| Number 28 |
John L. Burmeister, Editor |
August, 2001 |
6TH CHEM/BIOC GRADUATION
CONVOCATION, MAY 26, 2001
 A rainy Commencement Day failed
to dampen the spirits of our Class of 2001. Almost 400 relatives,
faculty, and friends gathered in Pearson Hall at 11:30AM to congratulate
the 58 BS/BA, 15 MS/MA and 10 Ph.D. recipients. The featured speaker
for the occasion was one of our most distinguished alumni: Anthony
A. Kossiakoff (PhD73), Otho-Sprague Professor and Chairman of
the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University
of Chicago. The subsequent reception in the foyer of Brown Laboratory
marked the completion of three decades of maintaining this graduation
tradition.
2001 B.A. CHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY EDUCATION
GRADUATES
| Michael J. Barniak |
Nathan L. Clarke (XCE) |
Lyndsey N. Koches |
| Cecilia E. Bonfante |
William J. Dougherty |
Donald L. Tibbit, Jr. |
| Kelly E. Chisholm |
Greg S. Kaufmann
| Thomas H. Wooster, Jr. |
2001 B.S. BIOCHEMISTRY GRADUATES
| Nina M. Baron |
Isaac A. Hubner a |
Marianne T. G. Politowski |
| Heather N. Bunting |
Mi Y. Kim |
Cristina N. Ricardo |
| Brian A. Canna |
Myochul Kwon |
Daniel J. Sauers |
| Marc J. DeLuca |
Matthew C. Kuhls |
Anthony P. Scarpaci a |
| Shannon M. Fitzpatrick |
Jacob R. LaPorte a |
Matthew C. Sincock |
| John C. Hartnett |
Whelton A. Miller III |
Elizabeth N. Spadafino |
| Kevin N. Hascup |
Cory A. Ocasio a |
Lindette C. Thornton |
| Robert R. Hempton |
Gregory M. O'Neill |
Laura A. Tolen a |
| Adam S. Himebauch |
Kathryn E. O'Reilly a |
Bradley A. Yuska |
| a Honors Degree with Distinction |
2001 B.S. CHEMISTRY GRADUATES
| Kenneth B. Ayers |
Adam S. Hockb |
Stephanie E. Sabatino |
| Suzanne C. Bartb |
Julia H. Li |
Michael Scoblete |
| Gina N.-T. Bui |
Bruce W. Mackay |
Mosle U. Sikander |
| Ivy S. Choe |
James R. Moore |
Acacia A. Strachan |
| Christina E. Crowers |
Krista A. Myers |
Ching H. Tonga,c |
| Joanna L. French |
Andrew S. Palm |
Monica C. Welker |
| Jennifer A. Fuerch |
Michael T. Poot |
John C. Yeomans |
| Nicole C. Goodwina |
|
a Honors Degree with Distinction
b Degree with Distinction
c Environmental Chemistry Concentration |
2001 M.S. AND M.A. GRADUATES
| Royce W. Beal |
Timothy D. Neubert |
Maya R. Sethuraman (MA) |
| Michael B. Coxey (MA) |
Thomas F. Pahutski, Jr. (MA) |
Eric M. Van Ingen |
| Narmada R. Gunawardena |
Hariram Ramanathan |
Thomas Webb (MA) |
| Christopher D. Incarvito (MA) |
Brian J. Rhatigan (MA) |
|
| Kristian H. Link (MA) |
Sarah E. Romero |
|
2001 Ph.D. GRADUATES
| STUDENT |
DISSERTATION |
MENTOR |
| Jose A. Barriocanal |
Theoretical Investigations of Organic Reactions on Semiconductor
Surfaces |
Doren |
| Leon J. Doneski |
Investigating Multiple Adsorption Sites on Silica |
Wirth |
| Andrew C. Foraker |
Theoretical Investigations of the Structure and Reactivity
of the Si (100) and Ge (100) Surfaces: A Study with Density
Functional Theory |
Doren |
| Somying Leelasubchareon |
Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Chromium Complexes in Ethylene
Polymerization and Oxidation Reactions |
Theopold |
| Mark W. Lehmann |
Two-Electron Reactions in Organic Electrochemistry |
Evans |
| Scott C. Malcolm |
Chiral Rhodium-Mediated C-H Insertion: The Total Synthesis
of (-)-Astrogorgiadiol |
Taber |
| Irina Rudik |
Reductive Half-Reaction of the Medium Chain ACYL-CoA Dehydrogenase |
Thorpe |
| Peter J. Schebler |
The Sythesis and Coordination Chemistry of Ferrocenyltris(Methylthio)Methyl)Borate
and Phenyltris(Tert-Butylthio)Methyl)Borate |
Riordan |
| Brian M. Wagner |
Improved Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis by LC/ESIMS
and GC/CIMS |
Munson |
| Xue-Dong Zhou |
Unimolecular and Collision-Induced Dissociation Study of
Polyatomic Ions at High Collision Energy |
Futrell |
GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL BOUND
Suzanne Bart, Cornell University (inorganic chemistry); Gina
Bui, Jefferson Medical College (ny2058@hotmail.com);
Kelly Chisholm, L. Jeffrey Selznick School for Film Preservation,
Rochester, NY (kellbelly@aol.com);
Nicole Goodwin, California Institute of Technology (organic
chemistry) (nikkig@its.caltech.edu),
(bluehen2001@hotmail.com);
Adam Hock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (inorganic
chemistry) (gamer20@aol.com);
Isaac Hubner, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Graduate Fellow
at Harvard University (theoretical/biophysical chemistry); Lyndsey
Koches, Penn State Dickinson School of Law (patent law) (lkoches@hotmail.com);
Jacob LaPorte, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
at Harvard University (biochemistry/molecular biology); Cory
Ocasio, University of California-San Francisco (chemical biology);
Kathryn O'Reilly, MD/PhD Program, Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering
Tri-Institutional Program (pediatric oncology); Christina Ricardo,
University of Notre Dame (microbiology); Anthony Scarpaci,
Jefferson Medical College; Matthew Sincock, Jefferson Medical
College; Laura Tolen, University of Maryland at Baltimore
(doctorate in pharmacy); Ching Hang Tong, California Institute
of Technology (environmental science and engineering) (okashi@hotmail.com)
HEADED FOR INDUSTRY, ETC.
Michael Barniak, analytical chemist, AstraZeneca, Wilmington,
DE (michael.barniak@astrazeneca.com);
Cecilia Bonfante, technology analyst, Accenture (ceciliab1@yahoo.com);
Heather Bunting, medicinal chemist, AstraZeneca, Wilmington,
DE; Ivy Choe, Honeywell, Inc. (ivychoe@hotmail.com);
Christina Crowers, quality control chemist, Sanofi-Synthelabo,
Malvern, PA (christina.crowers@sanofi-synthelabo.com);
John Hartnett, chemist, Merck, Inc., West Point, PA (jchartnett@hotmail.com);
Kevin Hascup, Blood Bank of Delaware, Wilmington, DE (kfrogg01@hotmail.com);
Matthew Kuhls, research specialist, University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (mattkuhls@yahoo.com);
Julia Li, junior cosmetic chemist, Uniqema (juliahyli@hotmail.com);
Welton Miller, medicinal chemist, AstraZeneca, Wilmington,
DE; Krista Myers, assistant chemist, Dade Behring, Newark,
DE (kristamyers78@yahoo.com);
Marianne Politowski, senior research technician, DuPont Central
Research and Development, Wilmington, DE; Stephanie Sabatino,
medicinal chemist, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA; Michael
Scoblete, chemistry teacher, West Morris-Mendham (NJ) High School;
Mosle Sikander, associate chemist, Octel Starreon, Newark,
DE (mosle_sikander@yahoo.com);
John Yeomans, medicinal chemist, Johnson & Johnson (jyudel@aol.com);
Bradley Yuska, chemist, PharmaQuest, Newark, DE (aksuy77@aol.com).
GRADUATE STUDENT PLACEMENTS
Jose Barriocanal, IPA Global, Inc.; Royce Beal, USAF
Materials Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
Dayton, OH; Michael Coxey, DuPont Chemicals, Wilmington,
DE; Leon Doneski, Alcon, Inc., Dallas, TX; Andrew Foraker,
London (England) School of Economics; Narmada Gunawardena,
Wyeth Laboratories; Christopher Incarvito, continuing doctoral
work at the U of D with Prof. Arnold Rheingold; Somying
Leelasubchareon, faculty member, Department of Chemistry, Khon
Kaen University, Thailand (somying@kku1.kku.ac.th);
Mark Lehmann, research chemist, Fort Dodge Animal Health,
Princeton, NJ (lehmanml@pt.fdah.com);
Kristian Link, continuing doctoral work at the U of D with
Prof. John Koh; Scott Malcolm, post-doctoral associate
at Harvard University; Timothy Neubert, DuPont Agricultural
Chemicals; Thomas Pahutski, Hercules, Inc.,; Hariram Ramanathan,
quality control chemist, Noramco of Delaware, Wilmington, DE (hacl75@yahoo.com);
Brian Rhatigan, quality control supervisor, Ganes Pharmaceuticals,
Pennsville, NJ; Sarah Romero, environmental chemist, North
Creek Analytical, Beaverton, OR; Irina Rudik, toxicology
laboratory supervisor, Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center (irudik@vet.upenn.edu);
Peter Schebler, post-doctoral associate with Prof. Lou Messerle,
University of Iowa; Maya Sethuraman, DuPont Agricultural
Chemicals, Wilmington, DE; Eric VanIngen, Quest Pharmaceutical
Services, Newark, DE; Brian Wagner, analytical chemist, Bristol-
Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT; Thomas Webb, DuPont.
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