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December 2002:

• Congratulations to the December graduates!
  • Ph.D.
    • Dr. Hyoung-Ik Lee (Cha)
      • Dr. Lee has recently started a post-doc appointment at Emory University with Prof. Al Padwa.
    • Dr. Erik Perez (Thrasher)
      • Dr. Perez has accepted a position with DuPont Central Research
    • Dr. Ann Visser (Rogers)
      • Dr. Visser has accepted an postion with the Westinghouse Savannah River Company.
  • M.S.
  • Mr. Julius Nathan Henderson (Redding)
    • Mr. Henderson is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in bioorganic chemistry at the University of Oregon.
  • B.S.

October 2002:

• Dr. Shane Street chaired a symposium on surface analytical techniques at the Federation of Analytical Chemists and Spectroscopy Societes (FACSS) National meeting held in Providence, Rhode Island.

September 2002:

• Congratulations to Ann Visser, AIChE Separations Division Graduate Student Research Award in Extractions.
  • This highly competitive award recognizes one outstanding graduate student in each of six areas. The award in Extractions was sponsored by Dow Chemical Company. Ann will receive her award at the Separation Division dinner at the AIChE National Meeting in Indianapolis in November.
  • Ann is a graduate student in the Rogers group. Her research deals with the use of ionic liquids as potential solvents in extractions and other types of separations.
• Dr. Greg Szulczewski was recently awarded $225,000 by the Office of Naval Research over three years for a project entitled, "Growth and Characterization of Metal Films on Nitramines."

August 2002

• Congratulations to Jackie McPherson, winner of the May 2002 McKinley Award.
  • The McKinley award is given to University employees who by action or idea contribute to the University's mission of teaching, research, and service.
  • Jackie is the Departments Administrative Support Secretary.
• The Chemistry Department announces new appointments:
  • Chair: Dr. Joseph S. Thrasher
  • Director of Graduate Studies: Dr. Silas C. Blackstock
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies: Dr. Gregory Szulczewski
• We are pleased to welcome our new class of graduate students to Tusclaloosa
  • Hana Al-Ebous, Yarmouk University, Jordan
  • Nicholas Bridges, Tennessee Tech.
  • Yuan Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • Joon-Hyung Cho, Seoul National University, Korea
  • Violina Cocalia, Alexander Joan Cuzo University, Italy
  • Eman El-Amir, Ain Shams University, Egypt
  • Junjie Gao, East China University
  • Keith Gutowski, University of Delaware and Cal Tech
  • Jelana Hamilton, Georgia Southern
  • John Hauptfleisch, Hamilton College, New York
  • Jessica Mills, Troy State, Alabama
  • Lucas Moore, The West Alabama University
  • Dan Pu, Beijing Normal University, China
  • Dominic Qualley, University of Minnesota
  • Kailas Sawant, Narayan Nagu Patil, India
  • Shelby Shuler, University of South Carolina and Virginia Tech
  • Dontarie Stallings, Georgia Southern
  • Enrilyn Thronson, Illinois and Arizona State
  • Haiying Wan, Tianjin University, China
• Congratulations to our August graduates. Good luck in the future.
  • Ph.D.
    • Manop Sittidech (Bertsch)
  • M.S.
    • Yajing Li (Redding)
    • Luyi Sun (Thrasher)
  • B.S.
    • Stephen Colvin
• Dr. Kevin Redding was award an NIH grant for a project entitled, "Disassembly and Degradation of Photosystem I."

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June 2002

• Once again we are pleased to be hosting a group of students in our summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET).

  Name	School	Advisor
  REU
  Shannon Audley	Univ. of Dallas	Dr. Redding
  Jo Ellen fory	Presbyterian College (SC)	Dr. Timkovich
  Shanna Gillespie	Virginia Tech	Dr. Vincent
  Keith Green	Michigan Tech.	Dr. Rogers
  Jami Heidtbrink	Southwest Missouri St. U.	Dr. Bertsch
  Geoffrey Hudson	The Univ. of Alabama	Dr. Arduengo
  Robert Jilek	Gustavus Adolphus	Dr. Thrasher
  Christopher Key	The Univ. of Alabama	Dr. Thrasher
  Uriah Kilgore	Southeast Missouri St. U.	Dr. Arduengo
  John W. Smith	Northwestern St. U.	Dr. Woski
  Amanda Stewart	Georgia Southern	Dr. Vincent
  Jay W. Wackerly	Winona St. University	Dr. Blackstock
  Nora Wang	Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham	Dr. Nikles
  Ashlie Wrenne	Georgetown College (KY)	Dr. Shaughnessy
  RET
  Felecia Briggins	Greensboro (AL) East H. S.	Dr. Redding
  Virginia Cole	Tuscaloosa (AL) Central H.S.	Dr. Woski
  Anne Jones	Aliceville (AL) H. S.	Dr. Bertsch
  Tameka L. Shamrey	Livingston (AL) H.S.	Dr. Rogers

  The Department gladly acknowledges funding from the National Science Foundation for this proje

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May 2002

• Congratulations to our May Graduates. Good luck in the future.
  • Ph.D.
    • Jeffrey Baldwin (Metzger)
    • Colin Bateman (Thrasher)
    • See Ho Kim (Cha)
    • Heather Willauer (Rogers)
  • M.S.
    • Yongjun Chu (Woski)
    • DeLane Harrison (Street)
    • Pingping Ye (Street)
  • B.S.
    • Sara Betts
    • Jenny Booth
    • Hennifer Brasfield
    • Heng-Li Chou
    • David Cooper
    • Shakira Thomas
    • Sharlisa Waller
    • Heather Watson
    • Youngjoon Yoo
• The Chemistry Department is excited to host a day-long symposium in honor of Dr. Anthony J. Arduengo, Saxson Professor of Chemistry. 
• The Masters Thesis of Brent Boudreaux entitled, "Site-directed Mutagensis Study of the Phylloquinone Binding Site of Photosystem I in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii," was chosen as the outstanding Masters Thesis for the 2001-2002 year by the UA Graduate School.
  • Brent completed his Masters under the direction of Dr. Kevin Redding. He is currently working at Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Birmingham, AL.

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