Written by: Nate Wallock, Ph.D

We are pleased to announce the 2009 winners of the annual Aldrich Chemistry Graduate Student Innovation Award (GSIA) program.  In this sponsorship, selected universities are invited to nominate their outstanding graduate students performing research in the area of synthetic organic chemistry methodology.  The GSIA award consists of a monetary award to support the student's research efforts and a travel allowance to attend a scientific meeting.  Additionally, award program culminates with a symposium at our Sigma-Aldrich site in Milwaukee where the students have the opportunity to present their research, tour our facilities, and visit with key personel in the Aldrich Chemistry group.

This year, the following four students have been selected to receive awards:

Brett Fors, MIT (Prof. Stephen Buchwald)
Andrew Young, U. of Illinois (Prof. M. Christina White)
Nathan Werner, U of Illinois (Prof. Scott Denmark)
Eric Gillis, U of Illinois (Prof. Martin Burke)