| 2008 Press Releases &
Internal Center News Bulletin
Headlines Articles
05 May: EAB Posters & Presentation are Now Online
Click here to view the posters & presentations from our annual fall EAB meeting (password protected).
Prof. Darlene Taylor, who
has participated in CERSP for eight years and still leads our RICHES
program, has won an award from Duke University on Building
Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH). The
BIRCWH is a K-12 Institutional Training Grant that provides faculty at
Duke or NCCU a minimum of two years of salary and research development
support to pursue research careers related to women's health. The
program builds upon existing interdisciplinary faculty relationships to
foster productive and innovative collaborations and is creating new
research partnerships. For details click here.
Congratulations Darlene! The Duke University School of Medicine and North Carolina Central University (NCCU) are recipients of a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) grant. The BIRCWH is a K12 Institutional Training Grant that provides faculty at Duke or NCCU a minimum of two years of salary and research development support to pursue research careers related to women's health. The program builds upon existing interdisciplinary faculty relationships to foster productive and innovative collaborations and is creating new research partnerships. The Duke/NCCU BIRCWH is co-directed by Ann Brown, MD and Evan Myers, MD, and is administered within Dr. Brown’s Office of the Associate Dean for Women in Medicine and Science. An Advisory Board of Duke and NCCU faculty guides the BIRCWH program and BIRCWH mentors advise individual scholars. 02 May:
Prof. George Roberts Named
Co-Director of CERSP Ruben will remain active as a PI in CERSP and in helping secure the legacy of the Center. We are sorry to lose Ruben as Co-Director and wish him well in his new position. Many of our STC PIs will continue to work closely with him in his new position. His leadership helped CERSP come into being and contributed significantly to the success of the Center. We welcome George into his new position as Co-Director and look forward to his increasing role as we work to secure a strong legacy for the Center. George has been a member of the CERSP management team since its early planning stages, most recently serving as Leader of the Macromolecular Synthesis and Engineering Domain. He has also been a member of the Technical Coordinating Committee and a crucial behind-the-scenes force within the STC for eight years. 01 May: Koros Wins KAUST Award
Professor
William J. Koros of Georgia Tech, who heads our Separations
Domain, has won one of 12 KAUST awards made to leading researchers
worldwide. Prof. Koros and his team will receive $10 million for
research over a five year period and will help the Saudi university
establish a separations laboratory in the Kingdom. For details click
here. This is one of three
major awards landed recently by Georgia Tech teams lead by Prof. Koros,
totaling $26 million. Others include a $12 million joint project with
Chevron on separations related to biofuels and a $4 million joint
project with ExxonMobil related to CO2 sequestration. Congratulations,
Bill!
29 April: Gray Receives Prestigious
Award 23 April: Wei You Receives DuPont Award
One of our new CERSP faculty,
Professor Wei
You, has been selected as a DuPont Young Investigator. He is supported
by the STC in the area of photovoltaics. Congratulations, Prof. You!
14 April: "Nanoparticle Fabrication: Proteins in Print" Article in Nature Nanotechnology
There is an opening (or two) for "creative chemists" in the
exploratory chemistry group at GlaxoSmithKline in RTP.
http://us.gsk.com/html/career/jobsearch.html job search #48098 13 March:
The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable is pleased to be sponsoring
the following events: 2nd International Symposium on Green
Processing in the Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Industries 12th Annual Green Chemistry &
Engineering Conference Gordon Research Conference on Green
Chemistry More information
on the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable ACS Green Chemistry Institute 10 March: Fowler New CEO of Liquidia
Neil F. Fowler, formerly Johnson and Johnson and president of
Centocor, was recently named Chief Executive Officer of Liquidia. For
details see attached
press
release.
20 February: New Entrepreneurship Program The Kenan-Flagler Business School is pleased to announced an exciting opportunity to get involved with its newest program, the UNC Business Accelerator for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (BASE). This announcement is a Call for Applicants for any early-stage entrepreneurs who may be interested. You may find details online at: http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/KI/cse/BASE/applicants.cfm. Applications are due Mar. 7. 07 February:
PROFESSOR WILLIA Peter N. Pintauro 06 February: The 12th Annual Green Chemistry
& Engineering Conference
This year’s conference will be held June 24-26, 2008 at the Capital Hilton, in Washington, DC. The conference is organized each year by the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute with the active involvement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal government agencies, industry, academia, and other professional societies. Abstract Submission is Closing Soon! Abstracts for both oral and poster presentations are now being accepted by an electronic submissions system. To submit your abstract, please visit the conference website: http://acs.confex.com/acs/green08/cfp.cgi. Abstracts are due February 13, 2008. Registration and Housing Reservations are Now Open! Early-Bird Registration Deadline: April 7, 2008. ACS Green Chemistry Institute 04 February: Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report
Highlights Liquidia 23 January: ACS Green Chemistry Institute Awards Deadline
February 1, 2008 is the application deadline for two green
chemistry Student Awards that are administered by the ACS
Green Chemistry Institute, and February 29 is the deadline
for the Summer School applications. Please help us spread
the word to students and young scholars. International students are also
encouraged to apply. There is no limit on the number of applications that
can be submitted by any one academic institution or project advisor, and
students may apply to both awards and to the summer school.
The Joseph Breen Memorial Fellowship sponsors a young international green chemistry scholar to participate in an international green chemistry technical meeting, conference, or training program of your choosing. “Young” international scholar is defined as undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, and above, but below the level of Assistant Professor and within the first seven years of a professional career. This fund commemorates the commitment and accomplishments of Joe Breen for the advancement of Green Chemistry. Click here to access the application information.
The
Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award honors outstanding student
contributions to furthering the goals of green chemistry through research or
education. The award is a one-time cash award in the amount of $1,000 and is
open to all undergraduate and graduate students, regardless of citizenship
or country of study. The Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award is sponsored by
the American Chemical Society’s Division of Environmental Chemistry and the
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards & Technology.
Click here to access the application information.
Applications for the sixth ACS Summer School on Sustainability and Green Chemistry are now being accepted until February 29, 2008. The program will be held July 9-17, 2008, at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO, and is open to graduate students and post-doctoral scholars in the Americas. A generous grant from the Argosy Foundation will support all participant costs. Please click here for application details. ACS Green Chemistry Institute 22 January: Synthetic Polymer Chemist Position Available
The LORD Corporation of North
Carolina is looking to hire a talented synthetic polymer chemist. Please
have qualified students and/or post docs apply on-line at the link below for
job # 507047 (Sr. Scientist). The LORD Corporation would like to fill this
position as soon as possible.
http://lord.com/Home/Careers/FindaJob/tabid/3771/Default.aspx
The open position is for a motivated and creative synthetic chemist interested in working on a variety of polymeric materials. A good understanding synthetic methods is required. More information on this research opportunity can be found in the posting link above, job # 507047. Applicants must be permanent US citizens. LORD is a diversified business-to-business chemical and mechanical company, with corporate research facilities in Cary, NC, near the culturally rich Raleigh and the RTP areas. LORD’s long history of innovative chemicals and designs has kept LORD a flexible and stable private company for many decades. LORD’s long standing research group is an ideal environment for creative applied polymer research. Russell Stapleton, Ph.D. 16 January: Presentations on Energy Efficiency in US Economy
R&D vice presidents of Dow Chemical Company and Ford Motor Company will
speak on Jan 31 and Feb 8, respectively, at the Research Triangle Institute
in RTP. For details click
here.
15 January: Scientific American Top 50 Recognizes
Carbonell Work A photograph of the membrane device developed by the Carbonell group is on page 50 of the attached article. The text credits "Bob Rohwer and his colleagues". Bob Rohwer is the expert on prions that worked with Prof. Carbonell on this. Carbonell and his group identified and developed the membrane and filter concept as well as the methodology for finding specific ligands. The ligand identification and filter concept played a major role in taking this device close to commercialization. Click here to read article from the January 2008 issue of Scientific American.
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