Group News

April 2007 - Several Best Group members were honored at the Department's annual Honors Day Awards ceremony. Recipients included Matt Smith (D.A. Shirley Graduate Award in Organic Chemistry, Outstanding Service Award), Manpreet Cheema (First Year Achievement Award), Chinenye Usoh (Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry, D.A. Shirley Award in Organic Chemistry), and Tim Wesley (Judson Hall Robertson Memorial Award in Analytical Chemistry).

April 2007 - Justin Reno is a recipient of a prestigious 2007 Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

March 2007 - Matthew Smith has been awarded a summer graduate student fellowship sponsored by the University.

February 2007 - Matt Smith successfully defended his original research proposal, making him an official doctoral candidate.

The group celebrates Matt's successful defense of his original research proposal

April 2006 - Chi-Linh Do-Thanh, a graduate student in the group, was awarded a First Year Achievement Award at the department's Honors Day Award Ceremony.

April 2006 - Justin Reno, an undergraduate in the group, was awarded the C.A. Buehler Chemistry Scholarship, given to an outstanding chemistry student, and the D.A. Shirley Award in Organic Chemistry at the department's Honors Day Awards Ceremony.

April 2006 - Amy Pollard and Justin Reno, two students performing research in the group, have been awarded summer undergraduate research fellowships funded by the Chancellor's Office.

March 2006 - Leah Cuthriell from Huntingdon College has been awarded a UTK undergraduate research fellowship to be undertaken in the Best group.