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FSU professor chosen for Eli Lilly award in analytical chemistry
A faculty member in Florida State University's department of chemistry and biochemistry is the recipient of an unsolicited grant given each year to a rising star in the field of analytical chemistry. Assistant Professor Andrè M. Striegel has been selected to receive the 2006 Eli Lilly Analytical Award for Untenured Faculty. The award comes with an unrestricted grant of $35,000, renewable at the same level for a second year. [More][View All]

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In his biotech project, David looked at how cells respond to different polymer ultrathin film coatings on surfaces. His work, published in Biomacrolecules, Langmuir and Electrochem. Soc. is already highly regarded (for example, a paper in Biomacromolecules is a top-cited work in 2005). The work was also featured in Chemical and Engineering News nano focus science and technology article. David went on to work for Proctor & Gamble in Cincinnati, where he lives with his wife, Karolin (who he met at FSU). David now returns to FSU on a regular basis as a recruiter for P&G.[View All]

New era dawns for FSU science community
"The dawn of a new era for the university's science community." That's how Florida State University President T.K. Wetherell described the opening of the university's new, state-of-the-art Chemical Sciences Laboratory this spring. Located along Chieftan Way on the campus's west side, the 168,000-square-foot, five story building is, according to Joe Schlenoff, chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, "the best in the country." [More][View All]

Last Modified: 09/07/2008