UF Chemistry Graduate Students Win Three Top Prizes at FAME 2011 Conference

“Graduate students Shreya Mukherjee, Mario Moral, and Amrita B. Mullick were awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes, respectively, in the poster presentation contest at the Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (FAME) in Tampa, Florida, 2011. Shreya Mukherjee is currently a 5th year graduate student in Dr. Christou’s research group. Her poster title was “Synthetic Models of the Water Oxidation Complex of Plant Photosynthesis”. Mario Moral is a 5th year graduate student in Dr. Richards’ group. His poster title was “Inhibition by Nitric Oxide Catalysis by Oxalate Decarboxylase”. Amrita B. Mullick is a 2nd year graduate student in Dr. Veige’s research group. Her poster title was “Design, Synthesis, and Enantioselective Catalytic Exploration of New Chiral Bis-NHC Ligands and their Metal Complexes”. If you see the following students in the department please stop to congratulate them on their achievements and for representing our department.”