Category: Alumni Spotlight
Spotted Online – Alumni News
Melissa Edwards, BA Chemistry, Class of 1989 – appointed chief executive for PeaceHealth Medical Group
Carey Fristoe, BS Chemistry, Class of 2012 – Black Spruce Brewery selected as best Microbrewery/Distillery in 2024 News-Miner Readers Choice Awards
August Droege, PhD Chemistry, Class of 1984 – Moorhead High School To Recognize New Hall Of Honor Members October 5
2024 Chemistry and Biochemistry Newsletter
Check out highlights from 2024 and catch up with some of our alumni in the latest issue of the UO Chemistry and Biochemistry newsletter!
Spotted Online – Alum Tetsuya Kawamura, Class of 2004
Spotted Online – UO Chemistry and Biochemistry Alumni
Gilbert B. Lee, MD, BA Class of 1972, selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who.
Sam Prakel, BS Class of 2018, training for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials – Track & Field (June 21-30, 2024 at the University of Oregon).
John Baldwin, in memoriam, professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon, 1968-1984.
A mother’s story fuels a lifelong career in women’s health – Catching up with alum Ann Oluloro, BS ’12
Catching up with Prof. William D. Brewer, Class of ’65
Alum William D. Brewer, BA Chemistry 1965, shares that since his last update to UO Chemistry and Biochemistry news he has published two books, both scientific biographies: the first on the life of Brazilian physicist Jayme Tiomno: A Life for Science, a Life for Brazil (2020, with Alfredo Tolmasquim) and the second on mathematical genius Kurt Gödel: The Genius of Metamathematics (2022, German edition 2024).
Brewer currently works transcribing and translating Albert Einstein’s papers for the Einstein Papers Project, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
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.