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Faculty Spotlight
Spring 2008
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Dr. Spencer Benson, Associate Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and has been selected to be a 2008-09 Fulbright Scholar in the first cohort of the Fulbright Hong Kong General Education Program.
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Steven Hutcheson, Professor of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, is using a bacterium from the Chesapeake Bay to turn plant waste and paper trash into ethanol and other biofuels.
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The Biophysical Society honored Sergei Sukharev, Associate Professor of Biology, with the 2008 Michael & Kate Barany Award for Young Investigators for his research on how cells adapt to pressure changes through membrane receptors that can detect mechanical stress.
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Lyle Isaacs, associate professor of chemistry, and colleagues have made a breakthrough in synthetic molecular containers that could open new doors for medical and commercial applications.
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Cathering Fenselau, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, will receive the Frank H. Field & Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry.Her research has spanned a broad range of mass spectrometry (MS) topics and applications over a career of four decades.
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Landmark study by Distinguished University Professor Millard Alexander, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and colleagues validates key premise of theoretical chemistry.
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