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Dr. Rick Dorn wins Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research

May 30, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. Rick Dorn, recent Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Chemistry, is the winner of the 2023 Zaffarano Prize for Publishable Research. The prize, established by former Graduate College dean Daniel Zaffarano 1988, honors students with superior publishable research, as Zaffarano believed publishing was a vital part of the graduate ...

Chemistry alum Amrit Venkatesh awarded with Zaffarano Prize

May 25, 2021 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. Amrit Venkatesh, a graduate of Iowa State’s doctoral program in chemistry, has won the Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research. Established by Dr. Daniel Zaffarano, who served as the vice president for research at Iowa State from 1973-1988, this award recognizes superior performance in publishable research by graduate students. ...

Exciting new career path for Iowa State alumna

September 10, 2020 - by Sarah Igram

Rochelle Dotas, who earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Iowa State in May, recently started her ideal job- and it’s one she previously hadn’t considered. Dotas In June, Dotas joined Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Life Science Specialist. She works with a sales team to provide life-science-related expertise. “I get ...

Analytical Chemistry graduate Ann Lii-Rosales wins Karas Award

May 15, 2020 - by Sarah Igram

The Graduate College has awarded Dr. Ann Lii-Rosales with the Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation. This prestigious award recognizes students with superior research in four rotating disciplinary areas: Humanities and the Fine Arts, Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Social Sciences. Lii-Rosales earned a Ph.D. in Analytical ...

GPSS Feature Friday: Amrit Venkatesh

May 03, 2019 - by Sarah Igram

Today's GPSS Feature Friday focuses on chemistry Ph.D. candidate Amrit Venkatesh, and it's written by history Ph.D. candidate Lindsay Bell. You can find Amrit on Twitter.   In the summer of 2016, Amrit Venkatesh joined chemistry assistant professor Aaron Rossini's research group at Iowa State to work on the development ...


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