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CHEMISTRY'S EUNSUK KIM WINS DREYFUS FOUNDATION NEW FACULTY AWARD (August 2008)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Eunsuk Kim has been honored by the Dreyfus Foundation with a New Faculty Award for promising young scholars. The $50,000 grant will support her research in bioinorganic chemistry aimed at addressing challenging biological and environmental problems. Kim joined the Brown faculty on July 1 after postdoctoral stints at MIT and Harvard. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Sangmyung University in Seoul, her M.S. in inorganic chemistry from Korea University, and her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. |
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HOT WHEELS: HYDROGEN CARS WOW BROWN SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS
(August 2008)
GM’s Brad Beauchamp (left) introduces the hydrogen-powered SUV to students and faculty, including Chemistry Department Chair Peter Weber, center right.
BROWN CHEMISTS CREATE CANCER-DETECTING PARTICLES
(May 2008)
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Nanobonding The illustration (left) shows how a RGD peptide-coated iron oxide nanoparticle binds with an integrin-rich tumor cell. At bottom left is a MRI of a mouse with the implanted U87MG tumor (red circle). At bottom right is an optical image that reveals iron oxide nanoparticles (blue) amassed in the tumor area (pink). Credit: Jin Xie, Brown University Department of Chemistry |
BROWN OPENS THE INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR & NANOSCALE RESEARCH (April 2008)
BROWN CHEMIST FINDS PLATINUM NANOCUBE ENHANCES FUEL CELL OPERATION
(April 2008)
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The Making of a Platinum Nanocube On the left is a transmission electron microscopy image of 7 nanometer platinum nanocubes used for oxygen reduction reaction. In the upper right corner of this image is a high resolution picture of a single cube. On the right is an illustration demonstrating the oxygen reduction on a Pt(100) surface of a cube. Credit: Chao Wang, Brown University Department of Chemistry |
REPORT: STAGNANT NIH BUDGETS MAY DERAIL PROMISING RESEARCHERS (March 2008)
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