Chemistry at Rochester - Chemistry - University of Rochester

2000
William D. Jones, Chair
2003
University Ba n n e r in Wi n t e r
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s
• Richard Eisenberg awarded the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in Inorganic Chemistry
• Home to three editorial offices for ACS journals: the central office for Inorganic Chemistry and associate
editorial offices for The Journal of the American Chemical Society, and The Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Research Professor Esther Conwell was named one of the “50 Most Important Women in Science” in the
November 2002 issue of Discover. Her work has greatly increased our understanding of how charge flows in
semiconductors and other materials.
• Hired Alison Frontier and Nabi Magomedov in organic synthesis; Misha Ovchinnikov in the theory of
reaction dynamics; Man Kit Ng whose focus is in organic materials
• The University celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2000
• Named Charles F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry in 2000
• From 2000-2003 Shaul Mukamel held the C.E. Kenneth Mees Professorship in Chemistry; in 2001 became
advisory editor for Chemical Physics
• Jones received the ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry in 2003 for his work in catalysis
• In 2003 William Jones was appointed associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a
position he continues until the present day
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