Vickie DeRose and Mike Pluth awarded NSF Creativity Extensions
Tag: Awards & Honors
2024 Graduate Student Community Builder Award
Ashley Mapile
Harrison Reid
We are pleased to announce that Ashley Mapile and Harrison Reid have been awarded this year’s Graduate Student Community Builder Award.
Both Ashley and Harrison have supported an inclusive, supportive, collaborative, and respectful environment within our Department.
Ashley is recognized for important work with the department DEI committee and REU program, among other activities. She is a member of the Richmond/Scatena and Brozek Labs.
Harrison’s award is in recognition of his efforts in organizing community participation in SACNAS and the Catalyst mentoring programs. He is a member of the Jasti Lab
Darren Johnson Wins SEED Award
UO Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty Darren Johnson is among 11 accomplished researchers selected to receive Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s Cottrell Plus SEED Award for 2024.
The competitive SEED (Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery) Award is designed to support members of the Cottrell Scholar community in high-impact research activities. Each award is $60,000.
Johnson’s award is in the New Research Directions category.
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Rapp Lab Receives First External Funding
In July, the Teresa Rapp Lab received $100K grant from the Donald E. And Deliah B. Baxter Foundation, a charitable institution established to advance medical and scientific research at institutions of higher learning. In the Rapp Lab, the funding will provide support for a new project modelling late stage fibrosis with light responsive biomaterials.
More information about the Baxters can be found on the Stanford Medicine website.
Julia Widom among four UO researchers win NSF awards for early career faculty!
Julia Widom
Alum Micah Donor, PhD ’20, selected for ASMS Award
UO Chemistry and Biochemistry alum Micah Donor has been awarded the American Society for Mass Spectrometry’s 2024 Research at PUIs Award. The award recognizes research in mass spectrometry conducted by faculty and students at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI).
Donor conducted his doctoral research in the Prell lab and is currently an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at George Fox University in Newburg, Oregon.
Chemistry Major Lawren Paris receives ASMS Travel Award
Lawren Paris, an undergrad researcher in the Prell lab, has been selected by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) for a travel award based on her research abstract submission for the 2023 ASMS Annual Conference.
The ASMS Undergraduate Student Travel Award recognizes up to ten undergraduate students whose academic achievements and interest in mass spectrometry research display a high level of excellence and distinction. The Awards will be presented during the annual ASMS conference in Houston, Texas, June 4 – 8, 2023, and are intended to support ASMS conference travel. Each award includes $500, free conference registration, and a certificate.
Lawren’s research in the Prell group focuses on the unfolding thermochemistry and kinetics of gas-phase ions inside mass spectrometers. Her main project involves modeling the vibrational heat capacity of gaseous biomolecular ions using quantum computational theory, the results of which she will be presenting as a poster at the ASMS conference in June. The data from Lawren’s research is being used to better quantitatively determine how ions dissociate and unfold in the gas phase, and to create more accurate thermodynamic modeling software within our group.