- Mar. 2007: Congratulations to David Bauer, the third Chemistry/Biochemistry major in five years to win a Goldwater Scholarship. David does research in the lab of Prof. Kevin Ryan.
- Jan. 2006: Congratulations to Prof. Ubarretxena-Belandia for an NSF CAREER award. The title is "Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Intramembrane Proteases". Way to go Iban!
- Jul. 2005: Ms. Diane Beckford is appointed to the position of Program Administrator/ Coordinator for CASI (Read the announcement)
- Jun. 2005: CCNY alumnus and benefactor Sam Cohen was featured at Chem. Engin. News. It's an inspiring story of someone who built a successful business starting from scratch. (Read it)
- Mar. 2005: Chemistry major Lev Sviridov became the first Rhodes scholar of CCNY since 1939. Biochemistry major Philipa Njau won a prestigious Goldwater scholarship. High school student David Bauer won the top INTEL Science Prize for research conducted under the supervision of Prof. Valeria Balogh-Nair. Wow !
- Sep. 2004: We welcome Ira Weinstock and George John as new faculty in the department!
- Apr. 2004: New faculty joins the department: Iban Ubarretxena, astructural biologist focusing on membrane proteins. Welcome!
- Feb. 2004: Congratulations to Prof. Ronnie Ghose for the NSF CAREER award!
- Sep. 2003: The department welcomes four new faculty: Glen Kowach, Kevin Ryan, Zhonghua Yu, and Barbara Zajc.
- Prof. Mahesh Lakshman is the recipient of the 2003-2004 City College Mentoring Award along with undergraduate students Paul Thomson and Mark Nuqui. Congratulations!
- May 15, 2003
The department's award winners for this year:
| Baskerville award
| LEV SVIRIDOV |
| Benjamin Harrow memorial award
| MARK ADRIAN NUQUI |
| Samuel and Louis Rover
| SHARRELL LEE |
| Abraham Mazur Award
| ADELAIDE OPPONG-DWAMENA |
| Marks Neidle memorial prize in Physical Chemistry
| CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ |
| Max Pavey Scholarship
| PELISA CHARLES |
| Frances Hochman Scholarship
| DEON HINES |
| Ernest Borek Scholarship Fund
| KHURSHID HOSSAIN & RAPHAEL SINGH
|
| Frank & Rose Brescia I
| MAME DIOP, MARY-ELLEN BENITO, JYOTI KAUSHAL
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| Frank & Rose Brescia II
| CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ
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| Whittam
| SVETLANA BASHKOVA |
| Donald Sloan
| WENFENG YU & YING REN |
| Arthur G. Levy
| MARK ADRIAN NUQUI & PAUL THOMSON
|
| Ward Medal and J. Birnbaum Scholarship in Chemistry
| CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ |
- December 9, 2002 The department held a retirement party for Prof. Stanley
Radel, Prof. Henri Rosano, Prof. Michael Wiener, Joe LaRubbio, and Rudy Lopez. President Williams, Dean Tamargo, and many former students gave their best wishes.
- September 2002 The department welcomes Ronnie Ghose as a new faculty in biomolecular NMR. Ronnie obtained his B.Sc. and M.S. in India and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Yale University. Since 1999 he has been a postdoctoral fellow with David Cowburn at Rockefeller University. His arrival, together with the establishment of the New York Structural Biology Center on the CCNY campus, will help strengthen biochemical and biophysical research at CCNY.
- May 9, 2002 Simon Simms was elected the new Chair of the Chemistry department. Congratulations!
- May 10, 2001
The department's awards luncheon took place at noon today.
And the winners are ...
| Freshman Handbook award
| CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ |
| Merck Index award
| DIDIER ALIPUI |
| Baskerville award
| NELYA BRINDZEI |
| Benjamin Harrow memorial award
| LORETTA OBI |
| Louis & Mildred Curtman
| AIGBOGUN NOTALELOMWAN,AVALON GARCIA |
| Samuel and Louis Rover
| MEI-KI CHAN |
| Marks Neidle memorial prize in Physical Chemistry
| CUFUN NG |
| Max Pavey Scholarship award
| MEI-KI CHAN |
| Frances Hochman Scholarship award
| CINDY DUKE |
| Ernest Borek Scholarship Fund
| DICKENS SAINTHILAIRE,MOHAMMED SHAMSUZZAMAN,ISSA SALAME
|
| Frank & Rose Brescia award
| ANASTASIA MAKRIS,AVALON GARCIA
|
| Whittam Award
| MOUCHINE KANOUNI |
| Donald Sloan
| DONGYAN ZHANG |
| Arthur G. Levy
| BERTRAND FONJI
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| Ward Medal and J. Birnbaum Scholarship award in Chemistry
| IVAN NGAI |
- Nov 30, 2000
Congratulations to Prof. Maria Tamargo on her recent election to Fellowship in the American Physical Society. Her
citation reads as follows: "For significant original contributions to the development and
understanding of
the growth and properties of novel semiconductor materials and
heterostructures,
in particular, in the field of wide bandgap II-VI compounds."
- Nov 1, 2000 A memorial in honor of Abraham Mazur , former chair of the Chemistry department and a builder
of the Biochemistry Program at CCNY included a lecture on superoxide dismutase by alumnus and National Academy of Science member Irwin Fridovich and tributes by current and former members of the Chemistry faculty.
- Sep 11, 2000 Congratulations to Prof. Daniel Akins on his receipt of the NSF's 2000 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring!
- June
22, 2000
A distinguished Chemistry department alumnus, Dr. Elvin Abraham
Kabat, passed away today. He graduated from City College in 1932
and received a master's and a doctorate in biochemistry at Columbia
University, which he later joined as a member of the faculty.
He made significant contributions to the field of immunology and
the fundamental understanding of antibodies. Dr. Kabat was a member
of the National Academy of Science and received the National Medal
of Science in 1991.
- May
19, 2000
Congratulations to Yoshi Inuzuka for winning the Marshak award!
Yoshi is starting work on his Ph.D. in the Chemistry department
at Harvard University in the fall.
- May
18, 2000
The department's awards luncheon took place at noon today. And
the winners are ...
| American
Institute of Chemists
| Sashiprabha
Sathischandra
|
| Freshman
Handbook award
| Thiri
Oo
|
| Merck
Index award
| Karen
MacFarlane
|
| UG
award in analytical chemistry, ACS
| Georgia
Anyatonwu
|
| Baskerville
award
| Avalon
Garcia
|
| Seymour
Mann award
| Mei
Betty Chan
Cufun Ng
Ivan Ngai
Loretta Obi
Roger Wolin
|
| Benjamin
Harrow memorial award
| Louis
Mazzella
|
| Louis
& Mildred Curtman
| Andy
Goberdhan
|
| Samuel
and Louis Rover
| Antione
Carre
|
| Marks
Neidle memorial prize in Physical Chemistry
| Henna
Khadim
|
| Max
Pavey Scholarship award
| Cristian
Castro
|
| Albert
& Frances Hochman Scholarship award
| Bertrand
Fonji
|
| Ernest
Borek Scholarship Fund
| Sumathy
Kandasamy
Chunxiao Zeng
|
| Frank
& Rose Brescia award
| Benny
Seto
Shamsheer Shafi
|
| Chemistry
Scholarship fund
| Georgia
Anyatonwu
|
| Donald
Sloan
| Ming
Jin
|
| Arthur
G. Levy
| Antione
Carre
Finbar Emanus
Lisa David
|
| Ward
Medal and J. Birnbaum Scholarship award in Chemistry
| Yoshihiko
Inuzuka
|
- May
10, 2000
Congratulations to our Chair, Prof. Stanley Radel for winning
the CCNY Outstanding Teacher award!
- May
3-5, 2000
The Chemistry department was reviewed by three external reviewers:
Prof. H.A. Scheraga (Cornell University, BS '41), Prof. John R.
Wiesenfeld (Dean, College of Science, Florida Atlantic University),
and Prof. Dennis C. Liota (Vice President for Research, Emory
University). Pictures from the visit
- May
1, 2000
Dr. Mahesh K. Lakshman, an organic chemist, accepted an
offer and will join the Chemistry Department in the Fall.
Dr. Lakshman obtained his B.S. in 1982 and his M.Sc. in
1984 at the University of Bombay in India and his Ph.D.
at the University of Oklahoma in 1989. He was a Fogarty
fellow at the National Institutes of Health from 1989 to
1994 and a senior scientist with Chemsyn Science Labs from
1994 to 1997. From 1997 till now he has been an assistant
professor at the University of North Dakota.
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