Dear Friends, We are excited to bring you the Winter 2023 edition of ChemConnections! A year ago, I informed you about the impending restructuring of IUPUI. The planning process is complete and a definitive agreement between the two universities was signed last June. We are now in the execution phase. The Chemistry Department will be… Read more »
Dr. Martin “Marty” O’Donnell
Eulogy by Dr. Bill Scott— Thank you, Kitty and family, for asking me to give this eulogy for Marty. It’s a privilege and honor. Marty and I met in the mid ‘70s. He came to Indianapolis to be a faculty member at newly established IUPUI. I had just joined Lilly as a research scientist in… Read more »
New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Lyniesha Ward
Lyniesha Ward, Ph.D., is the newest Assistant Professor at Indiana University Indianapolis in Indiana. Her academic journey began with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with double minors in Education and Anthropology from the University of Richmond in Virginia. As an undergraduate student, she did computational research with the late Samuel Abrash, PhD studying reactions… Read more »
STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (SEIRI)
The STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (SEIRI) is an independent interdisciplinary institute at IUPUI founded in 2016 by Pratibha Varma-Nelson, to increase the capacity for innovation and research in STEM education delivered through colleges and universities. Initially developed with support from the schools of Engineering and Technology, Science, and Informatics, SEIRI is dedicated to… Read more »
Dr. Frank J. Welcher Chemistry Lecture
The fourth IUPUI Welcher Lecture, delivered by Prof. John Hartwig, can be summarized in one simple sentence: Catalysis is at the core of human progress and technologies. In a thoughtful manner, Prof. Hartwig, led the general audience from how we represent chemical structures in drawings through how functional groups (sets of atoms with characteristic reactivity)… Read more »
A letter from the Chair
Dear Alumni and friends, The spring semester has come to a close and we are so thankful to have been on-campus full-time and offering classes in-person this academic year. It has been a very busy spring for us. All Indiana University campuses, including IUPUI, completed their strategic plan and this plan outlines a bold vision… Read more »
Prestigious Awards secured by a talented trio
This is not common for a small chemistry department. This unusual feat was achieved by the three outstanding assistant professors in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology. These three assistant professors, Frédérique Deiss, Sébastien Laulhé , and Ian Webb, all secured much coveted and competitive NSF CAREER grants in two successive cycles. According to… Read more »
National ACS Meets in Indianapolis
The spring meeting of the ACS met in our own backyard on March 26-30 with some 12,600+ participants registered. You certainly have seen report of the meeting, but here are some impressions you may not have seen. ACS conferees were invited to spend an evening at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields where local… Read more »
Donald B. Boyd, Research Professor
I grew up in Syracuse, NY. As a teenager I decided to follow my father’s footsteps by going into the profession of Chemistry. Also I enjoyed writing and looked forward to opportunities to write. Penn State was admired for its strong Chemistry curriculum. After my junior year in high school, my family moved to State… Read more »
Lindsey Horty Receives ACS TAOC Award
Lindsey (Fischer) Horty (M.S. 2010) is a recipient of the 2023 Division of Organic Chemistry Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry award from the American Chemistry Society (ACS). This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished, professional chemists holding a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent, who are pursuing careers in… Read more »