Department News
Spring 2013 Chemistry Newsletter
June 10, 2013
The Spring 2013 Chemistry Newsletter is now on-line and available for you to download and read. Click here to download the PDF: Spring 2013 Chemistry Newsletter
The McNaughton Lab Shows that Multivalency Effects Orchestrate Delivery
March 22, 2013
An important impediment to the broader use of protein reagents in medicine and basic research is the difficulties associated with their delivery across the lipid bilayer membrane of mammalian cells. Moreover, selective delivery of protein cargo is required to optimize their use as therapeutics. Sandra DePorter and Irene Lui, both researchers in the McNaughton lab, [...]
Prof. Chuck Henry Produces a New Method for Measuring Airborne Particulate Matter
January 30, 2013
CSU Chemistry Professor Chuck Henry and Ph.D. student Yupaporn Sameenoi, in collaboration with Dr. John Volckens from Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences at CSU have produced a new method for measuring oxidative stress caused of airborne particulate matter as reported in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The new method is ground breaking because it [...]
Anthony Rappe named interim director of Clean Energy Supercluster
December 6, 2012
Professor Anthony Rappe has been appointed interim director of Colorado State University Clean Energy Supercluster. Rappe is a key player in the Clean Energy Supercluster’s mission as a university-wide, multidisciplinary alliance of researchers, innovators, business experts, and social scientists bringing CSU technology to market. He has extensive experience collaborating with scientists and consulting with companies [...]
American Association for the Advancement of Science Awards Fellow Distinction to Five Colorado State University Faculty
December 4, 2012
Five Colorado State University professors in the College of Natural Sciences have been awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science distinction of Fellow. The title of AAAS Fellow, one of the most prestigious honors in science, requires nomination by scientific peers. This year’s class from CSU includes three in from the Department of [...]
Discovery published in Science could significantly speed up drug discovery
October 29, 2012
CSU Chemistry Professor Tomislav Rovis and his fifth-year doctoral student Todd Hyster, in collaboration with Professor Thomas R. Ward and Livia Knörr at the University of Basel, have produced an artificial enzyme made of metal and organic matter – two things that have not previously bonded for that purpose. The new enzyme could allow scientists [...]
Brian McNaughton awarded a Floyd A. Schlossberg Honorary Research Grant from the Leukemia Research Foundation
October 25, 2012
Professor Brian McNaughton has been awarded a Floyd A. Schlossberg Honorary Research Grant from the Leukemia Research Foundation. Support from this grant will allow graduate and undergraduate researchers in the McNaughton lab to study methods for overcoming resistance to chemotherapy, as well as identify novel approaches to treat cancer.
Eugene Chen Honored “Research Rockstar” at Awards
The university’s Center for the New Energy Economy – an outreach center created by Ritter – received the National Cleantech Leadership Award at the association’s awards ceremony Monday, honoring Ritter’s efforts to work on a non-partisan basis with energy policymakers around the country. Also honored as a “Research Rockstar” was Chen, a professor of chemistry [...]
BP awards Krummel, Henry $5 million to research technology for oil industry
October 22, 2012
Colorado State University has obtained a $5 million grant from BP covering five years to study mechanisms involved with technology for oil recovery. “Understanding processes associated with extracting petroleum resources from rocks in watered-out wells is at the heart of these research efforts,” said Amber Krummel, assistant professor of chemistry and the principal investigator on [...]
Fall 2012 Chemistry Newsletter
October 12, 2012
The Fall 2012 Chemistry Newsletter is now on-line and available for you to download and read. Click here to download the PDF: Fall 2012 Chemistry Newsletter
Dr. Thomas Borch named among ‘the new elite’
October 11, 2012
The prestigious Journal of Environmental Monitoring recently recognized Thomas Borch, an associate professor in Chemistry and Soil and Crop Sciences, as an “Emerging Investigator.” He is one of just 15 international researchers commended for their work. Read the whole story at: http://www.today.colostate.edu/story.aspx?id=7778
Chemistry Trio at Colorado State University Wins Science Magazine Prize for Innovative Undergraduate Laboratory Module
September 5, 2012
Note: A copy of the Science essay is available at http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6098/1056. Photo courtesy of Science Magazine. FORT COLLINS – Memo to the Colorado State University students taking Chemistry 112: Come prepared to think. Students in the course are challenged to use experimental evidence to figure out what’s happening with atoms, molecules, and ions – unlike [...]
White House honors Amy Prieto, founder of Prieto Battery, with Presidential Early Career Award
July 30, 2012
The White House has honored a Colorado State University chemistry professor with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her work to develop new methods to create a battery that could revolutionize the hybrid/electric vehicle industry. Prieto, an associate professor, will receive the award in a White House ceremony. She is one [...]
Split-superpositive GFP is among the most accessed articles
July 26, 2012
A recent paper from the McNaughton lab, titled “Split-superpositive GFP reassembly is a fast, efficient, and robust method for detecting protein–protein interactions in vivo” has been cited as one of the most accessed journal articles in Molecular BioSystems during the month of June (http://blogs.rsc.org/mb/category/top-ten/). Molecular BioSystems publishes high-quality interdisciplinary research with a particular focus on the [...]
Dr. Ellen Fisher, student team collaborate with research lab in Italy
June 11, 2012
The rich culture and heritage of Bari, Italy, will play host to Colorado State’s chemistry chair and one of her students as part of the American Chemical Society GREET program. GREET, or the Global Research, Experiences, Exchanges, and Training program selects five teams every year to travel abroad and study with a foreign laboratory to [...]
Steven Strauss named 2012 Professor Laureate by College of Natural Sciences
April 23, 2012
Steven Strauss has been named Professor Laureate by the College of Natural Sciences for his contributions to CSU and the chemistry community. “As an undisputed leader in the area of boron and carbon chemistry and as an interdisciplinary scientist, for his unwavering commitment to teaching and mentoring students and for his service to CSU and [...]
Chemistry Professor Eugene Chen developing sustainable bioplastics
January 19, 2012
A CSU chemistry professor has developed several patent-pending chemical processes that would create sustainable bioplastics from renewable resources for use on everything from optical fibers and contact lenses to furniture and automobile parts. http://www.today.colostate.edu/story.aspx?id=6671
Chemistry professor headed for Japan universities on fellowship
January 5, 2012
Longtime Colorado State University chemistry professor Elliot Bernstein is one of only three foreign nationals invited by the Japanese government this year to share scientific knowledge with counterparts in Japan. http://www.today.colostate.edu/story.aspx?id=6629
Chemistry, Biology Chairs Elected Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
December 19, 2011
Two chairs of the College of Natural Sciences – Daniel R. Bush in biology and Ellen R. Fisher in chemistry – have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a prestigious peer honor awarded to a select group of scientists across the country each year. http://www.today.colostate.edu/story.aspx?id=6597
Colorado Bioscience Association Names Colorado State University Chemistry Professor Educator of the Year
December 9, 2011
The Colorado Bioscience Association on Thursday night recognized Melissa Reynolds, assistant chemistry professor at Colorado State University, as Educator of the Year. http://www.news.colostate.edu/release.aspx?id=6001
Colorado Cleantech Industry honors four at CSU
June 6, 2011
Chuck Henry and Amy Prieto, both professors in chemistry, and W.S. Sampath and Bryan Willson, professors in mechanical engineering, received the honors at the organization’s inaugural “Celebrate Cleantech Research” event at the Denver Museum of Science and Nature. http://www.today.colostate.edu/printstory.aspx?ID=5783
Chemistry Club presents ‘Mad Scientist Halloween’
October 25, 2010
The Chemistry Club will host its sixth annual Halloween event from 6:30-9 p.m. in the Chemistry Building on CSU’s main campus, near Lake Street and Centre Avenue. Parking is ample in the nearby Lake Street Parking Garage at 1508 Centre Ave. http://www.today.colostate.edu/printstory.aspx?ID=4740