2008 Pittcon Final Program - Pittcon Web Archives

CHARLES N. REILLEY AWARD
Wednesday, Room 276
1:30 p.m.
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Wednesday, Room 276
3:05 p.m.
Hector D. Abruña, Emile M.
Chamot Professor of Chemistry at
Cornell University, will receive the
2008 Charles N. Reilley Award
in Electroanalytical chemistry
sponsored by the Society for
Electroanalytical Chemistry (SEAC).
Professor Abruña completed his
graduate studies with Royce W.
Murray and Thomas J. Meyer at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980 and was a postdoctoral
research associate with Allen J. Bard at the University of
Texas at Austin. After a brief stay at the University of
Puerto Rico, he came to Cornell in 1983.
Abruña’s signal research accomplishment has been to
take a multidisciplinary approach to the study of
electrochemical phenomena by combining elements of
various branches of chemistry, physics and biochemistry.
He has incorporated concepts of coordination chemistry
and biochemistry into the area of chemically modified
electrodes and their analytical application in sensors
used for transition metal ions and organic functionalities,
biosensors and in electrocatalytic applications.
Professor Abruña pioneered the use of X-ray based
techniques such as surface EXAFS, X-ray standing
waves and surface diffraction (including time-resolved
studies) to the in-situ study of electrochemical interfaces.
In particular, his group has carried out extensive studies
of the underpotential deposition (UPD) of metal
monolayers onto single crystal electrode surfaces using
these techniques to obtain structural and compositional
information in-situ.
Abruña has been the recipient of numerous awards
including a Presidential Young Investigator Award, Sloan
Fellowship, J. S. Guggenheim Fellowship and J. W.
Fulbright Senior Fellow. Most recently he received the
ACS Award in Electrochemistry for 2007. He was elected
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science in 2007 and elected member of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.
Shelley D. Minteer, Associate
Professor of Chemistry in the
Chemistry and Biomedical
Engineering Department at Saint
Louis University, will receive the
2008 Young Investigator Award
presented annually by the Society
for Electroanalytical Chemistry
(SEAC). Professor Minteer’s
research focus has been on
enzyme immobilization membranes for biosensors and
biofuel cells, along with multi-enzyme bioelectrocatalysis.
Minteer received her B.S. in Chemistry at Western Illinois
University in 1995, and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in
2000 at the University of Iowa under the direction of
Professor Johna Leddy. Her graduate work focused on
magnetic field effects on electrochemical systems with
specific emphasis on magnetically modified electrodes
for enhanced electron transfer kinetics.
After graduating in 2000, she joined the faculty of the
Department of Chemistry at Saint Louis University as an
Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate
Professor in 2005. She also received a dual appointment
in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Her
research program has focused on the development of
enzyme immobilization membranes for increased stability
of biosensor and biofuel cell electrodes, along with
incorporating both direct and mediated bioelectrocatalysis
into anodes and cathodes. Professor Minteer
co-founded Akermin, Inc. with her former graduate
student, Nick Akers, in 2003 to commercialize this
technology.
She has been the recipient of the Missouri Inventor of the
Year Award (2006), Academy of Science of St. Louis
Innovation Award (2005), Saint Louis University Award for
Excellence in Teaching (2004), and the Saint Louis
University Student Government Association Faculty
Excellence Award (2004 and 2006).
An integral part of Professor Abruña's professional
accomplishments derives from his deep commitment to
education and teaching. Of the 27 students who have
obtained a Ph.D. with him, 11 have gone on to faculty
positions.
Prof. Abruña is the co-author of over 275 publications and
has given over 400 invited lectures worldwide.
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