multicomponent synthesis of substituted hexahydroimidazo[1, 2-a]pyridines" in Green & Sustainable Chemistry. Congratulations to Matthew Crosse (Senior Bio Major), Richie Guingrich (Class '21), Noah Haskin (Class '20). and Allison Schrader (Senior Chemistry Major). 

 

• Departmental Award Night was held on April 16. We are pleased to announce the 2021 Alumni of The Year: Dr. Dave Aggen (Class of 2005).  Dave is currently an Assistant attending at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Medicine. Dave got his MD-PhD degree from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. We are extremely proud of Dave.  Go Titans! 

 

• Two Alumni gave talks in the Natural Science Colloquium Series. It is great to hear from our alums and it is a matter of pride for us to see such successful alumni.  Dr. Mike Pulia (Class of 2002) is now an Assistant Professor and Director, Emergency Care for Infectious Diseases (EC-ID) Research Program at The University of Wisconsin. Mike gave a talk titled Antimicrobial Resistance, COVID-19 and Me:A Winding Road to a Research Career. Dr. Joe Binder (Class of 2004) is now a senior team leader at Dow Adhesives in PA. His talk was titled New Technologies for Waterborne Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
• Researchers Find Lead Contamination in Shotgun-Harvested Deer
  
  
• Dr. Pilar Mejia and Dr. Ram Mohan published a review article in the Journal of Chemical Education on environmentally friendly organic chemistry laboratory experiments for the undergraduate curriculum.
  
  
• Rettich Named 2020 Kemp Award Winner
  
  
• Roesner Honored for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences
  
  
• $4.6 Million NSF Grant to Fund NexSTEM Program
  
  
• Mohan Receives Second Fulbright Award