Nikolay Dementev Wins First Prize for Poster at TAFDV. December 2007
Nikolay Dementev won first prize for his poster at the Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley poster session, on December 6, 2007 in Claymont, DE.
Nikolay Dementev and Dmitry Kazachkin presented the following posters:
"Thermoanalysis as a tool for the evaluation of chemical composition, purity and purification protocols of carbon nanotubes," by Nikolay Dementev, Dmitry Kazachkin, and Eric Borguet and, "TPD-MS analysis of carbon materials: temperature induced chemistry" by Dmitry V. Kazachkin, Nikolay Dementev, Radisav Vidic, and Eric Borguet
Dr. Vasiliy Fomenko, Borguet Group PhD, appointed Senior Scientist at Landauer. November, 2007
Dr. Vasiliy Fomenko, a Borguet Group PhD graduate, recently accepted a position as Senior Scientist at Landauer, a leader in radiation monitoring. Landauer recently launched a new research initiative to develop technology for volumetric optical data storage. Dr. Fomenko will use his skills in optics and materials in development of new products.
Congratulations Vasiliy! Good luck with your new responsibilities!
Graduate Student Yangjun Xing Presents "Getting Wired, One Molecule at a Time! Charge Transfer through Single Molecules" for Chemistry After Dark. October 2007
On October 25, 2007 @ 6:30pm in Buery Hall Room 413, Yangjun Xing presented "Getting Wired, One Molecule at a Time! Charger Transfer through Single Molecules." His talk inspired so many questions that the one hour talk was extended to almost two hours. Yangjun managed to finish the talk after two bottles of beer. (Yes, you read correctly, BEER!)
Chemistry After Dark Symposiums are research talks given by graduate students in Chemistry for other graduate students in Chemistry. Chemistry After dark is organized by Kurt Kistler.
The purpose of the Symposium is to provide a relaxed and friendly environment for students to learn about the hottest research going on in the chemistry department, and for speakers to learn how to give a research talk to a wide and varied audience.
Dr. Satoshi Nihonyanagi Awarded PCCP Research Prize for Ultrafast Interfacial Dynamics Research. October, 2007
Elom Amoussou-Kpeto Double Recipient of the 2007-08 Hazel M. Tomlinson, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry as well as the Beau and Shirley Brown Scholarship in Chemistry. Fall 2007
Elom Amoussou-Kepto, an undergraduate research student with the Borguet Group and potential MD/PhD candidate, has been selected as the senior double recipient of the 2007-08 The Hazel M. Tomlinson, PhD Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry and Beau and Shirley Brown Scholarship in Chemistry.
Elom is also the recent recipient of the Camille and Bill Cosby Scholarship in Science for 2007-08
Dr. Xue Feng Takes New Position with Compliance Management International. Summer 2007
Former group member, Dr. Xue Feng has taken a new job with Compliance Management International as an Environmental Compliance Engineer. CompliancePlace.com
Borguet Group Publishes Study of Molecular Level Charge Transfer Reactions. August 2, 2007
Birth Announcement - Yangjun and Xue, July 5, 2007
Graduate student, Yangjun Xing, and his wife Dr. Xue Feng are proud to announce the birth of their second child.
At about 3am on July 5, 2007, baby Hua Xing was born 9lb 13oz.
Dr. Borguet Travels to Japan as Visiting Fellow. June 2007
Eric Borguet was selected as a visiting fellow by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. This fellowship is designed to allow senior scientists to pursue collaborative research in Japanese universities. In June, Dr. Borguet traveled to Japan and presented seminars at several Japanese universities and research institutes as well as gave an invited talk at the International Conference on Electrified Interfaces in Sahoro, Hokkaido. Previous Temple recipients of this fellowship include College of Science and Technology Dean Hai-Lung Dai and chemistry Professors Franklin A. Davis and Scott Sieburth.
Dr. Kramer Campen Graduates with PhD. May 2007
On May 29th, 2007 Kramer Campen defended his PhD, titled "From Angstroms to Microns: Studies of Interfaces and Macromolecules with Geochemical Implications using Computational and Nonlinear Optical Tools," in the Department of Geosciences at Penn St. Starting in August he will be a post doctoral researcher at the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF) in Amsterdam where he will study the physical chemistry of the membrane/lipsome/water and mineral/water interfaces and continue his habit, well established in his years in the Borguet group, of being the only geochemist in the building.
Borguet Group Receives $500,000 NSF Grant to Study Molecular Wires. April, 2007
Chemistry’s Eric Borguet has received nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation as part of a $2 million collaborative effort to study how electronic charge moves through Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA).
Alumni Birth Announcement! - Dora Bodlaki
Group alumna, Dr. Dora Bodlaki-Peelen, and her husband Dr. Tim Peelan are pleased to announce the birth of their second child, Anna Rose Peelen. Dora graduated with a Ph.D. from our group in 2003.
Borguet Group Members Present at PurdueUniversity.
At the 2007 Chautauqua on Non Linear Optics at Purdue University, 3 members of the Borguet group were participants. Each student gave a brief presentation on their area of interest. Oleksandr Isaienko presented on "Broadband Optical Parametric Amplifiers: Tools for Ultrafast Non-Linear Optical Studies," Allison Pymer presented on "Nonlinear Optical Studies of Colloidal Particle Interfaces" and Ali Eftekhar-Bafrooei presented on "Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecular Interfaces."
Members of the group were also allotted time to break up into groups with other students, work on problems, compare notes, and tour Ji-Xin Cheng’s NLO Imaging Laboratory in Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.
Elom Amoussou-Kepto, Borguet Group Member, recipient of the 2007-08 Camille and Bill Cosby Scholarship in Science.
Elom Amoussou-Kepto, an undergraduate research student with the Borguet Group, has been selected as the senior recipient of the 2007-08 Camille and Bill Cosby Scholarship in Science. According to the Cosby Scholarship Selection committee, his "academic achievement and supporting faculty letter were notable and impressive. The pool of talented candidates this year was strong, and the selection committee was faced with a difficult challenge in choosing from among many worth candidates."
Catherine Faler, Borguet group undergraduate 2002, earns PhD from University of Pennsylvania.
Catherine Faler did undergraduate research in the Borguet group from 1999 to 2001. She is a co-author on Second Harmonic Generation from Chemically Modified Ge(111) Interfaces. She recently defended her dissertationthesis is "Synthesis and Applications of Cyclopropylamines and Cyclopropanols from a Ti-Mediated Cyclopropanation" She has accepted a research position with ExxonMobil, in their chemical catalysis group in Houston.
Tao Ye, Borguet group PhD 2003, to take a faculty position at UC Merced July 1st, 2007. GOOD LUCK TAO!
Borguet Group Students win Awards at American Chemical Society Annual Meeting.
Ali Eftekhari-Bafrooei - Graduate student
Poster on "Ultrafast Vibrational Dynamics at Water Interfaces by Sum-Frequency Generation" (co-authors Satoshi Nihonyanagi and Eric Borguet)
Yangjun Xing - Graduate student
Poster on "Two Dimensional Charge Diffusion in a Self-Assembled Monolayer of Redox Active Porphyrins" (co-author Eric Borguet)
Allison Pymer - Undergraduate student
Poster on "Nonlinear Optical Studies of Mesoscopic Colloidal Particle Surface Charge" (co-authors R. Kramer Campen, Satoshi Nihonyanagi, and Eric Borguet)
Elom Amoussou-Kepto, Borguet Group Member, recipient of the Brown Scholarship in Chemistry.
Elom Amoussou-Kepto, an undergraduate research student with the Borguet Group and potential MD/PhD candidate, has been selected as the senior double recipient of the 2007-08 The Hazel M. Tomlinson, PhD Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry and Beau and Shirley Brown Scholarship in Chemistry.
Elom is also the recent recipient of the Camille and Bill Cosby Scholarship in Science for 2007-08
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