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The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Alumni Newsletter - July 2019
Chemistry in Art and Food in Italy
During winter term 2019, Janet Marshall and Sue Marine took a cohort of students to Italy to study the chemistry of art and of cooking.
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From the Chair
Michael Crowder
Greetings Chemistry and Biochemistry Alumni and Friends!
I am writing to tell you about the exciting things that are happening in the department during the first half of 2019. Please have a look at our Department website for informational items.
Three of our faculty members were promoted in Spring 2019.
Our faculty members continue to be very successful in securing grant funds to support their students’ research. Faculty and students continue to publish great papers and present their work at major conferences.
After our January 2019 newsletter, we heard from many alumni, and it is wonderful to hear about what they are doing (for more details, see our alumni updates). A fun part of our Alumni News page is “Alumni Spotlight”. Please check it out, and if you are interested in being spotlighted, please let me know.
In April, we started our inaugural Alumni Advisory board, and our board members are Ben Miller, Carrie Wager, Bernie Bubnis, Patti Lang, Shelly Stultz, Scott Holmstrom, Gretchen Potts, Brad Henke, David Hufnagle, Robert Bartolo, Brian Patterson, Michael Fath, and Scott Pomeroy. Many of our alumni are generous supporters of our programs and students, and they are listed on our donors page. Thanks to all of you for your continued support of our students and programs.
If you are in Oxford during 2019, please stop by and say hello. We would love to give you a tour of the building and to see you. Please send us an update of what is going on in your lives; you can email me at crowdemw@miamioh.edu.
If you know any alumni, please forward this newsletter to them or ask them to contact us – we would be delighted to hear from them. We hope that you have a great rest of 2019!
Michael Crowder
Professor and Chair
Student News
Student Scholarships and Awards Spring 2019
Abigail Brandt was awarded the 2019 Hershberger award.
Abigail Brandt
Lasith Kariyawasam, graduate student working in Scott Hartley’s lab won the 2019 People’s Choice award at the Three-Minute Thesis competition.
Lasith Kariyawasam
Miami Represents at Spring 2019 ACS National Meeting
Miami represents at Spring 2019 ACS National Meeting
Students presented their research at the 2019 Spring ACS National Meeting in Orlando, FL

Faculty and Staff News
Gary Lorigan named University Distinguished Professor
Gary Lorigan
Stacey Lowery Bretz
Stacey Lowery Bretz
Rick Page
Rick Page
Alumni Spotlights
Luke Adam
Luke Adam
Karen Anderson
Karen Anderson
Kathleen Cox
Kathleen Cox
Richard Fischer
Richard Fischer
A Special Request to All Alumni
Like in my last 4 Newsletters, I have a special request for all ALUMNI! We are currently building a database of all alumni so that we can contact them and let them know what is happening at Miami. We have a list of over 5,000 alumni! We are using LinkedIn to find our alumni, and this approach is very painstaking. I am writing to ask for your help. We have set up a form on our webpage for you to fill out information. If you know any other alumni, please encourage them to contact us and let us know what what they are doing. I set as a goal to reach 90% of our alumni in 2019, and we cannot possibly achieve this goal without your help.
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
160 Hughes Laboratories • 651 E. High St. • Oxford, OH 45056 
Phone: 513-529-2813 • Fax: 513-529-5715 
General Inquiries: chemistry@MiamiOH.edu 
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