Paul Hanson, professor of chemistry and an HBC participant in the CMLD program, was named the winner of the 2006 H.O.P.E. Award during the November 18th home football game.
The H.O.P.E. Award is the only honor given exclusively by students for teaching excellence. Winners receive a monetary award and recognition on a permanent plaque displayed in the Kansas Union.
Nominations were solicited from the senior class by e-mail. Faculty receiving the most nominations were placed on a ballot that was e-mailed to seniors to narrow the field to six finalists.
Miniaturization of Separation-based Biosensor Components
“We make things small because they are easier to move”.
HBC participating scientist Dr. Susan Lunte likes things small.
Lunte is the newly named Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Her area of research interest is bioanalytical chemistry, with focus on liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, electrochemical and laser-induced fluorescence detection, microdialysis sampling, pharmaceutical analysis, neurochemistry, protein and peptide analysis. These are all ways to study the tiny amounts of chemicals (analytes) of interest in samples such as blood. She currently is working toward two goals—to develop ways to find even smaller amounts of biological items of interest and to create smaller tools to study those biological items
The first annual KU Research Achievement award, recently initiated by Vice Provost for Research James Roberts, was awarded to Dr. David VanderVelde by Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere in a research convocation held at Alderson Auditorium.