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Welcome to the Department of Chemistry at Eastern Illinois University!

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List of current Graduate Students:

Keerthi Chandra (India)

Byron Ebbert (USA)

Matthew Foster (USA)

Rajan Giri (Nepal)

Kelly Harmon (USA)

Akram Hazeen (Palestine)

James Reynolds (USA)

John Saathoff (USA)

Heather Schoonover (USA)

Luxshani Thangarajah (Sri Lanka)

Amelia Thomas (USA)

Mihiri Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka)

 

2012 Chemistry Award Winners

 

 (Click on name to see picture)

College of Science Awards:

Recipient(s)

Martin O. Schahrer Memorial Scholarship

Nathan Ulrich

Murray and Sally Walters Scholarship

Kim Logsdon

 

 

Departmental Awards:

 

George L. Cunningham Scholarship

Ben Mehl

Harris E. Phipps Scholarship

Felicia Roland and Logan Hurst

Edward O. Sherman Memorial Scholarship

Olga Livshits

Sidney R. Steele Student Summer Award

Kelly Harmon

Richard L. and Ellen A. Keiter Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Ashley Anderton

Harris E. Phipps Freshman Scholarship

Paige Birge

Robert and Shirley Karracker Scholarship

Megan Schutzbach

Outstanding Junior Seminar

Lena Elmuti

Outstanding Senior Seminar

Brandon Bills

Outstanding Teaching Assistant

Amelia Thomas

Distinguished Graduate Student

Akram Hazeen

Outstanding International Student

Mihiri Weerashinghe

CRC General Chemistry Achievement

Lauren Humphrey, Megan Schutzbach, and Savannah Kapper

ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry Award

Olga Livshits and Nathan Ulrich

Analytical Chemistry Award

Nicole Ebert Lee

Merck Index Award

Brandon Bills, Annie Egan, Brendan Pontow, and Kiley Sturm

Department News

  • Chemistry Summer Classes:

  • 4-Wk Session:

  • Practical Chem. 2040:          M-F 10:15 to 12:15

  • Survey of Biochem. 3300: M-F 10:15 to 12: 15

6-Wk Session:

    • Organic Chemistry 2440:   M-F 11:00-12:15

    • Org. Chem. Lab 2445:            MTR 1:00 to 3:50

    • Organic Chemistry for   N. S. Teachers:               MWF 12:40-2:45

    • History of Science for N. S. Teachers (SCI):         TWR 6:00-8:05 pm

    • Congratulations to Dr. Frank Blum, BS '76, MS '77, a recipient of this year's EIU Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award.

  • Suzanne Walker, a transfer chemistry major from Lakeland has been selected as sole recipient of the Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP) Scholarship. Congratulations! Read the news by clicking here.
  • Dr. Ron Woods, class of '86 in chemistry, has been selected to receive a Distinguished Alumnus Award in fall 2011. Click here for a summary of Dr. Woods' life and achievements.
  • Congratulations to EIU alumnus, Dr. Ronald Davis who Receives 2011 Gruber Genetics Prize!
    Click here to read the article in Journal Gazette & Times-Courier. Click here to view more about EIU Chemistry Alumni.
  • Chemistry news from the past.
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