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Congratulations to Columbia chemistry professors Tristan
Lambert and Scott Snyder, who have been selected by the Afred P. Sloan
Foundation as recipients of 2010 Sloan Research Fellowships. Sloan
Fellowships recognize "the achievements of outstanding young scholars in
science, mathematics, economics and computer science ... and seek to stimulate
fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding
promise." According to the Foundation website, the two-year
fellowships are awarded yearly to 118 researchers in recognition of distinguished
performance and their unique potential to make substantial contributions to
their field.
Sloan Research Fellowships provide funding of $50K to be expended over a two-year period. The funds are awarded directly to the Fellow's institution and may be used by the Fellow for equipment, technical assistance, professional travel, trainee support, or any other activity directly related to their research.
You can learn more about the Sloan Foundation and its research award program on the Sloan Foundation website. More information about about the research programs of Professor's Lambert and Snyder can be found on their group websites (The Lambert Group and The Snyder Group)
The chemistry department congratulates Professor Ruben
Gonzalez on receiving a 2010 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award. Established
on a donation from trustee Gerry Lenfest (Law '58), the Lenfest award
recognizes faculty who demonstrate unusual merit in scholarship, university
citizenship, and professional involvement. The awards place particular emphasis
on the instruction and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students.
Honored faculty members receive annual awards of $25,000 for a three-year
period. Four Columbia chemistry faculty have received Lenfest awards
since its inception in 2005.
More information about Professor Gonzalez and his work can be found here. Also see the CU website announcement.
The Padwa Lecture
"Accelerated C–H Activation Reactions: Enantioselectivity and Positional Selectivity"
Presented by Jin-Quan Yu
The Scripps Research Institute
Pd(II)-catalyzed enantioselective and position-selective C–H activation reactions are developed using mono-N-protected chiral amino acid ligands. C–H activation intermediates are characterized, offering insights into the origin of the observed stereoselectivity. Moreover, these chiral ligands are found to accelerate drastically C–H activation reactions, shortening the reaction time from two days to 20 minutes.
Hosted by Prof. Scott Snyder
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Meet the speaker at 1:30pm in room 328 Havemeyer
Tea & cookies at 4:00pm in room 328 Havemeyer
Seminar at 4:30pm in room 209 Havemeyer
Congratulations to Professor Tristan Lambert on receiving
a 2010 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER
(Early Career Development) Program is among the most prestigious NSF awards for
young faculty members who, according to the NSF program website,
"exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research,
excellent education and the integration of education and research."
Professor Lambert's award is for his work on new catalytic reactions for
cyclopropanation and oxidative carbonylation. Additional information on
the work of Professor Lambert and his research group can be found on the group
website.