Faculty in chemistry, biological sciences, psychology named AAAS fellows
Patricia L. Clark, Darcia Narvaez and Michael Pfrender have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Patricia L. Clark, Darcia Narvaez and Michael Pfrender have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Madan Bhasin’s work focuses on the way the rate of chemical reactions can be increased by using catalysts.
Jeffrey DuBose, a fifth-year graduate student advised by Prof. Prashant Kamat in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, presented "Controlling Energy Transfer in Nanocrystal-Chromophore Complexes" at the ND Energy PD&GS Seminar in November 2021.
Julie Kessler, new assistant teaching professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is passionate about teaching students chemistry – a subject some may view with dread and trepidation.
Prashant Kamat, the Rev. John A. Zahm Professor of Science in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Stuart Jones, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, have been named as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Web of Science for 2021.
Twenty-four Notre Dame researchers, along with their collaborators at partner universities, have been awarded funding through Notre Dame Research’s Internal Grants Program. Two types of grants were awarded during this cycle, the Faculty Research Support Regular Grant…
Subhash Chandra Basu, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, passed away peacefully at his Granger, Indiana home on Sunday, November 14, 2021.
In 1841, Blessed Basil Anthony Moreau, a French priest and the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, sent Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C., to the northern end of the Diocese of Vincennes to set up a new school for boys.
Moreau’s educational philosophies, outlined in his 1856 work, “Christian Education,” set his intentions for the study of science at the new university he had a key role in founding the following year — the University of Notre Dame. At a time when many religious were skeptical about how science and theology could co-exist in one institution, his thoughts were clear.…
Inaugural summit in rare disease advocacy demonstrates how students, faculty, and biopharmaceutical companies can work together to bring about new treatments.
Professor Marya Lieberman and the Distributed Pharmaceutical Analysis Lab (DPAL) at the University of Notre Dame today announced a partnership with ARTiFACTS, creator of the world’s first blockchain-based platform for scientific and academic research, to develop a prototype solution for tracking pharmaceutical chain-of-custody information in real-time using distributed ledger technology. Working with ARTiFACTS, DPAL will record all physical handling and research metadata starting from the point-of-purchase of prescription drugs and sustained throughout the testing, analysis and reporting requirements.
Five University of Notre Dame graduate students have received fellowships for the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Doctoral Program.
Patricia L. Clark, the John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C. Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and associate vice president for research at the University of Notre Dame, has received a prestigious Director’s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health. These awards are given to exceptionally creative scientists advancing high-risk, high-impact research. Clark is the first researcher in Indiana to receive this distinguished award since the program’s inception in 2004.
Three researchers from the University of Notre Dame have received recognition for publications and images from the Integrated Imaging Facility.
At the University of Notre Dame, the Integrated Imaging Facility is a state-of-the-art research core facility that consolidates the University's imaging capacity and augments it with powerful new imaging modalities.
The Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF) at the University of Notre Dame is currently installing two new research instruments with wide-ranging applications in elemental research, materials science, and cancer research.
Patricia L. Clark, Rev. John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Chemistry and director of the Biophysics Instrumentation Core Facility, has been named an associate vice president for research at the University of Notre Dame, effective July 1, 2021. Clark will be responsible for research development, including assisting faculty in developing a successful research portfolio, collaborating with federal and military research agency advisors, and leading a team of proposal development specialists.
The department is pleased to announce the promotion of S. Alex Kandel to Professor and Brian Baker to Endowed Professor.
Kelley M.H. Young, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named as the new director of the Mary E. Galvin Science and Engineering Scholars Program, effective July 1, 2021.
Professors Seth Brown and Slavi Sevov have been selected as recipients of the 2021 Rev. Edmund P. Joyce C.S.C. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The department is proud of their accomplishments and is grateful for their excellence in educating undergraduate students both in our department and across the university.…