What's New Dr. Sarah Reisman, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, has received the 2012 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, which "supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences." Dr. Reisman has also received the Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), which "recognizes leaders in integrating science teaching and research at America’s top research universities." Please see details. Atmospheric researcher John H. Seinfeld, the Louis E. Nohl Professor and professor of chemical engineering at Caltech, has been named one of two winners of this year's Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, an honor regarded as the top prize of environmental science, environmental health, and energy. Please see details. We are pleased to announce that two of our CCE faculty, Dr. Sarah Reisman and Dr. Theodor Agapie have received the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in chemistry. Dr. Ahmed H. Zewail, the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics & Professor of Physics and the 1999 Chemistry Nobel Laureate, has been named one of the Top American Leaders of 2011 by The Washington Post and Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership. Please see details. Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton, the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has just returned from receiving the 2010 National Medal of Science, "the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists." Please see the White House announcement and video. Dr. Mark E. Davis, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Dr. David A. Tirrell, Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering have been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), "an honor that is considered among the highest in the fields of health and medicine." Please see press release. The Dow Chemical Company and Caltech have established a $10 million partnership "In a strategic move to strengthen fundamental science and technology and foster transformational advances in renewable energies." Please see press release. We are sad to announce that Dr. Nicholas W. Tschoegl, Professor of Chemical Engineering, emeritus, passed away on the morning of November 14 at his home in Pasadena. He was 93. Please see details. We are sad to announce that Dr. Aron Kuppermann, Professor of Chemical Physics, emeritus, passed away at his home in Altadena, California. He was 85 years old. Please see details.

The chemical sciences and engineering have critical roles to play in making the advances we need in developing alternative energy strategies, in discovering new medicines and diagnostic tools, and in bettering our environment.  In each of these efforts, synthetic chemists, physical chemists, biochemists and chemical engineers will be required to develop the new tools, new molecules, new materials and new processes that are essential for revolutionary advance. Strategic areas for research in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering include (i) energy and sustainability; (ii) atmospheric chemistry and climate change; (iii) biological circuitry; (iv) nanomaterials for functional design;  and (v) theory. CCE is home to more than 40 professors and three degree programs. The Faculty's students and post-doctoral colleagues have access to many educational resources, as well as opportunities for both basic and applied research.

The dedication of the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering took place on March 9, 2010. Please click here to see images of the new building. 

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