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August 19, 2019 By Sarah Perdue For news media Original posting here. In recent years, scientists have teased out many of the secrets of biomineralization, the process by which sea urchins grow spines, mollusks build their shells and corals make their skeletons, not to mention how mammals and other animals make bones and teeth. The materials that animals …
Assistant Professor Yang Yang arrived at UW–Madison August 19, 2019, to conduct research in theoretical and computational chemistry with the Department of Chemistry. He encourages students and postdocs, interested in quantum chemistry, to contact him about joining the lab. Yang received his bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and physics at Peking University (2011) and his Ph.D. …
New Tower. Progress was modest during the past week. The major accomplishment involved work in the sub-basement of the Daniels building. Construction of the rooms that will contain the electrical sub-station for the new tower and the emergency generator for the new tower / Daniels / Mathews wings was completed by pouring the concrete ceilings …
New Tower. The main activity of the past week was the preparation for a day-long session (4:30 am – 4:30 pm) of pouring concrete on Wed July 31st. The first major section to be poured was the basement-level floor slab above the mechanical room at the sub-basement level of the new tower. This area represents …
On August 1, 2019 chemist and education researcher Ryan L. Stowe, joins the Department of Chemistry. Stowe received his B.A. in chemistry from Albion College (2010) in Michigan and his Ph.D. in chemistry from The Scripps Research Institute (2016). He most recently worked as a postdoctoral research associate with Melanie Cooper at Michigan State University, …
The closure of the chemistry loading dock, originally scheduled for 4:00am – 10:30am on Wed July 31st, has been rescheduled for 4:15am – 11:00am on Thurs Aug 1st. – Bob McMahon
New Tower. During the past two weeks concrete has been poured in the sub-basement level for some of the columns that will hold the weight of the nine floors above. Concrete has also been poured for the sub-basement part of the walls of the elevator shafts, and concrete walls have been poured on two sides …
Jeff Martell arrived at UW–Madison May 20, from a postdoctoral researcher position with Jeff Long at UC Berkeley’s Miller Institute. His group currently includes two first-year Ph.D. students, Edward Pimentel and Mario Cribari. Martell received his B.A. in chemistry and mathematics from Northwestern University in 2009 and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute …
New Tower. Because of the holiday, last week was a three-day work week, so there is less to report than usual. Work continues in the sub-basement and on the trusses that were installed last week at the University Avenue and Mills Street corner of the excavation. A major operation was pouring concrete for the foundations …
New Tower. A second set of trusses, each weighing about 73,500 pounds, has been successfully installed. These trusses span the 250-seat lecture room and will support the weight of eight stories of the northeast corner of the building, including the advanced synthesis lab on the sixth floor, the undergraduate research projects lab on the seventh …