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Group News |
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| 2012: | |
| Join me to congratulate Lars Kohler (2011 Ph.D. graduate student), Erin Driscoll (2010 WMU REU student) and the other coauthors for their recent publication in Chirality, titled "“First isolation of disubstituted cis-5,6-dihydro-1,10-phenanthrolines. Lipase-mediated resolution of cis and trans phenoxy alcohol isomers and assignment of absolute stereochemistry via CD and NMR.” | |
| 2011: | |
| Dr. Schoffers' promotion from "Associate Professor" to "(Full) Professor" was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 9, 2011. She thanks everyone who reviewed and evaluated her dossier. | |
| Summer Research: We welcome David Sellers as a new graduate student. The group also welcomes new undergraduate researchers this summer: Jennifer Meloche joins us via the REU program. Marcus Moses and Jackson Whitcomb became HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institue) fellows in our lab. Additional program information is here. Follow their work on facebook here. Rindy and Kelsey Darlington joined just recently. |
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| We thank the WMU Research Office for the "Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA)" to fund the “Chemical Synthesis of Specific Inosamine Derivatives”. | |
| Kim Lien Huynh became a Pfizer intern for the summer months. | |
| Lars' Ph.D. work was officially approved during commencement on April 30, 2011. Congratualtions Dr. Lars Kohler! | |
| March 18, 2011: Lars Kohler successfully defended his dissertation titled "Preparation of 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives with B-ring Functionalization and Their Application". | |
| Our collaborative publication with Prof. Rossbach received a special highlight in the journal "Microbe". | |
| We thank the WMU Research Office for the "Support for Faculty Scholars Award (SFSA)" to fund “Novel Sensors Based on 1,10-Phenanthroline”. | |
| Congratulations to Kim Huynh for being included on the Fall 2010 Dean's List for the sixth time in a row. | |
| We welcome Rebecca Monterusso to the group who is a Medallion Scholarship recipient. | |
| 2010 |
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| Join us to congratulate Lars Kohler for receiving the Gwen Frostic Doctoral Fellowship. | |
We congratulate Kim Huynh for receiving the American Chemical Society Analytical Award. |
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| Lars Kohler is the recipient of the WMU Doctoral Completion Fellowship. | |
| Dr. Schoffers received the "Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award" from the WMU Department of Chemistry. | |
| We welcome Kim Huynh to the group who is a Kalamazoo Promise recipient. | |
| 2009 | |
| We congratulate Lars Kohler for receiving the "Department Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award". | |
Dr. Schoffers was recognized as “Outstanding Faculty of the Center for Academic Support Programs” by the WMU Academic Skills Center |
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| Dr. Schoffers' Vita here | |
| Research Openings here | |
| Email Dr. Schoffers here |