The Class of 2022
Congratulations to our 2022 senior undergraduates! Whether it is medical school, an industry career, or continuing chemical research at the graduate level, read what is next for some of the Class of 2022.
Emerging scholars and emerging friendship
Undergraduates Kennedy Outlaw (Lyon Lab) and Diane Santos (Parkinson Lab) are best friends who met in Purdue’s Emerging Leaders Scholars Program. Read more about their Purdue STEM experience and how a shared love of science formed a friendship.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD
Abi Soliven was a winner of the Spring 2022 C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement (CCSE) Undergraduate Research Competition. She received $500 for her award-winning oral presentation on tactics to improve scientific communication. A junior from Melbourne, Fla and a member of Professor Uyeda’s lab, Abi will present her work at the national CCSE Research Conference held at Purdue in October.
FACULTY PROMOTIONS
Purdue's Board of Trustees approved the faculty promotions of Christopher H. Uyeda to professor of chemistry and Gaurav Chopra to associate professor of chemistry. The promotions are effective this summer.
FACULTLY TEACHING AWARDS
Professor Mark Lipton was presenting the 2022 Class of 1922 Helping Students Learn Award for his “Reorganization of Organic Chemistry Curriculum to Improve Student Learning" multi-year effort to re-envisioned how organic is taught to our majors.
Professor Marcy Towns earned the department’s 2022 Arthur Kelley Undergraduate Teaching Award for her outstanding undergraduate instruction in CHM111 and CHM112.
Professor Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe has been selected as a Teaching Leadership Award Fellow by The Purdue Teaching Academy and the Center for Instructional Excellence.
Grad student TEACHING AWARDS
Graduate student Casey Wright was presented the 2022 Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award.
Graduate student Hugo Samayoa (J. Laskin Lab) has received the Purdue Teaching Academy Award for “outstanding contributions to teaching and learning.”
academic opportunity
Purdue leads in awarding Ph.Ds. to Black students in chemistry and other STEM-based doctorates. Read more about how we rank among Big Ten, R1 institutional peers.
DOR BEN-AMOTZ RETIRES
Professor Dor Ben-Amotz is retiring after more than 30 years at Purdue. Read more about his early years in Chemistry; advice he has for teachers; and his plans during retirement.
Fred Regnier & Novilytic
Emeritus Professor Fred Regnier is the chief technology officer at Novilytic in the Purdue Research Park. Read more about what he’s working on and his career in science and commercialization.
LOW LAB NEWS
Professor Philip Low recently appeared on Inside Indiana Business. Watch him reflect on his discoveries at Purdue. And read more about a generous, unexpected gift that will fund Dr. Low's research for years to come.
Distinguished Alumni Award
Purdue College of Science honored Fred LaPlant with a 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award. He earned a PhD in 1995 studying with Professor Dor Ben-Amotz. Read more about Dr. LaPlant’s research efforts at 3M, and how he is giving back to Purdue Chemistry.
INSIDE THE LAB
This new photo-feature will highlight a faculty research group. This quarter we stopped by Professor David Thompson’s lab in Bindley Bioscience Center and the Research Instrumentation Center that his lab utilizes.
