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Current Chemistry News
Sheila Aiello retired in February from
her position as Tom Record’s secretary.
Sheila had been with the Department
since 1985.
Letters and Science Dean and Chemistry
Professor Phillip Certain retired
in June 2004 after 34 years of service to
the University as Professor, Vice Chancellor,
and Dean of the College of Letters
and Science.
Sharon Foster retired in September
2003. Sharon had worked in the Business
Office since .July 2001.
Professor John Harriman retired in
May 2004, after 40 years as a professor in
the Chemistry Department. John will continue
as an emeritus professor.
Jerry Lancaster retired from Chemistry
in February 2004; he had worked in the
Electronics Shop since 1991.
John Lange retired from the Chemistry
Machine Shop in January 2004. He had
been with the Department since 1995.
Professor Hyuk Yu retired in January
2004, after coming to the Department
in 1967. Hyuk will continue as an
emeritus professor.
ARRIVALS
Phill Bloedow
joined the Department
in September
2002 as a Program
Assistant. He is
the cheery voice
you’ll get if you
call Chemistry at
608–262–1483.
Phill Bloedow
Charlene Entwistle joined the Department
in November 2003, coming to our
Business Office from Biochemistry. She
replaced Sharon Foster.
Song Jin started as an Assistant Professor
in August 2003. He and his wife
Ying Ge moved
from Massachusetts,
where he had been
a postdoc at Harvard,
after receiving
his PhD at Cornell.
Research in the Jin
group is centered
Charlene Entwistle on the chemistry
and physics of materials at the nanometer
scale. To address these challenges in nanoscience
and nanotechnology, we not only
explore chemical synthesis and carry out
the structural characterization of nanomaterials,
but also investigate
their physical
properties, especially
through device
fabrication and
physical property
study. The emphasis
is on developing rational
strategies for
chemical synthesis, Song Jin
assembly and integration
of nanomaterials, and on elucidating
fundamental synthesis–structure–property
relationships, yet this interdisciplinary endeavor
will also lead to a broad range of
applications in nanoelectronics, optoelectronics
and biotechnology. Research in our
lab is highly interdisciplinary in nature.
Many research projects will involve collaborations
within the group, with other
research groups in the department, or with
physicists and/or engineers on campus.
Hieu Tran (PhD ‘98, Nelsen) returned
to the Department in December 2003,
working to support
research applications
in the
Chemistry Department
Computer
Center. Hieu’s
wife Nguyet Tran
(PhD ‘98, Dahl)
has worked as a
Postodc and Sci- Hieu Tran
entist in the Dahl
group since her
graduation, and
lectured in general
Chem for the
Department in
summer and Fall
2004.
Craig Trewartha
returned
Craig Trewartha
to the Chemistry
Department in April 2004, replacing Jerry
Lancaster. Craig was with the Department
from 1991-1999, then worked at PSL in
Stoughton for 5 years before returning to
Chemistry.
Andrew Tseng joined the Department
as a temporary assistant to Allen Clauss in
the Organic teaching labs in August 2002.
In January 2004,
he accepted our
offer of a renewable
position as
Assistant Organic
Lab Director. Andrew
got his PhD
in 2002 under the
direction of Professor
J u d i t h Andrew Tseng
Burstyn.
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Thomas Brunold finished 8 th in the
Ironman competition held in Madison in
summer 2003, and 5 th in 2004, cutting 20
minutes off his time. In each case Thomas
was the top finisher from the Madison
area. Thomas finished second in the
Madison Marathon in spring 2004, and
Thomas Clark, a Clark Landis student,
finished fourth.
Robert Kirchdoer fer and Paul
Ellison, two second year undergraduates
working in the research group of Silvia
Cavagnero, received NSF REU fellowships
to do research in my laboratory for
the 2004-05 academic year. Jamie P. Ellis,