BC Chemistry News

Professor Amir Hoveyda wins 2010 Yamada-Koga Prize

Professor Amir Hoveyda, the Joseph T. and Patricia Vanderslice Millennium Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Chemistry Department, has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the Yamada-Koga Prize, an international award given annually by the Chemical Society of Japan to an organic chemist who has had a major impact in the field of synthesis of optically active compounds.

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Professor Larry Scott receives ISPAC award

We are pleased to announce that Professor Larry Scott has received a prestigious award from the International Society for Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds at their Twenty-Second International Symposium for Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, which was held this year in Charleston, SC. more>>

Dr. E. Joseph Billo receives 2009 Hill Award

The 2009 Henry A. Hill Award was presented to Dr. E. Joseph Billo, retired Professor of Chemistry, at the October 2009 meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS). more>>

Learning in the Laboratory by Dr. Mike Panichas is published

The Chemistry Department is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Panichas’s book, Learning in the Laboratory: Student Perceptions of Cooperative Inquiry and Traditional Expository Practices, was recently published by Verlag DM. more>>

Merkert NMR Center Gets Extreme Makeover

Over $1.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and University cost-sharing is dramatically transforming the Chemistry Department’s Center for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) into a cutting edge facility that will enhance research in chemical synthesis, catalysis, and determination of the solution structure of biomolecules. more>>

Arts & Sciences (literally!)

Incorporating physics, chemistry, and mineralogy, “Intersections of Science and Painting,” a new course created by chemistry Professor David McFadden, shows students how scientific knowledge and analysis are used to restore and conserve works of art, verify the age of materials, and establish authenticity. more>>

Professor Udayan Mohanty Named Guggenheim Fellow

The Chemistry Department is thrilled to announce that Professor Udayan Mohanty has been named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow for 2009. A distinguished physical chemist, Professor Mohanty was the only chemist this year from the United States to receive this impressive award. more>>

Graduate Fellows Announced

The development and training of young scientists continues to be at the very heart of the Chemistry Department’s teaching and research mission. We are especially grateful to two distinguished alumni of Boston College whose generous support of our graduate students will foster excellence in the next generation of chemical scientists. more>>

Chemistry on Front Row

The Merkert Chemistry Center is pleased to present some of our distinguished lecturers on Front Row. Front Row is a service of Boston College’s Office of Media Communications. more>>

New Class of Catalyst Reported by Hoveyda in Nature

Vanderslice Millennium Professor of Chemistry Amir H. Hoveyda's latest research, published in the journal Nature, has developed a new class of catalyst that promises to expand research in the fields of medicine, biology and materials science. more>>

EMERGE to Promote Diversity in Chemistry Graduate Education

This fall, the Chemistry Department will launch a new program to promote diversity in graduate science education. EMERGE - the acronym for Expanding Multi-Cultural Engagement and Recruitment in Graduate Education – will bring promising undergraduates from diverse cultures to the Merkert Chemistry Center at Boston College for an in-depth view of the doctoral program in Chemistry. more>>

Davidovits Lab and Aerodyne Collaborate on Climate Change Technology

An aerosol mass spectrometer developed by scientists from the Merkert Chemistry Center and Aerodyne Research, Inc. is giving scientists who study airborne particles the technology they need to examine the life cycles of atmospheric aerosols – such as soot – and their impact on issues ranging from climate change to public health. more>>