2009
VCU student named Goldwater Scholar
Syed Mohammed Karim, a junior at VCU, has been named a Goldwater Scholar, the premier national scholarship for undergraduate math, science and engineering students.
Chemistry professor named Fellow of the American Physical Society
Dr. Alenka Luzar, professor of chemistry, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Luzar was selected by her peers in the field of chemical physics for her “elegant and pioneering contributions to the fundamental theory of aqueous interfaces, dynamics of hydrogen bonds in condenses phase systems, phase behavior of confined water and kinetics of aqueous self-assembly.”
2008
Dr. Everett Carpenter was the PI awarded $590,552 for the VCU Department of Chemistry to acquire an x-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS) with an ion sputtering system and direct imaging capabilities. The research to be undertaken will expand the understanding of nanoparticle and film surfaces with both materials and biomedical applications. This was an NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program award. NSF-0820945.
