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2008-09 Chemistry Back

Aav, Riina
Senior Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
Research: Development of New Chiral Catalysts for the Selenofunctionalization of Double Bonds
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, Department of Chemistry, Champaign, IL, c/o Dr. Scott E. Denmark
September 2008 - June 2009

Adamovsky, Ondrej
Research Scientist, Research Center for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Research: Epigenetic Toxicity of Cyanotoxins
Michigan State University, National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, East Lansing, MI, c/o Dr. Brad L. Upham
September 2008 - June 2009

Alcantara Parra, David
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Research: Identifying Microorganisms Using Magnetic Relaxation Switches
Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Boston, MA, c/o Prof. Lee Josephson
May 2009 - April 2011

Carella, Antonio
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Research: Low Bandgap Conjugated Polymers for Applications in Organic Electronics
Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry, Evanston, IL, c/o Prof. Tobin J. Marks
October 2008 - April 2009

Castro, Maria
Senior Teaching Assistant, School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: Development of Computational Tools for the Design of Novel Materials Based on Liquid Crystals
University of Florida, Department of Chemistry, Gainesville, FL, c/o Dr. Adrian E. Roitberg
November 2008 - February 2009

Cortes Llamas, Sara
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Research: Bifunctional Organometallic Catalysis
San Diego State University, College of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego, CA, c/o Dr. Douglas Grotjahn
June 2008 - June 2009

Didriche, Keevin
Ph.D. Candidate, Free University of Brussels, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Research: Study of the Mechanism of Proton Tunneling in Protonated Water Clusters by Terahertz VRT Spectroscopy
University of California--Berkeley, Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, CA, c/o Prof. Richard J. Saykally
December 2008 - November 2009

Egelandsdal, Bjoerg
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
Research: Sites of Oxidation in Heme Proteins Measured With Liquid Chromatography, Mass Spectroscopy
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Department of Animal Science, Laboratory of Muscle and Meat Biology, Madison, WI, c/o Prof. Mark Richards
August 2008 - July 2009

Escudero Rodriguez, Carlos
Assistant Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Variable Temperature Ultra-High Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy for the Study of Chemical Reactions With Atomic Resolution
University of California--Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Science Division and Imaging Facility of the Molecular Foundry, Berkeley, CA, c/o Prof. Miquel B. Salmeron
May 2009 - April 2011

Ezzeldeen Ahmed, Sheherazad
Associate Professor, Department of Basic Engineering Sciences, Menoufia University, Shibin El-Kom, Egypt
Research: Thin Supported Zeolite-Polymer Membranes for Energy-Sufficient Separations
Ohio State University--Columbus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Columbus, OH, c/o Dr. Hendrik Verweij
September 2008 - June 2009

Fischer, Lucile
Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Strasbourg, France
Research: Developing Novel Aminoglycoside Mimetics That Target Bacterial Ribosomal RNA: Towards New Antibiotics
University of California--San Diego, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Yitzhak Tor
November 2008 - October 2009

Gonzalez, Graciela
Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: Ion Transport in Mesoscopic Domains: Modeling and Applications
University of Utah, Department of Chemistry, Salt Lake City, UT, c/o Dr. Henry S. White
September 2008 - November 2008

Hamed, Mazen
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank
Research: Conformational Study of DNA Binding Proteins Using Molecular Dynamics, Modeling and Docking
University of California--San Diego, Department of Nanoengineering, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Gaurav Arya
August 2008 - July 2009

Kuswandi, Bambang
Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, University of Jember, Jember, Indonesia
Research: Label-Free DNA Arrays With Electrochemical Detection: A Low-Cost Technology for Detection of Infectious Diseases
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Atlanta, GA, c/o Prof. Jiri Janata
November 2008 - November 2009

Laromaine Sague, Anna
Postdoctoral Researcher, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Oligosaccharides Nanoparticles: Systems With Control at the Nano Scale
Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cambridge, MA, c/o Prof. George M. Whitesides
September 2008 - August 2009

Maggini, Simona
Research Fellow, Department of Structural and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Research: Development and Fine Tuning of Novel Catalytic Frameworks to Insert in Metal-Organic Framework Networks: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Catalysis
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, Department of Chemistry, Chapel Hill, NC, c/o Prof. Michel R. Gagne
October 2008 - April 2009

Mahinay, Myrna
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Iligan Institute of Technology, Mindanao State University, Iligan City, Philippines
Research: Systematic Monitoring and Remediation of Metal-Polluted Urban Water Resources for Sustainable Water Quality
University of Miami--Coral Gables, Department of Chemistry, Coral Gables, FL, c/o Dr. Roger Leblanc
September 2008 - March 2009

Merino, Maria
Graduate Assistant, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Research: Role of Peritoneal B1 B Cells in the Development of Chagas' Disease
University of Washington, School of Medicine, Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle, WA, c/o Dr. David J. Rawlings
August 2008 - February 2009

Munter, Rein
Professor, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
Research: Kinetic Models for the Phenols Destruction in Water/Wastewater Using Advanced Oxidation Processes
University of California--Irvine, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, c/o Prof. William J. Cooper
March 2009 - May 2009

Negadi, Latifa
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Abou Bekr Belkaid University, Tlemcen, Algeria
Research: The Asphaltenes Behavior: Measurements and Modeling
Yale University, Department of Chemical Engineering, New Haven, CT, c/o Dr. Abbas Firoozabadi
January 2009 - June 2009

Ozser, Mustafa
Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Girne American University, Kyrenia, Cyprus
Research: Synthesis, Photochemical and Photophysical Characterization of Photochromic Polymers Having Pendant Oxazines: En Route to Optoelectronic Systems
University of Miami--Coral Gables, Department of Chemistry, Center for Supramolecular Science, Coral Gables, FL, c/o Dr. Francisco M. Raymo
September 2008 - January 2009

Pagliero, Romina
Research-Teaching Assistant, Department of Pharmacy, National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Research: CADD Studies of Benzenesulfonyl Derivatives of Tetrahydroquinolines with DXR Enzyme of Plasmodium Falciparum: Search for New Prototypes as Anti-infective Agents
Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville, School of Pharmacy, Edwardsville, IL, c/o Dr. Marcelo Nieto
November 2008 - March 2009

Rawashdeh, Abdel Monem
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
Research: Molecular Modeling of Drug-DNA Interactions via Mixed Quantum and Molecular Mechanics
Cornell University, Department of Chemistry, Ithaca, NY, c/o Dr. Roald Hoffmann
Yale University, Department of Chemistry, New Haven, CT, c/o Dr. William Jorgensen
August 2008 - January 2009

Schiavon, Marco
Assistant Professor, Federal University of Sao Joao del-Rei, Sao Joao del-Rei, Brazil
Research: Synthesis and Characterization of Water-Soluble Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals
University of Arkansas--Fayetteville, Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fayetteville, AR, c/o Prof. Xiaogang Peng
January 2009 - May 2009

Shaheen, Farzana
Assistant Professor, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Research: The Design, Synthesis and Screening of Encoded Natural Product-like One-Bead-One-Compound Combinatorial Chemical Libraries
University of California--Davis, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Davis, CA, c/o Dr. Kit S. Lam
September 2008 - July 2009

Siskova, Karolina
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electronic Phenomena, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Charge Transfers in Semi-Conductive Polymer, Metal Nanoparticles and Chromophore Nanocomposites for Application in Organic Solar Cells
University of California--Santa Barbara, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Santa Barbara, CA, c/o Dr. Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
September 2008 - June 2009

Tagliazucchi, Mario
Teaching Assistant, Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Physical Chemistry, School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: A Molecular Description of Charge Transports in Redox Polymer Modified Electrodes
Northwestern University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Evanston, IL, c/o Dr. Mark Ratner
Northwestern University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Evanston, IL, c/o Dr. Igal Szleifer
September 2008 - December 2008

Vazquez de Frutos, Luis
Researcher, Department of Food Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Research: Combination of Supercritical Fluid and Enzymatic Technology for the Production of Short and Medium Chain Diacylglycerols
University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Food Science and Technology, Athens, GA, c/o Dr. Casimir C. Akoh
May 2009 - April 2011

Veitch, Gemma
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science,Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Research: The Development of Cascade Strategy for the Synthesis of Complex Molecules
Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cambridge, MA, c/o Prof. Eric Jacobsen
January 2009 - November 2009

Zsigmond, Agnes
Associate Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Research: Development of New Heterogeneous Catalyst for Selective Synthesis
Seton Hall University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Applied Catalysis, South Orange, NJ, c/o Dr. Robert L. Augustine
May 2009 - August 2009