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2011 NESACS Election Results
Chair-Elect:
  Liming Shao
     
Secretary:
  Michael Singer
     
Trustee:
  Michael Strem
     
Director-at-Large:
  Ralph Scannell
  John Burke
     
Councilor-at-Large:
  Katherine Lee (c)
  Michael Filosa (c)
  Doris Lewis(c)
  Morton Hoffman (c)
  Patrick Gordon (c)
  Mary Burgess (c)
  Michaeline Chen (alt)
  C. Jaworek-Lopes (alt)
  Jennifer Larese (aalt)
  Larry Scott (alt)
  Marietta Schwartz (alt)
  Andrew Scholte (alt)
     
Nominating Committee:
  Michael Hewitt
  Mindy Levine
     
Esselen Award Committee:
  Stephen Buchwald
  Gurmit Grewal
     
Richards Medal Committee
  Rosina Georgiadis
  Sheila Hauck
     
 
NESACS on LinkedIn®
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Education Night Awards
Presented at Tufts University, Medford, MA, Thursday, May 12, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS
FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL AVERY A. ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION CONTEST
     
Student
School
teacher
First Place - The Simmons College Award
Ruifan Pei Acton-Boxboro HS David Baumritter
     
Second Place
Alan Chiao Acton-Boxboro HS David Baumritter
     
Third Place
Matthew Arbesfeld Lexington HS Parul Kumar
     
Fourth Place    
Kevin Wen Lexington HS Parul Kumar
     
Second Place (Non-eligible this year due to prior award)
James Lin Phillips Academy Andover Temba Maqubela
     
Honorable Mention - First Year
Andrew Lamb Lexington HS Janice Compton
Yusheng Hou Lexington HS Parul Kumar
Amy Zhang Lexington HS Parul Kumar
Ranfei Xu Groton School Sandra Kelly
Shivani Angappan Home Schooled  
Justin Wang Phillips Academy Kevin Cordoza
Christoper Desnoyers Cambridge Rindge and Latin  
Daniel Kramnick Newton South HS Alan Crosby
Rahul Shah Chelmsford HS Derrick Genova
Broyana Doyle Home Schooled  
     
Honorable Mention - Second Year
Priyanka Satpute Nashua North HS Allison Krones
Daniel Y. Zhang Newton South HS Alan Crosby
Greg Patridge Hollis Brookline HS Gina Bergkaug
Jonathon Cai Phillips Exeter Academy Sharon Finley
Layla Siraj Brookline HS Julia Speyer
Tony Wang Newton South HS Alan Crosby
Harlin Lee Phillips Exeter Academy Ward
Anupa Murali Bishop Brady HS Jim Miller
Dai Yang Phillips Exeter Academy Sharon Finley
Ziv Scully Brookline HS Julia Speyer
Linda Weng Andover HS Betty Iannuccilli
     
AULA LAUDIS SOCIETY
Shawn Kenner Sharon High School
Carol Lund Masconomet High School
Lexi Thompson Brookline High School
Yuko Hori formerly of Phillips Andover Academy
     
Theodore William Richards Award for Excellence in Teaching Secondary School Chemistry
Parul Kumar, PhD Lexington High School
     
Project SEED
Stonehill College
Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
  Justin Silva Brockton HS
  Liban Mohaned Brockton HS

- Photo by Morton Z. Hoffman
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY AWARDS
2010 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARS
JAMES FLACK NORRIS
And
THEODORE WILLIAM RICHARDS SCHOLARS
Wellesley College
Shoshana Bachman Prof. David Haines, Advisor

"Synthesis of a Potential Inhibitor of Chlamydial Immunoresistance"

     
Boston College
Ka (Dennis) Chang Kian L. Tan, PhD, Advisor

"Asymmetrical Hydroformylation of Homoallylic Alcohols via Enantioenriched Scaffolding Ligands"

     
Tufts University
Allister McGuire Charles Sykes, PhD, Advisor

"Molecular Rotors"

     
University of New Hamshire
Matthew P. Mower Charles K. Zercher, PhD, Advisor

"Novel Peptidomimetics for the Inhibition of Aspartyl Proteases"

     
NESACS UNDERGRADUATE GRANT-IN-AID
Simmons College
Jennifer Bento Richard Gurney, PhD, Advisor

"Synthesis characterization and greening of vinylbenzyl thymine monomer, vinylbenzyl thymine, and vinylpyridine copolymer"

     
DR. PHYLLIS A. BRAUNER MEMORIAL BOOK AWARD
Boston University
Jiazuo "Henry" Feng
Mark W. Grinstaff, Advisor

"Functionalized Nanoparticles: Old Drugs, New tricks"

     
NEWELL GRANTS (NEACT)
Jennifer Walker Wilmington HS (MA)
Mary Jac Reed Fairfield Ludlowe HS (CT)
Andrew Angle Watkinson School (CT)
Maureen Clark Phoenix Central Schools (NY)
     
NORTHEAST STUDENT CHEMISTRY RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Oral Presentation Awards (sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

Outstanding Oral Presentation Award:
Joseph Wzorek Harvard University

"A Macrocyclic Approach Toward the Tetracycline Antibiotics"

Excellent Oral Presentation Award:
Melissa Brulotte Bridgewater State University
"Stucture and Function: The Crystal Structure of Dop4 with N-Acetyl-2 Aminoflourine"
Excellent Oral Presentation Award:
Laura Brozek Boston College
"Asymmetrical Allyl-Allyl Coupling via 3,3'-Reductive Elimination of Allyl-Metal Complexes"
     

Poster Presentation Awards (sponsored by Strem Chemicals)

Excellent Poster Presentation by a Graduate Student Award:
Christopher Pace Boston College
"A FlAsH-Tetracysteine Assay for Qantifying the Association and Orientation of Tansmembrane a-Helices"
Excellent Poster Presentation by an Undergraduate Student Award:
Michael Lacy Tufts University

"Digital Quantification of Single Molecules by Total Internal Reflection Microscopy"

     

Graduate Women in Science Award (sponsored by GWC, Alpha Omega Chapter)

Excellent Poster Presentation by a Female Presenter:
Allison Greene Boston College
"Advancements in the Total Synthesis of a [6,6] Carbon Nanotube End-Cap Through Enhamced Solubility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Precursors"
     
                                       
   
                                       
                                       

 

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