The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
Chemistry News - Fall 2005
- The flexible electronics research of Professor John Rogers was detailed in a St. Louis Post Dispatch article.
- Professor Martin Gruebele's research perfecting single molecule absorption spectroscopy has been published online in Nano Letters.
- Researchers demonstrate single molecule absorption spectroscopy
- U. of I. professor recognized by Scientific American magazine
- Dana Dlott elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
- Professor Yi Lu's research was discussed in the Oct. 10th issue of The Scientist, "Give your protein a tune-up." and also by the UIUC News Bureau,"Proofreading and error-correction in nanomaterials inspired by nature,"10/18/05.
- Proofreading and error-correction in nanomaterials inspired by nature
- "Seeking the D Isomer: Sensitive, downscaled techniques locate D-amino acids in single neurons and subcellular sites," is the Sept. 26th C & E News article describing the research of Jonathan Sweedler.
- Professor Ralph Nuzzo quoted in a New York Times article.
- Todd Martínez named a MacArthur Fellow
- Professor Martin Gruebele has been named a 2006 Biophysical Society Fellow.
- A new way of making nanoparticles developed by chemistry Professor Kenneth Suslick and Yuri Didenko, a senior research scientist in chemistry, could make a big difference to nanotechnology.
- Chen Zhang and Kenneth S. Suslick have developed a sensor that uses an array of chemically sensitive dyes to identify organic compounds dissolved in water.
- Professor Paul Hergenrother made Technology Reviews magazine's list of top innovators under age 35.
- Wilfred van der Donk to be recipient of 2006 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
- Peter Beak named a Center for Advanced Studies Professor.
- The research of Professor Jonathan Sweedler was featured in a UIUC News Bureau article.
- New techniques study the brain's chemistry, neuron by neuron
- Professor Martin Burke awarded a Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
