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Category: Research News

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Chemistry faculty and students publish in Tetrahedron Letters

Tetrahedron Letters is a weekly international journal for rapid publication of full original research papers in the field of organic chemistry.

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Chemistry Professor receives NIH R15 Grant

Dr. Jinshan Gao received a 3 year, $356,609 grant for the project, “Characterization and enrichment of glycoprotein/glycan via multi-functional free radical reagents”

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Helping STEM Pioneers Succeed

An interdisciplinary team led by Dr. Dirk Vanderklein (Biology) and funded by the National Science Foundation’s Education Dept. seek to help first generation students succeed in STEM majors. Others on the project include Nina Goodey (Chemistry), Joshua Galster (EAES) and Julie Dalley (Research Academy for University Learning)

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CSAM Faculty Validate EPA’s Hackensack River Contamination

Dr. Michael Kruge, EAES and Dr. Kevin Olsen, Chemistry, studied sediment samples collected by the EPA from the Hackensack River that indicate the riverbed is laced for 22 miles with a toxic cocktail made up of dozens of contaminants, from its mouth in Newark Bay up to the Oradell Reservoir. Wochit

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Dr. Dave Rotella named ACS Fellow

The American Chemical Society has named 57 members as ACS Fellows. The new fellows will be feted at the society’s fall national meeting in Philadelphia this August.

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Professor’s Crystal Structure appeared in C

The structure is used to describe metal soap formation.

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Gateway to Dentistry

A truly unique program designed to introduce undergraduate students to the wide range of career options associated with the Dental Profession.

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Faculty research links to Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Dr. Aziz Sancar, who has done research with Drs. Yvonne Gindt and Hans Schelvis, is one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015.

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Dr. Eshuis receives NSF-RUI award

$195,000 award; SusChEM: Towards accurate computational dynamical and mechanistic studies of transition metal homogeneous (photo)catalysis

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Dr. Nina Goodey receives NSF S-STEM grant

$603,999; Opening Pathways, Engaging, and Networking in Chemistry in Northern New Jersey (OPEN-NJ)

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Chemistry Students Present Their Latest Research at ACS National Meeting

Robert Barrows, Maryam Abdulsalam, Rabih Balilli, and Sandeep Suresh presented their research at the American Chemical Society national meeting held in Denver, Colorado

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Breaking Bad Bugs

Researchers fight bioterrorism with chemistry, by Amy Wagner