McNeill Research Group University of Minnesota • Department of Chemistry

McNeill Group News Archive

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7 August 2006 Dr. Jeff Werner defends Jeff Werner defended his Ph.D. thesis on 8/7/06 and is heading off to do a post-doc with Ruth Richardson at Cornell. Pictured here is Jeff with his two co-advisors, Bill Arnold and Kris McNeill.   5 August 2006 Betsy Edhlund's paper appears online Betsy's study on the photochemical degradation of nitrofuran antibiotics appeared on the Environmental Science and Technology ASAP site today. At right is a figure for the paper showing the characteristic "two-step" kinetics: fast photoisomerization to a photostationary state followed by slow photolysis. "Aquatic Photochemistry of Nitrofuran Antibiotics" Betsy L. Edhlund, William A. Arnold, and Kristopher McNeill Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006 ASAP DOI: 10.1021/es0606778   14 July 2006 Dr. Joe Fritsch defends his thesis Joe Fritsch defended his Ph.D. thesis on 7/7/06 and has just left town for Malibu. Joe will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department at Pepperdine University. Good luck, Joe!   23 June 2006 Jeff Werner's tetracycline paper appears online Jeff Werner's paper on the effect of divalent metal ions on tetracycline photolysis appeared today on the Environmental Science and Technology ASAP site. "Water Hardness as a Photochemical Parameter: Tetracycline Photolysis as a Function of Calcium Concentration, Magnesium Concentration, and pH" Jeffrey J. Werner, William A. Arnold, and Kristopher McNeill Environ. Sci. Technol.2006, ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/es060337m 18 May 2006 Drs. Follett and Boreen! Angela Follett and Anne Boreen have graduated with their Ph.D. degrees. Anne defended her thesis on May 11 and Angela defended May 18, 2006. 16 May 2006 Betsy wins best presentation award at Chemistry Graduate Symposium Betsy Edhlund was one of three winners of the Best Presentation Award at the Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Research Symposium. The prize is a $500 travel fellowship to present her work at a scientific conference. Betsy joins past McNeill group winners Angela Follett and Joe Fritsch. 25 Apr 2006 Ann McNally graduates and is awarded the Sharon L. Doherty Award Ann McNally successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis entitled "Photochemistry of Natural Organic Matter" on April 25, 2006. Ann was also awarded the 2005-06 Sharon L. Doherty Award by the Office for University Women in recognition of her outstanding volunteer service concerning women's issues on campus and in the broader community. 20 April 2006 Sarah Page is awarded the Lloyd W. Goerke Scholarship Sarah Page, an undergraduate researcher in the McNeill lab, has been selected as the winner of the Lloyd W. Goerke Scholarship for 2006. This award is made to a junior chemistry major who has shown outstanding academic acheivement 24 March 2006 McNeill Group research published in Science Microheterogeneity of Singlet Oxygen Distributions in Irradiated Humic Acid Solutions Douglas E. Latch and Kristopher McNeill Science 24 March 2006: 1743-1747. See also the Perspective written by John Hassett in the same issue: Dissolved Natural Organic Matter as a Microreactor 23 March 2006 Jeff Werner is awarded student paper award Jeff Werner is one of the recipients of the 2006 Graduate Student Paper Award from the Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. He will present his work at the Environmental Chemistry Awards Symposium, 232nd National ACS Conference in San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006.  The title of his presentation is "The environmental photochemical kinetics of tetracycline as a function of pH and water hardness."  15 March 2006 Taylor Career Development Award to Kris Kris is awarded the 2006 George W. Taylor Career Development Award, which recognizes "exceptional contributions to teaching by a candidate for tenure."

©2006 Kristopher McNeill