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Dr. Abhishek Chatterjee to Join Chemistry Faculty
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Abhishek Chatterjee will be joining the faculty in July. A chemical biologist, he is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Scripps Research Institute in the research group of Professor Peter G. Schultz. He received his Ph.D. at Cornell University under the direction of Professor Tadhg Begley.
Dr. Chatterjee’s independent research program will focus on developing and applying novel chemical-biology approaches to “probe and engineer complex biological systems.”
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Non-Standard Admissions: For students who would like their application to be considered outside of the usual application window and/or to begin graduate studies mid-year, please contact Dale Mahoney directly. (dale.mahoney@bc.edu)
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Professor Udayan Mohanty named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Professor Udayan Mohanty has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). FRSC Fellowships are awarded to scientists who have made either exceptional contributions to the profession, the advancement of the field or direction of an organization involved with chemistry.
Professor Mohanty is known for his work in the fields of physical chemistry, chemical physics, and biophysics. He has done fundamental work in interactions of ions with nucleic acids, molecular motions of liquids below the freezing point, density wave theory of solid-liquid transition, dynamics of nucleic acids in gels and free solution, systems away from equilibrium and stochastic process, and density functional theory of quasi-crystals.
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awarded to Ashley Biernesser
Ashley Biernesser, a graduate student in Professor Jeffery Byers' research group, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Awarded to senior undergraduate and first or second year graduate students, this fellowship invests in an individual’s potential by affording an opportunity to pursue his or her research aspirations. Fellows receive a three year annual stipend of $30,000. Ashley’s current project is “Iron pyridyl diimine catalysts for the production of a tunable biodegradable polymer."
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