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Department of Chemistry & Biochemisty News and Newsletters
"Solutions" - department newsletters:
Recent News:
2008
July
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We are pleased to welcome Mr. Steve Davis to McMurry! Steve will be serving as the stockroom manager for both departments of chemistry and biology. Steve is a McMurry alumnus. He will start in mid July. Welcome Steve Davis!
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2008
July
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Can you help us identify the people in the old photo we found in the Department of Chemistry filing cabinent?
If you can help us identify these people, please email Dr. Donnay. Thanks!
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2008
June
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The chemistry department offered Dr. Arlen Jeffery best wishes as he headed off to his new position at Steven F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, TX. Dr. Jeffery has been a member of the chemistry department since the fall 2000.
left to right: Dr. Pamela Veltkamp, Dr. Arlen Jeffery, Dr. Edward Donnay, Dr. Paul Pyenta.
Best of luck Arlen!
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2008
May
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The chemistry department is very pleased to welcome a new faculty member to the McMurry chemistry family, Dr. Hyunshun Shin. Hyunshun obtained her B.S. in chemistry from Ducksung University in South Korea and her Ph.D. from Drexel University under Prof. Robert O. Hutchins. After a post doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania with Prof. David W. Christianson, she moved to the University of San Francisco where she has been working as an Assistant Professor since 2006. Her research interests include the application of structure-based drug discovery towards the design and synthesis of bioactive substances targeting cancer and bacteria infection.
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2008
March
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Dr. Marcetta Darensbourg, professor of chemistry at Texas A&M University, came to Abilene through the generosity of the Welch Foundation. Her talk, entitled “The Organometallic Active Sites of Hydrogenase Enzymes”, was well-received by an audience that included students and faculty members from ACU, HSU, and McMurry.
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| 2007 October |
Dr. Fred MacDonnell, professor of chemistry from the University of Texas at Arlington, gave a seminar titled Hypoxia Selective DNA Cleavage Using DNA Binding Metal Complexes. Dr. MacDonnell also spoke with students about the ins and outs of graduate school and being a graduate student. Thanks Professor MacDonnell!
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2006 April
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The chemistry department is pleased to anounce that Dr. Edward Donnay will be joining the department as the new professor of inorganic chemistry! We look forward to welcoming him soon when he arrives.
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2006 February
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The chemistry department is in the middle of our faculty search to (gulp!) replace Dr. Klassen who is retiring. We will be conducting on-campus interviews with several excellent candidates in February. Watch for an announcement soon! |
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