Dr. Michelle Bunagan, a new member of the Chemistry Department, has been named one of eight recipients of a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Faculty Start-up Award. This unrestricted five-year grant provides $30,000 assistance in the initiation of her research program at TCNJ. She is one of only five faculty from a public institution in the… Continue Reading
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Chemistry Professor, Dr. Benny Chan, Receives Research Grant
Dr. Chan has been awarded a $50,000 grant, which will fund salaries and supplies for two years of an undergraduate research program in solid state chemistry and will lead to publications with undergraduate authors. The future of this work is to apply synthetic strategies to composition space that could have potential thermoelectric materials, which directly… Continue Reading
$600,000 Grant Received to Support Students in Biology and Chemistry
The College of New Jersey has received full funding ($600,000) from the National Science Foundation to support a program entitled “PERSIST in Biology and Chemistry (Program to Enhance Retention of Students in Science Trajectories).” Donald Lovett, professor of biology, is principal investigator on the grant and will direct the PERSIST program. He will be joined… Continue Reading
Chemistry Prof Works with Cub Scouts on Forensics
Dr. John Allison of the Chemistry Department, whose research interests include analytical techniques to forensic science, shared his expertise at the den meeting of 13 Cub Scouts (8-9 yrs old) in Chesterfield, NJ recently. The Scouts are working on forensic badges. Under the guidance of Dr. Allison, they spent more than an hour practicing how… Continue Reading
Chemistry Student Receives Award from Society for Applied Spectroscopy
Kaitlin Papson, a 2007 TCNJ graduate majoring in chemistry, has been recognized for her research at TCNJ with an award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Kaitlin was nominated through the New York Section of the Society, with supporting letters from Professor Hunt, Professor Soto, and her research advisor, Professor Allison. The New York Section… Continue Reading
Senior Chemistry Major Anne Szklarski Wins International Prize for Research Presentation
The U.S. Committee to International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) awarded Ms. Anne Szklarski, a senior chemistry major at TCNJ, one of the three 2007 IUPAC Poster Prizes. Anne’s poster is on “Enzymatic Synthesis of Dipeptides.” This work was carried out as part of a Research Experience for Undergraduates program in the lab… Continue Reading
TCNJ Chemistry Student Organization Receives National Award
The TCNJ Chapter of the American Chemical Society Student Affiliates and the Student Chemist Association have been presented a Certificate of Achievement for Meritorious Service in recognition of activities during the 2005-2006 academic year. According to the group’s faculty adviser, Dr. David Hunt, the award recognizes the activities of the student group and their service… Continue Reading
Merck and AAAS Recognize TCNJ Biology & Chemistry as Outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs
The College of New Jersey was selected as one of fifteen colleges and universities nationwide as a winner of the 2007 award for the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program (USRP), sponsored by the Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Each award provides up to $60,000, paid… Continue Reading
High School Students Are Chem Majors for a Day
Students from the Science Academy of Morristown High School visited TCNJ on December 14, 2006 to experience a day of college-level science and bring together what is learned in the classroom and a real-world application. Pfizer, a supporter of the Academy, helped finance the trip to TCNJ, and Dr.Pauline Pan, a senior scientist at Pfizer,… Continue Reading
Chemistry Alums Receive Awards at Princeton
Two TCNJ chemistry alumni, who are currently graduate students at Princeton University, have been recognized for outstanding achievement. Rob Matunas, who did undergraduate research with Dr. Georgia Arvanitis at TCNJ, received the Merck-Patchett Summer Fellowship. This award was established by Arthur Patchett, a 1951 Princeton graduate and former vice president at Merck, for outstanding upperdass students… Continue Reading