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- - Department of Chemistry-hosted public lecture to ask: How fast do people get drunk?
    At the guest lecture event “Human Alcoholysis: How Fast do People Get Drunk?,” Richard “Dick” Zare of Stanford University will discuss the science of alcohol consumption and the details of James Bond's shaken not stirred martini.
- - Chemistry’s Hervé Marand honored with emeritus status by Board of Visitors
    A member of the university community since 1989, Marand brought international recognition to Virginia Tech and the Department of Chemistry through his work in polymer crystallization.
- - Drug researcher receives $1.2 million to find compounds to treat fatty liver disease
    A grant, along with the matching funds, will support Webster Santos' research to develop drugs to treat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a type of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
- - Richard Turner reflects on five-decade career in polymer chemistry
    After working more than three decades in industry, Turner came to Virginia Tech in 2004 to serve as the first director of the Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, now known as the Macromolecules Innovation Institute.
- - Alan Esker named chair of Department Chemistry in College of Science
    Esker is a longtime professor of chemistry, having joined the department in 1999. He also is an affiliated member of the Academy of Integrated Science’s nanoscience program and a core faculty member of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute.
- - Physics researchers bring in federal funding to boost quantum science and technology research
    Faculty researchers in the Virginia Tech Department of Physics are building a major program in quantum information sciences thanks in part to multiple federal grants that have brought $3.7 million directly to the university.
- - Chemistry’s Richard Turner honored with emeritus status by Board of Visitors
    Turner, research professor of chemistry and former director of Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of director emeritus of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute and research professor by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - College of Science’s Gary Long receives Sally Bohland Excellence in Access and Inclusion Award
    The Sally Bohland award was established in 2011 to recognize a faculty member who is a model for others and whose leadership fosters a culture of access and inclusion.
- - Brittany Nichols will research drug-delivery systems in Germany
    Nichols, the first African-American student from Virginia Tech to win a Fulbright award, will take her graduate research to the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland.
- - Amanda Morris’ chemistry lab mimicking how plants energize in bid to create clean, sustainable energy
    Morris and her student researchers are trying to mimic the ways plants use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide to storable food.
- - Chemistry’s John Matson honored as outstanding young faculty by Dreyfus Foundation
    Matson is one of 13 honorees selected by the nonprofit Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
- - Polymer researchers discover path to sustainable and biodegradable polyesters
    Researchers at Virginia Tech have synthesized a biodegradable alternative to polyolefins using a new catalyst and the polyester polymer, and this breakthrough could eventually have a profound impact on sustainability efforts.
- - Class of 2018: Kyle Kirkpatrick helps to crack long-sought key to make quantum computing a reality
    Graduating senior Kirkpatrick of chemistry may have found a new key to make the path toward quantum computing a reality.
- - Jeannine Eddleton receives Sporn Award for Teaching Introductory Subjects
    Eddleton has continually been an asset to the Department of Chemistry, part of the College of Science. For the past 20 years, she has been the sole instructor of Chemistry in Context, the introductory chemistry course for non-science majors.
- - Chemistry researcher developing new computational methods of modeling complex molecules
    Nick Mayhall in the Department of Chemistry wants to develop new computational modeling programs to help scientists study so-called “strongly correlated” molecules that have thus far been difficult to pin down.
- - MII honors the late Garth L. Wilkes with new Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards
    Wilkes was professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and one of the top polymer researchers of his time.
- - Researchers discover new mechanism of antibiotic resistance in leprosy and tuberculosis
    Knowledge of this mechanism will ultimately allow researchers to design more effective drugs to treat these diseases.
- - Leading polymer research on display at MII's technical conference
    The Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII) will showcase its accomplishments in novel polymeric materials research and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing at its annual technical conference and review from April 16-18.
- - Research teams led by junior faculty win seed funding for new projects
    The Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science's flagship funding program, the Junior Faculty Awards are designed to provide seed funding for new projects that have the potential to grow into vibrant research programs attracting major federal grants.
- - Chemistry researcher plans to layer nanofibers over glass to ease energy consumption in buildings, vehicles
    Guoliang "Greg" Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, will use a five-year, $585,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award to create super-thin nanofibers that can cover windows in buildings and cars in a multi-prong effort to cut energy consumption and reduce the often bright, blinding glare of the sun.

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