FALL 2021 SEMINAR SERIES
New research is seeking to detail the individual steps of highly efficient reactions that convert sunlight into chemical energy within plants and bacteria.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has named Curt Breneman as the new head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Breneman has been with Rensselaer since 1989.
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Students, mentees, and scientific collaborators of Professor of Chemistry James Ferris gathered at a special session of the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference in Atlanta, Ga., on April 19 to honor the scientist.
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The 6th annual Future Leaders Series meeting is coming up! This event is an opportunity for Ph.D. students expected to graduate in 2021 to present their work at our next local section meeting being held on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 (6:00 – 9:00PM).
Faculty are encouraged to nominate their Ph.D. students for consideration by Sunday, Jan, 10th, 2021.
Selected speakers will be notified by Wed, January 13th, 2021. We are looking for 3-4 speakers to present.
See Professor Shelley's interview in the Spectroscopist Inside section starting on page 42: https://rpi.app.box.com/s/fcx7ubkqj7ainzfxuts8goniu522pnm8
RPI Chemistry's student-athlete Mikaela DiBello has been named to the 2018-19 Goodle Cloud Academic All-America Division III At-Large Second Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
https://rpiathletics.com/news/2019/6/20/field-hockey-dibello-and-maxfiel...
Jessica Hellinger is recipient of a 2019 Society for Applied Spectroscopy Undergraduate Student Award. This award recognizes her project to siimultaneously obtain elemental and small molecule information with a novel plasma source, the Solution Cathode Glow Discharge (SCGD), via optical emission spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. This award will be presented at the SciX Conference in Palm Springs, CA, in October 2019.