Category: Awards & Honors
Cathy Wong receives Distinguished Teaching Award
Geri Richmond nominated for a top post in US Energy Department
Christopher Hendon named as 2021 Cottrell Scholar
UO Chemsitry and Biochemistry faculty Christopher Hendon has been selceted by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement as one of 25 outstanding teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy to receive the 2021 Cottrell Scholar Awards.
Recipients are chosen through a rigorous peer-review process of applications from top research universities, degree-granting research institutes, and primarily undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada. Each award is $100,000.
The award recognizes Prof. Hendon for his excellence in science education and research in understanding inorganic defects in metal-organic frameworks.
Read more in AroundtheO
Thomas Greenbowe receives Tykeson Teaching Award
Chemistry and Biochemistry Senior Instructor Thomas Greenbowe has been selected as a 2021 recipient of the UO College of Arts and Sciences Tykeson Teaching Awards.
The awards were established in 2015, and are presented annually to one faculty member in each division of the College of Arts and Sciences: the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Recipients are recognized for their excellence in teaching and receive a certificate and $2,500 cash prize.
Dr. Greenbowe has been instrumental in the education of thousands of students at the UO, and has introduced many active learning techniques into our general and introductory chemistry programs. He is a nationally recognized leader in inquiry-based chemistry pedagogy, having previously received the ACS George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education. Over the last nine months, Dr. Greenbowe has worked to dramatically transform traditionally in-person lecture and hands-on laboratory courses into web-based formats, while at the same time preserving his commitment to excellence in pedagogy.
Biotech innovator Branchaud elected to inventors group
Scott Hansen receives NSF Career Award
UO Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty Scott Hansen has been selected for the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Career Award.
The award, under the NSF’s Division of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience, will provide funding for the Hansen Lab‘s research into the mechanisms controlling spatial patterning of PIP lipids in eukaryotic cell polarity.
Read more about the award and Professor Hansen’s research in AroundtheO and on the NSF Awards wesbite
Ken Doxsee selected for Excellence in Remote Teaching Award
Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty Ken Doxsee has been selected by the UO Provost’s Office as a recipient of the 2020 Excellence in Remote Teaching Awards.
The awards recognize faculty that transformed their Spring 2020 traditional, face-to-face courses into accessible, engaging, and well-organized remote teaching environments where students built valuable relationships with their instructors and peers.
Professor Doxsee taught CH Organic Chemistry III and HC 209H HC Science last spring.