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Faculty Recognition and Awards

 

Since 1818, the Department of Chemistry at UNC has been a major force in research and teaching in the chemical sciences. Our faculty of 40 includes 6 members of the National Academy of Sciences, one member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a past President of the American Chemical Society, a Priestly Medal recipient, and numerous winners of other national and international awards in Chemistry.

Below is a list of selected recognitions and awards.

Members of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 Richard Wolfenden  
2001 Maurice Brookhart  
1992 Tom Meyer  
1991 Royce Murray  
1973 Robert Parr  
1972 Ernest Eliel  
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2007 James Jorgenson  
2005 Joseph DeSimone  
2002 Mark Wightman  
2002 Richard Wolfenden  
2001 Maurice Brookhart  
1992 Tom Meyer  
1991 Royce Murray  
1972 Ernest Eliel  
1973 Robert Parr  
Member of the National Academy of Engineering
2005 Joseph DeSimone  
Fellow of the Royal Society
2005 Roger E. Miller  
University Teaching Awards
2006 Jeffrey Johnson Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement
2005 Paul Kropp Johnston Award for Excellence in Teaching
2004 Matt Redinbo Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement
2004 Todd Austell Johnston Award for Excellence in Teaching
2003 Todd Austell Student Undergraduate Teaching Award
2002 Todd Austell College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Advising Award
2001 Paul Kropp Edward Kidder Graham Outstanding Faculty Award
2001 Royce Murray Thomas Jefferson Award
2001 James Morken Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement
1999 Todd Austell Michel-Shaw Award for Undergraduate Advising
1999 Michael Crimmins Tanner Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
1999 H. Holden Thorp Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement
1998 Holden Thorp Tanner Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Other Selected National & International Honors
2006 Todd Austell NACADA Outstanding Advising Award
2006 Nancy Thompson Fellow American Physical Society
2006 Jeffrey Johnson AMGEN CR&D Young Investigator's Award; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship;Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
     
     
2005 Joseph DeSimone American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention;Entrepreneurial Excellence Award
2005 Jeffrey Johnson Eli Lilly Award
2005 James Jorgenson Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award
2005 Ed Samulski State Department Jefferson Science Fellow
2005 John Ramsey California Separation Science Society
2005 Garegin Papoian Dreyfus New Faculty Award
     
2004 James Jorgenson Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest
2004 Joseph DeSimone American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention; North Carolina American Chemical Society Distinguished Lecturer Award
2004 Michael Crimmins Herty Medal, Georgia Section, American Chemical Society
2004 Jeffrey Johnson J&J Research Award
2004 Mark Schoenfisch NSF Career Award; Eli Lilly Analytical Young Investigator Award
2004 Marcey Waters Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
2004 Robert Parr National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences;
Second most cited chemistry paper in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002
2004 Eugene Irene Institute for Scientific Information Highly Cited List
2004 Royce Murray Luigi Galvani Medal, Electrochemistry Div. of the Italian Chemical Society; Oesper Award from the University of Cincinatti; Pittsburgh Award in Analytical Chemistry; Institute for Scientific Information Highly Cited List ; Elected to Chair of Chemistry Section of NAS, term begins May 2005
     
2003 Maurice Brookhart American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry
2003 James Morken AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award
2003 Jeff Johnson NSF Career Award
2003 Joseph DeSimone John Scott Award; Carothers Award of the American Chemical Society, Delaware Section ; Engineering Excellence Award, DuPont; Institute for Defense Analysis Faculty Program
2003 J. Michael Ramsey American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumentation
     
2002 James Morken Bristol-MyersSquibb Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
     
2001 Royce Murray National Associate of the National Academies; North Carolina Award in Science
2001 Maurice Brookhart Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2001 Michael Crimmins American Chemical Society Cope Scholar Award; George and Alice Welsh Distinguished Term Professorship; Roche Distinguished Lecturer, Colorado State University
2001 Wenbin Lin Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
2001 Roger Miller Vice Chairman APS, Division of Chemical Physics
2001 Joseph DeSimone Triangle Business Journal 40 Inventor of the Year Award from the Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association; Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest; Member, National Research Council Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology ; Chair, National Network of NSF Science and Technology Center Directors; Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Technology
2001 Robert Parr Selected by the Alumni Monthly of Brown University as one of the 100 Brown alumni who most influenced the Twentieth Century.
2001 Mark Wightman Electrochemistry Award, Analytical Division, American Chemical Society
2001 James Morken Glaxo-Wellcome Scholars Award
2001 Mark Schoenfisch Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Starter Award
2001 Linda Spremulli Elected Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2001 Michael Rubinstein Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
     
2000 Maurice Brookhart Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Research Award, Hon. Doctorate, Univ. of Rennes, France
2000 Slayton Evans American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
2000 Michael Gagne Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award; Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
2000 Wenbin Lin Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
2000 Roger Miller William F. Meggers Award, Optical Society of America
2000 Marcey Waters NSF Career Award
2000 Richard Wolfenden Chair, Biological Division, American Chemical Society
     
1999 Joseph DeSimone Fresenius Award of Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society
1999 Joseph DeSimone Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
     
1998 James Morken David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship
1998 Maurice Brookhart American Chemical Society Cooperative Research Award
1998 Kevin Weeks Searle Scholar
1998 Joseph DeSimone Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
     
1997 Roger Miller Plyler Prize, American Physics Society
1997 Royce Murray Breyer Medal, Electrochemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Inst.
1997 Mark Wightman Pittsburg Conference Analytical Chemistry Award
1997 Joseph DeSimone Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award
1997 Royce Murray Ollin Palladium Medal, The Electrochemical Society
     
1996 Ernest Eliel American Chemical Society Chemical Education Award
1996 Mark Wightman Electrochemistry Society Grahame Award
1996 Richard G. Hiskey BaChem/Vincent duVigneand Award
1996 H. Holden Thorp Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
     
1995 Ernest Eliel American Chemical Society Priestley Medal
1995 Edward Samulski Guggenheim Fellowship
1995 Cindy Schauer Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
1995 H. Holden Thorp Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
     
1994 Maurice Brookhart American Chemical Society Cope Scholar Award
1994 Ernest Eliel American Chemical Society Pimental Award
1994 Bob Parr American Chemical Society Langmuir Award
1994 Mark Wightman American Chemical Society Chemical Instrumentation Award
     
1993 Joseph DeSimone NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow
1993 Malcolm Forbes NSF Presidential Young Investigator
1993 Jim Jorgenson American Chemical Society Chromatography Award
1993 Tomas Baer Lucia R. Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award
     
1992 Maurice Brookhart American Chemical Society Organometallic Award
1992 Ernest Eliel American Chemical Society President
1992 Joseph DeSimone NSF Young Investigator
1992 Jim Jorgenson American Chemical Society Chemical Instrumentation Award
     
1991 H. Holden Thorp NSF Presidential Young Investigator
1991 Royce Murray American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry
     
1990 Tom Meyer American Chemical Society Inorganic Award
1990 Nancy Thompson Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

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