Chemistry Haiku:
"Academia
Has never seen
the likes of
Chemist’s
together"
-Chemistry
Student

2009 Scholarship Applications
The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department is now accepting applications for named Departmental Scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year. Students can also apply for additional Science Division Scholarships for which they are eligible.

NEW to 2009
For 2009, students will be using our new online application program. Go to KnightVision > My Resources> Student Scholarships and Financial Aid> Apply for Aid> Upperclass Named Scholarship Application to apply.

Open Faculty Positions - We are seeking two new chemists for tenure track positions starting Fall 2009, one for the Brummel Chair in Organic Chemistry, and the other for Physical Chemistry.

Recent Grant Awards

• Professor Chad Tatko was a recent recipient of a Research Corporation-Cottrell College Science Award for $42,225 which will support 2 years of research.

• Congratulations to Professor Dave Benson who was recently awarded a $289,217 grant from the Office of Naval Research which supports his research in Semiconducting Nanoparticle-based Biosensors for Stochastic Analyte Detection.
  
  
• Professor Crystal Bruxvoort obtained a supplemental NSF grant for $99,968 that will expand on the research the Science Education Group is conducting in conjunction with Team Researchers in a GLOBE-al Environment (TRIAGE). These supplemental funds brings the total award to $821,722.
  
  
• Calvin College is the recipient of a 2008 Beckman Foundation Beckman Scholars Award in the amount of $77,000 to support the research efforts of four outstanding students from the Department of Biology and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry over the next three years.
  

Fritz Rottman, class of 1959, was named one of Calvin's Distinguished Alumni of the Year! Rottman graduated with a chemistry major from Calvin and earned his doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Michigan. Following training from a Nobel laureate at the National Institutes of Health, Fritz taught at Michigan State and Case Western Universities. He was also instrumental in building bridges between basic scientists and clinical medicine by fostering research in diseases such as schistosomaiasis that plague countries without access to purified water.

His research career has been devoted to the study of RNA and his many publications have had significant impact on the scientific community. Upon retirement, Fritz is serving as a trustee for the Van Andel Research Institute and is on the board of directors for the institute's graduate school. In addition, Fritz and his wife Carol have been active in many mission-related projects, among them work to broaden the distribution of anti-retroviral medications to AIDS and HIV patients in Kenya and Uganda.