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04/2012

Benjamin Hsiao named VP for Research at Stony Brook

03/30/2012

The URECA website regularly features students' perspectives on research and/or creative activities.

This month's featured student is Dara Bobb-Semple, a dual Chemistry/CME major in her junior year who has been engaged in research in the laboratory of Dr. Stanislaus Wong, Department of Chemistry, for the last year on the preparation of crystalline metallic ruthenium (Ru) nanowires using an ambient template based methodology. Just recently, Dara was announced as a 2012 UNCF Merck Undergraduate Science Fellow (a national competitive award), and will be offered internship opportunities at Merck for the following summer(s). Dara's previous honors include being the recipient of a Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) fellowship award (from the Center for Science & Math Education/CESAME); and being twice recognized for achieving a 4.0 GPA. Last summer, Dara's work in the Wong group where she works with graduate student Christopher Koenigsmann was supported through the AGEP SRI, a summer research program hosted by the Center for Inclusive Education. Dara Bobb-Semple is a member of the Collegiate Science & Technology Entry program (CSTEP), and the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP); and is also a member of the American Institute for Chemical Engineers and the Tau Beta Pi Honor Society. Dara is also the corresponding secretary of Stony Brook Gospel Choir and the secretary of the Essence of Praise dance group. Prior to enrolling at Stony Brook, Dara worked as a banker in Georgetown, Guyana for several years. Dara's current plans are to pursue a Ph.D. following graduation from Stony Brook. Be sure to talk to Dara at the 2012 URECA campus-wide research poster symposium on April 25th!

For the full interview/feature, please go to: http://www.stonybrook.edu/ureca/researcher-month.shtml

Past Researchers of the Month: http://www.stonybrook.edu/ureca/previous.shtml

03/21/2012

Congratulations to Debasis Banerjee for receiving the President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students! Debasis has worked with Prof. John Parise, and will be graduating this spring. Only 5 students from the entire university are chosen each year to receive the Distinguished Doctoral Student award. Well done, Debasis!

02/24/2012

The Chemistry Department has just received a signed $400,000 pledge from an anonymous donor to support the newly established Graduate Chemistry Endowment. The pledge is payable over 4 years and will be matched with $400,000 from the Simons Challenge Grant once the pledge is fulfilled.

This Fund will be used to provide graduate level support for fellowships, awards, research, travel, conferences and professional development. More will follow.

02/01/2012

The Department of Chemistry is extremely happy to welcome our newest faculty member, Prof. Surita Bhatia from the University of Massachusetts who will start in May 2012. More info to follow.

01/23/2012

Professor Iwao Ojima, Director of the Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery (ICB&DD) and a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, recently announced a multi-year research collaboration with Sanofi, a multinational pharmaceutical company, on a potential treatment for Tuberculosis (TB) and other bacterial infections. More...

01/20/2012

The Department of Chemistry expresses a big thank you to a prominent Long Island artist, Eileen Sanger, Prof. David Hanson, and Mrs. Colleen Hanson for their generous donation of the piece of art entitled "Chemistry Graffiti" for display in our Atrium Lobby. (photo right)

01/19/2012

Four Stony Brook University professors – Ben Hsiao, Lorna Role, Peter Stephens and George Sterman – have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and will be honored for their contributions to science at the February 18, 2012, Fellows Forum during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. More...

01/11/2012

The 2012 Intel Science Talent Search Competition semifinalists were announced yesterday and we are proud to have 8 Semifinalists. Congratulations to these students and to their mentors.

Anna Sato
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY. Intel Science Talent Search Competition semi-finalist
mentor: Dr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao

Jesse Xing
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY. Intel Science Talent Search Competition semi-finalist
mentor: Dr. Benjamin Chu , Dr. Benjamin Hsiao & Dr. Robert Grubbs

Shannon Wetzler
Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY. Intel Science Talent Search Competition semi-finalist
mentor: Dr. Roy Lacey

Sarah Chapin
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park , NY. Intel Science Talent Search Competition semi-finalist
mentor: Dr. Iwao Ojima

Rocco Morra
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY. Intel Science Talent Search Competition semi-finalist
mentor: Dr. Iwao Ojima

Garima Yadav
Sachem HS North, Lake Ronkonkoma , NY. Intel Science Talent Search Competition semi-finalist
mentor: Dr. Iwao Ojima

Hannah Kenagy
Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY. Intel Science Talent Search Competition semi-finalist
mentor: Dr. Carlos Simmerling

Emily Bai
William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY. Intel Science Talent Search Competition semi-finalist
mentor: Dr. Peter Tonge