Distinguished Professors Receive American Chemical Society Awards

Distinguished Professors of Chemistry Susan Kauzlarich, Carlito Lebrilla and Philip Power have each received national awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS). The awards recognize their achievements in inorganic chemistry (Kauzlarich and Power) and mass spectrometry (Lebrilla). 

Kauzlarich received the ACS Award for Inorganic Chemistry. Her research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of Zintl phases, intermetallic compounds with applications in the fields of thermoelectric materials, magnetic resonance imaging, energy storage, opto-electronics and drug delivery. 

Lebrilla received the Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry for his work on how complex sugars (glycoconjugates) affect health and nutrition, which includes discovering how milk sugars nourish beneficial microbes in infant digestive systems and developing new methods for detecting glycoconjugates.

Power received the M. Frederick Hawthorne Award in Main Group Inorganic Chemistry for his contributions to the synthesis, structure and physical and chemical characterization of inorganic and organometallic compounds.

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