The Fall 2015 semester got off to a great start with Dr. Megan McEvoy being awarded the 2015 College of Science (CoS) Distinguished Advising Award, and Dr. Jim Hazzard the 2015 CoS Distinguished Career Teaching Award. The month of September also brought a $2.03M NIH grant to Dr. Robin Polt and his Co-Investigator, Dr. Michael Heien, as well as two members of the Hruby lab being awarded Proof of Concept grants from Tech Launch Arizona. Enjoy!

 

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Chemistry & Biochemistry

 

Volume 1, Number 7
 September 2015

 
Jeff Pyun

 

Jeff Pyun and coworkers are featured in NSF video: 'Yellow Chemistry' turns sulfur waste into plastic

 

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Michael Heien

 

Michael Heien has developed a device to simultaneously measure chemical and electrical signals in brain cells

 

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Megan McEvoy

 

Megan McEvoy receives the

2015 UA College of Science Distinguished Advising Award

 

 

 

 

 
 JIm Hazzard

The 2015 UA College of Science Distinguished Career Teaching Award was presented to Jim Hazzard

 

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Jan Njardarson

 

Jon Njardarson is flying high above Speedway Boulevard

 

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New Grant Awards
Yeon Sun Lee - TechLaunchAZ - $50,000
Victor Hruby & Ruben Vardanyan - TechLaunchAZ - $13,500
Robin Polt & Michael Heien - NIH - $2.03M
Industry Associates Program - 2015
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Mark Chapman (PhD in 

Biochemistry, 1995) - I am enjoying living in San Diego with my wife and kids. A friend and I are laying the foundation for a biotech startup.

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Prior Issues:

Vol1, Issue 6, August 2015

Vol 1, Issue 5, June/July 2015

Vol 1, Issue 4, May 2015

Vol 1, Issue 3, April 2015

Vol 1, Issue 2, March 2015

Vol 1, Issue 1, February 2015




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