Catching up with Prof. William D. Brewer, Class of ’65

photo of a smiling man wearing a black shirt and colorful tieAlum 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

a smiling man with a flower in his lapelUO 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.